Medicine Experts

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor; Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and HealthUniversity of Connecticut

Clinical psychology expert, specializing in the study of bullying and weight stigmatization

Weight DiscriminationWeight StigmaWeight-based bullying

Associate Infection Prevention Officer at ChristianaCareChristianaCare

Infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist specializing in infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship and quality improvement.

Infection PreventionAntimicrobial StewardshipEpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesHealthcare-associated Infections

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. John Ligon is a translational researcher committed to advancing novel cellular therapies and immunotherapies.

CancerCancer ImmunotherapyClinical TrialsDevelopmental TherapeuticsOncology

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. Steven Raymond is an expert in neonatal surgery, pyloric stenosis, appendicitis, cholelithiasis, chest wall deformities, and more.

Chest Wall DeformitiesEsophageal AtresiaHirschsprung's DiseaseAppendicitisPediatric Robot Surgery

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. Samir Shah is a clinically active vascular surgeon and researcher focused on vascular disease outcomes and decision-making.

Surgical Decision-MakingLarge Data Set ReseachPeripheral Arterial DiseasePeripheral Vascular DiseaseVascular Surgery

Clinical Professor | M.D.University of Florida

Dr. Giles Peek is a congenital heart surgeon and ECMOlogist with experience in neonates, children, and adults.

ECMOExtra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Professor-in-Residence of Mathematics, Director of the Janet and Mark L. Goldenson Center for Actuarial ResearchUniversity of Connecticut

Jay Vadiveloo, Ph.D. is an expert in applied actuarial research projects such as calculating healthy years left in life.

Small BusinessesActuarial ResearchStatisticsMathematicsLife Insurance

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)

COVID-19Mosquito-borne DiseasesTick-borne DiseasesZikaSmallpox

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Paul Cowan's research involves sinonasal inflammatory disease, sinus and brain tumors at the base of the skull and olfaction.

Global HealthOlfactory LossOlfactionBrain Fluid LeakCSF Leaks

PrincipalOmega Funds

Paulina Hill is a healthcare investor who has expertise in biotechnology, molecular biology, cell culture and entrepreneurship.

Venture CapitalChemistryTechnology TransferBiochemistryLifesciences

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