university Experts

Owen Jones

Glenn M. Weaver, M.D. and Mary Ellen Weaver Chair in Law, Brain, and BehaviorVanderbilt University

Expert in the intersection of law and behavioral biology.

Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.

Department Head and Associate Professor of Virology and VaccinologyUniversity of Connecticut

Expert on vaccine development & virology (Smallpox, Rinderpest, Zika, coronaviruses, Rift Valley, Powassan, SFTSV, Heartland, & more)

Mary Kay Kane

Emerita Dean and Chancellor, and Distinguished Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: kanem@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4777 / Office M206-198

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD

Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment; Professor Emerita | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is an expert in environmental health, global health, and public health nursing.

Bruce Gehrig

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Bruce Gehrig has served for more than 16 years in academia and 15 years in the public, private and international sectors.

Kirsten Martin

Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public PolicyCarnegie Mellon University

Natalie Munro, Ph.D.

Professor of AnthropologyUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Munro focuses on the origin of feasting and animal domestication, and the transition from foraging to farming in human evolution

Jason Pitts, Ph.D.

Director of the Biology of Global Health 4+1 Program | Associate ProfessorBaylor University

Investigates the sensory neuronal basis for behaviors in arthropod disease vectors such as mosquitoes carrying Dengue or Zika viruses.

Donald Lee

Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations ManagementEmory University, Goizueta Business School

David Maginley

Spiritual Care PractitionerNova Scotia Health Authority

Spiritual counsellor, four-time cancer survivor, near death experiencer, public speaker and author