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Roy Curtiss

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Roy Curtiss designs and constructs vaccines to protect farm animals and humans against diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites.

Antimicrobial ResistanceBacterial PathogensDesign, Construction and Evaluation of VaccinesGene Flow and EvolutionGenetics
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Steven Raymond

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. Steven Raymond is an expert in neonatal surgery, pyloric stenosis, appendicitis, cholelithiasis, chest wall deformities, and more.

Chest Wall DeformitiesEsophageal AtresiaHirschsprung's DiseaseAppendicitisPediatric Robot Surgery
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Tianze Jiao

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

To optimize drug use, Tianze Jiao examines drug safety and drug-drug interactions using Big Data and innovative machine learning methods.

SemaglutideMetabolic DiseaseDrug InteractionsEpidemiologyDrug Safety
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Reem Waziry

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Reem Waziry studies biological aging, vascular and brain health using advanced causal inference methods and AI.

StrokeAlzheimer'sAIResearch MethodsVascular Health
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Joe Brown

Assistant Professor, Environmental EngineeringGeorgia Tech - COE

Joe Brown’s research interests include water infrastructure sustainability and detection methods for pathogens in the environment.

Water and Wastewater MicrobiologyAntimicrobial Resistance in the EnvironmentEngineering Applications in Underserved CommunitiesBioaerosols
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Randy Nelson

Professor and Chair | Department of NeuroscienceThe Ohio State University

Expert in biological rhythms, sleep, neuroinflammation and behavioral endocrinology.

Behavioral endocrinologyNeuroinflammationSleepBiological rhythmsNighttime light exposure
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April Callahan, RDN, LDN

Registered DietitianChristianaCare

April Callahan is a licensed registered dietitian at ChristianaCare.

Food and Nutrition
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Gerald A. Berkowitz, Ph.D.

Professor of Plant Science and Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Connecticut

Expert on plant genetics, plant biotechnology, GMOs and public perception of GMOs.

Plant-Water RelationsIon ChannelsLandscape ArchitecturePhotosynthesisPlant Physiology
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Angela Crawley

Scientist, Chronic Disease ProgramOttawa Hospital Research Institute, Chronic Disease Program

Angela Crawley's lab studies the immunopathogenesis of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) infection.

Biomedical ResearchImmunologyChronic DiseaseT-cell biologyHepatitis C Virus Infection (Hcv)
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Peihua Qiu

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

Peihua Qui studies design and data analysis, including decision-making problems like disease surveillance and environment monitoring.

BiostatisticsImage ProcessingDisease ScreeningDisease SurveillanceStatistics