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Expedition Launch: September 2027

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Advisory Board

ISHARE is supported by an international board of leading scientists, mountaineers, and researchers, including Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, FRS, FMedSci, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how the body's cells sense and adapt to oxygen, the biology at the very center of ISHARE's research. The full board, listed alphabetically, is below.

Phil Ainslie, PhD — ISHARE Advisory Board, University of British Columbia

Phil Ainslie, PhD

University of British Columbia

Leading researcher in cerebral blood flow and high-altitude physiology

Rita Christen — ISHARE Advisory Board

Rita Christen

First female president of the Swiss Mountain Guides Association

Ben Levine, MD, FACC — ISHARE Advisory Board, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Ben Levine, MD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr.

Leading expert in cardiology and exercise at high altitude

Buddha Basnyat, MD — ISHARE Advisory Board, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Nepal

Buddha Basnyat, MD

Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Nepal

Pioneering high-altitude medicine physician and researcher

Max Gassmann, DVM, PhD University of Zurich - ISHARE Board member

Max Gassmann, DVM, PhD

University of Zurich

Leading expert in hypoxia research and erythropoietin

Lorna Moore, PhD - ISHARE Advisory Board member

Univ. of Colorado Anschutz - ISHARE Board member

Lorna Moore, PhD

Univ. of Colorado Anschutz

Expert in reproductive physiology at high altitude.

Sanjiv Bhandari, MD — ISHARE Advisory Board

Sanjiv Bhandari, MD

Co-Director of Everest ER Asst. Director Himalayan Rescue Association

Peter Hackett, MD — ISHARE Advisory Board

Peter Hackett, MD

Pioneer in high-altitude medicine

Nicole Niquille - ISHARE Board member

Nicole Niquille

Legendary Swiss mountain guide. Est. Lukla Hospital

Billi Bierling — ISHARE Advisory Board

Billi Bierling

Veteran Himalayan mountaineer, journalist and climbing historian

Susi Kriemler, MD — ISHARE Advisory Board, University of Zurich

Susi Kriemler, MD

University of Zurich

Leading expert on women and children at altitude

Prativa Pandey, MD, ISHARE advisory board member

Prativa Pandey, MD

Medical Director

CIWEC

Consultant for Travel Medicine in Nepal

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe

FRS, FMedSci - ISHARE Board Member

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe

FRS, FMedSci

Nobel Laureate in 2019 for discovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen

Rob Roach, PhD — ISHARE Advisory Board, high-altitude physiologist and researcher

Rob Roach, PhD

Retired Director, Altitude Center, Univ. Colorado

Leading expert in high-altitude physiology

See the research →

Eighteen investigators, seventeen projects, one shared physiological dataset collected on the way up the mountain.

Meet the team →

The three lead organizers steering this expedition's research and logistics, the expedition company's leader, and other key members.

See the ways to give →

$250 funds portable oxygen and respiration monitoring equipment. $5,000 funds a portable ultrasound machine.

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