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Sai Zhang

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
Bridgette M. Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN

Bridgette M. Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN

The Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professor in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations; Associate Dean for Research and InnovationM. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing | Villanova University

Dr. Rice is an expert in community-based practice with a focus on gun violence, youth mental health and health equity.

Adolescent Mental HealthBehavioral HealthCommunity & Public Health NursingGun ViolenceHealth Equity
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser

Janice Kiecolt-Glaser

Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research | College of MedicineThe Ohio State University

Medical expert focused on the impacts of stress on metabolic response.

PsychoneuroimmunologyBehavioral immunologyClose relationships, inflammation, and healthStress and inflammation in cancer survivorsBehavioral influences on metabolism following high-fat meals
Swati Agrawal

Swati Agrawal

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Mary Washington

Dr. Agrawal's research focuses on protozoan pathogens that cause serious diseases like African sleeping sickness and Toxoplasmosis.

Molecular Biology (CRISPR-cas9 gene editing)Microscopy (Fluorescence, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy)BiochemistryBioinformaticsBiomolecular Visualization (PyMOL, MolStar, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality)
Paulo  Verardi, Ph.D.

Paulo Verardi, Ph.D.

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
Barry  Elkind

Barry Elkind

Manager, Technology & Venture Development (Head, Molecular Diagnostics)MaRS Innovation

Commercializing life science technologies in the areas of molecular diagnostics, medical devices and therapeutics

Molecular Cell BiologyMolecular DiagnosticsLife SciencesCommercializationProject and Program Management
Alma Roy

Alma Roy

Interim Laboratory Director and ConsultantLouisiana State University

Dr. Roy’s research focuses on West Nile virus ecology and control.

West Nile VirusVaccine DevelopmentMosquito-Borne VirusesViral ImmunologyZoonotic Diseases
Marybeth Shinn

Marybeth Shinn

Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair, Department of Human and Organizational DevelopmentVanderbilt University

Expert in how to prevent and end homelessness

Affordable HousingSocial ExclusionHomelessnessPoverty
Douglas M. Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.

Douglas M. Brugge, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Brugge is an expert in occupational and environmental health.

Health CommunicationAsthmaWildfiresAir QualityEnvironmental Health
Rebecca Shenkman

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