Jaroslav Jansa, Ph.D., received his master’s degree in Control Engineering from the University of Chemistry and Technology (VSCHT) Prague in 1967 and his doctor’s degree in Physical Chemistry from the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1978. He has been working for more than 40 years in the field of wireless communications, eHealth and security. Mr. Jansa is author of 30 Czech, EU and US patents. He was working from 2005 till 2014 as EUROSTARS security expert in Brussels. He has received several European prizes, like IST 1999 and Galileo Masters 2008, 2009 and 2010. He published more than 100 scientific and technical papers in Europe and USA. Mr. Jansa is CIO of Dutch company NovioSys, founded in 2015.

wireless communications, eHealth and security,

Chair of the Nursing Department, College of Health Sciences/University of Sharjah. She was Assistant Dean at the College of Health Sciences/University of Sharjah (Feb 2015-August2017). Member of the American Diabetes Educator, Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing International, Member at Jordanian Nursing and midwifery council. Received Sharjah Islamic Bank Award for Best Faculty Research/University of Sharjah, 2017-2018.

Diabetes in adults, community health, women health, innovative teaching strategies

Medical Doctor, Anesthesiologist holds a Master degree in Healthcare and Hospital Management in addition to a Teaching Diploma. She has assumed multiple managerial positions for the past 12 years in various institutions. Actually, as Chief Quality Officer at Clemenceau Medical Center, Beirut, she leads performance improvement and patient safety activities. Throughout her career, Dr. Hammoud gained a lot of knowledge and skills in various multidisciplinary fields which made her a reference in clinical care quality both in Lebanon and regionally. Her major focus areas are Quality Systems in general and in the medical fields in specific, Joint Commission International Accreditation and Safety and Risk Management Programs. She is a lecturer on patient safety and risk management and health management in multiple universities; she is also a speaker and trainer of multiple seminars and workshops. Her enthusiasm about quality and safety of the community drove her to lay the foundations to establish the Lebanese Society of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, an NGO with a clear mission which is to empower patients for a safer clinical process.

Safety and risk management, health management, Clinical care

Dr. Zadeh is an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and he is currently President of Lapuck Laboratories, Inc. and the CEO of RJH Associate, a Public Health Consulting Group based in Canton Massachusetts. After graduating from Shiraz University School of Veterinary Medicine which included practical training at London University, Colorado State University and the University of Stockholm in Uppsala Sweden, he undertook an intensive academic training in preventive medicine and public health with special emphasis on epidemiology of infectious diseases. While enrolled in MPH program at The University of Minnesota School of Public Health, he also completed an intensive Epidemiology Certification Program offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Upon completion of his academic programs, Dr. Zadeh accepted a position with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) as an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist where he served for eleven years. During his tenure with the Department, Dr. Sharifzadeh worked closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on numerous State and National disease epidemics and outbreaks. He developed and directed a number of Educational and regulatory programs within the Department of Public Health which included the New England Zoonoses Conference, the Working Group on Foodborne Infectious Diseases, and the Massachusetts Regulations for Humane Treatment of Research Animals. All of these programs have since become the national models and have been copied by various State Departments of Public Health across the Country. During his tenure with MDPH, Dr. Zadeh also served as an adjunct faculty with Tufts University and lectured at Boston University School of Public Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, and Boston College. Since 1994, Dr. Zadeh has been leading two private Organizations that primarily provide testing and public health consulting services to private clients as well as government agencies. As an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, he has used the Organizations as a platform to promote public health and preventive medicine among vulnerable groups and populations. Through the World Health Organization (WHO), he has hosted a number of visiting public health missions from less developed countries focusing primarily on how to improve the health and well being of their perspective citizens. Dr. Zadeh served as the MA Chapter President of Iranian American Medical Association (IAMA) from 2010 to 2013 and served as the National President of IAMA from 2013 to 2017.

Infectious Disease, Epidemiology

Amir Baigi has 28 years experiences in health surveys, evaluation and expertise in improving the health and wellbeing.His scientific network extend from Gothenburg University in west to Lund University in south of Sweden.

Epidemiology

David J Galton is Emeritus Professor at London University. He gained doctorates in Medicine (M.D. for work done in the USA) and in Science (D.Sc.). He has published 8 books, and more than 250 research papers on genetics of common metabolic disorders; nine students from his laboratory have become Professors. He served as consultant physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London. David J Galton has served in various senior positions as the former Chairman of Clinical Science U.K, Chairman of HEART UK and Secretary to the European Atherosclerosis Society. He is an elected Fellow of 2 Royal Colleges, the Physicians (FRCP) and Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth).

Metabolic regulation, SNP analysis, genetics of lipid disorders, atherosclerosis.

In 2001 Cristina Stasi graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the Catholic University of “Sacro Cuore”, Rome. In 2006 she specialized in Gastroenterology at the University of Pisa. From 2006 to 2009 she took part in clinical research projects at the University Hospital “Careggi”, Florence. At the same time she improved her knowledge in Study Design, Management of Clinical Research Project, Statistics, Epidemiology. In 2013 she received her PhD in Experimental and Clinical Medicine from the University of Florence. She published more than 40 papers in reputed international journals and she has been serving as an editorial board member of some international journals.

Epidemiology

Roberto Antonio Flores has been Graduated from National University of Tucuman, Argentina as Medical Doctor, with the specialties including Internal Medicine, Social and Community Medicine and Diploma in Cardiology from the National University of Tucuman and Medical Clinic National Academy of Medicine Argentina. Later on he obtained his post-graduation from National University of Cuyo with subjects Pharmacology & Biology and then started working at The Nurses School, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health, National University of Santiago del Estero, Argentina where he has continued his research. Presently he has been working at the at the Regional Hospital Dr. Ramon Carrillo, Santiago del Estero City. He has got eminent memberships in many Scientific Societies including Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Society of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Membership of Argentina Federation of Cardiology, Membership of Hypertension Committee of Argentina Federation of Cardiology, Membership of Inter American Society of Cardiology and Board of Epidemiology of Inter American Society of Cardiology

Epidemiology, Public Health

Ray Merrill is a Professor in the Department of Health Science at Brigham Young University. He joined the faculty in 1998, following employment as a Mathematical Statistician in the Applied Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute. His research interests include chronic disease epidemiology, social determinants of health, and program planning and evaluation.

Epidemiology, Social determinants of health, and Program planning and evaluation.

Guy H Fontaine MD PhD HDR has made 15 original contributions in the design and the use of the first cardiac pace makers in the early 60s. He has serendipitously identified ARVD during antiarrhythmic surgery in the early 70s. He has developed the technique of Fulguration to replace surgery in the early 80s. He has been one of the 216 individuals who have made a significant contribution to the study of cardiovascular disease since the 14th century and one of the 500 greatest geniuses of the 21st Century (USA Books), one of the 100 life time of achievement (UK Book). He has > 900 publications including 201 book chapters. He is a reviewer of 17 scientific journals both in basic and clinical science. He has given 11 master lectures of 90 minutes each in inland China in 2014. He is now developing new techniques for brain protection in OHCA, stroke and spinal cord injury by hypothermia.

Cardiovascular diseases

Sheying Chen is Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Pace University, New York. He has published more than 50 articles on social policies, social issues and social works all over the world. His research work mainly focuses on social policy and social issues.

social policy

Mayvor Ström completed PhD at the Sahlgrenska Academy in 2009 in Sweden and a trained nurse/midwife in service with Master degree in Environmental Medicine. Mayvor Ström have spent a lot of time in telephone contact with patients during my almost 40-year career. Mayvor Ström thinks that the daily care meeting is a crucial and very important part of overall care. Caring meeting by phone has many dimensions, as power perspective, patient perspective, and of course the staff perspective

Primary care

João R. Mesquita (D.V.M., M.Sc.; Ph.D.) is a Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu where he teaches topics within Infectious Diseases for more than 10 years. On the past decade he has focused on Virology, where he has published 44 papers in Scopus indexed Journals. He has won several scientific prizes from different societies and conferences, where he has presented numerous oral and poster presentations. His research interests are focused on animal and human virology, mainly on zoonotic viruses, with special interest on surveillance tools and epidemiology.

Virology

Carolina M Borges is a Social Epidemiologist and currently working as an Assistant Professor of Public Health at The College of New Jersey. She holds a PhD in Dental Public Health, Master’s in Public Health focused on Oral Epidemiology. Her research line includes social determinants of health, health inequalities, technology and health and social capital. Additionally, she has experience in planning, building and implementing undergraduate and graduate programs; experience as Administrative and Academic Coordinator.

Epidemiology

Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rana is a Canadian neurologist who specializes in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders. Dr. Rana is currently the Director of Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Rana is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome. Dr. Rana is founder of the World Parkinson’s Program. He has written several books and published extensively in the field of Neurology, Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders. Dr. Rana has been an invited speaker on Parkinson’s disease and has conducted seminars on Parkinson’s disease at international levels. Dr. Rana has been honoured with the Wayne Hening Award for his research on association on Parkinson’s disease and RLS. He has also served as examiner for the medical council of Canada. Beside his BSc, MD, and FRCPC from the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Dr. Rana has also been awarded an honorary FRCP of the Royal College of Physicians of UK.

Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders

Dr Sergey Suchkov, MD, PhD. Professor in Immunology & Medicine. Director, Center for Personalized Medicine, Sechenov University and Chair,Dept for Translational Medicine, Moscow Engineering Physical Institute (MEPhI). Born on 11 Jan 1957, Astrakhan, Russia; two sons. Education: MD, Astrakhan State Medical University, Russia, 1980; PhD, I.M.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 1985; Doctor Degree, National Institute of Im-munology, Russia, 2001. Positions held: Post Doc Research Associate, Institute of Medical Enzymology; Head of the Lab of Immunology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow; Trainee, Laboratory of Immunology, NEI, Bethesda, MD, USA; Chair, Department for Clinical Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute; Executive Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, Biomedical Science International journal. Honours: Secretary General, United Cultural Convention, Cambridge, UK. Memberships: New York Academy of Sciences, USA; ISPM, Tokyo, Japan; PMC, Washington, DC, USA; ACS, USA; AMEE, Dundee, UK; AHA, USA; EPMA, Brussels.

Translational Medicine

David J Galton is Emeritus Professor at London University. He gained doctorates in Medicine (M.D. for work done in the USA) and in Science (D.Sc.). He has published 8 books, and more than 250 research papers on genetics of common metabolic disorders; nine students from his laboratory have become Professors. He served as consultant physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London. David J Galton has served in various senior positions as the former Chairman of Clinical Science U.K, Chairman of HEART UK and Secretary to the European Atherosclerosis Society. He is an elected Fellow of 2 Royal Colleges, the Physicians (FRCP) and Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth).

Metabolic regulation, SNP analysis, genetics of lipid disorders, atherosclerosis.

Dr. Farid Menaa is an inter- and multi-disciplinary professional with worldwide reputation. He has three international post-doctoral terms in Oncology, Dermatology, and Hematology; MBA Entrepreneurship and MD candidate. During his ongoing career, he has mainly contributed to the identification and functions of new human disease-causing genes and variants, formulated natural products for anti-aging and developed innovative theranostic strategies against cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and infectious diseases. He has more than 10 years’ experiences either in the academic, hospitals or industrial sectors. As Chief Scientific Officer and Vice-President R&D at Fluorotronics, Inc. he actively participated in the development of the disruptive “Carbon-Fluorine Spectroscopy”. Dr. Menaa collaborates with various organizations worldwide. He is a member of several prestigious medical and scientific organizations and editorial boards in the field of medicine, science, technology and business, including in the nano-segment. He has authored more than 100 articles including research and review articles, books, book chapters, textbooks, proceedings, and has participated to over 200 scientific international events including as co-organizer, keynote speaker, chairman. Dr. Menaa’s worldwide collaborations, holistic point of view and strong expertise in various fields led him to prevent, implement early diagnosis, and develop efficient and safer therapy.

Dr. Farid Menaa’s research interest includes Preventive Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Translational Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Green Medicine, Nanomedicine, Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.

Prof.Dr.Václav Bunc, PhD - born 19.9.1947 - graduated from Technical University Prague 1970, applied physics, 1970-1973 research worker in Tesla VUST A.S.Popova Prague, 1973-1975 PhD study on Technical University Prague, from 1975 until now Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Charles University, PhD earned from Technical University Prague in Applied Physics, senior scientific worker, Ass.Prof. 1993, Prof. 1998 - Exercise Physiology

Exercise physiology, training checking, body composition, movement activity.

Dr. Abdul Qayyum Rana is a Canadian neurologist who specializes in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders. Dr. Rana is currently the Director of Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Rana is the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome. Dr. Rana is founder of the World Parkinson’s Program. He has written several books and published extensively in the field of Neurology, Parkinson’s disease and Movement disorders. Dr. Rana has been an invited speaker on Parkinson’s disease and has conducted seminars on Parkinson’s disease at international levels. Dr. Rana has been honoured with the Wayne Hening Award for his research on association on Parkinson’s disease and RLS. He has also served as examiner for the medical council of Canada. Beside his BSc, MD, and FRCPC from the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Dr. Rana has also been awarded an honorary FRCP of the Royal College of Physicians of UK.

Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders

Sheying Chen is Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs at Pace University, New York.

He has published more than 50 articles on social policies, social issues and social works all over the world. His research work mainly focuses on social policy and social issues.

Dr. Lu Qi has been Graduated from Tuft Univerisyt as PhD. Later on he obtained his post-graduation from Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and becaue Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. He is now Regents Distinguished Chiar and Professor at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Qi is a fellow of American Heart Association (FAHA), American College of Nutrition (FACN), and The Obesity Society (FOS).

Epidemiology, Nutrition, Genetics

Yiannis Koumpouros, Ass. Prof. in the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Department of Informatics. Specialized in health informatics, ehealth, mhealth, telemedicine, and strategic management. Expert for the European Commission in the e-health sector, and evaluator of numerous research and development projects. Senior manager in business operations with wide expertise in design and implementation of strategic, conceptual and complex changes in an international framework. Significant experience in introducing organizational, process and IT solutions for business performance improvement. Top-level managerial experience in private and public healthcare sector (as chairman of hospitals). Teaching in several universities for almost 10 years. Project and R&D manager in IT fields with European experience. Chairman of several Permanent Committee of Experts (Ministry of Development, General Secretariat of Trade), for issues related to Electronic Scientific Equipments and Medical Equipments. Regular member of the Consultative Technical Council (Ministry of Internal Public Administration and Decentralisation) for subjects on new technologies and IT in the wider public administration, etc.

Health Informatics, e-health, mhealth

Dr K. Mohan Iyer did his MCPS (1971) from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai, India; MBBS (1971) from the University of Mumbai; D’Orth. and FCPS Orth. (1975) from the College of Physicians and Surgeons; MS Orth. (1978) from the University of Mumbai; and M. Ch. Orth. (1981) from the University of Liverpool, UK. During this time, he wrote three theses on fractures of the patella, excision arthroplasty of the elbow, and excision of the trapezium for carpometacarpal arthritis of the thumb.

Hip Joint,Orthopaedic and accident Surgery.

Kinda Khalaf received her B.S. (Summa Cum Laude with Distinction) and M.S. (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from the Ohio State University. Her Ph.D., also from OSU, is in Biomechanics/Computational Biomechanics. She has held several prestigious international academic appointments and currently serves as the associate chair of Biomedical Engineering at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Khalaf is on the list of International Who’s Who of Professionals. She has multiple awards and honors reflecting academic and leadership excellence. Her research in the areas of Orthopedic and Computational Biomechanics is reflected in numerous journal and book chapter publications, lectures and conference proceedings.

Biomechanics, Computational Biomechanics, Biomaterials, Human Movement and Control.

Professor of Pathophysiology Marina Zueva graduated from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Physiology of Higher Nervous Activity), received her Ph.D. and Biol.Sci.D. from Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases. Currently, she is the Head of the Division of Clinical Physiology of Vision at the Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases. Zueva is a member of International Society on Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV), European Association on Vision and Eye Research (EVER), European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA). She has published over ten peer-reviewed papers in English (over 86 in Russian) and presented over 65 topics at international conferences.

Abnormal development and aging of the central nervous system,neurological disorders

I am faculty member of Department of Computer Engineering and bio Technology, Payame Noor University, Iran. I was graduated from software engineering college of shomal University. In 2009 I got my first master degree after my graduation in Industrial Engineering-System management and productivity and 2011 second master degree in computer science -bioinformatics. My major is soft computing for medicine applications and my research field focus on the fuzzy and adaptive fuzzy influence neural network for cancer diseases prediction. I published some 30 papers in professional journals and 4 ended research projects in this regard. Secondly, I published 5 books and I conduct some research workshops About 100 hours . I am editorial manager of journal-of-cancer-open-access and reviewer of several journals and conference. I'm very interested in artificial intelligence and its application in medicine and new articles have talked about this.

Soft computing for Medical and health, Chronic Disease , Cancer prediction , DNA, Survival prediction.

Qingrong Huang is a Professor, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University at New Brunswick. 9/2008-8/2009 Cluster Coordinator, Nanotechnology Application to Foods Cluster, Center for Advanced Food Technology, Rutgers University 1/2008-present, Full member of Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences, UMDNJ/Rutgers University, and Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry-Rutgers 1/2003-present, Full member of Graduate Program in Bioresources Engineering-Rutgers University at New Brunswick. 9/2002-6/2008, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University at New Brunswick. 1/2000-8/2002, NIST ATP Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University/IBM Almaden Research Center Advisors: Drs. Curtis Frank and Robert Miller 2/1999-3/1999 Visiting Scientist, Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Division, Argonne National Laboratory. 6/1998-1/2000, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Indiana-Purdue University, Advisor: Dr. Paul Dubin2 8/1993-5/1998, Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 9/1989-7/1993, Research Assistant, Laboratory of Polymer Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2010 American Chemical Society Young Scientist Award finalist. Distinguished Speaker, College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, November 19, 2009. Received 2007-2008. The Professor Endel Karmas Award for Excellence in Teaching Food Science, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University. Honorable Speaker for the Polymer Science Lecture Series, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, May, 2007. Honorable Speaker for the Polymer Science Lecture Series, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, May, 2006.

Food Nanotechnology and biopolymers, with specific research interest in: (1) structure and self-assembly of biopolymers; (2) development of nanoemulsion/nanoparticle-based, controllable, traceable, and targetable nutraceuticals/drug delivery systems; (3) nutraceutical/protein (including receptor proteins) interactions, protein/carbohydrate interactions; (4) chemical force microscopy/single molecular force spectroscopy; (5) small-angle neutron/x-ray scattering, dynamic light scattering, surface laser light scattering, rheology; and (6) DNA and antibody-based biosensors.

Dr. Mina T. Kelleni is a 36 years old assistant professor of pharmacology at faculty of medicine, Minia University, Egypt. He's also a clinician practicing internal, family medicine and dermatology since 2006. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed international medical journals; invited to speak in tens of international medical conferences in cities all over Europe, Asia, Australia, USA and he has been serving as an editorial board member of more than twenty international medical journals and was also selected as member of the organizing committee of more than 10 international medical conferences, meetings and workshops.

Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Autoimmune disorders, Cancer chemotherapy, NAFLD, HCV Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacovigilance.

Dr. Ilich received her advance degrees at the University of Utah and University of Zagreb/Ohio State University. She joined the Florida State University in 2006 where she came from the University of Connecticut. She is also a visiting professor at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb, Croatia. Her publishing activity amounts to over 100 publications including original studies,review or by request papers, book chapters/symposia volumes and numerous abstracts. She is also a member of numerous professional organizations and serves either on the editorial board or as a regular reviewer for many professional journals. She is a frequently invited speaker for presentations and lectures about her research as well as about the topics on women’s issues by different organizations and forums, nationally and internationally.

Dr. Ilich’s research scope spans through several modalities:basic, in mesenchymal stem cells investigating nutritional influences on osteoblast (bone forming cells) and adipocyte lineages; translational, in animal models with feeding studies and mechanical loading, as well as investigating bioavailability of calcium, magnesium, and zinc and their competitive interaction during absorptive processes; clinical trials,including nutritional interventions in human subjects incorporating behavioral modification and modes of physical activity to investigate the effects of various life-style modifiers (nutrition, physical activity), on bone health and body composition (lean and muscle tissue); outreach, including education.

Abdul Rahman Ilyas, born 23rd May 1973, started his professional career in 1995 soon after finishing his post graduation in business management and in a span of 18 years he has worked in diverse sectors and organization setups. He decided to make his career in the development sector as early as 1999 and built his career in core agribusiness development. Worked for a State Government of Andhra Pradesh as OSD – Marketing and Processing and went on become the COO of Agri-Science Park for ICRISAT (a CGIAR Center headquartered in India). Through his career span he has worked with smallholder farmers, progressive farmer, stakeholders from varied sectors – horticulture, dairy, aquaculture and agribusiness. His core expertise is institutional innovations, sustainable business modeling and research / technology outreach. Widely traveled on missions and work, with contacts spread across globally from academia, private sector and research institutions in USA, Africa, Asia and Middle East, he has helped various organizations with strategic advise and custom facilitations. Lead industry missions abroad for technology and research collaborations and vice versa. He is on various national and internationals committees / action groups that work in the agricultural / agribusiness spectrum. Supported ventures in Gherkins, Organic Farming, bio diesel, nutraceuticals and agricultural extension. Currently he is CEO of IKP Center for Advancement of Agricultural Practice (ICAAP), a center promoted by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington and ICICI Knowledge Park Trust, India. ICAAP is developing a knowledge platform which, will be supported by the Centers of Excellence to showcase innovative technologies, global best practices and scalable models that can benefit small holders at large.

Horticulture, dairy, aquaculture and agribusiness

Dr. Elida Mataj obtained her PhD degree in Public Health in 2012 and has been working as a Chief of Environmental Epidemiology Sector at the Department of Health and Environment, in Public Health Institute Tirana, Albania. Dr. Mataj is also a Lecturer of Statistics and Epidemiology at the ALBANI Medical University. Her primary areas of expertise are Environmental health and statistics.

Epidemiology, Statistics, Environmental Health

Ghufran Jassim has graduated in Medicine from Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain. She was trained as a family physician and completed the Arab Board and Irish Board in Family Medicine. She has also graduated from Arabian Gulf University with a Master's degree in Health Policy and Population Studies. In 2014, she was awarded a PhD degree in General Practice from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The title of her PhD was: Quality of life of Bahraini women with breast cancer. In 2015, she has completed a one year program in Global Clinical Scholars Research Training at Harvard Medical School-Harvard University. Last year she has graduated from the Health Education Profession Diploma Program at RCSI. She is the Coordinator of Evidence Based Health Module at RCSI Bahrain. She has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Bahrain Medical Society.

Evidence Based Medicine, Research Methodology, Medical Education, and Family Medicine. Academic coordinator for career development.

Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laude) from University of Gottingen, Germany. She has over a decade experience in infectious diseases, in particular in HIV molecular epidemiology and molecular evolution. She is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at University of Georgia, USA, and affiliated with Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Bioinformatics, and Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute at University of Georgia. She leads an interdisciplinary research group towards understanding pathogen diversity under various epidemiology settings. She enjoys teaching and educating next generation of critical thinkers and innovators in epidemiology.

Molecular epidemiology of human pathogens, especially HIV, influenza, & HCV Molecular immunology Viral vaccine design Big-data health database, tool development, and algorithm design

Dr. Gupta obtained his B.Pharmacy from Guru Jambheshwar University, India and his M.S. (Pharmaceutical Sciences) fromPoona College of Pharmacy, India.His project involved synthesis and evaluation of prodrugs of anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agents. Later, he underwent training at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India in drug design and molecular modeling. His Ph.D. dissertation mainly focused on the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of mechanism based inhibitors targeting malaria. Dr. Gupta later joined University of Michigan (UM) as postdoctoral research fellow under Dr. Gordon Amidon at the Center for Molecular Drug Targeting.At UM, he was involved in the design, synthesis, in-vitro, in-situ and in-vivo evaluation of Influenza drugs and also MRI active contrast agents for diagnosis of solid tumors. He joined LECOM-School of Pharmacy in July 2009 as assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is currently the Director of Center of Drug Delivery and Targeting (CDDT) at LECOM.

Drug Design And Development, Drug Delivery (Prodrugs), Mucosal Transport and Transporters, Drug Metabolism and Activation Pathways

Guy H Fontaine MD PhD HDR has made 15 original contributions in the design and the use of the first cardiac pace makers in the early 60s. He has serendipitously identified ARVD during antiarrhythmic surgery in the early 70s. He has developed the technique of Fulguration to replace surgery in the early 80s. He has been one of the 216 individuals who have made a significant contribution to the study of cardiovascular disease since the 14th century and one of the 500 greatest geniuses of the 21st Century (USA Books), one of the 100 life time of achievement (UK Book). He has > 900 publications including 201 book chapters. He is a reviewer of 17 scientific journals both in basic and clinical science. He has given 11 master lectures of 90 minutes each in inland China in 2014. He is now developing new techniques for brain protection in OHCA, stroke and spinal cord injury by hypothermia.

Cardiomyopathies, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, cardiac imaging, myocarditis.

Jean Caron, PhD, studies the mental health of populations, focusing primarily on:the epidemiology of mental disorders and suicide the assessment of mental health services the validation of psychometric instruments His initial collaboration with the Douglas Mental Health University Institute was in 1993 when he was a professor in the Department of Human and Social Developmentat the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. He joined the Psychosocial Research Division in 1998 and subsequently became an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University. He currently leads the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Social and Psychiatric Epidemiology. He is also an associate researcher at the Institut de Santé publique of the Université de Montréal and the Instituto de Saude Colletiva of the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil.His recent studies have identified determinants of psychological distress and quality of life among different populations: the general population, low-income populations and populations with mental health problems. He has focused particularly on social support as a protective factor in mental health.Jean Caron’s research has received national and international recognition. He was a visiting scientist at the Mental Health Institute of the Andalusian Ministry of Health and avisiting professor in the Department of Social Psychology at the University of Seville, in Spain. He is a consultant in social and psychiatric epidemiology to the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada, the Quebec Department of Public Health, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Epidemiology

David J Galton is Emeritus Professor at London University. He gained doctorates in Medicine (M.D. for work done in the USA) and in Science (D.Sc.). He has published 8 books, and more than 250 research papers on genetics of common metabolic disorders; nine students from his laboratory have become Professors. He served as consultant physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London. David J Galton has served in various senior positions as the former Chairman of Clinical Science U.K, Chairman of HEART UK and Secretary to the European Atherosclerosis Society. He is an elected Fellow of 2 Royal Colleges, the Physicians (FRCP) and Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth).

Metabolic regulation, SNP analysis, genetics of lipid disorders, atherosclerosis.

Young graduated from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as Master and Doctor of Public Health, with specialization in Epidemiology and Social Medicine. He also took a Master’s degree in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University where he studied demography, biostatistics and quantitative research methods as a doctoral candidate. His research focuses on the distribution of air toxic exposure, neighborhood health effects, and vulnerability to chronic disease and health care disparities. He holds positions as Executive Vice President for Health Policy at Cooper University Health Care and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, where he is Director of the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Social Medicine.

Epidemiology,Medicine

Wolfgang Seger was a doctor of medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin in 1977 and received his license as a physician in 1978. Afterwards, he was initially a research assistant at the Institute of Clinical Radiology at Hanover Medical University. After working at various clinics, he opened his main practice in internal medicine / gastroenterology in Bad Pyrmont in 1985 and was a consultant for the operative therapy of two clinics. From 1989 to 1991, Seger was a senior physician at the Lorch Social Medicine Clinic, and until 1994 he was the senior physician of the Social Medicine Department of the LVA Oldenburg-Bremen. In 1994 Seger became a senior physician of the medical service of the health insurance of Lower Saxony (MDKN) and in 1997 his deputy managing director. In 1998 the University of Bremen was appointed honorary professor for rehabilitation medicine.

Rehabilitation and Social Medicine

Sophia Salenius is Managing Director of RegPoint Ltd, a health services company supplying wireless technology to the global healthcare community. She is a leading expert in the international IT healthcare field and a sought after guest speaker at professional conferences around the world. Ms. Salenius is well known as the inventor behind the unique mHealth solution for public health threat detection and management called RegPoint. Her invention is also used in a wireless early warning and advice solution for natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes, as well as to combat public health threats including chronic diseases and epidemics such as SARS and the Avian A flu.

Epidemic

In 2001 Cristina Stasi graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the Catholic University of “Sacro Cuore”, Rome. In 2006 she specialized in Gastroenterology at the University of Pisa. From 2006 to 2009 she took part in clinical research projects at the University Hospital “Careggi”, Florence. At the same time she improved her knowledge in Study Design, Management of Clinical Research Project, Statistics, Epidemiology. In 2013 she received her PhD in Experimental and Clinical Medicine from the University of Florence. She published more than 40 papers in reputed international journals and she has been serving as an editorial board member of some international journals.

Epidemiology

Ahmad M. Khalil received Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1987. Currently is a Professor at Yarmouk University, Irbid, JORDAN. Earned the professorship in 2000. Director of the Department of Biological Sciences at Yarmouk 2001-2003. Founded the Biotechnology M. Sc. Program at Yarmouk in 2003. In Arabic, authored a book in Radiation Biology, a unit in Molecular Biology, a chapter in Genetics and 35 articles of general interest. Published 40 research papers most of them in International Journals. Developed expertise in investigating the biology of prostate cancer in collaboration with King Abduallah Hospital at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST).

Epidemiology, Public Health

Dr. Roberto Antonio Flores has been Graduated from National University of Tucuman, Argentina as Medical Doctor, with the specialties including Internal Medicine, Social and Community Medicine and Diploma in Cardiology from the National University of Tucuman and Medical Clinic National Academy of Medicine Argentina. Later on he obtained his post-graduation from National University of Cuyo with subjects Pharmacology & Biology and then started working at The Nurses School, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Health, National University of Santiago del Estero, Argentina where he has continued his research. Presently he has been working at the at the Regional Hospital Dr. Ramon Carrillo, Santiago del Estero City. He has got eminent memberships in many Scientific Societies including Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Society of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Membership of Argentina Federation of Cardiology, Membership of Hypertension Committee of Argentina Federation of Cardiology, Membership of Inter American Society of Cardiology and Board of Epidemiology of Inter American Society of Cardiology

Epidemiology

Amir Baigi has 28 years experiences in health surveys, evaluation and expertise in improving the health and wellbeing.His scientific network extend from Gothenburg University in west to Lund University in south of Sweden.

Epidemiology

Syamantak Mani Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Chhattisharh Kamdhenu Vishwavidalya, Durg-491001 (Chhattisgarh) India. He has over six years experience with hand-on applications including teams of researchers and technicians in the Pharmacology & Toxicology and Biotechnology division. His training and experience also includes applied animal investigation skills as a research scholar in the field of pesticide induced immunotoxicology and safety pharmacology studies. He has worked in multiple successful research projects funded by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, supporting clinical development and leading to strong regulatory submissions for pesticides uses in agriculture. His research program is focused on the study of immune response to pesticide and xenobiotics in avian model. He received his Bachelor’s in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP), India; Master’s of Veterinary Pharmacology from Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat), India and his Ph.D. in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology from the Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University at Jabalpur (MP), India. His academic work was focused on “Immuno-genotoxicity of organophosphorous insecticide ‘acephate’ in white leghorn birds”. His work contributes towards understanding the molecular mechanism of acephate toxicity in avian model; studying interleukin gene(s) associated with immunity and development of test series to study immunotoxicity. Memberships he has include the Indian Society of Toxicology, Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Epidemiology,Toxicology