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Dr. Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 111; Google Scholar) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); and is a fellow of over 8 societies.

Prof. Nriagu's research and teaching programs center around three main issues: (i) sources, behavior, fate and effects of metals in the natural and contaminated environments; (ii) environmental justice and disproportionate exposure of communities to environmental pollutants; and (iii) environmental health problems in the developing countries. His work includes applied laboratory and field studies and has led to 30 books (authored/edited) and over 300 published articles. From 2000 to 2008, he was listed as one of the most cited scientists in the fields of Environmental Studies and Ecology. He was the director of the Environmental Health Program from 1996 to 2006, and has been active in a number of community-based organizations. Before joining the department in 1993, he was a research scientist with Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario. Prof. Nriagu was the Editor-in-chief of the journal Science of the Total Environment (one of the leading environmental science journals), Editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (in five volumes) published in 2011, and the editor of book series published by Wiley-Interscience (New York), Elsevier Science (Amsterdam), and Maralte Publishers (Leiden). In 1987, he was awarded the first ever meritorious Doctor of Science degree by the University of Ibadan (Nigeria). Prof. Nriagu is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His other awards include Senior Fulbright Fellowship and distinguished Alexander von Humbolt Research Prize.

Dr. Nelson Hendler is a 1966 cum laude graduate of Princeton University, where he also played varsity lacrosse. He received an MD in 1972, and a MS in neurophysiology in 1974, from University of Maryland, and did his residency training in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1972 to 1975. Dr. Hendler was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for 31 years, and Associate Professor of Physiology at University of Maryland School of Dental Surgery. He was clinical director of Mensana Clinic from 1978 to 2006, which was listed in Business Week as one of the 8 best pain clinics in the United States, along with Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Cleveland Clinic. He has published four books, 34 textbook chapters, and 71 articles. He was past president of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association of America, and of the American Academy of Pain Management. He has lectured in 11 countries, and 50 medical schools and hospitals in the United States. He has testified before the US Senate three times on medical issues for Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator Barbara Mikulski, and Senator Howard Metzenbaum. Recently, Dr. Hendler developed “Expert Systems,” for use over the Internet, based on research showing that 40%-80% of chronic pain patients are misdiagnosed. The Pain Validity Test predicts with 95% accuracy which patient will have abnormal medical tests. The Pain Diagnostic Paradigm and Treatment Algorithm gives diagnoses with a 96% correlation with diagnoses of Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors, and recommends the proper diagnostic tests to use. The Headache Diagnostic Test has a 94 % correlation with diagnoses of Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors. The company website is www.PainValidityTest.com.

Dr. Abraham (Rami) Rudnick is a certified psychiatrist and a PhD-trained philosopher. He is a Professor, the inaugural Head of the Section of Community Psychiatry and the Coordinator of the Medical Humanities Program, all in the Department of Psychiatry, and is cross-appointed in the Department of Bioethics and in the School of Occupational Therapy, all at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he is a Director of the Research in Medicine program. He is the Clinical Director of the Nova Scotia Operational Stress Injury Clinic. He is a Canadian Certified Physician Executive and a Certified Psychiatric/Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Practitioner. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Research Canada and the Chair of its Task Force on Indigenous and Racial Justice in Health Research and Related Innovation, the Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the Chair of the Policy and Health Issues Committee of Doctors Nova Scotia, among other provincial and national committee memberships. He is a recipient of the pioneer award in recovery research granted by Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) /Réadaptation Psychosociale (RPS) Canada and of the Michael Smith award granted by the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, as well as a Distinguished Fellow of the Canadian Psychiatric Association and a Distinguished Fellow and Gold Medalist of the European Society for Person Centered Healthcare. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mental Health and the founder of the Canadian Unit of the International Network of a UNESCO Chair in Bioethics. His clinical academic and leadership expertise includes person-centered mental health services, psychiatric/psychosocial rehabilitation, digital mental health services, social determinants of health, health care administration, bioethics and philosophy of health. His research involves mixed (quantitative, qualitative, conceptual and normative) methods.

Dr. Helen Fisher, Biological Anthropologist, is Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute, Member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Rutgers University and Chief Science Advisor to Match.com. She uses brain scanning (fMRI) to study the neural systems associated with romantic love, mate choice, attachment, long-term partnership happiness, and the biological basis of romantic rejection and love addiction. She has written six internationally best-selling books on romantic love, attachment and the evollution and future of family life, including: WHY WE LOVE: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic love, WHY HIM? WHY HER?: How to Find and Keep Lasting Love, and ANATOMY OF LOVE: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage and Why We Stray (2ND ed). Her biologically-based personality measure, the Fisher Temperament Inventory, has been taken by over 15 million people in 40 countries. Fisher is currently studying the future of love in the Digital Age, using a sample of 60,000 American singles, the impact of SSRI antidepressants on relationship formation and dissolution (using fMRI), the biological basis of personality, the neurochemistry of partnership compatibility, and the impact of brain chemistry at work, including team-building, innovation and leadership. She is a TED All-Star with over 21 million views of her three main-stage TED talks and a recipient of the American Anthropological Association’s Distinguished Service Award for her work at presenting anthropological data to the public. Business Insider has designated Fisher one of the “15 most amazing women in science today.”

Dr. Juliana Fort, MD is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Specialist in Shreveport, LA and has over 36 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport medical school in 1986.

Dr. Ana Kolling is a Post Doc student at the postgraduate program in epidemiology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Has a PhD in Public Health and a Master degree in Epidemiology. Ana is also a nurse specialist in Public Health with more than 18 years of experience in The Unified Health System (SUS). Currently works as manager of the national HIV coordination in the Brazilian Ministry of Health at the Department of Diseases of Chronic Condition and Sexually Transmitted Infections (DCCI).

Dr. Mustafa Z. Younis is an internationally recognized scholar & tenured professor at Jackson State University, Mississippi, USA. Dr. Younis served as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Research of Healthcare Financial Management. Dr. Younis has authored and published over 100 articles, and 150 abstracts and presentations in refereed journals and meetings, and universities in Europe, China and Middle East. He has presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Younis’ coauthored articles appeared in leading journals such as “Nature”, “the Lancet” and “JAMA” and European Journal of Health Economic. Dr. Younis has administrative experience as Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Florida International University (FL, USA), where he led the accreditation efforts for the Healthcare Management Program. Dr. Younis has a history of playing visible roles on the editorial boards of journals as Chief Editor, Guest Editor and Editorial board member of leading journals, such as JHCF, Inquiry, JHHSA, JPBAFM, EJEPH. Dr. Younis is a frequent speaker for both academic and professional audiences. His talks often feature his latest research and work in progress, as well as cross-industry trends and strategy implications. He has provided workshops and presentations for world-wide organizations. His research and findings apply to for-profit, non-profit, and government settings. Dr. Younis has consulted with several organizations on healthcare finance, and economics. Dr. Younis is often invited to speak about the challenges in the healthcare industry and other related topics to health economics, finance, and research. He has presented topics, such as, healthcare reform, ownership structure, profitability, unit cost, payment system and efficiency in management, at a variety of forums and conferences in USA, Europe, Asia and Middle East.

Dr. Chin-Fu Chang is working as a Deputy Director of Hospital Quality Management Department, Changhua Christian Hospital. He have experience as Director of the Medical Quality and Patient Safety Center of Changhua Christian Hospital, Co-director of the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of Changhua Christian Hospital, Director of the Emergency Department of Changhua Christian Hospital, Director of the Pediatric Emergency Department of Changhua Christian Hospital and as an Attending physician of the Emergency Department of Kaohsiung Medical College Affiliated Hospital. He had graduated from the Kaohsiung University School of Medicine, graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University with a master's degree from the Institute of Clinical Medicine. Had an advanced course in emergency medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, USA ACLS，ATLS，APLS，PALS，PHTLS training course, USA ISQua Fellowship program

Dr. Jingquan Zhong has PhD, Cardiology at Shandong University, Jinan, China and Post Doctoral degree, Cardiology Division of St. Michaels’ Hospital and University of Toronto, Canada. At present, he is working as a Director of Cardiology, Qingdao Qilu Hospital of Shandong University,China and Director of EP, majored in radio frequency catheter ablation, Doctoral tutor, professor and chief physician FACC. He is a Fellow of Ameirican College of Cardiology, Fellow of Heart Rhythm Society, Member of European Resuscitation Council, Chairman of Shandong Province Heart Rhythm in China, Chairman of Shandong Medical Association in Pacing and Electrophysiologic society and many more.

Chee Kong Yap is working as a full professor in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 2021. Prof Yap is an academician for more than 18 years in UPM and 23 years as a researcher.Prof Yap has supervised more than 80 undergraduates and 30 postgraduate students in the fields of ecotoxicology, environmental biology, environmental sciences, water quality and ecotoxicological genetics. Prof Yap has published more than 325 papers in refereed academic journals, 5 books (three of them published in NOVA Science Publishers, USA) and 32 book chapters. Until February 2022, 207 of them have now been indexed in Elsevier’sScopus with an H-index of 30(>2761 citations).Prof Yap has also been invited in honorary as Editorial Board members for more than 30 international academic journals. Prof Yap has been an invited visiting researcher at National lnstitute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba (Japan). Internationally, Prof Yap has been an invited visiting professor at Nihon University (Japan) and Hokkaido University (Japan), and an invited visiting researcher at Kobe University (Japan) and Kobe College (Japan).

Dr. Gulnara Shelia has completed her Ph.D at the Georgia State Medical University and postdoctoral studies at St. Petersburg University. She was the first Deputy Chairperson of the Healthcare And Social Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia , She has over 25 years of experience as a teacher in University and a research career in Public Health and Healthcare Management .At present, she is professor of Tsereteli State university. Shelia G. has published more than 67 papers in reputed journals . She has participated in more than 25 international conferences and congresses(such as AMEE; FIGO; ESC; FIAPAC and etc.) , as well as in several international projects Describing obstetric and neonatal health care.

Dr. Rocio Rodriguez studied Technical Engineering in Computer Management and Research and Market Techniques, she holds a PhD in Business Science from University of Murcia, Spain. She has a wide experience in business-to-business context, especially in sales and sales management. She has been working for the past 21 years in Business-to-Business market, in sales and sales management and in marketing management areas in the healthcare sector. Today, she works full time as professor at University of Murcia and at the same time she continues collaborating with a private healthcare multinational. She has been working, as partial time professor, for the past 6 years in ENAE Business School. She also collaborates with Kristiania University College as Adjunct Researcher. She has published in a variety of peer reviewed academic journals and presented papers at international conferences. She is an active reviewer of high impact journals. Her research interests are focused on personal selling and sales management, health management, sustainability, business model, technology and B2B relationships.

Dr. Yadav is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He received his MD degree in 2012 from RWJ Barnabas Health in New Jersey. He was a Chief Resident and has served as a faculty member in Internal Medicine at his current institution for 10 years. He is a Clerkship and Sub-Internship rotation co-director. He is a clinical researcher and has published several peer reviewed papers. His areas of interest are rare diseases and medical education. He serves on councils at the state and national organizations addressing healthcare policies and knowledge assessments.

Dr. Marie-Michèle Lord is a professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières (Canada), and a regular researcher at the Center for research and expertise in social gerontology (CREGES). Her research projects focus on the well-being and social participation of seniors through intersectoral actions. All her projects are carried out in collaboration with various sectors and always in partnership with seniors. In particular, she is the principal researcher in a Living Lab project aimed at promoting intersectoral actions that promote the health of seniors in rural areas.

Dr. Faith Liao, PhD., RN, is in the role of Deputy Director of the Center for Education in Holistic Care and Human Flourishing in the Department of Medical Education at Taipei Medical University Hospital (TMUH). She is also an Assistant Professor in Person-Centred Medical Education Research at Taipei Medical University (TMU) in Taiwan. She was awarded a PhD degree from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. With her BSc in Nursing and MA in Neuroethics, Dr Faith looks into the person-centred approach in medical education, technology-enhanced e-learning, therapeutic relationship, and inter-professional and holistic healthcare competence in health professionals. Her research is mainly at the interface of medical education, human flourishing and healthcare innovation.

Dr. Mahesh Bhatt is a surgeon, writer, public health consultant, and researcher practicing medicine for the last 25 years in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India. He is associated with various academic, scientific, and social organizations and institutions involved in research, education, and social development. His research interest is health literacy, spirituality, and the spiritual dimension of health and their role in public health and healthcare systems. His work on thought processes and their ecosystem in the human brain and the function of spiritual thought processes and spirituality in various thoughts of religion, culture, philosophy, and science created a paradigm shift in understanding and defining spirituality in the context of evolutionary biology and neurobiology for broader implications on health, happiness, and wellbeing. Dr. Mahesh Bhatt has published and presented research papers in various international conferences on spirituality and spiritual health in the context of public health and medicine. His work on spiritual health as the fourth dimension of health and its role as a tool in preventing physical, mental, and social aspects of health is vital in public health, healthcare delivery, and management. Dr. Bhatt was elected as the president of Vigyan Bharti (Uttarakhand Chapter) in 2017 and held this prestigious post till 2021. He is a member of the Practice Standard Committee of the International Health Literacy Association (IHLA) for 2022-2024, recently elected in a global election. Dr. Bhatt is a member of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), The Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), World Medical Association (WMA), International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), Society for Theory and Research on Salutogenesis (STARS), etc. He has worked in different capacities with various national and global academic, research, and professional organizations. He is currently working as Managing Director and CEO of MMBSHS Trust, a charitable trust working on health education, health literacy, community health, and public health research. He Lives in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Dr Al-Taiar (MD, DCH, MSc, PhD, FACE) is a physician epidemiologist with an MD degree. He received his graduate training in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (London University) in the UK. This includes a master level training in Biostatistics and PhD in Epidemiology. He is a fellow (by distinction) of the Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. He is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (FACE). He has published more than 55 full-length research articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals. He is in the editorial board and associate editor of several peer-reviewed indexed journals. His research interests revolve around maternal and child health with several funded projects that have produced numerous publications and conference presentations.

Dr. Laila Montaser served as Chair, Founder leader of Clinical Pathology Department Menoufia Faculty of Medicine. She is uniquely trained and has a philosophy on how to manage research. She is an Honorable Editorial Board Member for many International Journals. Montaser’s distinguished career as a Prof, and researcher who had an enormous international impact selected her for three times at 1986, 1998, and 2002 by Council of Menoufia University to Award of “Ideal Doctor” from Egyptian Medical Syndicate and also nominated to two major awards: TWAS prize in Medical Sciences and Nano Science Research Excellence due to her scientific achievements worldwide.

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Dr. Hadi Erfani was born in 1990. His National Researcher Code is (9833151000034) as well as a Professional Engineer of The Society of Professional Engineers International UK, Top 50 International Distinguished Young Researcher 2020, Top Inventor (Gold Medal) of 2nd Beirut International Innovation Show 2021, Top Inventor (Bronze Medal) of World Youth Invention and Innovation Award 2021, Top Inventor of (Silver, Bronze Medal) of 15th Edition of International Invention and Innovation Show INTARG 2022, International Young Scientist and Keynote Speaker of IRSD 2021. Research interests are Chemical Engineering, Waste Management. Dr. Hadi Erfani work as a Reviewer and Editor of the journals with Scopus and ISI Index as well as scientifically with more than 50 countries around the world. He have 7 books, 3 translations of book, 1 chapter, 3 inventions, 10 articles.

(Sorush Niknamian PhD MRSB FChE FNNECOS FTSCO ANCC, AANP, ACPE, ACHE, ADA CERP APA FMDCSCO) Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology and Oncology and Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, Oncology and Biological Attacks. He is a Professional Biologist, Senior Research Scientist, Chartered Scientist and Registered Scientist at Violet Cancer Institute (VCI). His Science Council ID is: A-0008833. He is one of United Kingdom and Indiana Cancer Consortium (ICC) certified. He is a Registered Researcher in the U.S. Government's System for Award Management, Registered Scientist at National Center for Biotechnology Information. He is studying Medicine/Military Medicine at Liberty University (LU), Lynchburg, VA, United States of America. He holds Bachelor’s Degree in Mechatronics Engineering, applied Mathematics, Civil Engineering and Management. He is a Member of US Government National Science Foundation, Member of Hera Swiss Volunteers (ID: 198036), Member of US Army American College of Physicians Chapter, Ambassador of American Cancer Society (ACS CAN) and former Ambassador of European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), Active Member of Federal Health Professionals at US Army Forces and Certified Member of American Red Cross and Food Regulatory Affairs Professionals. He is a Board Member and contributor of Weston A Price Foundation co-founded in 1999 by Sally Fallon (Morell) and nutritionist Mary G. Enig. PhD. He Holds Honorary Doctorate of Cancer Biology and Doctor of Science from Violet Cancer Institute. He is preserved and nominated for the preserved as Position Title: DIRECTOR OF MILITARY SUPPORT, Agency: Army National Guard Units. Announcement Number: ID: WA-10507254-AR-19-161. Extra Information: DIRECTOR OF MILITARY SUPPORT located at the WASHINGTON J3 DCSOPS. Professor Sorush Niknamian is an ACP Chapter member in United States Army and Air Force. Active Member of IMRTC-USA (International Management Research and Technology Consortium Research) as Advisor, Referee, Professor at IMRTC-USA (International Management Research and Technology Consortium Panel. He is a Service Member of Modern Military Association of America. Certified Member of World Medical Association with ID: 5c7b154b01602 as a Junior Medical Doctor. He is an Active Member of the National Guard Association of the United States of America (Branch: Army, Rank: Major, State Affiliation: Maryland and Serving Volunteer at the Peace Corps of the United States of America (Ref ID: 10811430) and certified member of The National Bureau of Asian Research. He is a member of Military Officers Association of America (Member Number: 05670401, Rank: Major).

Dr Hamid Yahya Husain is a Senior specialist community and family physician Director of school health and educational institutions program in Dubai / Government of Dubai / Dubai / UAE .Enrolled with different international organization, UNICEIF, WHO, ICRC, IOM and others as programs manager and expert. Worked as environmental expert ant ministry of environment, Iraq, Worked as training consultant, researcher, and programs manager at ministries of health and higher education and scientific research in different Middle East and North Africa region. Member of editorial Board of Middle east journal of internal medicine, Middle east journal of age and ageing, middle east journal of Alzheimer and psychiatry Member of different international, regional and national associations e.g. APHA, IEA, MENAPF, EMAME, American college of occupational and environmental medicine, American college of Epidemiology, American academy of family medicine, Canadian College of family physician, Professor at Dubai residency training program/ Community and family medicine/ Arab Board for health specializations. Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health Medicine at Faculty of Medicine, University of Baghdad. Qualified with PhD family and community medicine, Higher diploma respiratory Diseases Edge hills University UK, fellowship of institute for international education/ New York, Master course of Epidemiology and biostatistics / American University of Beirut, training certificates on Public Health ( north Carolina, Johan Hopkins and Harvard) and Canada college for family physicians Supervised more than (30) PhD thesis, 25 MSc thesis, achieved about 150 research work. And contribute to CDC textbook on Ethics in Public Health, cases spanning around the Globe. Editorial Board and Peer Reviewer at many international medical and health Journals.

Dr. Silvia Perez-Protto, MD, MS, MBA is an anesthesiologist and intensivist originally from Uruguay, South America. She worked as an intensivist transplant coordinator in Uruguay, conducting more than 100 organ donation interviews before relocating to the USA. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine. She practices as an intensivist at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and she is the Medical Director of the End of Life Center at the Office of Safety, Quality and Patient Experience. Her work is aimed to deliver goal-concordant care by establishing the advance care planning program at the Cleveland Clinic. The specific objectives of the center are to respect patients’ preferences, to improve family experience and to foster caregiver resilience. She led the implementation of "The Pause" and the creation of "Death over Dinners for healthcare". She is the president of the Cleveland Clinic Women Professional staff Association.

Dr. George Thomas is an MD/MPH Candidate at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He has an active interest in racial and gender disparities in orthopaedic care. His work has been published in many of the field’s top journals. He is also actively involved in global orthopaedic care.

Dr. J. Seth Chatfield is an associate professor of healthcare management in the School of Business at Shenandoah University in Winchester Virginia. His research in healthcare institutions' is centered on leading successful and sustainable organizational change regarding improvements in quality, outcomes, and patient experiences. He teaches courses in healthcare management, organizational behavior, and corporate strategy

Dr. Hugo Chinchilla conducted studies: General Medicine on UNAH Cardiology General Hospital Puerta De Hierro, Madrid Interventional Cardiology Hospital Gregorio Maranon in Madrid, Spain. From Member: Honduran Spanish Society of Cardiology Society of Cardiology European Society of Cardiology American Society of Interventional Cardiology former President of the Honduran Society of Cardiology President and Founder of The Society of endothelium internationally recognized lecturer, has lectured in: Cuba, Argentina, Dominican Republic , Venezuela, Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Spain and Sweden. He is Board Member of the Pan American Association of Endothelial Member of Working Group on Ischemic Heart Disease of the Valencian Society of Cardiology. He is Faculty Member of Solaci Worldwide De Foroic (Forum De Interventional Cardiologists) Consultant Worldwide Endovascular Device Hexacath La Casa De Paris France. Invited to Operate (Pacemaker unicameral, Bicameral, Defibrillators) in Guadalajara, Mexico. He has been invited to Perform Live Cases of Interventional Cardiology in Toledo, Spain. He is founder of the first coronary angiography service in Honduras. He was first renal denervation and the only cardiologist to performed lower limb angioplasty. He has extensive experience in placement with implantable defibrillator resynchronization. He is Currently Chief of Cardiology Service of the Military Hospital in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Research interest Myocardial regeneration with stem cells Coronary bifurcation lesions Primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension

Dr. Ariel Emilio Cortes Martinez has PhD Epidemiology and Public Health "Cum Laude Degree"; MSc Sanitary Services Administration and Management; MSc Economics, MD "Degree Meritorious" and Public Administrator. Associate professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. More than twenty five years of experience in different positions in Health Sector.

Dr. Dominic Mentor has done award winning work in higher education, non-profit, corporate, and civic government settings for over 20 years.He pursued and earned his doctorate as a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University in the City of New York. While pursuing his doctorate, he co-designed the USA’s first mobile learning graduate class, as well as the first Mobile Health (mHealth) course in Bio-Behavioral Sciences to leverage mobile devices for medical, allied and public health benefits. His mHealth course won awards for innovation (2019) and the Optimas Gold Award in Technology (2019). Dr. Mentor also spearheaded award winning the digital transformation and successful college credit efforts of a USA based national training organization that was rolled out in measured phases and led to 100% adoption in over 8 cities and states. Dr. Mentor has published and presented his work in numerous contexts including at the UNESCO headquarters, Harvard’s 21st Century Academic Forum Conference and a host of other national and international conferences. He was also invited and served as co-designer and consultantto pilot a social media fellowship for the NYC Mayor’s Office of Adult education that served four targeted audiences with one of which was previously incarcerated women to reintegrate into society through employment.He shares his work locally and globally through consultancies, conferences, and publications. As an inter disciplinarian who believes in collaborating with experts in other fields to better serve people with solutions, Dr. Mentor currently hosts students from Organizational Leadership and Development, Dentistry, Bio-Behavioral Sciences, Policy and Administrations to name but a few, and serves as doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis advisor to students from diverse fields.

Dr. Ebenezer Frimpong obtained his PhD in pharmacy qualification from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His PhD thesis focused on African traditional medicine. He has about 10 research publications to his credit and currently working with the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) department, Mafikeng Campus, University of North-West, South Africa. He is a lecturer on the theories of indigenous innovation and technology for sustainable livelihoods module. He is the founder and the director of the nongovernmental organization known as Dumisa Agro and Rural Health (DARH) which is helping in the UN efforts to fight against climate change. To him, “We cannot fight climate change without engaging THPs and rural women who harvest most of the medicinal plants, to heal their patients and trade to feed their families”. His NGO is assisting the THPs and rural women with seedlings of plants for an afforestation project in the rural communities of South Africa.

Dr. Shahid Muhammad Ali hold a PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. I have extensive research and designed experiences in various wearable and Low-profile or miniaturized wireless sensor antenna systems and electronic devices for healthcare and medical imaging applications.

Dr. Neda Sadat Kazemein Jasemi is a young scientist from Iran. She did her Bachelor in biology and master in biochemistry at University of Tehran. After moving to Germany in 2016, she started a Ph.D position at Heinrich-Heine university. She published 10 publications during 5 years Ph.D in biochemistry and cancer related research. Currently, she is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the developmental genetics institute at Heinrich-Heine university. Her research of interest are mainly protein complex formation and role of non coding RNA in signal transduction.

Mr. Mansoor Ali Baig is working with the Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Scientific Computing Department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center As a Senior technical Specialist / Sr. Solution Architect.

Dr. Kalliopi Megari is a clinical neuropsychologist working in the hospital & health care industry. She is a lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia in Greece. Skilled in Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Research and Learning Disabilities. Graduated from The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and attended further education from The University of Macedonia, in people with special needs and disabilities. She holds undergraduate degrees in Nursing and Psychology, as well as a Master’s and a PhD in Neuropsychology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has many years of experience working with chronic disease patients as well as people with disabilities. Her work has earned her many prestigious international awards. She has given lectures at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Warsaw. She is a postdoctoral researcher and has published many articles in journals. She is the Global Engagement Representative of International Neuropsychological Society, general secretary and member of the Ethics Committee of Hellenic Neuropsychological Society.

Dr. Kukharchyk Yuliya Viktorovna is a Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor. Works at the department since 2012. Associate Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (from 2017 to the present). Since 2017 - responsible for the research work of the department. Author of more than 100 scientific works.

Dr. Abdalla Abotaleb is one of the most profound experts in healthcare policy and regulations in the Middle East. His expertise extend from HTA & Reimbursement policies to regulatory and supply chain strategies in the public sector. He has been involved in the fields of health economics, outcomes research, and reimbursement policy within the healthcare industry for 15 years, with experience across the pharmaceutical, biologicals and vaccines. And now works for WHO as a project manager at health care reforming area. Abdalla Abotaleb graduated in faculty of pharmacy then obtained a post-graduate in health economics followed by a PhD in Health Economics & Policy form York University. He also has a degree in Project management professional (PMP), Pharm. D certificate and a Master of business administration (MBA). He, in addition to being a committee member and project manager in a number of national projects in many countries including Germany. United Kingdom, Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Russia and Poland, He is a very active researcher with tens of publication across different well recognized organizing including ISPOR, ESMO, ASCO, ECCO, iHEA. HTAI, and EAHE. He has been a true contributor to several public and industrial projects in Egypt, his homeland. He committedly changed the landscape of the healthcare policy there .A few examples to mention are his contributions to the establishment of the NORCB (national organization for control and research of biologics), Egyptian Biosimilars guidelines the cancer and MS registry. Establishing stroke units, hospital based HTA and Health economic unit at ministry of health in Egypt’s different sectors. Multiple engagement efforts are well recognized in his research through introducing concepts of stakeholder engagement. He also does that by being an active member of many research organizations internationally and locally like the ISPOR and its local chapter, the ………. Abdalla Abotaleb remains a very rich source of developmental initiatives having been hands on expert across different sectors of the healthcare systems and a visionary for healthcare reform. Research Interests: Dr. Abdalla Abotaleb Research interests includes Cancer, Health economics, Health polices, Outcomes research Research and development for pharmaceuticals

Dr. Ann Liljas is Assistant Professor in Public Health at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Research areas include health and social inequalities in ageing, and, health and social care services research. Dr. Liljas has recently completed a qualitative interview study on the hospital discharge and post hospital care of older adults in the three Nordic cities Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tampere.

Dr. Regina Kiernan is a Consultant in Public Health Medicine with a special interest in Health Protection, in particular Environment and Health. Like most people working in public health, Dr Kiernan was very involved in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. Her areas of interest include air quality, water quality and climate change. She has developed guidance and position papers on these topics. Dr. Kiernan is an active member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine in Ireland, being a trainer and an examiner including former Convenor of Part 1 MFPHMI and former vice-dean of the Faculty. Dr Kiernan received her medical degree from University of Galway, Ireland.

Dr. Okubatsion Tekeste Okube has a PhD and Master’s degree in Nursing (Community Health Nursing) from the University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. Currently, he is the Dean School of Nursing at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi, Kenya. Dr.Tekeste has over 10 years teaching and research experience and more than 15 publications.

Dr. Najwa El-Gerges(El Ghawi) has a BSc in Nursing from Lebanese University (1988), a Master in Public Health from American University of Beirut (1991) and a Doctorate in Education from University Haute-Alsace France (2018). She followed many continuing education programs. She is an assistant professor of Nursing and nursing program academic advisor at the Faculty of Nursing & Health Sciences at Notre Dame University since 2013. Dr. ElGerges contributed to the review of the nursing curriculum, learning objectives, establishing the clinical lab, networking with the clinical settings and the graduation of highly skilled nurses at NDU and acted as an academic consultant for some Lebanese Universities (La Sagesse University). Moreover, Dr. ElGerges has an extensive experience in teaching nursing, master of public health and master of health administration students at the Lebanese University and other academic institutions (MUBS) in terms of conducting courses, lecturing, supervising and coordinating clinical trainings. She taught Biostatistics tutorials and SPSS for Master and Medical students at Kuwait University, USEK and Saint Joseph University. She supervised the research thesis for medical, graduate and undergraduate nursing students as well as she acted as a reader for many master theses at different universities Kuwait University, USEK, Saint Joseph University, Beirut Arab University, Notre Dame University and Balamand University. She coordinated many research projects at Kuwait University and IDRAAC. She collaborated in the writing of several research papers, she presented her research work as webinar, poster or oral presentation at different conferences inside and outside Lebanon. She is a member of the committee of the nursing colloquium at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. In addition to her membership at the Order of Nurses in Lebanon, she acted as the chair of the Continuing Education Committee since 2018 and she is currently member of the scientific committee at the Order of Nurses. Moreover, she is a reviewer of many articles in peer-reviewed journals. On the community level, she contributed to the education of patients (diabetes type 2, High blood pressure, dental care, family planning, smoking, hygiene, etc.) and acted as a nurse manager in different primary care centers.

Dr. Amira Mishriki obtained her Bachelor’s Degree of Medicine and Surgery M.B.B.Ch from Cairo University, Egypt in 2015 with a grade of Excellent with honors. She did her one-year training Internship program at Cairo University Hospitals. She is a former Internal Medicine Resident at Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital. She is pursuing her Master's Degree in Public Health and Community Medicine from Cairo University. Dr. Amira is a motivated and hard-working Physician with more than 7 years of work experience as a GP and Emergency Physician in Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Amoun-comet Hospital, and El Khabeery Family Healthcare Centre. She has Academic Experience as she worked as a Teaching Assistant in the Public Health and Community Medicine Department, at Cairo University. She is DHA Certified as a General Practitioner. She is a native Arabic speaker and fluent in English.

Dr. Yosef Lomnicky has Ph.D., with distinction from Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. (School of Pharmacy) Thesis: The Effect of Mode of administration of Hypolipidemic Drugs and Establishment of a Pharmacodynamic Rationale for the Development of an Oral Controlled Release Formulation for These Drugs. 2000-2001: “Business Management for Directors”, the Israeli Center for Management, Tel Aviv. 2005-2005: “General and Economical Management of Health Systems Organizations and Hospitals”, the Israeli Center for Management, Tel Aviv. Positions Held: Israel Defense Forces: 1980- 2000: Last position - 1994-2000: Chief Pharmacist and Head of Medical Equipment Branch at the Surgeon General HQ. 2001- 2022: Chief Pharmacist and Director Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics array at the headquarter of MACABBI Health Care Services (HMO) – The second largest HMO in Israel. Some of the initiatives he implemented in the HMO: 1. Planning and Establishing a monitoring and a control processes in the HMO - Maccabi, whose role is professional and economic containment over the uses of the drugs. 2. Establishment of an array of regional pharmacists who are responsible for quality control and financial control of the usage of medications prescribed by the Maccabi physicians in their region. 3. Establishment of a unique and primary service in the world of clinical pharmacists that advice the physicians about dugs treatments in order to optimize drug treatments. 4. The establishment of a national drug pre-authorization center for the purpose of assuring the optimal use of expensive drugs. 5. Establishment of a national exceptions committee that approves innovative medical treatments according to the best of the professional clinical literature while balancing with economic and quality parameters. 6. Establishment of a system for implementing an optimal drug treatment policy through Maccabi's improved computer system. 7. Reducing the expenditures and waste of very expensive drugs such as oncology and Heamato-oncology drugs by sharing ampules. 2006 – 2014 : Adviser, Medication Policy, Ministry of Defense .  

Dr. Naomi Ito is a Public Health Nurse with Master of Public Health (MPH) degree and a research assistant in the Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University. She is interested in the concept of living in a familiar community (aging in place), and her researches focus on health issues especially in communities where people are encouraged to return after the nuclear accident. She values fieldwork and focuses on reporting findings that can only be learned in the field. She cherishes such knowledge gained by interacting with real people in many places she goes in the area. She used to live in Toronto for about five years until 2016.

Mr. Babak Nemat is a M.s Health Service Management, with over 13 years of working in health education, staff development, family physician, and health indexes at Health Network of Kurdistan University of medical sciences in Sanandaj city in Iran, Babak has extensive experience in managing, designing, implementing, assessing, and researching educational programs through social media apps and online learning in students, women and personnel. He also has some pollutions in fields of health education by quantitative and qualitative approaches. He interests in research projects in areas such as designing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating of educational programs by qualitative and quantitative methods.

Mrs. Arezoo Fallahi is an Associate professor in health education and health promotion at Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. She has extensive experiences in managing, designing, implementing, assessing, and researching educational programs through quantitative and qualitative approaches. She also has some pollutions and lectures in fields of health education and health promotion. She interests in research projects in areas such as designing, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating of educational programs by qualitative and quantitative methods.

Dr. Sairan Nili works in Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran as a professor assistant. She had a PhD in epidemiology that graduated from Kerman University of Medical Science.

Dr. Tamara Štemberger Kolnik RN, MSc, PhD is an assistant professor in the field of nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Celje. For more than 30 years, she has been employed in a clinical setting at the primary care level, predominantly in community health care and in the Center for Health Promotion as a educator nurse. She also gained work experience in the field of health and social care institution management as an assistant director for nursing and as a director of a health care center. From 2008 until today she has been involved in several research projects as a member of the research team or as a project coordinator. The two co-authors are experts in the field of health promotion and the introduction of innovations in the field of health education content at the national level. All the authors work and cooperate with Ministry of Health in the project Raising Health Literacy in Slovenia, and they are members of M POHL group, which operates under the auspices of the WHO.

Andreja Ljubič, RN, MSc work at Ministry of Health in the project Raising Health Literacy in Slovenia, and she is a member of M POHL group, which operates under the auspices of the WHO. She is senior lecturer in the field of nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences in Celje. She has twenty years of work experience in the field of family and community nursing at primary health care level as Community Nursing Manager, and Assistant director for nursing in Health Center. She has been involved in several projects in the field of public health and health promotion at the national level.

Dr. Bianca Miarka is a permanent professor and coordinator of the Graduate Program at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She did a post-doctorate in Human Metabolism at the Federal University of Pelotas (2017), has a PhD and a master's degree in Biodynamics from the University of São Paulo (2014/2010). She holds degrees in Sports Science (2004) and Psychology (2020).

Dr. Mohamed Omar, Medical Doctor, international Health management specialist and safe and affordable surgical care advocate for everyone, everywhere in Somalia, Graduate MBBS at university of Somalia, -Somalia, Master of international health management at international telematic University(Uninetuno) Italy, and Executive leadership in Global Surgery course University of Cape Town, South Africa. Director and Executive board Incision Somalia. Former Emergency and Night shift supervisor Gulled Specialist Hospital and Director and Medical Doctor European Clinic Somalia.

Dr. Arif is associated with the Healthcare Management division of Goa Institute of Management as an Associate Professor. His core area of work is healthcare quality, hospital operations, health systems and policy. He also chairs the ‘Assurance of Learning’ programme of the institute. He has 18 years of work experience out of which initial 10 years were in healthcare industry. Qualifications – He holds PhD in healthcare management from Institute of Healthcare Management and Research, Jaipur, India. His PhD research work was on studying the effects of accreditation on healthcare quality. Before PhD, he has completed M.Phil from BITS, Pilani, PGD diploma in healthcare management from IIHMR, Jaipur and Bachelor of Occupational Therapy from Government Medical College, Nagpur, India. As a dissemination effort of his work, Dr Arif regularly present his work at national and international conferences. Based on his work, he conducts training programs for corporate and government employee. He actively writes on social media like Quora and maintain a blog for hospital managers. He is also a reviewer for several high impact journals. Awards – He is two-time recipient of ‘Best Professor in Healthcare Management’ by Dewang Mehta B-school award.

Dr. Andrea Carolina Machado Sulbaran completed her Bachelor studies in Bioanalysis at the Universidad de Los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela). Master's and Doctorate in BiomedicalScienceswithorientation in immunology at the Universidad de Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Mexico). She is an Associate Research Professor, Attached to the Department of Microbiology and Pathology of the University Center for Health Sciences, Universidad de Guadalajara. She is the director of the Institute for Research on Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence (INICIA) at the same University. She is a member of the CONACYT National System of Researchers. She has publications: in indexed journals such as Journal of Immunology Research, Human Immunology, Clinical Rheumatology, and Journal of Clinical Medicine, among others. Work in the research lines of immunogenetic and nanotechnological factors in chronic degenerative diseases.

Dr. Emna Nasri, PhD in biology and toxicology in 2019 and Tunisian Doctor in 2019 by the University of Tunis el Manar . Assistant research at the University of Gafsa Tunisia from 2020 since 2022. Her line of research over the last 16 years has focused on the development and application of analytical methods based on advanced chromatography (gas and liquid chromatography) coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/LC-MS), including high resolution MS (HRMS) for the study of the presence, fate, elimination, toxicity and risk assessment of organic emerging pollutants, their metabolites and other transformation products, in environmental and biological samples.

Dr. Surya Bahadur Karki dedicated on yoga & Naturopathy science being a Nature Cure physician after popularity around Nationally and a broad, got full recognized from His Majesty Government of Nepal after long Devotion & hard exercise. He established Shanti Devi Nature Cure ashram, Bhadrapur, Jhapa. Nepal Yoga and Nature Cure Association, at Biratnagar."Nature Cure Research & Teaching Hospital "at Kathmandu Kalimati. Institute of Natural Medicine at Kathmandu to continue the said purpose ahead. Dr. Karki prepared the curriculum & the course book for Lower Secondary school and secondary level Collaboration with Curriculum Department of Nepal government. In the same way, he wrote and developed various Curriculum of Yoga and Naturopathy Sciences joint collaboration with Council for Technical Education & Vocational Training (CTEVT). Dr. Karki, has been awarded more degrees from different colleges & Universities around the world. He successfully held on first Conference on Yoga and Naturopathy at Biratnagar, First world Congress on Yoga & Naturopathy for the “Third Millennium.Second World Congress on Yoga and Naturopathy on, 27, 28 and 29 June 2002 at Kathamandu, Nepal. Dr. Karki' being the chief Organizer about various national & International workshop, seminar and Conference in Nepal. His intention is to bring out Yogic and Naturopathic Sciences with none side-effect, drugless systems all over the world. Dr. Karki Is international Yoga teacher, Executive Member of World Naturopathic Federation, Canada representative from Asia since 2016, He was awarded Gold Medal for the Compositional & great devotion to Nepal and broad on Yoga, Naturopathy & Complementary Medicines on behalf of “The Open International University for Complimentary Medicines, by Lord. Pandit, Raja- Guru. Prof. Dr. Sir. Anton Jaya Suriya, Sri Lanka.

Dr. Hikabasa Halwiindi is the Dean for the School of Public Health at the University of Zambia, and a Senior Lecturer teaching Implementation Science and Community Health. He also serves as the chairperson for the Social Science and Implementation Research Group for the African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ARNTD). His research work is on implementation and evaluation of Neglected Tropical Diseases control programs, specifically Schistosomiasis, Soil Transmitted Helminths, Lymphatic Filariasis, and dog bites. He has served as consultant for various local and international organizations including UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, Global Fund, DFID, WaterAid, Czechoslovakia Development Agency. This is in formative research, community sensitization and mobilization, designing implementation strategies, implementation and performance monitoring and evaluation of projects and programs, review of national strategic plans. He has a PhD focused on Community Health from the University of Copenhagen; a MPhil in International Community Health from the University of Oslo; and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Zambia.

Mr. Dembo Conteh has an Advanced Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery from the Gambia College and he is the public health Advocate officer for the African Network for Information and Action Against Drugs (RAID- The Gambia). His responsibilities at RAIDThe Gambia include leading public health advocacy on tobacco control and the harmful health effects of tobacco use. Mr. Conteh currently held the position of Secretary General of Banni Students Welfare Association, where he is responsible for the Association's official correspondence and for recording the minutes of all executive and general meetings. Mr. Conteh has participated in numerous nursing and midwifery training programs and youth forums within and outside the Gambia over the past few years. He attended the 5th West Africa Executive Course on Human Rights and Drug Policy Reform in Accra, Ghana. July 30 through August 4 of 2018. Mr. Conteh is a fervent youth activist who hopes to expand the efforts of RAID The Gambia by sharing his knowledge and experience in tobacco control at the Global Meet on Public Health and Healthcare Management in Toronto, Canada, as well as sharing the expected knowledge, skills, and experience from the conference with grassroots organizations in the Gambia and beyond.

Dr. Sabina Ampon-Wireko received a Ph.D. in Management Science (Health Policy) from Jiangsu University, China in 2020. She has over the past five years’ experience in healthcare financing, focusing on low- and middle-income countries, marginalized groups, anemerging nations. Dr. Sabina Ampon-Wireko received Jiangsu provincial funding during her postdoctoral research. Her doctoral research work applied econometric approaches to assess the determinants of healthcare expenditure and healthcare efficiency among some selected emerging nations. She is currently a lecturer in the department of public health and is interested in enhancing Job performance among healthcare workers using statistical methods.

Dr. P. Chitra is presently working as Director of Research & Development at Desh Bhagat University, Punjab from 03.09.2021 to till date. First job given Nursing Director of Faculty of Nursing the same university, the important tasks she completed soon and promoted to Research department. Previously she served a full time Pediatric Nursing Professor at Ambo University, Government of Ethiopia from Feb 2017 to July 2018. Dr. P. Chitra has done her bachelors’ in Nursing and Masters’ in Child Heath Nursing from Rani Meiyyammai College of Nursing, Annamalai University and Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai respectively and received her doctorate in Pediatric Nursing from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. (Study setting was Amrita University – Pediatric Oncology unit.) She holds a certification in Essentials of Palliative Care at New Delhi and Compassionate Touch Training from USA. She has completed relevant nursing refresher courses of Cancer care , Maternal & Neonatal Care and Research Methodology, SPSS .She possesses rich academic experience for more than 23 years, which included her academic assignment as Assistant Professor at the reputed Kovai Medical Centre and Research Institute, which has been a significant turning point in her academic career. She served as the Principal at G. Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Trust Hospital Coimbatore, which is a rare feat for an individual to assume at a young age. With her undue thirst for research and teaching, she was invited to join the Department of Child Health Nursing under Amrita College of Nursing at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi Campus, Kerala state as an Associate Professor in 2006, promoted as Professor in 2009 the total experience of this university 11 years. The above credentials exemplify her zeal towards research and diligent professional commitment as a thought provoking teacher in upbringing academic enrichment and maintaining a standard throughout her academic career. She has guided numerous undergraduate and postgraduate projects. In addition to that, she handled Nursing Administration and Management Subjects for a period of 5 years. Her college development activities comprise of creation of Pediatric Lab at Amrita College of nursing in 2008 and Play Room for hospitalized children at Amrita hospital in 2009. She has actively performed in the extra-curricular and co-curricular roles and responsibilities at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, which includes NAAC Exhibition Coordinator, Health Committee Chair, Library Committee chair, Research Committee Member, Guidance and Counselling, Class Coordinator of PG AND UG’s- likewise the different roles. She is serving as the Research Coordinator at Amrita College of Nursing for a decade, since her joining. She has published and presented papers in more than 30 research articles in refereed and indexed international and national journals and books and book chapters, which are indexed by Scopus and Index Copernicus with high impact factors. She is also the reviewer, editorial member, advisory committee member and editor for many refereed and indexed conferences and journals at India and Abroad. She has been the Special invitee for various countries World Nursing Conference (WNC) in the organizing committee and served as review board member in 2015 and World Nursing Conference 2016 at Singapore. Besides, her academic stint, she is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades. To mention a few, she has received the coveted Outstanding Woman Educator and Scholar Award for her astounding contribution to Paramedical Sciences and Research, which is a national award endorsed on her by the reputed National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (NFED) in its 3rd Women’s Day Awards on 8 th March 2016 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She has been the recipient of Outstanding Faculty Award from Venus International Foundation Faculty Award (VIFFA) on July 2015 at Chennai. She has received numerous best paper awards in National and International conferences and chaired international conferences. In commemorating her astounding academic services and research contributions, she has been conferred with the prestigious Rashtriya Gaurav Award by India International Friendship Society (IIFS),& New Delhi on 9th June 2016 and Inspirational nurse leader award from Amrita Institute of Medical sciences on May 2016- International nurses day celebrations.

Dr. Narges Rouhi is a Public Health enthusiastic, and completed her Ph.D. degree in health in disasters and emergencies. Her thesis was dedicated to Proposing a Model for Coordinating Nongovernmental Organizations to Deliver Healthcare in Natural Hazard. She also worked on measuring inequity and its relation to the quality of life (mental and physical aspects) among city dwellers in Tehran, Iran; when she was a master’s student majoring in social welfare. Currently, she is working as a program officer at the Ministry of Health of IRAN. She have been the focal point of health action plans in the Deputy for Health and also collaborate with the secretariat fighting for Covid-19 for almost three years. From 2010 to 2018, she have had the honor to be a part of a research and executive team to implement Disaster Risk Reduction programs in the health system which has been well recognized by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) as well as at the country level. Moreover, she contributed to several academic papers, books, and national reports in her favorite research areas, such as vulnerable population, disaster epidemiology and health equity.

Mr. Ahmed Adel Zwain is working at Ministry of Antiquities , Supreme Council of Antiquities (Egypt). He is carrying out conservations, treatments, and conducting research of many different of historical items including organic materials such as wood and paper (manuscripts) in addition to inorganic materials such as metal, stone, and ceramic.

Dr. Elif Unsal Avdal was born in 1979 in Izmir. She completed her primary, secondary and high school education in İzmir. She graduated from Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Nursing in 2003 with the first and honor award. After a year of intensive care clinical experience, she started her academic career as a "Research Assistant" at Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Nursing in 2004. In 2006, she completed her master's degree at Dokuz Eylül University Health Sciences Institute with her thesis on "Examination of the Relationship Between Knowledge Level of Individuals with Diabetes, Self-Care Strength and A1c Level". In 2010, she completed her doctoral education at Dokuz Eylül University Health Sciences Institute with her thesis on "The Effect of Web-Based Diabetes Education on Care Outcomes". In 2010, she continued her academic career as an "Instructor Doctor" at Uludag University Health School. In 2013, she started to work as an "Assistant Professor" at Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing. She received the title of "Associate Professor" in 2015. Between 2017-2020, she served as the Head of the Department of Internal Medicine Nursing. She has been working as the Head of the Diabetes Nursing Department since 2017, and has implemented the Diabetes Nursing Master's Program for the first time in Turkey. He received the title of "Professor" in 2020. She is still working as a "Professor" at Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing. Areas of expertise: Diabetes, Endocrinology, Oncology, Intensive Care, Geriatrics and Palliative Care. She has many articles, book chapters and papers on her areas of expertise. In addition to being a member of many national associations, she is a member of the European Diabetes Nursing Federation, a board member of the "Association for Education in Nursing (HEMED)" between 2016-2019, and the Chairman of the HEMED Board of Directors since 2019.

Chadi Khatib has PhD from Aleppo University, Syria. He is the Manager of Syrian Society of Complementary Medicine, Syria. He has many scientific publications, Chadi has focused on developing natural Syrian herbal and cosmetic products, eventually leading to his 11 patents. Also he has awarded certificate of reviewing from ELSEVIER & Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants. He was selected as one of JCI's Ten Outstanding Young Persons of 2021, in category of Medical Innovation, JCI World Congress hosted in South Africa. Also he is a lecturer at Manara University, Syria.

Dr. Meena Shriniwas Shelgaonkar is Director, Phytabolites Neutraceuticals Pvt Ltd, Nasik. She is Partner Brightfish Infotech Pune Advisor (Toxicology) ,Global Product Compliance ( NS support services Pvt Ltd ) Nagpur since 2018 Trustee and Executive committee member Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi, Kurkheda Gadchiroli Advisor Sahayak trust Mumbai Core committee member Anemia Free India Forum (AFIF) Sahayak trust Mumbai. Works as free Lance policy maker in prescription monitoring, ADR, drug- drug interactions, infection control, generic prescriptions, medication error, patient counseling, on-line procurements, research activities and Intellectual property rights. Research projects development and monitoring for NGOs

Dr Anuj Dandotia, is currently working with PSI India Private Limited as General Manager- Public Health from last 6 months, he is a medical graduate with master’s in health management, prior joining PSI, he has worked with several international NGO’s like Jhpiego, Pathfinder International and CARE India and his core competency is epidemiology and health systems strengthening.

Dr. Najmeh Hamzavi Zarghani have completed her PhD in “Health Education and Health Promotion” on October 20th 2021, at Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Her Ph.D. dissertation involved a mixed method study regarding preschoolers’ weight management promotion. She had also run SUNRISE Study (an international study of 24-hour movement behaviors in the early years) on behalf of Dr. Fazlollah Ghofranipour, in Iran. Research Interests 1. Obesity prevention; promotion of nutrition and physical activity behaviors among children and adolescents 2. Women Health 3. Public Health 4. Health Education 5. Theories and models of Health Education particularly PRECEDE/ PROCEED model

Dr. Atheer Aldoori is microbiologist working in university of Baghdad , veterinary medical college , department of microbiology since twelve years. He got his Bsc in science college university of Baghdad department of biology in 1984 and work in al Mansur factory as a microbiologist for water treatment , then he got MSc in bacteriology in veterinary college and then he work head department of bacteriology in Al razee center for research and production diagnostic kits in ministry of industry and minerals, after that he got his PhD in virology from university of Almustanseria department of biology and return to his work ,head department of virology ,from this time he started to work in research and published his work in many journals. He interest is to make conferences and workshops, the first conference he made it in ministry of industry in 2008 about diagnostic kits, he participated in many workshops in bio safety and security in Armenia and two in Baghdad in al Rasheed hotel, after that he transport his work to university of baghdad veterinary college department of microbiology and started to teach his student biology and microbiology in first class, as well as postgraduate student. The first activity in his college was to make workshop in (Nanobody and its application in diagnosis and treatment) this was done in 2010. Many research were publish in rotavirus ,cholera salmonella and meningitides and the last paper was published in phage therapy. Last year he made another workshop about stem cells and its relation with microbiology. In the same year He is the adviser of Msc student his work about phage therapy And now he have another one who work in genotyping of rotavirus isolated from human and animal in different area from Iraq, and now he have more than 25 paper were published in international journal with scopus and clarivate.

Dr. Aviva Ron was born in Zambia and immigrated to Israel in 1960. She obtained the Master and Doctor of Science degrees from the School of Hygiene and Public Health, the Johns Hopkins University, in the USA. From 1971 to 1989, she worked for the Health Insurance Fund of the General Federation of Labour (now Clalit), in Tel Aviv, Israel as Director of Planning and Information and member of the Administration. During that period, she was a senior lecturer in Community Medicine in the Tel Aviv University Medical School and consultant in quality assurance for WHO. From 1989, Dr Ron was a consultant for the Social Security Department of the International Labour Organization, responsible for health care in the development of the social security system for Thailand. From 1991 to 1997, she worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva, providing technical support to developing countries in health care financing. In 1997 she was appointed social security specialist in the South-East Asia ILO Office in Manila, and in 1999 was appointed Director of Health Sector Development, in the World Health Organization’s Office for the Western Pacific Region. Following retirement from WHO in 2002 and return to Israel, she has been a consultant in health policy and social health insurance in many developing countries, and serves as a volunteer in several organizations, including the Ziv Medical Center in Safed. Aviva Ron is the author and editor of several books and numerous publications in health services systems development and social health insurance. In 2014, Aviva Ron received the Johns Hopkins University Global Achievement Award.

Ms. Shazia Naz Subhani is a serious professional with a robust experience of working in both Agile and Waterfall environments within Research and Clinical domains. She posses strong problem solving, analytical and project management skills and have served small to high-level organizations by providing tangible, practical and user-friendly integrated solutions. An innovative and creative problem-solver with a proven track record of proposing and developing web-solutions, managing software development teams and ensuring cross-platform integrations.

Dr. Miriam Theilla is a senior lecturer at Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College School for Nursing Sciences, and act as head of continuing education program in nursing. Dr. Theilla developed a tool for self-monitoring the nutrition of patients in the community. Dr. Theilla has published in range of peer reviewed academic journals as well as presented papers at international conferences on nutrition in the hospital and the community. She has been working on optimizing the nutritional treatment for at risk patients that are discharged from the hospital to the community. Dr. Theilla has been working in the past 20 years as head of intestinal failure patient clinic in Rabin Medical Center in Israel.

Dr. Elialilia S. Okello is a senior social scientist at the Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit (MITU), a unit with the Tanzanian National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR). She is also a visiting Associate Professor at Mbarara University of Science and Technology's Department of Psychiatry. Before joining MITU, Dr. Okello was an Associate Professor of social and behavioural sciences at Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda. Her main research interest include: sexual reproductive health, HIV, sanitation and hygiene, as well as mental health. Dr. Okello is currently principal investigator on a project to develop menstrual sexual and reproductive health (MSRH) interventions for adolescent girls in Tanzania. Furthermore, she is a member of the Lake Victoria Consortium of Health Research, a consortium involving research partners from Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. A goal of the consortium is to conduct epidemiological and socio-behavioural studies of HIV and other communicable diseases, to inform interventions that can address the unmet needs of fishing communities along the Lake Victoria.

Mr. Benjamin Muma Makiala was born on November 29, 1960 in the city of Kikwit in the province of Kwilu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He did his primary studies at the Protestant school LUZOLO and obtained his baccalaureate diploma called State diploma at the LUZOLO Institute, general pedagogy option, obtained his title from his first university cycle at the Higher Institute of Development rural area of Mbéo option social organization and management of projects in the province of Kwilu. He did his second cycle (bac + 5) in environment and sustainable development at ISDR Mbéo/ Catholic University of Congo in Kinshasa and continues his doctoral school for the third cycle in environment and sustainable development in the same university training in Kinshasa DRC. He has benefited from other specializations in public health at UNISA/ ARASA in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa, in natural resource management and sustainable development at ULB in Brussels (online) and multiple continuing education courses on HIV./AIDS in African countries and in the United States of America, Author of publications in international conferences on HIV AIDS as well as other publications and normative and sectoral documents of programs and Ministries of Health, Social Affairs, Ministry of Gender and Family etc. He has worked within ACS-AMO CONGO in the care of children and people who are victims of HIV AIDS, has contributed to the establishment of several civil society platforms / networks for the fight against HIV AIDS, Manager of the Congo transfer company, he also served as national coordinator of civil society health DRC and currently National Director of the NGO LES BATISSEURS whose mission is to promote public health actions through sustainable development actions in favor of children and women as well as members of the community at large.

Ms. Prerna Sharma is currently working as a assistant professor in Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy , Yamunanagar . She is 9.7 years teaching experience as assistant professor and Training & Placement Officer and She is selected as panel expert for AICTE STTP Programme . Her field of specialization is Pharmacogonosy and She has completed his master in Pharmaceutical sciences (2012) honour with gold medalist / appreciation in RITS ,Sirsa, India and recently she is pursuing his PhD from the Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, India, Her field of expertise is standardization of herbal plants/ herbal formulation.Her research area includes pharmacognostical & phytochemical investigation of Indian medicinal plants, She has 30 research/review publication national/international journals of repute to her credit, 40 Copyrights, 2 Patents and deligated more than 30 National/international conferences /workshops. She is honoured with young research scientist award by SPER and TIPA in Thailand .She is also president in SPER women forum and life member of professional bodies like association of pharmaceutical teachers of India(APTI).

Dr. Benjamin Anabaraonye is an associate researcher at the Institute of Climate Change Studies, Energy and Environment, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also an award-winning poet, entrepreneur, and educationist. He is the host of educational blog: www.projectgreeninitiative.wordpress.com which features articles and poems on climate change adaptation and mitigation for global sustainability. Benjamin Anabaraonye is also the CEO of the Benjy Poetry And Music Global Concepts which has the goal of spreading joy and beauty to communities and institutions in Nigeria through poetry and music. Through the project green initiative which is an arm of the company, He conducts research along with his team on climate change adaptation and mitigation for global sustainability. He has received trainings and awards in the field of climate change from the United Nations Institute of Training and Research(UNITAR) and Hamburg University Of Applied Sciences, Germany. His research papers have been published by top international, reputable academic journals.

Dr. Haragobinda Baidya is presently working as an Executive Director of Minority Self Empowerment Foundation (MSEF) NGO from 2002 till to date with strong defecated and volunteer capacity with good performances in the developing country of working full time with skilled reputation in the Public Health Care, anti-youth addiction and the poor community groups empowerments, stakeholder’s development in Bangladesh.

Dr. Dnyaneshwar Suryawanshi is a Head & Associate Professor of Geography in Vws college dhule, which is affiliated to KBCNM University,Jalgaon maharashtra, India. He is also poet & written 5 poem books. He have been research supervisor & 17 students are completed their research under my guidance. 200 publications have been published on International & national level.10 research projects had submitted to various funded agencies. He visited to South Korea, Srilanka, Malaysia for academic presentations. He was Associateship of IIAS, Shimla & R.S.G.I.S.training completed in IIRS, Dehradun. My administrative experiences on level of Head of the department, Vice Principal, Acting Principal, Director, Principal & Head of the department geography. He has been working on university bodies like member of BOS in Geography, faculty of science, Research & Recognition committee, Senet(court), management council (E.C.) in KBCNM University,Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. My interest areas are geography of health, geopharmacology, environment, tourism, agriculture, sustainability, water resource.

Dr. Hiddadura Naveen Deshika Soysa has PhD in Community Medicine. He have various memberships of professional bodies: • Full registration in the Sri Lanka Medical Council to practice Medicine and Surgery in Sri Lanka, 2008 to date • Life Member, College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka since 2012 • Life Member of Sri Lanka Medical Association since 2013 • Life Member of Organization of Professional Associations since 2013 • Founding Member of Sri Lanka Medical Nutritionists Association Positions held in academic and professional bodies: • Sri Lanka Medical Council - Member of Council since 2018 Member- foreign degrees committee Legislative committee Preliminary proceedings committee(inquiry) Management committee ▪ Preparation minimum standard of medical education in Sri Lanka ▪ Preparation of election regulation of Sri Lanka Medical Council ▪ Preparation of evaluation formats to recognition of foreign medical schools in Sri Lanka ▪ Participated for the evaluation of foreign medical faculties for the recognition process • Member of Ethical Review Committee of National Institute of Health Sciences, Sri Lanka since 2017.

Dr. Deepak Singhal is an assistant professor-II in the School of Mechanical Engineering of KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. He holds his a bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Jabalpur. He completed his PhD in the area of Industrial engineering. His research interests include decision modelling, sustainability and supply chain management. He has published the research papers in various reputed Journals like “International Journal of Production Research”, “Resource, Conservation and Recycling”,“Management Decision”, “Sustainable Production and Consumption”, “Research in Transportation Economics” etc.

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Dr Abed Azab was born and lives now with his family in A’ra, Israel. He completed his high school studies in Hadera, BSc and MSc in Chemistry, and PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, all in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In addition, he studied many related courses, in Israel and overseas. He won the neuroscience excellence award. His career is diverse and included long chemistry teaching experience, medicinal plants research and director in the chemical industry. This resulted in publication of several research and review articles, of which two were about Carob. He also presented his work in some international conferences, where one of these presentations was about medicinal activities and health benefits of Carob. Dr Azab is fluent in Arabic and Hebrew and English.

Dr. Syed Zakir Hossain is a highly accomplished, outcome-oriented Public Health Professional offering distinguished career in bridging gap between scientific, medical and governmental communities in order to move projects that control, eliminate, and eradicate infectious diseases in developing countries forward. Highly skilled Orthopedic Surgeon with great diagnostic abilities and impeccable surgical record. Experienced with over 15 years of experience in Orthopedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal disorder management.

Mr. Abdul Hamid is a trained missionary of Ahmadiya Muslim Movement of Ghana, insurance broker and researcher working with Richcatpos limited, insurance brokerage firm, research work related to Insurance policy, health economics and financing, training, program and budget management, research, and consultancy works. Through working with various projects and programs, he has rendered services in vast arrays of areas including training newly employed candidates of Enterprise life Insurance company.

Mrs. Rabbya Ashrafi have more than 10 years of practical experience working in the Early Childhood Development sector since 2009 as an Assistant training manager in an organization named CIPRB (Center for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh. She have directly worked with Early Childhood Development, Primary Education through program planning & management, capacity building of staff, and technical capacity development of different partner NGOs and stakeholders. Developing the capacity of different stakeholders like Govt. Education Officials, School leadership group Teachers, Volunteers, and as well as Implementing Partners. Have a vast knowledge of training conduction, module, manual and learning materials development, writing, editing, and printing of different publications and documentations. She was assigned for developing various publications related to Early Childhood Development (ECD), Early Primary Education, and Child to Child, and School Disaster Management programs which were recognized as exclusive publications in the education sector in Bangladesh. Contribute to the successful completion of inception phase deliverables by providing technical support for the development work plan, Training plan, research agenda, and Training budgets. She have Conducted First Aid training, workshops, and refreshers for both in-house and community staff.

Dr. Itohan Sandra Aghemwenhio is a Lecturer and Researcher at the College of Agriculture and Technology and an adjunct Lecturer at the University of Benin, both in Edo State Nigeria. She obtained her Master's degree in Food Microbiology from University of Ibadan, Nigeria under the tutelage of Professor Sanni Abiodun I. Itohan received her Ph.D. in Food and Industrial Microbiology from University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria (2021).

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Ms. Nini Asfaw Negash is Assistant professor of surgical nursing at university of Gondar, Ethiopia. She earned a bachelor degree in clinical nursing at Aksum University, Ethiopia in 2016 and completed master degree with the specialty of surgical Nursing at University of Gondar, Ethiopia in 2018. Currently she is working as a teacher and researcher at University of Gondar College of medicine and health sciences. She engaged in different community services and published several research articles in reputable journals. She also involved in research advisory for undergraduate and graduate students on their research works up on completion of their study.

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Dr. Kyaw Zay Ya is a medical doctor and researcher working with the program, technical, research work related to Antimicrobial resistance policy, health economics and financing, training, program and budget management, research, and consultancy works in Switzerland, Sweden and Myanmar, including hard-to-reach and conflict-affected areas. Through working with various projects and programs under local NGOs and INGOs, he is rendering services in vast arrays of areas, including Antimicrobial Resistance, Malaria and TB, Sexual and reproductive health, Disaster Relief, Primary Medical Care, Mental health and Research. He is currently working as a PhD fellow at the University of Basel and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance Project in low and middle-income countries.

Mr. Matheus Gurgel do Amaral is a Ph.D. student at the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. He graduated in medicine and specialized in Internal Medicine in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He then worked as an internist in general wards of hospitals focusing on vulnerable patients, such as patients with low socioeconomic status and low health literacy. Since 2017, he has been involved in research on low health literacy and its role in disease prevention and in the communication between patients and healthcare professionals.

Mr. Ahmad R. Saleh is a graduate of the Yale School of Public Health, Cornell University and current medical student at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in NYC. He is also co-founder at MakeDeathsCount an organization which improves mortality surveillance worldwide. Ahmad has an interest in global surgery and developing mortality surveillance programs in Low and Middle Income settings. MDC is an organization that aims to improve mortality surveillance systems worldwide by utilizing a novel data collection method called Verbal Autopsy. The organization was founded by a group of current and former students from the Yale School of Public Health. We take part in global partnerships to implement the Verbal Autopsy method to increase mortality surveillance in underserved regions of the world that may be lacking these systems. MDC provides VA training, technical support for the VA software, data analysis from the questionnaire data, and a data repository with the mortality data collected from our partners.

Ms. Harleen kaur is pursuing M.Sc. in food and nutrition and is working as a part time dietitian at diet insight in Chandigarh, India. She has been working on her thesis i.e. “associates of diabetes with obesity in Indian children and their possible treatment strategies” under her guide Mrs. Gurjeet bhatti. Working as a dietitian she firmly believes that the lifestyle disorders such as obesity can easily be cured by dietary modification and by increasing the activity levels and has capability of healing lifestyle and dietary disorders such as thyroid, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc. through dietary changes.

Dr. Nawal Herzallah graduated with a medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2017, then continued to specialize in the field of public health by obtaining a masters degree in health policy in 2020 and is currently pursuing a PhD in public health at University College London. Dr. Nawal has been a lecturer of public health at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University since 2018.

Mr. Isaiah Phillip Smith is a doctoral student at Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He has eight years of professional experience, and have worked in several organizations in the past. His goal is to contribute to the body of knowledge that will benefit humanity and the environment at large. His education has extended the scope of his reasoning and interactions with others. He worked as an international student assistant at his institution while pursuing his master's degree. He is a very motivated, punctual, and diligent worker.

Susan O’Neill is a PhD candidate of La Trobe University, her thesis title is ‘Optimising Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) care in rural Australia: Investigation of the current issues around ENT care, and development, implementation, and evaluation of a health intervention’. This research is industry funded by the Murray Primary Health Network. Susan holds a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Masters of Science in International Health. Since 2014, Susan has lived and worked in rural and remote locations in Western Australia and Victoria. Susan is passionate about healthcare delivery to vulnerable population groups in regional areas, which has led to her current area of research interest. Susan’s’ research has included a focus group with Audiologists; descriptive analysis of hospital presentations; a systematic literature review; and a case study. The outcomes of this research are intended to inform future directions to develop and implement interventions that address ENT hotspots and optimize care of potentially preventable ENT conditions in rural and remote settings.

Ms. Tanveer Kaur is a PhD scholar (Psychology) at the University of Delhi, India. Her PhD thesis in the domain of health psychology and centers around the development and assessment of efficacy of a comprehensive treatment module for obese patients with cognitive deficits. She has been working as a research fellow at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi for the past three years, during which time she has provided behavioral counselling to obese patients, conducted psychological assessments, and written eighteen research papers and research proposals. She has published several research papers as the first author as well as co-author in cutting-edge journals like General Hospital Psychiatry, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care etc. As a research scholar in psychology with a keen interest in public health, she believes that her work in the area of obesity and metabolic disorders will yield more effectively targeted obesity management programs, necessary to tackle today’s growing global epidemic of obesity

Dr. Abha Indora is a post graduate student in Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi in India. She is pursuing Master’s in Public Health. She is doing her dissertation in mental health and Tuberculosis as well. She is a budding Public Health researcher and her area of interests are tuberculosis, Mental health, maternal and Child Health, Health Systems, Health economics and policy. She have published three papers in Indian Journal of Tuberculosis.