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Brian D. Avery

Senior LecturerUniversity of Florida

Brian D. Avery is a professor and expert in safety management, amusement operations, event execution, and education.

Sport, Live Entertainment, Recreation, Attraction Operations/Risk Management Educational DevelopmentEvents and Venue Crowd ControlEvent Design and ExecutionLegal ComplianceAttractions Safety Management
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Deborah Kurrasch

Associate Professor, Department of Medical GeneticsUniversity of Calgary

Kurrasch’s research is focused on genetic programs that govern hypothalamic development using both mice and zebrafish as model organisms.

Molecular BiologyDevelopmental BiologyPharmacologyNeuroscienceGenetics
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Sherry Grace

Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health ScienceYork University

Studying access to chronic cardiac care, as well as optimizing quantity and quality of life in heart patients.

HealthcarePublic HealthClinical ResearchHeart DiseaseBehavioural Cardiology
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Gary Richards

Professor of EnglishUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Richards' research focuses on Southern literature.

Southern Literature and CultureAmerican FictionContemporary DramaEnglishHarper Lee
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Andrew Koeser

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Andrew Koeser is a research professor who investigates how to best grow trees in cities and urban areas.

ArboricultureArbor DayTreesTrees and ConstructionTrees and Development
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Deena Weisberg, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Deena Weisberg, PhD, studies imaginative cognition and scientific thinking in young children and adults.

Child DevelopmentImaginationPublic Understanding of Science‎Pretend PlayFictional Stories
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Michael J. McClure, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | BE, Vanderbilt University | Ph.D, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU College of Engineering

Understanding the role of extracellular matrix and mechanical forces to regulate skeletal muscle structure, function, and innervation.

Muscle agingCell-matrix interactionsIntegrin-mediated signalingMyoblast fusionRegenerative rehabilitation in skeletal muscle trauma
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Willie D. Spears Jr.

Speaker, Author, Teacher, Coach, Story TellerThe Willie Spears Experience

Willie has talked to youth & adults about Leadership, Life Choices, Teacher Inservice. Charismatic speaker. www.williespears.com .

Life Choices/ManagementHealth and FitnessLeadership/MotivationBuilding the Team/RelationshipsDiversity
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Roslyn Bill

50th Anniversary Professor of Biotechnology and Director, AIMEAston University

Professor Bill's research on water flow in the body has revealed how to develop drugs that prevent brain swelling after injury or disease.

Membrane ProteinsBrain SwellingWater BalanceHealthy AgeingBrain Injury
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Matthew (Matt) Andersson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of SociologyBaylor University

Expert on health inequality, focusing on educational & socioeconomic inequalities in mental & physical well-being

Parent-Child BondsMental Health and WellbeingHealth Inequality and Behaviors