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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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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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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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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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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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Ali Kazemian

Assistant Professor & J.W. “Billy” and Janice Maxey Guitreau ProfessorLouisiana State University

Dr. Kazemian specializes in construction automation and robotic construction-scale 3D printing.

Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Robotic ConstructionConstruction AutomationAdvanced Construction MaterialsConstruction-scale 3D PrintingReal-time Construction Quality Monitoring and Control
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Lisa Lefler

Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Lisa Lefler’s Research Focuses on Native Health and Indigenous Knowledge in American Indian Communities

Native HealthAmerican Indian FatherhoodNative American StudiesAppalachian StudiesCherokee Studies
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Joshua Grill

Director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Nerological Disorders at UCIUC Irvine

Joshua Grill directs a major Alzheimer's disease research institute helps lead the national strategy for AD clinical trial recruitment.

NeuroscienceClinical TrialsAlzheimer’s DiseaseNeurodegenerative disordersRecruitment and Retention
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Stephen Rich

Professor of Microbiology and Director of the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC)University of Massachusetts Amherst

Stephen Rich studies zoonotic diseases, with a focus on tick-borne diseases and human malaria. He is the director TickReport.

PowassanVector-Borne DiseasesTicks and Tick Borne DiseasesParasitic diseasesMalaria Research