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Professor Claire Surr

Professor of Dementia Studies and Director of the Centre for Dementia ResearchLeeds Beckett University

Her research addresses care and support for people living with dementia and those who care for them.

General HospitalsSocial CarePatient SupportCarersDementia
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Connie Mulligan

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Connie Mulligan is interested in understanding patterns of human genetic variation with implications for human health and evolution.

Syrian RefugeesImpact of StressComplex PhenotypesInfluence of Genetics on Response to Trauma and StressEpigenetic Analysis
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Russell Lonser

Professor and Chair I Department of Neurological SurgeryThe Ohio State University

Dr. Lonser’s research interests include development of direct nervous system drug delivery paradigms for targeted therapy.

Neoplasia SyndromesTumor BiologyNervous SystemHippel-Lindau DiseaseBrain, Brainstem and Spinal Cord Tumors
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Diane Finegood

ProfessorSimon Fraser University

Expert in systems thinking & cross sector partnerships as approaches to solving complex problems including obesity and chronic disease

Health ResearchResearch EcosystemPublic Private PartnershipsComplex SystemsChronic Disease Prevention
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Sejong Bae, PhD

Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Data Science, and Epidemiology, School of Public HealthAugusta University

Dr. Bae's research interests encompass disease, health equity, clinical trials, and advanced biostatistics methods

Chronic DiseaseBiostatisticsHealth EquityCancerCardiovascular Disease
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Erin Kavanaugh, M.D., FAAFP

Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Physician Executive, Complex Primary Care and Community MedicineChristianaCare

Dr. Erin Kavanaugh is a family medicine residency leader at ChristianaCare.

Health EquityFamily MedicineFaculty DevelopmentResidency TrainingGraduate Medical Education
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Elizabeth Prince-Coleman, MPA, PA-C

Department Chair and Associate Professor in College of Allied Health SciencesAugusta University

Elizabeth Prince-Coleman has expertise in treating dementia, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's disease, among other conditions.

GeneticsNeurologyInfectious DiseasesPhysical Exam SkillsMedical Documentation
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Yusen Zhai

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Yusen Zhai’s research focuses on AI and machine learning and health policy to promote mental health outcomes and suicide prevention.

Predictive ModelingHealth PolicyMental HealthArtificial IntelligenceMachine Learning in Health Research
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Sai Zhang

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sai Zhang's research leverages machine learning and big biomedical data to decode complex human diseases and advance precision medicine.

Computational BiologyComputational GenomicsMachine LearningPrecision MedicineStatistical Genetics
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Russell Burke

Professor of BiologyHofstra University

Dr. Burke's current research involves diamondback terrapins at Jamaica Bay, wood turtles in northern NJ and the coyote invasion of LI

Urban EcosystemsUrban EnvironmentsSuburban Spaces and DevelopmentEcologyEvolution