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Dr. Regina Fölster-Holst is Professor at the Department for Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology at the Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany. She obtained her medical degree at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel and is board certified in dermatology and allergology. She has been the president of the European Society for Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD) from May 2016-June 2018 and the president of the German Dermatology Association (DDG) for two periods (2019-2022, 2010-2013). Since 2017 she is the vice president of the European Society for Educational Crisis. Her scientific focuses are Pediatric Dermatology, allergic diseases and parasitoses, whereas the main topic is on clinical and scientific research of atopic dermatitis in early childhood. Prof. Dr. Regina Fölster-Holst has received numerous awards, such as the Hans-Karrer-Förderpreis (medical brochure for children) in 1997, the “Preis der Hensel Stiftung” (1998), the Teaching Award of the Medical Faculty of Kiel (2003), and the German scientific award for communication (2011) and the Perle-Award 2013 (Award for improvement of student teaching). Together with cooperation partners, she has just produced a musical for children with the aim of teaching children about allergies and skin diseases.

Dr. Matin has been a full professor in Stanford Medical School for several years and is affiliated with several programs, including the Stanford Cancer Research Institute; he elected to become emeritus, July 1, ‘21. His research contributions are numerous, including discovery of new drugs, therapeutic enzymes, and their improvement as well as their specific targeting to cancer (and other diseases). He did his Ph. D. at UCLA, spent some years in the Netherlands (State University of Groningen), where he directed a research group, before joining Stanford. He is recipient of numerous awards and honors. For further information, consult: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._C._Matin

Dr. Randall has extensive experience as a former top insurance regulator, legislative staff member, health care lobbyist, consultant and executive with not only insurance companies, but also with several provider trade groups in Washington. He has testified before both U.S. House and Senate committees of Congress on a variety of health policy issues He also has over two dozen peer-reviewed and professional publications as well as book chapters on health information technology, health care entitlements, health insurance markets and the policy process surrounding health care reform. His research includes study of Medicaid and Medicare entitlements and privatization, Health Insurance Exchanges, health care data analytics and health care information technology. He has also published work examining the use of blockchain technology in health IT and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities around the world and in the U.S.

Bachelor in Law University of Havana (1956); Doctorate in Law University of Madrid and Iberoamerican Organization of Social Security (1958); MA Economics University of Miami (1965); PhD Industrial and Labor Relations (social security) Cornell University (1968). Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh 1999-, Distinguished Professor 1980-99. Professor Florida International University 1999-02. Member U.S. National Academy of Social Insurance, the Latin American Academy of Sciences, the Editorial Board of International Social Security Review and other 7 academic journals. Former President of the Latin American Studies Association. Visiting professor/researcher Oxford University, Max-Planck Institut für Socialrecht und Sozialpolitik (Munich), Freie Universitat Berlin, Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset (Madrid), Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires), Centro Latino-Americano de Economía Humana (Montevideo), Centro Inter-Americano de Estudios de Seguridad Social (Mexico City), Emilio Bacardi Professor University of Miami, Richard Greenleaf Chair Tulane University. Regional Advisor on Social Security at U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Author of 95 books/monographs and 320 scholarly articles/chapters in books, most dealing with social security, published in 8 languages in 34 countries. Books include: Social Security in Latin America: Pressure Groups, Stratification and Inequality (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1978); Ascent to Bankruptcy: Financing Social Security in Latin America (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1989); Portfolio Performance of Social Security Institutes in Latin America (World Bank, 1991); Health Care for the Poor in Latin America and the Caribbean (Pan American Health Organization, 1992); Changing Social Security in Latin America (Lynne Rienner, 1994); Do Options Exist? The Reform of Pension and Health Care Systems in Latin America (U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1998); Market, Socialist and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000, 2003); Las Reformas de Pensiones en América Latina y su Impacto en los Principios de la Seguridad Social (ECLAC, 2004); Reassembling Social Security: A Survey of Pension and Healthcare Reforms in Latin America (Oxford University Press, 2008, 2012); Efectos de la Crisis Global sobre la Seguridad Social de Salud y Pensiones en América Latina y el Caribe (ECLAC, 2009); World Crisis Effects on Social Security in Latin America and the Caribbean (University of London ISA, 2010); Pensions in the Philippines: Challenges and Ways Forward (Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2011); Re-reform of Privatized Pension Systems in the World (Max Planck Institute of Social Law and Policy, 2012); Health Care in the Philippines: Challenges and Ways Forward (FES, 2013); Evaluation of Four Decades of Pension Privatization in Latin America, 1980-2020: Promises and Reality (FES, 2021). Lecturer in 39 countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Consultant on social security for the International Labor Office, International Social Security Association, United Nations Development Program, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, UNCTAD, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Inter-American Foundation, USAID, Pan American Health Organization, Asian Development Bank, Wharton Econometrics Forecasting, GTZ, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. He has conducted research and advised on social security in all Latin American countries, as well as in Bahamas, Barbados, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Jamaica, Philippines and Thailand. In 1991 he did a comparative study of social security in Asia and Latin America for the GTZ and in 1995 a study for UNCTAD evaluating social safety nets in Africa and Latin America. Member of the U.S. Academy of Social Insurance and the Latin American Academy of Science. Awards from the ILO (International Prize on Decent Work for life work on social protection, shared with Nelson Mandela), Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Senior Prize (outstanding work on social security), 2 Senior Fulbrights, University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Senior Research Award, Sheth Faculty Award for International Achievement, Choice (outstanding book on social security), Iberoamerican Organization of Social Security and Inter-American Conference on Social Security (life work on social security); grants from NSF, SSRC, Ford, Rockefeller, Mellon, Tinker, Kellogg, Heinz and Reynolds Foundations, Fulbright Program senior (three), and Japan Foundation. Finalist in Spain’s Prince of Asturias Prize on Social Sciences 2009, 2014, 2015; nominated to the SSRC Albert O. Hirschman Prize in Social Sciences, 2022; elected among most influential Iberoamerican intellectuals in 2014. Website: www.mesa-lago.com.

Professor Byong H. Lee is currently a Research Advisor at Handong Global University (HEM Pharma Laboratory) in Korea, former Advisor at SportBiomics (CA, USA)and Heilenex Pharma Inc. (Toronto,Canada). Byong has worked asProfessor (AAFC Chair) in Departments of Microbiology/Immunology and Food Science/Agric Chemistry (1986-2011)at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has been an Invited Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology at Kangwon National University and Advisor at MSC Co. Ltd (2014-2019) in Korea.In addition, Byong has also worked as Distinguished Professor in Schools of Biotechnology and Food Technologyat China Jiangnan University (2011-2014) and Principal Scientist and Head of Biotechnology at Food R/D Center at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, AAFC (1982-1986) and Research Director at Sensient Flavor (Former Champlain Industry, 1980-1982) in Canada. Byong received his degrees at the University of British Columbia (Microbiology/Immunology), McGill University (Food Microbiology) and Laval University (PhD, Food Biotechnology) in Canada. Byong also studied his PhD for two years in Microbiology/Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann Medical Collegein Philadelphia (US) as his Canada-US exchange program. Byong spent his sabbaticals as an Invited Professor in the UK (Food Research Institute/U. of Reading, 1991-1992), France (INRA/U. de Bourgone, 1997-1998), Ireland (Teagasc Food Research Centre, 2001-2002) and Korea (Seoul National University, 2007-2008). AndDr. Byong has published 302 manuscripts, 4 textbooks on “Fundamentals of Food Biotechnology (1st and 2nd Edition in English, Spanish, Wiley, 420 and 518 pages, 1996, 2015)”, and “Advanced Fermentation and Cell Technology, Wiley, Vol. 1 and Vol 2, 928 pages, 2022”, 39 book chapters, and 16 patents/inventions. He has delivered 130 invited speeches (often as keynote or plenary) at international conferences, received several awards, and currently serves on the editorial board of seven journals. Over his career, Byong has supervised more than 100 graduate students and post-docs at McGill and other universities. Byong’s research interests have led him to pioneer research focused on microbiology and enzyme biotechnology of microorganisms including the molecular basis of gene expression and regulation in probiotic bacteria to overproduce bioactive compounds and to impart some health and clinical benefits to the hosts. He has also developed human microbiome therapeutics and interaction with prebiotics, synbiotics, and other food components.

Dr. Enrique Arribas is a full professor of Applied Physics Department. He is working at Faculty of Computer Science Engineering in University of Castilla-La Mancha, city of Albacete, Spain. His research fields are related with Exposure to Radiofrequency electromagnetic waves, Science Education. Active Learning Physics, Unstable Systems, Mathematical and Computer Physics and Chemistry, Nonlinear Systems. Currently, he has 105 indexed publications of which 27 are Q1. He is strongly involved with the dissemination of Physics and Science in general. He is a member of the IEEE and the Royal Spanish Society of Physics. ORCID: 0000-0002-0229-7923.

Maria de Lourdes da Silva Marques Ferreira was an Associate Professor of the Nursing Department at the Botucatu Medical School - UNESP from 2017, being admitted by the Institution in 1993. Graduation in Nursing from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (1982), Master's (1993) and Doctorate (1999) in Nursing by the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing - University of São Paulo. Post Doc by the National Post Doctoral Program (PNPD) - Capes - Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAr). Free teaching in 2017. Specialist in Activating change processes for the training of health professionals by the Ministry of Health / FIOCRUZ / REDE UNIDA (2006-2007), in Public Health by Centro Universitário São Camilo in 1991, specialist in Obstetrics and Obstetrics Social at the Federal University of São Paulo in 1985. Tutor in the Specialization Course in Activation of change processes for the training of health professionals at UAB / Ministry of Health / Ministry of Education / ENSP (2008-2009). Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Center for Teacher Support - NIAD - Botucatu - Teacher Training Course and Professional Education in the field of health (2009-2011). In distance learning, he worked in 2013 in the Specialization Course in Health Management at the Virtual Medical School of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu and Universidade Aberta do Brasil. Capes scholarship holder in Post Doc. Currently, is Associate Professor at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP in Botucatu, accredited in the postgraduate program - Professional Master's in Nursing, Academic Master's and Doctorate in the Nursing Department of the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu . It has 115 guidelines, including course completion papers, scientific initiation, specialization, master's and doctorate. She has 59 scientific articles published in journals in the area. In the graduation of the Nursing Course, is professor in the Discipline of Gynecological, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing, being responsible for the area of Gynecology, with specific and differentiated performance in the Program for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer and Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Is a consultant in specific journals in the area, advisor to FAPESP, Institutional evaluator of INEP. Works in the orientation of projects in the area of women's health and education.

Sergey Suchkov was born in the City of Astrakhan, Russia, in a family of dynasty medical doctors. In 1980, graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and was awarded with MD. In 1985, maintained his PhD as a PhD student of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and Institute of Medical Enzymology, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2001, maintained his Doctor Degree at the National Institute of Immunology, Russia. From 1985 through 1987, worked as a Post Doc Research Associate, for Institute of Medical Enzymology; from 1987 through 1989, was a Senior Research Associate, Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1989 through 1995, was a Head of the Lab of Immunology and Immunobiotechnology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow. In 1989, trained at the Lab of Immunology, NEI, Bethesda, MD, USA,, NIH and Lab of Immunology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, USA, as well as at some of the British Universities on the invitation of the Royal Society for Immunology. From 1995 through 2004, was a Director of the Dept for Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute (MONIKI). In 1993-1996, was an Executive Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, Biomedical Science, an international journal published jointly by the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.

Professor De received PhD from the University of Maryland, USA. Completed postdoctoral studies at Cornell University (Advisor: Prof Leon Heppel, Member of National Academy of Sciences, USA) and at Vanderbilt university (Advisor: Prof Stanley Cohen, Nobel Laureate 1986). Dr. De is currently the Chief of Clinical Chemistry and Point of Care divisions at Banner University Medical Center, Arizona. He is a professor at the University of Arizona. Published more than 69 articles and meeting abstracts. Received research grants from national and local agencies. Reviewer of national and international journals. Honored with Paul Finley Chemist award from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. Served in American Board of Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology and Molecular Pathology. He was elected to be the chair of nominating committee of this board in 2016. In 2019, Professor De was elected and served as the president of Rocky Mountain Section, the largest division of American Association of Clinical Chemistry.

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Dr. Zeneng Wang received his bachelor’s degree from Fudan University, and master’s degree and PhD from Peking University. Since Jan 2003, she joined Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute as Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Associate, Project Scientist and now Staff Scientist/Assistant Professor. He was awarded American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant and NIH RO1 grants. Dr Wang discovered TMAO metaorganismal pathway contributing to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. So far, he has published more than 120 papers in high-impact journals, including Nature, Cell, Nature Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, European Heart Journal and Cell Metabolism as well.

Professor Paul Crawford is the founder and the world’s first professor of the field of health humanities. He directs the Centre for Social Futures at the Institute of Mental Health, The University of Nottingham, UK. He has contributed to policy development in mental health and human care in the UK, advising senior politicians on the importance of the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and wellbeing. He consults on mental health, health care environments, and has spearheaded the notion of creative public health—democratising arts and humanities knowledge and practices to advance health and wellbeing. Professor Crawford’s work has attracted multiple awards and recognition, not least Fellowships of the Royal Society of Arts, Academy of Social Sciences and Royal Society for Public Health. His pioneering work in health humanities has attracted multi-million pound research funding from Arts Humanities and Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC/MRC, UK Research and Innovation, The Leverhulme Trust and British Academy. He has led numerous AHRC funded research networks related to the arts and dementia, the representation of mental state in literature, and in the broader health humanities. Professor Crawford has held more than £7m in prestigious research funding and currently leads major AHRC-funded studies: a) The production and evaluation of original animations with Aardman Film, www.whatsupwitheveryone.com to advance mental health literacy among young people (released February 2021). This campaign won Best Design and Content in the 2021 Design Week Awards and reached over 17m people within four months of launch alone; b) A study of Florence Nightingale at home that focuses on domestic health, psychological health and contagion (www.florencenightingale.org). The book from this study won Best Achievement in The People’s Book Prize 2022 and was longlisted for the B.S. Hughes Award for science-related writing. He is also co-investigator for the £1.25m national MARCH network into social and cultural assets for mental health. Professor Crawford has held multiple visiting professorships or advisory board appointments in the UK and overseas. He has written over 140 publications including peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and books, most recently Mental Health Literacy and Young People (Emerald, 2022), Cabin Fever: Surviving Lockdown in the Coronavirus Pandemic (Emerald, 2021), Florence Nightingale at Home (Palgrave, 2020),The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities (Routledge, 2020) and Humiliation: Mental Health and Public Shame(Emerald, 2019). He is the Lead Editor for the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Health Humanities (Springer, New York) and Commissioning Editor for two series: Arts for Health (Emerald); Routledge Studies in Literature and Health Humanities(Routledge). His book Health Humanities (Palgrave, 2015) is now available in Mandarin (Springer Beijing). His other publications include the following: Evidence-based Health Communication (Open University Press, 2006), Communication in Clinical Settings (Nelson Thornes, 2006), Storytelling in Therapy (Nelson Thornes, 2004), Evidence Based Research (Open University Press, 2003) [Highly Commended, BMA Book Awards 2002] and Politics and History in William Golding: The World Turned Upside Down (University of Missouri Press, 2002). His novel, Nothing Purple, Nothing Black (Book Guild, 2002) attracted the critical acclaim of fellow writers David Lodge, Roy Porter, Sara Maitland and Paul Sayer and was optioned for film with British film producer Jack Emery (Dramahouse) until his illness halted production. He is currently working with the filmmaker Chi Thai on a new disabilities-related feature film.

Prof. Dr. Michael Stark specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology. His main interest is gynecological oncology. He initiated the VIEZION project which combines targeted chemotherapy, PIF, immunology and stem-cell therapy for improving post-surgical oncological treatment. He modified operations like the vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy and Cesarean Section and developed the concept of single-entry natural orifice surgery. In the years 2002-2010 he was the chairman of all the gynecological departments of the HELIOS hospital group in Germany and Austria. Since 2004 he has been the President of the New European Surgical Academy (NESA), an international inter-disciplinary surgical organization with members in 57 countries. In the years 2011-2013 he was the scientific advisor of the USP hospital in Mallorca, Spain. Between 2012-2015 he was the scientific director of the new European surgical robotic system (TELELAP) at SOFAR company in Milan, Italy. Between 2016-2019 he was the scientific consultant of the ELSAN 123 hospitals in France. In 2011, Prof. Stark was nominated as the Medico Del Anno (Doctor of the Year) in Italy, and is an Honorary Member of the French, Polish, Russian, Serbian-Austrian and Italian Gynecological Associations. These days he is professor for Robotic Surgery and Evidence Based Medicine at the university of Adana, scientist at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin, adjunct professor at the MIPT university in Moscow and Honorary Professor at the University of Chisinau. He was visiting Professor at the Universities of Toronto, Moscow, Beijing, Milan, Adana, Uppsala and the Weill-Cornell University hospital in New York. Since 2019 he is the vice president of the Chinese Perinatology association.

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Brandon Lucke-Wold was born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Neuroscience and distinction in honors from Baylor University. He completed his MD/PhD, Master’s in Clinical and Translational Research, and the Global Health Track at West Virginia University School of Medicine. His research focus was on traumatic brain injury, neurosurgical simulation, and stroke. At West Virginia University, he also served as a health coach for the Diabetes Prevention and Management program in Morgantown and Charleston, WV, which significantly improved health outcomes for participants. In addition to his research and public health projects, he is a co-founder of the biotechnology company Wright-Wold Scientific, the pharmaceutical company CTE cure, and was a science advocate on Capitol Hill through the Washington Fellow’s program. He has also served as president of the WVU chapters for the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Neurosurgery Interest group, and Erlenmeyer Initiative Entrepreneur group. In addition, he has served as vice president for the graduate student neuroscience interest group, Nu Rho Psi Honor Society, and medical students for global health. He was an active member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He is currently a member of the UF House Staff Council, Positive Culture Committee, Quality Improvement Committee, Board of Directors Alachua County Medical Society, and Accreditation Requirements Review Committee. He is married to Noelle Lucke-Wold and has two children. As a family, they enjoy running with their dogs, rock climbing, and traveling. In his spare time, Brandon frequently runs half marathons and 10ks together with is wife. Brandon also enjoys reading, playing piano, discussing philosophy, and playing chess. He is currently a Pgy5 neurosurgery resident at University of Florida with pursuing endovascular enfolded training and was awarded the Dempsey Cerebrovascular Research Fellowship.

Adele Webb earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Akron, her Master’s in Nursing from The Ohio State University and her PhD in Nursing from Wayne State University. She began her nursing career as a NICU nurse and transitioned into the emergency room in a pediatric setting. In the early 1990’s, Adele began focusing on HIV in under-developed countries. Over the last 25 years, Adele’s focus has been on international nurse capacity building as it relates to both communicable and non-communicable diseases. She has received extensive funding for her international work and has published her findings in several refereed journals. She has contributed to WHO guidelines, testified to the Institute of Medicine and given testimony to the White House on nursing workforce issues. A sought-out speaker on international nursing care issues, Adele continues to collaborate with the World Health Organization as well as the World NCD Congress. This work has resulted in Adele’s contributions to nurse capacity building in 56 countries. In recognition of her body of work, Adele has received not only the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Lifetime Achievement Award, she has also received the Nicholas Andrew Cummings award for Excellence in Inter-professional Practice from the National Academies of Practice. Adele is an International Council of Nurses Global Health Fellow, a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

Susann Koalick is an expert of nicotin addiction counselling and tobacco prevention since 1999 in healthcare Services in Switzerland. Susann Koalick is educated in psychological health promotion and qualified in solution- and resource-oriented communication models. Since 2005 she has been working in the organization and training of medical and therapeutic staff on the topic of tobacco prevention and treatment of tobacco addiction. She is the Co- author of German language books on tobacco addiction treatment and journals. Since the foundation of the Swiss network «Association FTGS – Forum Tobacco Prevention in Healthcare Services Switzerland» in June 2013 she has been working as a member of the board and as its president. FTGS is the member of the Global Network and is board member since 2015. Susann Koalick is GNTH Chair.

Dr. Shmuel Klang, Head of Early Detection division in Oncotest-Rhenium company and a lecture in Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Israel. Dr. Shmuel Klang received his Ph. D from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem in School pf Pharmacy in 2000. He was the chief pharmacist and Pharmacologist of Clalit Health Services, the largest health provider in Israel and then as the Director of pharmaceutical policy & medical technologies division in Meuhedet Health Services. In addition, he was appointed as the Director of the Meuhedet Health Services Research Institute. Dr. Klang has a vast leadership experience in large healthcare organizations from strategic planning to operations, strong business development abilities including technology assessment and track record in developing new programs and services from conceptualization to launch. He was member in the Israeli sub-committee of national health services basket public committee that recommend to the Israeli government on expansion of reimbursed drugs and technologies according to the Israeli national health law.

Professor Anat Freund, Head, School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, received her PhD from the University of Haifa, Israel, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Sciences in 2000. Her present and future academic activities include the following studies, in the area : The health and welfare beliefs of minority groups. Professor Anat Freund conducted a series of studies and published several articles on cultural factors related to barriers or attitudes that lead to barriers, in relation to undergoing screening. In order to assess the effect of a culturally-based intervention on health beliefs, she conducted studies which included two minority groups in Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women and Arab women. In addition, she has researched and published articles dealing with violence against health care staff. She received a research grant from the Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services and a research grant from Maccabi Health Services. She has published more than 50 papers. Professor Anat Freund has been serving as a reviewer in leading scientific journals in several health and human service journals.

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Prof. Sarah Abu-Kaf is an expert in Cross-Cultural Psychology, the Head of the Department of multidisciplinary studies, and a faculty member of the Conflict Management and Resolution Program at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at BGU and completed her post-doctoral studies in the Department of Anthropology of Harvard University. Her work focuses on different sources of stress, coping resources and strategies, and psychological distress and well-being among people (women, youth, elderly, and students) in a variety of contexts (higher education, employment, Covid-19 pandemic, and refugees) from different cultural backgrounds (with special attention to Bedouin Arabsin Al- Nakab). Her work has been published in leading journals in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and mental health. Prof. Abu-Kaf has won research grants and a series of prestigious awards and scholarships (Fulbright-Rabin Post-Doctoral Scholar, Maof Fellowship for Outstanding Arab Lecturers, was named to the Women in Science Hall of Fame by the US Department of State as one of a group of 11 women from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and others). Prof. Abu-Kaf is a board member of the Association for Multicultural Psychology and plays a leadership role in developing programs in culturally competent clinical psychology.

Orna Braun-Lewensohn is a Full Professorat the ‘‘Conflict Resolution and Conflict Management’’ Program and serves as Vice Dean, Kreitman School for Advanced Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She received her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussels in 2007. Her major research interests include mental health outcomes and coping during or following stressful events in different ethnic groups. She also focuses in her research on Integration of Academic Minority Women into the Israeli Workforce. The focus of her research is personal as well as communal coping resources in different cultural groups. Her theoretical perspective is the salutogenic model of Antonovsky and the coping theory of Lazarus & Folkman. She is considered an expert in this field. She was funded by the Israeli Science Foundation (ISF) to study - Salutogenesis as a universal construct and to Develop a sensitive research tool for understanding sense of coherence among indigenous cultures. Other main funding resources are, Ministry of Science and Technology, The Israel National Institute for Health, Israeli Democracy Institute for her study, Joint Tevet, Peres Center for Peace etc. She publishes extensively in journals such as: Current Psychiatry Reports, Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, Community Mental Health Journal, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Positive Psychology, Social Indicators Research, Frontiers Psychology etc.

Dima is a Ph.D. biologist with a background of 10 years in R&D. Dima obtained her bachelor's in biology from Tel Aviv University and her master's and Ph.D. in medical sciences in the direct excellence track from the Technion. Dima was awarded a faculty excellence scholarship during her studies, which focused on different mechanisms driving epithelial ovarian cancer proliferation, as well as potential therapies. Her research was published in Oncogene. Dr. Dima Ghannam Shahbari is the CEO of a newly formed company named "Ubi Therapeutics" at the incubator NGT (New Generation Technology). Our company proposes a new proteasome degradation inhibitor drug candidate with a distinct mode of action for the treatment of Multiple myeloma (MM).

Maria Dalamagka currently works at the Department of Anesthesia, General University Hospital of Larissa. Maria does research in acupuncture and Anesthetics. She is PhD medicine, doctor of pain, MD. Editorial board member: Scifed Journal, Pain Medicine and Management, Enliven, Cient Periodique, Journal of Pain Management and Medicine_Longdom, Anesthesia & Pain Researc _Scivision, GJNFS, Journal if Pain and Relief. Speaker and organizing committee to conferences as: Pain Research and Management Zurich 2018, 5th international conference Pain Research &Management London 2017, and Vancouver, Canada 2016, Word congress on Pain Medicine and Management Singapore 2019, International Conference on Alzheimers & Neurodegenerative disease Madrid, Spain 2018, scientific federation speaker.

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The CMO, Dr. Yahra ZAMZAM, has worked for over 10 years in the healthcare sector across its different managerial functions. Throughout her work experience, she conducted several projects to improve patient experience, improve hospital operations, improve the revenue cycle, improve medical outcomes, and improve the decision-making tools at a hospital and corporate level. Working at a JCI accredited hospital group has raised the bar of standards of those projects and has made her able to rollout her projects to the rest of the hospitals. Being part of the top management, she contributed to identifying the strategic direction of the leading hospital group in Egypt as well as contributing to improving the national healthcare sector with the Ministry of Health's new insurance plan. At Dar Al Fouad Hospitals, Dr. ZAMZAM was Business Excellence Manager & Acting CMO at both hospitals. She has successfully engaged physicians in the healthcare business as well as hospital operation for the best outcome for all: patients, hospital, physicians and insurance companies. Dr. ZAMZAM is holding a DBA healthcare management & leadership from the CIU, Masters of internal medicine from Ain Shams University and, Hospital management diploma from the AUC.

Raquel Ramirez-Vazquez has PhD in Science and Technologies Applied to Industrial Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Currently, she is a researcher as a member of Radiofrequency research group of the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Her research fields are related with Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields, Statistical and Geostatistical Analysis, Geographic Information System, Science Education and Active Learning Physics. She has 36 indexed publications of which 7 are Q1. She has conducted several research internships in some countries such as Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Jordan, and Brazil. ORCID: 0000-0002-4773-4146.

Dr. Cristian Castillo Olea is a Full-time Professor - Researcher at CETYS University. She has participated in more than 5 Artificial Intelligence projects applied to the health area, with more than 10 articles published in high-impact journals.

Dr. Dania Al Jaroudi is working as a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and REI, Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility and minimally invasive surgery. She is also the previous Chairman of Reproductive Endocrine & Infertility Medicine Department, of Women’s Specialized Hospital, King Fahad Medical City. Concurrent to her post, she is the Acting Executive Director of the research center at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh. She is an Assistant Professor of King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences from March 28, 2010 to present. Dr. Al Jaroudi graduated MBBS from King Saud University in 1996. She completed her residency training King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh in 2001. She obtained her fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility in 2004 at McGill University in Canada. As the current director of the fellowship of the REI and as the previous Director of the Residency Training Program in WSH, she motivates all staff to participate actively in the hospital’s educational activities. She has special interest in Medical simulation, continues to mentor the junior medical staff in their educational and research projects, and coaches their scientific presentation in various meetings. She has published over 50 articles in international peer review journals, and has on-going research projects in collaboration with other physicians. She has participated in several national and international conferences and workshops as a speaker.

Dr. Mahera previously held several positions at the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), most recently as policy advisor in health regulation sector, DHA. She is the leading person on putting all health governance related regulations and policies in the Emirate of Dubai. Dr. Mahera has also plays an important role in leading implementing NABIDH policies through conducting several awareness webinars within the health sector. In addition, she actively established links between DHA and other organizations within UAE and internationally. In addition to her extensive professional career, she is regularly invited to lecture at prestigious institutions, and to speak at various medical and health informatics conferences. Her work has also been published in several international journals, and presented at several conferences outside the country. Dr. Mahera obtained her Medical degree and then her Master in Molecular pathology from Kuwait University, earned her PhD in Clinical Genetics at UK, research training from Harvard Medical School, Research Ethics intense training in Maryland school of medicine, and Health Policy course from London school of Economic.

Lilane Maria Alves Silva studied Physiotherapy at the University of Uberaba, Brazil. She concluded her graduation in 2007, the master's degree in 2013 and received the PhD in 2019, in Health Care from the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM). She is a specialist in General Hospital Physiotherapy from UFTM (2009) and in Public Health Management from the University of Uberlândia (2013). She is also a Technician in Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging in Health at Clinics Hospital since 2002, and she joined the Public Health research group at UFTM, Brazil, in 2011. She has been publishing public health study articles and serving as a reviewer in health journals and projects ever since.

Dr. Nilanjana Ghosh has passed MD, DNB and joined as faculty in government medical college, worked in various public health sectors, conducted projects, research works and published articles. Awarded MNAMS degree, prizes in conferences, gained degrees in hospital management, Diabetes management and can operate SPSS/R software. GIS trained, was technical consultant with CINI. Working in Mental Health and Viokence Against Woman, editorial board member of PubMed indexed IJPH.COVID Screening clinic in charge and Vaccination clinic Co nodal I n NBMCH, West Bengal Authored a book on P.H. Management.

Professor Mounira Hajjaji is a medical doctor at the Department of Occupational Medicine at Hedi Chaker University Hospital of Sfax-Tunisia. She is also a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Sfax-Tunisia. She published more than 100 articles and abstracts. She served as a reviewer on several national and international scientific journals.

Josephine Nabaweesi is a graduate of Bachelors of Sciences in Nursing (BSN) at Uganda Christian University. She is so passionate about research more so on matters to do with Maternal and Child health because it is through research that problems are identified hence getting faster solutions to these challenges faced. She believes that nurses more so in her home country do not give the area of research so much effort yet it is from this that a lot can be achieved in this profession. Therefore, her first step in this program will encourage many younger nurses take interest in research since it is the foundation on which solutions to many health challenges is built.