ARC Research Staff, August 2008. Top row from left: Andrew Dimmen, Barbara Lommen, Robert Roach, Martin Heine, Jennifer Hageman, Ruth Johnson, Alison Anderson, Center row from left: Nick Robins, Megan Wilson, Daniela Davila, Janet Uhde, Andrew Subudhi. Front: Colleen Julian and Jason Chapman.

Short staff bios:

Benjamin Honigman, M.D. is the Director of the Altitude Research Center. He has been investigating a variety of altitude-related research areas since 1985 and has published over 100 manuscripts, book chapters and monographs as well as presented hundreds of lectures throughout his academic career.  His research interests are the impact of living at moderate altitude on common health conditions and the economic impact for the state of Colorado of altitude travel.    
Prior to joining the Altitude Research Center, Honigman served as the Professor of Surgery at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine in 2000 where he still resides as the Vice President of UPI, the faculty practice plan.
From 1979 to 1985, Honigman was the editor in chief and developer of the first medical textbook on CD called Emergindex, which has been distributed internationally.  Honigman completed his residency in Emergency Medicine in 1979 and graduated from Tufts Medical School in 1974.
For 10 years, Honigman served as Medical Director of the Colorado EMS and Trauma systems at the Colorado Health Department.  Currently, Honigman was a board member of Outward Bound West and the Rocky Mountain Poison Oversight Board.

Robert Roach, PhD, is ARC’s Associate Director and Director of Research. His current research includes projects in high altitude physiology, nutrition and exercise performance.
Roach's interest in altitude goes back to his undergraduate years: he obtained his B.S. in biochemistry at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington where he met Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein, and conducted his first research project with National Science Foundation funding. His M.S. at Cornell University in nutritional science focused on the role of iron deficiency in human performance at high altitude. Being a climber and adventurer at heart, he then took an eight year sabbatical from the Cornell Ph.D. program and joined Dr. Peter Hackett to start the Denali Medical Research Project, an annual effort that placed a team of researchers from around the world for two months at 14,200 feet on Mt. McKinley. Next was a move to New Mexico to work with Dr. Ernest “Dick” Greene at the Lovelace Medical Foundation, and to complete his Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico. After completing a research fellowship at the Copenhagen Muscle Research Center in Denmark, he returned to New Mexico where he lived until moving in the fall of 2003 to Denver to join the ARC.

Peter Hackett, MD, Associate Director Clinical Affairs

World leading authority on altitude illness, board certified Emergency Physician, Dr. Hackett has led the frontier on altitude research with years of experience in the Himalayas and research on Denali. Dr. Hackett's publications are extensive on altitude related topics and he is sought after internationally for his expertise.

In addition to his extensive clinical and research experience, Dr. Hackett's recreational activities of high altitude mountaineering, skiing, and living at altitude have lent him a personal understanding of altitude physiology.

Barbara Lommen, MBA, ARC Administrator and Director of Development for the ARC Foundation

coordinates the research projects, is in charge of the general office management, marketing and PR of the Center and is actively involved in fundraising.
After several years as a Public Relations executive in an international PR agency in Brussels, Belgium, Lommen moved to the United States. From 1992 – 2003 she combined teaching French and German at the United World College in Montezuma, New Mexico with competitive marathon running.
She has a Masters in Interpreting and Translating from the University of Antwerp (1987), and a Masters in Business Administration from the Free University of Brussels (1989).

Deborah Thomas, Associate Director GIS

Vaughn Browne, MD

Andrew Subudhi, Ph.D., Associate Reseacher, Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Subudhi has been conducting research projects at the Altitude Research Center since 2003. His research has focused on the effects of hypoxia on exercise performance. Additionally, he is actively involved with USA Cycling’s Coaches Education Program. From 1997 to 2005 Subudhi was a Research Scientist at The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, in Salt Lake City, UT, where he ran physiological testing services through the United States Olympic Committee Network Affiliate program. He was an integral member of the performance enhancement team for the US Speed skating Team (Long Track) through the 2002 Salt Lake City and 2006 Torino Olympic Winter Games.
Subudhi received a PhD from the University of Utah for his work on exercise-induced oxidative stress and completed post-doctoral training at the University of Colorado Health Science center in the areas of altitude medicine and physiology

Jennifer Hageman, M.S. is also Professional Research Assistant at ARC. Currently, she is working with Lorna Moore, PhD, studying the effects of high altitude and hypoxia during pregnancy.
Prior to joining ARC Hageman worked in a biomechanics laboratory studying the mechanics and energetics of running with prosthetic legs. 
Hageman earned a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology and Applied Physiology from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2003) and a Masters degree in Integrative Physiology from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2005) specializing in sleep and neuroscience. 
Outside the laboratory she spends her time honing her photography skills as well as running, hiking, snowboarding and snowshoeing in the Colorado outdoors.

Ruth Johnson

Andrew Dimmen

Janet Uhde

Colleen Glyde Julian

Megan Wilson

Cathy Maciel