Donna Thomson
Author, Caregiving Activist · McMaster University
Author and Leader in family caregiving - disability and aging Instructor, McMaster University Vice-Chair, Kids Brain Health Network
Health Care Navigation Family Caregiving Resilience Strategic Advocacy Teaching, Coaching
Dr Maria Maynard
Reader in Public Health Nutrition · Leeds Beckett University
Expertise in the health & diets of minority ethnic & migrant communities - exploring nutrition-related inequalities, obesity & diabetes.
Communities Obesity Nutrition Migrant Health Diet and Inequality
Vicki J. Magley, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology · University of Connecticut
Professor Magley researches sexual harassment coping at individual and organizational levels
Sexual Harassment Sexual Harassment Prevention Workplace Civility Occupational Health, Gender and Stress Sexual Harassment Coping at Individual and Organizational Levels
Jason Brooks
C.E.O., Consultant · Maven Consulting Group Inc.
Peak performance coach and strategist. Helping people create sustainable behavioural change to optimize performance and wellbeing
Performance Coaching Executive Coaching and Consulting Stress Management Stress Inoculation Training Visualization and Mental Rehearsal
Valerie Earnshaw
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences · University of Delaware
Prof. Earnshaw examines associations between stigma and health inequities.
Health Inequities Health Outcomes HIV Stigma AIDS Stigma Stigmatized Conditions
Thomas Pogge
Director, Global Justice Program ; Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs · Yale University
Examining solutions to issues of global inequality and justice in health care are long-standing concerns for this Yale professor & author
Justice in Health Care Social and Political Philosophy Ethics and Moral Philosophy Globalization and Inequality
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce's works to synthesize evidence and apply it to health policy, in areas including tobacco control and e-cigarettes.
Smoking Cessation Tobacco Regulatory Science Health Policy Tobacco Control E-cigarettes
Kelly Ylitalo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Public Health · Baylor University
Epidemiologist with expertise in physical functioning, obesity & the impact of physical activity on healthy aging
Physical Activity Obesity and Diabetes Physical Functioning Survey Methodology
Electra Paskett
Professor of Cancer Research I Department of Internal Medicine · The Ohio State University
Electra Paskett is the Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control in the College of Medicine.
Cancer Prevention Cancer Research Health Disparities Public Health
Dr Laura Booi
Senior Research Fellow · Leeds Beckett
Laura Booi is a social gerontologist focused on research and advocacy relating to brain health equity and dementia, globally and locally.
Brain Health Equity Dementia Social Gerontology
Kim Anderson
Associate Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition · University of Guelph
Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous Studies
Oral history and Indigenous knowledge translation Community-based Indigenous research Indigenous Masculinities Indigenous feminism Gender and Indigenous peoples
Ahu Yildirmaz, Ph.D.
Vice President, Head of ADP Research Institute · ADP
PhD economist with global background and insight on employment, big data, healthcare and workforce demographics
Big Data Business Intelligence Employment Jobs Creation Workforce Demographics
Rita Osborn
Executive Director of Utah Center for Rural Health · Southern Utah University
Specializing in rural health issues, grant writing, and program development.
Community Health Programs Rural Health Care Access & Delivery Property Management Healthcare Grants
John Lednicky
Research Professor · University of Florida
John Lednicky focuses on microbiology and molecular biology, various bacteria, fungi and viruses, including influenza and coronaviruses.
Airborne Transmission Zoonotic Diseases West Nile Virus Infectious Disease Airborne Disease
Sharon Collison
Clinical Instructor, Health Behavior and Nutrition Science · University of Delaware
Sharon Collison provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in University of Delaware's Nutrition Clinic.
Weight/Health at Every Size Weight Management Sports Nutrition Healthy Aging Eating Disorders
Elaine Hyshka
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health · University of Alberta
Professor Hyshka is a health services and policy researcher focused on reducing the health, social, and economic costs of substance misuse.
Harm Reduction Opioids Cannabis Drug Policy Substance misuse
Joseph F. Coughlin
Director, MIT AgeLab · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
You're not getting older, you're getting better! MIT's AgeLab Director explains how changing demographics will impact business & government
Aging Social Innovation Gerontology New Technology Understanding the Impact of Place On Well-Being
Linda S. Sprague Martinez, Ph.D.
Director, UConn Health Disparities Institute · University of Connecticut
Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D. has expertise in health equity and the social determinants of health.
Participatory Research Health Disparities Health Equity Community Health Social Determinants of Health
Laura Vandenberg
Associate Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Research and Engagement and Professor of Environmental Health Sciences · University 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 Health Endocrine Disruptors Plastic Exposure Developmental Biology Hazard Assessment
Steffanie Scott
Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Management · University of Waterloo
Leading international scholar on food security, food system change, and COVID-19 impacts on the food suppy.
Food Agriculture & Environment COVID-19 (Coronavirus) China Food Policy Local Food Systems