Jeffrey Lindsey

Program Director/Associate Instructional Professor · University of Florida

Jeffrey Lindsey is a paramedic and retired fire chief with experience in all emergencies including hurricanes and wild land fires.

Fire and Emergency Response Emergency Medical Services Fire and Emergency Services Hurricane Response and Mitigation Emergency Management

Charles Owens

Director, Center for Public Health Practice and Research · Georgia Southern University

Charles Owens researches health care access and across the continuum of care

Emergency Medical Services Physician Practices Federally Qualified Health Centers Rural Health Care Access & Delivery Health Care Access & Delivery

Laura Happe

Clinical Professor · University of Florida

Laura Happe is an expert in managed care pharmacy.

Epidemiology Pharmacoeconomics Pharmacy Benefit Management Drug Coverage Policy Health Outcomes Research

Azra Bihorac

Professor/M.D. · University of Florida

Dr. Azra Bihorac’s research focuses on a computing framework for developing and deploying AI and pervasive sensing techniques.

Data Science Machine Learning Intelligent Human-Centered Health Care Clinical Informatics Precision Medicine

Professor Giampiero Favato

Director of the Institute of Leadership and Management in Health · Kingston University

He examines the economics of public health policy - and in particular the economics of inequalities in accessing medical treatments.

Pharmaceutical Industry Access to Medical Treatment Health Economics Vaccine Policy

Shixie Jiang

Assistant Professor/M.D. · University of Florida

Shixie Jiang studies the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders in the acute medically ill, delirium diagnosis and management.

Depression in Medically Ill Delirium Psychosomatic Medicine Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Critical Care Psychiatry

Daniel White

Associate Professor, Physical Therapy · University of Delaware

Daniel White strives to develop clinically feasible and practical ways to increase physical activity in older adults.

Physical Therapy Physical Activity Rehabilitation Sciences Knee Osteoarthritis Rheumatology

David Bader

Distinguished Professor, Data Science · New Jersey Institute of Technology

Interests lie at the intersection of data science & high-performance computing, with applications in cybersecurity

Graph Analytics Massive-Scale Analytics High-Performance Computing Data Science Applications in Cybersecurity

Audrey Bowden

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering · Vanderbilt University

Expert in light-based tools for applications to medicine and biology, including early detection, diagnosis and therapy.

Biomedical imaging Medical Device Design Biophotonics Biomedical Engineering Engineering

Douglas M. Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences · University of Connecticut

Professor Brugge is an expert in occupational and environmental health.

Health Communication Asthma Wildfires Air Quality Environmental Health

Jesse Rhodes

Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the UMass Poll · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jesse Rhodes is a leading expert in social policy, voting rights, inequality, and political behavior.

Polls Political Polling Voting Rights American Politics Civil Rights

Professor Mark Fielder

Professor of Medical Microbiology · Kingston University

His work explores the nature of viruses, antimicrobial resistance, and public perceptions of vaccines and antibiotics.

Animal-Human Disease Transfer Vaccines Viruses Microbiology Antibiotics

Gregg Fields, Ph.D.

Executive Director · Florida Atlantic University

Gregg Fields uses chemistry to answer biological questions, many of which assist in the diagnosis and treatment of major diseases.

Extracellular Matrix Biochemistry Matrix Metalloproteinase Collagen Drug Discovery Protein Biochemistry

Dr. Eric Leuthardt

Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Biomedical Engineering · Movable Type Management

Who needs hands anyway! Researcher advancing neuroprosthetics is developing medical devices and brain–computer interface technologies

Brain Computer Interfaces Neural Technologies Brain 2.0 Neuroprosthetics Innovation

Jay Hmielowski

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Jay Hmielowski's research interests include environmental, science and political communication.

Trust Political Communication Media Psychology and Media Effects Science Communication

R. Helen Zha

Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Develops biohybrid and bioinspired materials for applications in human healthcare and sustainability.

Biomimetic and Bio-inspired Materials Biomolecular Engineering and Self-assembly Sustainable Materials and Plastic Upcycling Drug delivery and Nanomedicine Nanostructured Soft Matter

Tim Bowers, MS, CIC, CPHQ

Vice President of Clinical Effectiveness · ChristianaCare

Tim Bowers is the vice president of Clinical Effectiveness at ChristianaCare, and leads efforts to prevent infections in patients.

Flu Prevention Clinical Effectiveness Infection Prevention COVID-19 prevention

Mark Thompson, PhD

Dean of Hull College of Business, Professor of Economics · Augusta University

Mark Thompson, PhD, dean of the Hull College of Business, is an economist in business conditions, risk analysis, energy and health care.

Economics Energy Healthcare Industry Risk Analysis

René Olivares-Navarrete, D.D.S, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | D.D.S, National Autonomous University of Mexico | Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico · VCU DEPT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Olivares-Navarrete’s research focuses on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine approaches for Craniofacial and Orthopaedic needs.

Tissue Engineering Stem Cell Biology and Engineering Biomaterials for Craniofacial and Musculoskeletal Tissues Immunomodulation and Immunoengineering Wnt Signaling in Morphogenesis Healing and Regeneration

Bridget Ryan, MSN, RN, CCRN

Nurse Manager of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit · ChristianaCare

Bridget Ryan is the nurse manager of ChristianaCare’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Nursing