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John D. Doherty(DABT 1982-2017) received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and did postdoctoral work in pharmacology at Yale and Kyoto University. He is currently an independent toxicologist with a specialty in neurotoxicology retired from the USEPA Office of Pesticide programs where he was responsible for evaluating the toxicity databases for pesticides. He has published papers on the mechanism of the pesticides DDT and pyrethroids (interaction with nerve physiology including transmitter release); organotins (as endocrine disruptors); phencyclidine and triadimefon (as a non-amphetamine dopaminergic agents); lead (interaction with DHA); and gamma-hydroxybutyrate (natural occurrence and metabolism in brain). His most current interest concerns the utilization of environmental epidemiology studies in the risk characterization of chemicals.

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Merab G. Tsagareli graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1977 and completed his post-graduate studies at Lomonosov State University of Moscow. He received his Ph.D. in 1982, and his D.Sc. in 1995 (habilitation). Dr. Tsagareli served as Director of Beritashvili Institute of Physiology (2006-2008), and he was a Secretary of the Beritashvili Physiological Society of Georgia (1996-1998), affiliated with the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) at the 31st World Congress of Physiological Sciences in Saint Petersburg (1997). He was a principal founder and founding Secretary-General of the Georgian Neuroscience Association (1996-2008), a member of the Governing Council of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO, 1996-2008), and one of the Founders and Founding members of the Council of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS, 1998-2008) at the 1st Forum of European Neuroscience in Berlin (1998). He has also been a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives since 1997. Dr. Tsagareli is the Founder and current President of the Georgian Pain Research Society and a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)since 1999. At present, his research focuses on studies of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels in pain and itch. The second topic is the role of opioid and cannabinoid systems in analgesic and tolerance effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). He also has a great interest in the history of physiology and neuroscience. Currently, Dr. Tsagareli is a Laboratory Director of Pain and Analgesia at Ivane Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine, Tbilisi, Georgia.

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George Schroeder MD, MS, FACEP, FAAUCM- Founder & President of Global Renaissance Enterprises, Corp. in Canada, & NARMPRO , LLC in USA He has served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and Executive Director of Medical Affairs for the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine. He has 33 years of experience in Emergency / Urgent Care Medicine Appointed to the International Scientific Advisory Board - Magellan Bioscience & serves on Board of Directors of American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine. He is a certified SSI Open Water SCUBA Diver

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Alex Makriyannis is the George Behrakis Chair of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, and is the Founder and Director of the Center for Drug Discovery. He is a highly successful medicinal chemist and is well recognized nationally and internationally for his important contributions in endocannabinoid research. This relatively newly characterized biochemical system, where he played an important role in its discovery, regulates many physiological functions including pain, neuroprotection, addiction, immunomodulation and cognition. Over the past four decades, his laboratory has designed and synthesized some of the key pharmacological endocannabinoid probes that are widely used and serve as leads for the development of new medications. He has also made important contributions aimed at understanding the molecular basis of cannabinoid activity. He has been a creative pioneer in the field of chemical biology where he combined the use of medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics, his work is recognized for its high level of originality. Some of his compounds are in advanced preclinical trials for the treatment of metabolic disorders and liver function, neuropathic pain, addiction and neurodegenerative diseases.

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Extensive clinical experience providing bedside care as a medical toxicologist for both an adult and pediatric tertiary care academic medical center. Medical Toxicology is an ABMS-certified subspecialty with expertise in managing the care of patients with adverse health effects from prescription and over-the-counter medications, drugs of abuse, and other toxic exposures requiring a broad understanding of pathophysiology, pharmacology and causation. Will leverage my leadership skills, clinical experience, and subspecialty knowledge to advance the clinical application of pharmacogenomics and apply my expertise in pharmacology and toxicology to inform the development of safer, innovative products and pharmaceuticals, thus improving the lives and healthcare outcomes of a larger population. Experience leading and supporting diverse, multi-disciplinary teams and serving in key leadership positions for various institutional committees and national and state organizations. Expertise in developing and delivering educational content with the ability to target diverse audiences. Skilled in facilitating deeper understanding, open discussions, and debate among key stakeholders to support critical decision making. Adept at providing mentorship and professional development needs for burgeoning talent while promoting a strong foundation for interdisciplinary teams. Areas of interest include: pharmacogenetics, medication safety and pharmacovigilance, improving healthcare delivery and public health, forensic toxicology, promoting gender equality.

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M. Natália D. S. Cordeiro completed her Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Porto (Portugal) in 1995, focusing on Monte Carlo simulations, with additional research traineeships at the University of Barcelona (Spain) and University of Pisa (Italy). Currently, she is Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto and leads the "Cheminformatics and Materials" research group at the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV-REQUIMTE). Her scientific research covers a wide variety of problems ranging from materials science to catalysis, including drug design and toxicology. Equally varied as the research topics are the methods employed to study them, which involve molecular simulations as quantum mechanics calculations and even machine learning tools. She is the author of 350+ SCI works (h-index: 53), of 25+ book chapters, and 150+ oral communications in international conferences, and has also performed extensive evaluation work for several research national and foreign entities.

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Professor Dr. Mohammad Kamil, M.Sc.; M.Phil.; Ph.D.; D.Sc.; Chartered Chemist(U.K.) and Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (London), has worked in various capacities. As In-charge -Drug Standardization lab. CCRUM, Ministry of Health -India, Associate Professor at Hamdard University, India; Professor & Head Department of Pharmacognostic Science, Zayed Complex for Herbal Research & Traditional. Medicine, Ministry of Health, UAE (1996-2010); Head TCAM Research at Department of Health, Abu Dhabi (2010-2020). Presently working as Director General, Lotus Holistic Healthcare Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE since 2021. He is heading the Scientific Committee for the Sheikh Zayed International TCAM Awards. Actively engaged in research on Traditional Medicine, Medicinal Plants, since 1971. Research work conducted and guided research in the following fields: Chemistry of Natural Products; Quality control studies and standardization of herbal plants and products; Physicochemical & and pharmacognostic standards of single herbal medicine and composite herbal formulations; Screening of medicinal plants for phytomedicines; Medicinal chemistry; Phytochemical studies – Extraction, isolation, and characterization of chemical constituents using modern analytical techniques; Research in Traditional Complementary and Alternative Medicines; Adulteration of conventional medicines in herbal formulations for the safety of public health; Substantially contributed to Drug Research and standardized chemically about 400 Phyto pharmaceutical herbal preparations besides standardizing quite a huge number (over 600)of single herbal medicines; Isolated quite a large number of NOVEL compounds from medicinal plants and a completely New SERIES of bioflavonoids along with its synthesis for the first time in the world which appeared in peer-reviewed journals J.C.S (London), Chemistry & Industry (London).

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Dr. Koichiro Tsuchiya is a Professor in the Department of Medical Pharmacology, in the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at Tokushima University in Japan. After graduating in Pharmacology, Dr. Koichiro Tsuchiya was a Pharmacist at Tokushima University Hospital from 1992 to 1997. He received his PhD in Medicine from Tokushima University in 1997 and became Assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Tokushima University School of Medicine. He became Full Professor in 2007. From 1998 to 2000, Dr Tsuchiya was a Visiting fellow at National Institute of the Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)/NIH in the laboratory of Dr. Ronald P. Mason. Dr Tsuchiya’s main research interests are in Clinical Pharmacology and Free Radical Chemistry. This includes the detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in vivo using electron paramagnetic resonance. After returning to the Japan, Dr Tsuchiya clarified the physiological effects of nitrite by using the electron spin resonance method. That is, nitrite, which has been detrimental to the organism, has been clarified to have the organ protective activity by becoming NO being reduced in the body. Recently, Dr Tsuchiya had found that nitrite is one of the intracellular signaling molecules, and has an effect on glycolipid metabolism. Dr Tsuchiya is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Japanese Society of Hypertension, and the Japanese Pharmacological Society.

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He received his Ph.D. in Materials and Corrosion Science, from Mohammed First University, Morocco, 2011. He had published more than 267 papers in international journals (indexed Scopus) with h-index = 47 and presented about 170 communications in symposia and national/international meetings. He has developed two Moroccan patents and three U.S. patents. He is on the editorial board of twenty six (26) international journals and a reviewer in more than fifty peer-reviewed international journals published by Elsevier, Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Taylor and Francis, etc. He is the author of a two books. His main research interests are in the field of Physical Chemistry, especially electrochemistry (Corrosion and corrosion inhibition in all media for metals and alloys using various techniques). He is currently interested in using some quantum chemical methods like density functional theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics Simulation and other semi-empirical methods to study corrosion inhibition efficiencies of compounds. Recently, he is interested to organic solar cells, the elaboration and characterization of thin films via electrodeposition and their applications.

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Beate Escher is Head of Department of Cell Toxicology at the Helmholtz centre for Environmental research since October 2014. She holds a professorship in Environmental Toxicology at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen. She is lecturer (Privatdozent) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in ETHZ, Switzerland. She holds a professorship at the University of Queensland and an adjunct professorship at Griffith University, Australia. She is member of the German Council of Science and Humanities and Associate Editor with Environmental Science and Technology. Beate Escher is internationally recognized for her work on chemical pollution in the environment. Her research focuses on developing scientifically sound in vitro tools and methodologies for risk assessment of micropollutants in the environment and in people. Escher’s expertise includes the development of in vitro bioassays and applications of new approach methods for monitoring and mode-of-action based effect assessment of organic micropollutants including pharmaceuticals, pesticides and persistent organic pollutants, environmental transformation products, and mixtures. She works towards improving dosing and interpretation of high-throughput in vitro bioassays and developed the robotic bioassay platform CITEPro at UFZ (www.ufz.de/citepro). More practically oriented aspects include passive sampling of sediment, biota and human tissue and effect-based methods for water quality assessment, covering a wide range of different water types from wastewater to drinking water and treatment processes including biological treatment, filtration and advanced oxidation processes, as well as applications of in vitro tools for biomonitoring in fish, mammals and human tissues.

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Dimitrios P. Nikolelis received his PhD from University of Athens in 1976 and he is a professor of environmental chemistry in Department of Chemistry, University of Athens. Prof. Dimitrios Nikolelis has coordinated 3 European Projects on environmental biosensors (CIPA96-0231, IC15-CT96-0804 and QLK3-2000-01311). He also was twice a. NATO Director in the following Advanced Research Workshops: 1. Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, Smolenice, Slovakia,: May 1996 and 2. Portable biosensors for the Rapid Detection of Biochemical Weapons of Terrorism, July 2012. Prof. Dimitrios Nikolelis has over 200 scientific papers in scientific journals and conferences. He is the Editor of 5 books on Biosensors (1. Biosensors for Direct Monitoring of Environmental Pollutants in Field, Springer, 1996, 2. Portable Chemical Sensors- Weapons against Bioterrorism, Springer, 2012 and 3. Portable Biosensing of Food Toxicants and Environmental Pollutants, CRC, 2013 3. 4. Biosensors for Security and Bioterrorism Applications, Springer, 2014. 5. Nanotechology and biosensors: recent advances, Elsevier, in press. He is the Editor of many scientific journals. His research is targeted on the fabrication of portable biosensors for in the field uses and he has authored a large number of scientific papers on the detection of environmental pollutants such as hydrazines, dioxins, insecticides, toxins, etc. His current interests also include the construction of novel chemical nanosensors that can be used for the rapid detection of environmental pollutants directly in the gas phase. Prof. D. P. Nikolelis group has recently utilized graphene and ZnO to develop chemical nanosensors based on polymer lipid films for species of clinical or food significance such as urea, uric acid, cholesterol, etc.

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A/Prof Kathy Wu is a HGSA-certified Clinical Geneticist, the founding Head of St Vincent's Clinical Genomics, an Adult Physician Scientist, MRFF researcher, and educator. Through her various roles affiliated with multiple universities and research institutions, including the UNSW, University of Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the George Institute for Global Research, she is committed to translating genomics research to inform precision healthcare and improving individual and categorical patient outcomes. She is one of the pioneers in Australia to lead a real-world pharmacogenomics implementation body of research and was awarded a multi-million dollar-MRFF Research Grant to conduct the ALIGNED trial, which is one of Australia’s first Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial on pharmacogenomics for people with Major Depressive Disorder

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Nidhi Gupta is a senior scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India in Food, Drug, Chemical, Environment and System Toxicology division under Nanomaterial toxicology group. She received her master’s degree in Nanotechnology from Amity University with master’s dissertation on vaccine adjuvant nanoformulation at University of Queensland, Australia. She earned her PhD from Delhi Technological University, India on nano bioactive glass materials. She was CSIR - Senior Research Fellow (Direct) grant awardee as well as top rank holder in GATE and CSIR-UGC NET in Life Science. She has also gained experience on skin penetrating peptides at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India. She worked as a SERB Research Associate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India gaining an understanding of the rheological properties of biopolymers. Further, she pursued her postdoctoral studies at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, where her research efforts focused on developing supramolecular biomimetic peptide hydrogels. For a short duration, she was also associated with the Indian Journal of Medical Science, a division of the Indian Council of Medical Research, an apex medical research body in India. Before, joining CSIR-IITR, she worked with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis, USA on antiinfective biomaterial formulations and animal model designing. The work accomplished so far has been published in high reputed journals (including ACS Chem. Mater., ACS Appl. Mater. Interface, ACS Mol. Pharm., J Control Release, JMC-B) as well as appreciated and awarded at various oral and poster presentations at International Conferences on Nanotechnology and adjuged best presentation award for the same by premier organizations such as The American Ceramic Society (BIOTEM 2021), Asia Polymer Association, Indian Society of Nano Medicine, AIIMS, Delhi, Manipal University, DBT and many more.

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Dr. Ethel Eljarrat received his PhD at the University of Barcelona with Prof. Josep Rivera. She is Senior Scientist at the Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain. She has published more than 180 papers in SCI journals (Hirsch Index - 57), she has edited 3 books (Brominated Flame Retardants; Emerging Organic Contaminants in Sludges. Analysis, fate and treatment with fungi; and Pyrethroid Insecticides) and more than 30 book chapters. Her research activity has resulted in 21 press releases. Dr. Ethel Eljarrat made outstanding contribution to environmental chemistry, in particular to persistent organic pollutants. She has an extensive experience in the development of analytical methodologies for emerging pollutants as well as in the assessment of their impact in the environment as well as in humans. Their scientific studies focused on environmental and biotic samples, but also on humans and food. During her PhD she contributed to the implementation of the first dioxin analysis laboratory in Spain, participating as a reference laboratory during the 1999 food crisis following feed contamination in Belgium. Subsequently, her research in the field of brominated flame retardants has contributed to the generation of scientific evidence for the prohibition and inclusion in the list of POPs of the Stockholm Convention of compounds such as PBDEs and HBCD. Moreover, their contributions showing for the first time the bioaccumulation of insecticide pyrethroids in tissues of different aquatic and terrestrial organisms, highlighted the mistake considering pyrethroids as ideal insecticides. With more than 25 years of research, her work focuses mainly on plasticizers, halogenated and organophosphate flame retardants, chlorinated paraffins, pyrethroid insecticides and nonpolar pesticides. She works on the evaluation of bioaccumulation and biomagnification processes in aquatic and terrestrial organisms, as well as on human exposure to these pollutants through food and inhalation of indoor and outdoor air. In recent years, its scientific activity has focused on the evaluation of the chemical impact of plastic pollution. She was selected as an Expert in the topic "Pollution by plastics" in the Congress of Deputies (Madrid) for the advice to politicians.

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John D. Schuetz received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Pharmacology/Toxicology (with Robert B. Diasio) from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond in 1984 and completed his postdoctoral training in Molecular Cancer Biology (with I. David Goldman and Eric H. Westin (a Dr. Robert C. Gallo protégé), and subsequently worked with Dr. Philip Guzelian on CYPs, also at the Medical College of Virginia. In 1992, he joined the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as an Assistant Member. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Member in 1997 and then to Member in 2005. In 2006, he was appointed Vice Chair of the department and currently holds this position. He has broad research interests in the role of ABC transporters in normal physiology and pathophysiology. His lab’s current studies are elucidating how transporters affect the biology as well as the therapeutic response of medulloblastoma and acute myeloid leukemia. Dr. Schuetz has authored over 154 articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributed several book chapters. Dr. Schuetz has been elected to the AAAS Electorate nominating committee, elected Chair of the Toxicology Division of American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), Councilor to ASPET and is currently serving as Past-President of ASPET. Further, he was nominated to membership in the ASBMB. He has also been a permanent member of the NIH DMP study section (2002-2007) and contributed service as an Ad hoc member on multiple other national and international grant review panels. Moreover, he is an Associate Editor for the journal Drug Metabolism and Disposition and serves on the editorial board of other peer-reviewed journals

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Senior consultant and toxicologist with 20+ years experience in nonclinical development of small molecules and biologic products. With background in both pharmacology & toxicology and molecular and cellular biology, I provide strategic and regulatory support for nonclinical development programs and FDA submissions. Specific product experience with cell and gene therapies, viral and bacterial vectors, vaccines, proteins, peptides, as well as nonclinical expertise in immunotherapy, CAR-T, regenerative medicine and live biotherapeutic products. Consulting experience also includes GAP assessments, product development planning, nonclinical program oversight, nonclinical protocol and report review, as well as review and preparation of regulatory dossiers (INDs, CTDs and NDA/BLAs). Specialties: Pharmacology and Toxicology Cell, Tissue and Gene Therapy Products, including viral vectors and CAR-T products Vaccines, proteins, monoclonal antibodies, peptides, regenerative medicine products Nonclinical Report and Data review GLP Compliance Audits on-site study monitoring Support for FDA submissions and meetings IND and CTD preparation and review

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Stephen Tower received his medical degree from the University of Washington (Seattle) and he completed internship in Internal Medicine atDartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon, New Hampshire) followed by 4 years of service as a General Medical Officer in the Indian Health Service in Alaska. He then completed residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Oregon Health Sciences University. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and is a current Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He has practiced Orthopedic Surgery in Anchorage Alaska since 1992 with a focus on hip, knee, and shoulder replacement. He is an affiliate Professor of Medicine at the Washington, Wyoming, Alaskan, Montana and Idaho Medical School (WWAMI program, University of Alaska – Anchorage). Since 1992 he hascollaborated with Dartmouth Biomedical Engineering Center (Hanover, New Hampshire) on research of failure mechanisms of modern arthroprosthetic componentsthrough analysis of arthroprosthetic components removed at the time of revision joint replacement surgery. Explant analysis is an important component of Dr. Tower’s publications on catastrophic failures of overly thin plastic acetabular liners,1 and the clinical implications of wear or corrosion of cobalt-chromium arthroprosthetic components.2-14 Dr. Tower authored the index case report of cobaltism from modern primary hip replacement in in October of 2010, Arthroprosthetic cobaltism: neurological and cardiac manifestations in two patients with metal-on-metal arthroplasty: a case report.13 These patients were implanted withJohnson & Johnson’ssoon to be recalled ASR XL metal-on-metal hip replacement.The report was unusual in that Dr. Tower was both the author of the report and CASE 1. The report was accompanied by an unprecedented skeptical commentary by the Presidential Line of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Commentary on an article by Stephen S. Tower, MD: "Arthroprosthetic cobaltism: neurological and cardiac manifestations in two patients with metal-on-metal arthroplasty. a case report" .15 In the ensuing years Dr. Tower continued to encounter cobaltism in his patients leading to further case-reports, series, and most recently, a prospective study of the relationship of the years of exposure to a chrome-cobalt orthopedic-implant and urine-cobalt, and the early symptoms of cobaltism. His experience with orthopedic-implant-cobaltism (OIC) as patient, surgeon, researcher, and patient safety advocate has been featured in The New York Times, Consumer Reports, three book chapters, a Netflix’s documentary (The Bleeding Edge), and episodes of medical TV serials House, Gray’s Anatomy, The Resident, and New Amsterdam. Dr. Tower gave a TEDx talk on his experience with OICthe Summer of 2019, Cobalt Toxicity: Is Your Hip Replacement Poisoning You?Later that year Dr. Tower testified before an FDA panel scoping the immune complications of orthopedic-implant related cobalt-chromium metallosis. The best synopsis of Dr. Tower’s decade of research and his present level of understanding of OIC and its epidemiology is his most recent publication in PLOS-ONE (December, 2023), The association of cobalturia with cobaltism symptoms a prospective blinded study of 229 post-arthroplasty patients

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Lars holds a PhD in chemistry. As Chief Technology Officer at iOnctura, Lars is primarily responsible for the non-clinical development activities. These include non-clinical safety and toxicology, manufacturing and project management. He is a medicinal chemist with over 20 years of experience in biopharma R&D and delivered multiple clinical candidates and lead compounds for different therapeutic areas including oncology. Prior to founding iOnctura he has held various positions in project management and project leadership spanning early discovery up to commercial products and dealing with both biologics and small molecules. Lars has previously worked at Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Organon, Boehringer-Ingelheim and Merck.

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Dr. Ruben Abagyan is a Professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, which he joined in 2009. He received his master’s and Ph.D. degree in molecular physics at MPTI and MSU. At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, he developed internal coordinate mechanics and structural docking approach (ICM) for structure prediction and docking. He founded Molsoft LLC, received his tenure at New York University and Courant Institute of Mathematics, continued from 1999 at Novartis Functional Genomics Institute as a Director of Computational Chemistry and Biology, and the Scripps Research Institute as a professor. Dr. Abagyan serves on international review panels for Institutes in Switzerland, UK, EU and Hong Kong. He received CapCure awards, Princess Diana Award and medal in Sydney, Australia, AACP Teacher of the Year award and UCSD-SSPPS Faculty-of-the-Year awards. R.A. co-authored 333 research papers and book chapters (over 40,000 citations, H-index of 96). His research interests include methods, data and tools for accelerated computer-aided drug discovery, repurposing, and development.

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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.

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Currently, Dr. Ambika Prasad Patra is working as Additional Professor and Head of the Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department at Jawaharlal Institute of Post-graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), an Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government of India at Pondicherry, India. Dr. Patra received his MD in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology from Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Medical College and Hospital under Government of Odisha in 2007. He also received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) degree from the same institution at Berhampur, Ganjam, Odisha in 1997. In addition, he has received his Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) for Hospital Administration from Pondicherry University under Government of India, in 2015. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) since 2018. Dr. Patra is a highly accomplished and experienced forensic pathologist, toxicologist, and legal medicine expert. In addition, he has undertaken some Administrative posts at JIPMER like Deputy Medical Superintendent, Deputy Controller of Examinations, Warden, etc. Dr. Patra is also the Author of the Textbook series ‘Medical Jurisprudence and Clinical Forensic Medicine’ published by the Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, London. He has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals with 280 Citations, 10 h-index and 270 Research Interest Score. He has over 150 peer review records for 22 PubMed indexed Journals of International repute. Dr. Patra is a recipient of several awards and honours, including the Sentinel of Science–2016 Award for ‘Top 10 Reviewers in Medicine’ by the Publons Academy of Clarivate Web of Science and the Best Editor of Indian Toxicology Medical Journals in 2016 for his contribution as the Editor of the Indian Society of Toxicology. He is also the editorial board member and guest editor for 16 national and international indexed Journals. Dr. Patra is highly respected in his field and is a Nominated legal medicine expert for the Madras High Court, Madurai Bench, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Cochin and Chennai. Dr. Patra is an active member of several professional organizations of International repute. He is a member of Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFFLM) of the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK. He is also a referee member of the International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM), Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a member and ex-officio of the Indian Society of Toxicology and the Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine. Dr. Patra is also a regular speaker at National and International forums with more than 100 scientific presentations and numerous plenary lectures in his credit. He is a dynamic and engaging speaker who is able to communicate complex medical and scientific concepts in a clear and concise way. He has chairperson and moderator for many professional panel discussions. He is an excellent facilitator and is able to lead discussions and workshops effectively. Dr. Patra's areas of expertise encompass legal medicine, biomedical ethics, toxicology, clinical forensic medicine, humanitarian forensics, forensic pathology, and traffic medicine. He is a valuable asset to any conference and would be an excellent speaker on a variety of topics related to his field

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Currently, I serve as a Professor and researcher at the University of Vienna. I earned my Master’s degree in Biology from Al-Azhar University in 2005 and subsequently worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Egypt, from 2005 to 2007. In 2012, I successfully obtained my Ph.D. degree in Cell Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna. Following that, I pursued a postdoctoral career at the Institute of Pharmacology and toxicology, University of Vienna, from 2013 to 2016.

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Irene Martins holds a PhD in Ecology and is an expert in Ecological Modelling. She has been working as a researcher in coastal and marine ecosystems for more than 30 years, with a focus on the effects of multiple stressors on the composition and function of marine organisms and ecosystems. She develops numerical models that account for the effects contaminants on marine food webs, and she is interested in assessing the type of interactions between different environmental stressors.

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Chikezie Kennedy Kalu’s field of research is Technology and Innovation Management. He is from Nigeria and has a B.Eng. in Electronics Engineering from The University of Nigeria Nsukka; Nigeria (UNN) and a Masters (with Distinction) in Communication Engineering from The University of Manchester, UK. Chikezie has also presented his research works at various international conferences; and continues to receive more invites to share his works at international conferences and global webinars. He was also awarded the International Best Researcher in Management Science and Engineering at the Asia Research Awards (International Congress for Research Excellence 2024) in India, in March 2024.