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Kari Sampsel

Medical Director, Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program, Attending Staff Emergency PhysicianThe Ottawa Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine & University of Ottawa

Emergency Medicine, Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Clinician, Educator and Advocate

Emergency MedicineSexual AssaultDomestic ViolenceIntimate Partner ViolenceSexual Assault Awareness
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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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Teresa Marin, PhD, NNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP

Associate Professor in College of NursingAugusta University

Dr. Marin's research evaluates strategies to identify ischemic disease in premature infants using near infrared spectroscopy technology.

Ischemic Heart DiseaseEarly Onset Acute Kidney InjuryPremature InfantsEthics in ResearchGrant Writing
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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
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Michael Mullan

Biomedical researcherRoskamp Institute

A biomedical researcher of the beta amyloid protein and its relation to Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's Disease
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Jason Carter, Ph.D.

Dean of the Robbins College of Health and Human SciencesBaylor University

Active researcher focusing on neural control of the cardiovascular system in humans and the role of sleep in cardiovascular disease.

Cardiovascular DiseaseSleepAerobic and Anaerobic Balance in Elite AthletesSleep and Autonomic Activity in HumansNeurovascular Responses to Mental Stress
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Shannon Wallet

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

Shannon Wallet focuses on mechanisms associated with altered innate immune functions which lead to dysregulated adaptive immunity.

Burn and Inhalation InjuryMechanisms Associated with Altered Immune FunctionsOral BiologyPeriodontal diseasesPulmonary Mucosal Immunology
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Rick Relyea

Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute; Director, Jefferson Project; & David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed ChairRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Researches community ecology, ecotoxicology, phenotypic plasticity, forest inputs to wetlands, disease ecology, and invasive species

Aquatic Ecosystems‎Animal Disease EcologyAnimal BehaviorEvolutionEcology
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Jim Wellehan

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jim Wellehan's research focuses on comparative infectious disease, pathogen evolution, molecular diagnostics and pathogen discovery.

MycologyVirologyWildlife MedicineInfectious DiseaseBacteriology
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Michael Scullin, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and NeuroscienceBaylor University

Nationally recognized sleep expert exploring the connections between sleep physiology, memory, education, health & aging

Sleep HealthCognitionHealthy AgingAlzheimer's DiseaseEducation