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Katherine Kortes-Miller

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Palliative Care Division Lead, Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH)Lakehead University

An unconventional death educator and researcher with a passion for palliative care and improving end of life care for all

GerontologyPalliative CareEnd-Of-Life CareInterprofessional Education and CareLGBTQ
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Juan Andrade Laborde

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Juan Andrade Laborde develops sustainable strategies and technologies that can be used to deliver nutrition to vulnerable populations.

Food AidMicronutrientsInternatinal DevelopmentHuman NutritionFood Science and Technology
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Marie Coppola, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychological SciencesUniversity of Connecticut

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences focused on language acquisition, ASL, deaf culture, and cognitive science.

Lange AcquisitionNumber CognitionHomesignLanguage EmergenceCognitive Development
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Bruce Compas

Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director of Clinical Psychology Training, and Director of Psychology at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterVanderbilt University

An expert on how stress affects the physical and mental health of children and families, and the power of coping and preventative measures.

Neurocognitive DeficitsDepressionStress Coping and ResilienceHuntington DiseaseChildhood Cancer Survivorship
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Sergey Klimenko

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Sergey Klimenko’s research interests include detection of gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts and as-yet-unknown systems.

Gravitational WavesAstrophysicsLIGOBlack HolesSpace
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Susan Prentice

ProfessorUniversity of Manitoba

Professor Prentice's primary specialization is contemporary and historical childcare policy and advocacy

Social InequalitySocial ChangeSystemic DiscriminationHistorical SociologyChildcare Policy
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Lindsay Distefano, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Kinesiology, and Associate Vice President for Research DevelopmentUniversity of Connecticut

Lindsay DiStefano works to promote safe physical activity in children through physical literacy development and sport-injury prevention.

ACLYouth AthletesInjury PreventionMotor DevelopmentPhysical Literacy
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Tamara Erickson

Founder & CEOTammy Erickson Associates

Top 50 global business thinker, award-winning author, and expert on organizations, the changing workforce, and generations at work

Executive DevelopmentOrganizational LeadershipLeadership EducationStrategic PlanningManagement Consulting
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Alma Roy

Laboratory DirectorLouisiana State University

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

West Nile VirusVaccine DevelopmentMosquito-Borne VirusesViral ImmunologyZoonotic Diseases
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Julie Jansen

PrincipalJulie Jansen LLC

Dynamic speaker, best selling author, executive and career coach and problem solver for today's work place issues

Career ManagementNetworkingExecutive PresenceWorking With People With Challenging BehaviorManagement Skills