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Rebecca Shenkman

Director of the MacDonald Center for Nutrition Education and Research | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Rebecca Shenkman, MPH, RD, LDN, is an expert in nutrition, weight management and using food to help prevent and control disease.

Childhood ObesityDiet and BehaviorsNutrition & Disease PreventionNutrition & Lifestyle ChangesWeight Management
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David Ostrov

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. David Ostrov is an expert on immunology, structural biology, and drug discovery in the areas of cancer therapeutics.

CovidAutoimmunityDrug DiscoveryT cell immunobiologyImmunology
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Christine Kelleher Palus, PhD

Senior Vice Provost for AcademicsVillanova University

Christine Palus, PhD, is an expert on adult education, urban politics and policy, state-level public administration and women in politics.

Adult EducationPublic Administration and ManagementUrban PoliticsAmerican GovernmentState and Local Politics
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Ryan J. Watson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Human Development and Family SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Watson's research focuses on vulnerable adolescents, with a focus on interpersonal relationships.

Social SupportLGBTQ HealthSexual Health, HIV PreventionSexual/Gender Minority Youth and Young Adult HealthFamily Acceptance and Rejection
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Andrew Danylchuk

Professor of Fish ConservationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Andrew Danylchuk’s research seeks to understand the factors that influence the life history and ecology of fish and other aquatic organisms.

Fish ConservationImpacts of Climate Change on Fish and Aquatic EcosystemsBehavior and Survival of Coastal FisheriesBest Practices for Managing Recreational Fishing
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Mary Lusk

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Mary Lusk focuses her research on well water and septic system.

Urban Water Quality, Stormwater, and Low Impact Development for Urban AreasOnsite Wastewater Treatment (Septic Systems)Urban Fertilizer OrdinancesPathogens in Water BodiesUrban Agriculture
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Eric Swanson

Professor of EconomicsUC Irvine

Eric Swanson is an expert on inflation, recessions and what changes in interest rates mean for the economy.

Monetary EconomicsMacroeconomicsMacro-FinanceTime Series Econometrics
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Yiyang (Ian) Wang, Ph.D.

Assistant ProfessorMilwaukee School of Engineering

Dr. Wang’s research interests lie at the intersection of machine learning, data science, and medical informatics.

Machine Learning & Artificial IntelligenceData Science & Predictive ModelingBiomedical and Health InformaticsFairness, Robustness, and Generalization in AI
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Anthony Maurelli

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Anthony Maurelli studies bacterial genetics to address questions about how bacteria cause gut disease and sexually transmitted infections.

Laboratory Capacity BuildingWasterwater EpidemiologySexually Transmitted DiseasesShigella Genetics and PathogenesisBacterial Pathogenesis
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Christopher C. Austin

Professor, Curator of HerpetologyLouisiana State University

Dr. Austin’s research focuses on evolutionary systematics, biogeography, and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.

HerpetologyReptilesBiogeographyAmphibiansIsland Biogeography