Michael F. Bergeron, Ph.D., FACSM is an Associate Professor and Director of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. He has worked with a number of junior, collegiate, and professional athletes on training and nutrition related to preparation, competition, and recovery strategies in the heat, with a particular emphasis on helping athletes to avoid muscle cramping.

His research includes studies on exercise, performance, and fitness with youth and adults, with an emphasis on the effects of exercise in the heat on fluid and mineral balance, as well as thermal and cardiovascular strain. He is also studying the effects of exercise and heat stress on erythrocyte sickling and inflammation in people with sickle cell trait. He has published and presented on these topics internationally.

Dr. Bergeron is a Fellow and Trustee of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and Chair of the ACSM Strategic Health Initiative – Youth Sports and Health Committee. He is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee for the Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness and currently serves as an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism and Journal of Athletic Training.

He also serves as a clinical and scientific consultant to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Medical Services and has been a regular member of scientific review panels of the Congressionally Directed Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program for the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the United States Army Medical Research and Material Command in the areas of disease prevention and epidemiology, bone health, military medical readiness and military nutrition.