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Jeanette Andrade

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jeanette Andrade has a long-term goal to create nutrition education tools to improve renal outcomes and delay the initiation of dialysis.

EvaluationChronic Kidney DiseaseChronic DiseaseNutrition Education
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Peihua Qiu

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

Peihua Qui studies design and data analysis, including decision-making problems like disease surveillance and environment monitoring.

BiostatisticsImage ProcessingDisease ScreeningDisease SurveillanceStatistics
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Michael Mullan

Biomedical researcherRoskamp Institute

A biomedical researcher of the beta amyloid protein and its relation to Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's Disease
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Gerald A. Berkowitz, Ph.D.

Professor of Plant Science and Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Connecticut

Expert on plant genetics, plant biotechnology, GMOs and public perception of GMOs.

Plant-Water RelationsIon ChannelsLandscape ArchitecturePhotosynthesisPlant Physiology
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Jason Carter, Ph.D.

Dean of the Robbins College of Health and Human SciencesBaylor University

Active researcher focusing on neural control of the cardiovascular system in humans and the role of sleep in cardiovascular disease.

Cardiovascular DiseaseSleepAerobic and Anaerobic Balance in Elite AthletesSleep and Autonomic Activity in HumansNeurovascular Responses to Mental Stress
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Shannon Wallet

Professor | ChairUniversity of Florida

Shannon Wallet focuses on mechanisms associated with altered innate immune functions which lead to dysregulated adaptive immunity.

Burn and Inhalation InjuryMechanisms Associated with Altered Immune FunctionsOral BiologyPeriodontal diseasesPulmonary Mucosal Immunology
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Jim Wellehan

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Jim Wellehan's research focuses on comparative infectious disease, pathogen evolution, molecular diagnostics and pathogen discovery.

MycologyVirologyWildlife MedicineInfectious DiseaseBacteriology
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Randy Nelson

Professor and Chair | Department of NeuroscienceThe Ohio State University

Expert in biological rhythms, sleep, neuroinflammation and behavioral endocrinology.

Behavioral endocrinologyNeuroinflammationSleepBiological rhythmsNighttime light exposure
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April Callahan, RDN, LDN

Registered DietitianChristianaCare

April Callahan is a licensed registered dietitian at ChristianaCare.

Food and Nutrition
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Michael Scullin, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and NeuroscienceBaylor University

Nationally recognized sleep expert exploring the connections between sleep physiology, memory, education, health & aging

Sleep HealthCognitionHealthy AgingAlzheimer's DiseaseEducation