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Jackie Blissett

Professor of PsychologyAston University

Professor Blissett is an expert in the development of children's eating behaviour, including obesity, emotional eating, and fussy eating.

Children’s Emotional EatingChildhood ObesityFeeding and Eating BehaviourDevelopmental PsychologyChildhood Eating Behaviour
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Rebecca Frazer

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Rebecca Frazer is a media psychology researcher, focusing on how people process and respond to story-form/narrative media.

Media and Public Policy AttitudesHumanization in MediaMoral PsychologyNarrative MediaMedia Psychology
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Siobhan Malany

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Siobhan Malany studies the effects of microgravity on human muscle biology using an automated tissue chip system.

SpaceAge-related Msucle AtrophyDrug Discovery and ScreeningSpace MedicineHuman Muscle Biology
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Olexandr Isayev

Assistant Professor, ChemistryCarnegie Mellon University

Olexandr Isayev's research focuses on solving fundamental chemical problems with machine learning, molecular modeling and quantum mechanics.

Theoretical ChemistryComputational ChemistryMachine LearningCheminformaticsDrug Discovery
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Edward Ewen, M.D.

Director of Clinical Data and AnalyticsChristianaCare

Clinical Performance ImprovementBusiness IntelligenceMachine LearningClinical InformaticsData Warehousing
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Dr Lucy Bastin

Reader, Computer ScienceAston University

Dr. Bastin specializes in spatio-temporal environmental analysis and semantic interoperability for data, models & metadata

Data AnalyticsSoftware EngineeringEngineeringApplied Sciences
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Laura Vandenberg

Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Research and Engagement and Professor of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Laura Vandenberg looks at how exposures to plastics, and other chemicals especially early in life, can predispose individuals to diseases.

Plastics and Human HealthEndocrine DisruptorsPlastic ExposureDevelopmental BiologyHazard Assessment
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Douglas J. Casa, Ph.D.

CEO-Korey Stringer Institute, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Department of KinesiologyUniversity of Connecticut

Focused on prevention of sudden death in sport, exertional heat stroke, wearable technologies, hydration, and performance in the heat

Elite AtheletesHydration/DehydrationFluid-Electrolyte BalanceExertional Heat IllnessesWearable Technologies
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Jaime King

Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Bion M. Gregory Chair in Business LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: kingja@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8834 / Office 394-200

Health Law and PolicyThe U.S. Healthcare SystemGenetics and the LawHealthcare AntitrustHealth Policy & Reform
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Jessica Vapnek

Lecturer, Global Programs Advisor, and Director of the M.S.L. ProgramUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: vapnekjessica@uchastings.edu

Agriculture and Natural Resource LawLegislative DraftingRule of Law