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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 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.