pandemic Experts

Melissa Powell, PhD

Professor of SociologyAugusta University

Dr. Powell-Williams' research interests include domestic violence victim advocacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dicken Ko

Chief Medical Officer, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center | Professor of Urology, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine| Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolConsulate General of Canada (CTA Boston)

Chief Medical Officer on the front line of the hospital preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shawn (Sheng-Chieh) Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Chen's research interests include airborne and liquid-borne nanoparticle filtration, NanoEHS, & indoor and urban air pollution control.

Sue Jackson, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Health & Public ServiceUtah Valley University

Jackson is an expert in public health and healthcare education

Yasaman Ghasemi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Kyle Emich

Associate Professor, ManagementUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Emich's research explores the role of individual attributes in team dynamics and other collective environments.

Professor Ed Galea

Director of the Fire Safety Engineering GroupUniversity of Greenwich

His research and software tools inform disaster management and crowd safety, and the design of safe buildings, aircraft and ships, globally