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Ana Maria Porras

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Ana Maria Porras studies how the gut microbiome and tropical parasites regulate human health.

intestinal disordersCardiovascular HealthMultilingualismExtracellular MatrixScience Art
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Michael Yassa

Professor and Chancellor’s FellowUC Irvine

Michael Yassa is interested in how learning and memory mechanisms are altered in aging and neuropsychiatric disease.

Neurobiology and BehaviorAging and Alzheimer's DiseaseMemory and DiseaseMemoryNeuropsychiatric Disorders
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Lorriane Odhiambo, PhD

Assistant ProfessorAugusta University

Dr. Odhiambo's research interests are in applying epidemiological methods to chronic disease prevention and management.

COPD InterventionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)Chronic Disease PreventionSedentary BehaviorCancer Prevention Research
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Norman Beatty

M.D. | Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Dr. Norman Beatty studies neglected tropical diseases, such as Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, cysticercosis and snake envenomation.

BorreliosisEhrlichiosisTick-borne DiseasesSnake EnvenomationLeishmaniasis
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Michael Hamblin, PhD

Principal Investigator, Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General HospitalAssociate Professor, Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Hamblin's research interests are now broadly in the area of phototherapy for multiple diseases

MicroscopyMolecular BiologyPhotomedicineFlourescence MicroscopyBiotechnology
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Jeffrey Bennett

Associate Professor of Communication StudiesVanderbilt University

Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.

Queer HealthcareQueer vernacularLGBTQ HealthHIV PreventionHIV & AIDS
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Chandramohan "Mohan" Wakade, MBBS

Associate Dean and Professor in College of Allied Health SciencesAugusta University

Chandramohan Wakade's research focus include trauma to the nervous system and neural repair.

NeuroscienceParkinson's DiseaseNeurologyNeurosurgeryPharmacology and Toxicology
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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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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