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Bruce Compas

Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director of Clinical Psychology Training, and Director of Psychology at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterVanderbilt University

An expert on how stress affects the physical and mental health of children and families, and the power of coping and preventative measures.

Neurocognitive DeficitsDepressionStress Coping and ResilienceHuntington DiseaseChildhood Cancer Survivorship
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Bruce D. Edwards, Esq.

Child Welfare Attorney and Community ActivistAdvocates For Justice, Inc.

Author of book "The 14 Virtues of the Good Father"

Child AdvocacyParentingRaising TeensFatherlessnessFamily Law
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Priyanka Dixit-Patel, M.D.

Family Medicine PhysicianChristianaCare

Dr. Priyanka Dixit-Patel is a family medicine physician with expertise in obstetrics, gynecology, and women’s health.

Family MedicineWomen's HealthGynecology
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Gio Iacono, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Iacono's research interests include LGBTQIA+ youth mental health, youth resilience, diversity and inclusion in social work education.

Trauma-Informed CareLGBTQIA+ HealthSocial WorkMental HealthMindfulness
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Brandi Bradburn

Clinical Assistant Professor, Production Film & TelevisionLoyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Teaching for Film and TelevisionVisual StorytellingCurriculum Design (Post-Production)Editing TheoryFilm Education
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Shan-Lu Liu

Professor I Department of Veterinary BiosciencesThe Ohio State University

Professor Liu studies virus-host interactions, in particular how RNA viruses enter host cells and cause pathogenesis in humans and animals.

Viral InfectionsHIVEbolaLung CancerCancer Biology
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Megan Ennes

Assistant CuratorUniversity of Florida

Megan Ennes supports science interests through youth civic engagement, educator professional development and science communication research.

Science CommunicationScience Career AspirationsMuseum EducationClimate Change EducationCivic Engagement for the Environment
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Alan J. Singer

Professor of Teaching, Learning and TechnologyHofstra University

Alan Singer specializes in social studies education and United States history.

Social Studies EducationUnited States HistoryHistory of SlaveryTeaching race. ethnicity and class
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Andy Horowitz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Connecticut State HistorianUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Horowitz is a public historian, scholar of the modern United States, and Connecticut's State Historian.

Modern U.S. HistoryEnvironmental ChangeNatural DisastersHurricane KatrinaMetropolitan Development‎
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Dimitris Xygalatas, Ph.D.

Professor, AnthropologyUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Xygalatas' research focuses on ritual, sports, bonding, and the things that make us human.

Cognition and CultureSportsRitualCooperation