Infectious Diseases

Shahryar Eghtesadi received Bachelor degree in Nutrition Science and Food Chemistry 1975, from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran; MSPH degree in Nutrition, 1977, from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran and PhD from University of California at Davis(UCD), USA, in Nutrition (1985). He served as Visiting Scientist in USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA), at Tufts University, Boston, USA (1994-1995); Full professor of Tabriz, Iran and Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences and currently serves as Professor of Azad University, Science & Research Branch. He was the chairs of Departments of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Biochemistry & Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition and Nutrition in aforementioned Universities. Also served as Associate Dean and Dean of School of Public Health & Nutrition and School of Public Health of Tabriz and Iran Universities of Medical Sciences respectively. He was selected as distinguished professor and Scientist in preceding universities. For long and extended period of time, experienced teaching various courses in nutrition in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate and international Bureau programs and directed many projects and dissertations of MS and PhD programs and Published numerous peer reviewed articles in journals and also edited several books and finally served as Principal Investigator of World Bank Project for Capacity Building in Nutrition in Iran.

Nutrition and Biochemistry, Biochemistry & Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition

Zahidur Rahman received his Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Master’s and Ph.D. from the City University of New York, New York (CUNY) , USA. His research interests are environmental remote sensing and its applications such as climate and weather impact on ecosystems and vector borne diseases such as malaria and dengue. Currently, he is a full Professor in the Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science Department at LaGuardia Community College, CYNY, USA. Dr. Rahman published more than 24 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings He is also an active member of IEEE, and SPIE.

Engineering

A practicing physician in the field of healthcare in the state of Kerala in India for the last 30 years and very much interested in basic research. My interest is spread across the fever, inflammation and back pain. I am a writer. I already printed and published nine books on these subjects. I wrote hundreds of articles in various magazines. After scientific studies, we have developed 8000 affirmative cross checking questions. It can explain all queries related to fever.

Infectious Diseases

A practicing physician in the field of healthcare in the state of Kerala in India for the last 30 years and very much interested in basic research. My interest is spread across the fever, inflammation and back pain. I am a writer. I already printed and published nine books on these subjects. I wrote hundreds of articles in various magazines. After scientific studies, we have developed 8000 affirmative cross checking questions. It can explain all queries related to fever.

Infectious Diseases

Anouar Alami studied Chemistry at Montpellier II University, France and He received his PhD in 1991. He then joined in 1992 the department of chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Marhaz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Fez, Morocco). He obtained his state doctorate thesis degree in Organic Chemistry in 1997 at SMBAU. In parallel to all his responsibilities (Head of Department of Chemistry, Responsible for the doctoral training "Bioactive Molecules, Health and Biotechnologies", Director of the Laboratory of organic chemistry, Coordinator of the Bachelor's degree program "Chemistry Sciences"), he had prepared a DEUG (2008) and a License (2010) in Private Law in French and a Master in Economics and Management (2013) at the Faculty of Economics, Law, and Social Sciences of Fez. Concerning the scientific research side, He had published more than 85 research articles indexed in several databases (Scopus, Web of science, Elsevier, Eric, IMIST…).

Dr.Diane Williamson is a Dstl Fellow in Immunology, based at Porton Down. She has worked in R&D (starting in veterinary vaccinology and moving to human vaccines and therapies for serious pathogens) for 30 years. She has published extensively, on the theme of prophylaxis and therapy of serious human diseases for biodefence and emerging pathogens and has worked in the R& D pipeline from discovery to translation to the clinic. Additionally she is currently a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and of the Royal College of Pathology and has served as a Trustee and national Education secretary of the British Society for Immunology.

Ali Karami is currently working as a professor of Molecular Biology (Medical Biotechnology), Genetic Engineering and Bioinformatic Research Center of Molecular Biology, Baqyiatallah University of Medical Sciences. Tehran-IRAN. He is working and teaching in areas like Molecular Biotechnology, Rapid Molecular Detection of Infectious Diseases, like PCR, RT PCR, Microarray, Rapid Immunological detection methods, Point of care for detections, Surveillance and molecular Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Novel Vaccines like Recombinant and DNA vaccine and production of Recombinant Protein for Prevention, Detection and Treatment. Other areas that he has been working since last 25 years are Bioinformatics, Genomics, proteomics and System Biology, Biosafety, Biosecurity, Medical Bio-defence, Bioethics and BWC convention.

Antibiotic Resistance, soil bacteria

Zlatko Dembic is a Professor of Immunology, Cell-Biology and Microbiology at University of Oslo. He has been working in science at various institutions in Academia (Medical Faculty, Zagreb, Croatia; Max-Planck Institute for Immunogenetics, Tubingen, Germany; Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland; Institute of Immunology, Oslo, Norway) and industry (Roche, Switzerland). He has his expertise in molecular biology shown by over 100 publications to date and a monograph about cytokines in immunology. He is co-inventor of the US patent (Roche) covering the production and use of etanercept (Enbrel), which is a successful (anti-TNF) biological used to treat several autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis. He was the president of the Norwegian Society for Immunology and Editor-in-chief of the Scand J Immunol (at present, Associate Editor). He is a Visiting Professor of Medicine at medical school in his hometown Rijeka (Croatia).

Immunology, Cell-Biology and Microbiology

Professor Paul Van Buynder is a Public Health physician on the Gold Coast and holds an appointment as a Professor in the School of Public Health at Griffith University in Queensland. He is the Immediate pat president of the Australian Immunisation Coalition. He has held previous senior public health positions in a number of Australian states, at the Centre for Infections in the United Kingdom and in two Canadian provinces. He has held personal appointments on the Influenza sub-committees of National Advisory committees in three continents.

vaccine effectiveness studies, and the evaluation of programs and marketing to maximise vaccine coverage

Professor Paul Van Buynder is a Public Health physician on the Gold Coast and holds an appointment as a Professor in the School of Public Health at Griffith University in Queensland. He is the Immediate pat president of the Australian Immunisation Coalition. He has held previous senior public health positions in a number of Australian states, at the Centre for Infections in the United Kingdom and in two Canadian provinces. He has held personal appointments on the Influenza sub-committees of National Advisory committees in three continents. He has over 50 publications.

Vaccine effectiveness studies, and the evaluation of programs and marketing to maximise vaccine coverage

Epidemology, S. pneumoniae

Hanadi Salman Al-Salmi Recently holds the position of Assistant Director of Infection Control and Hospital in Epidemiology at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and a member of the Makkah Region HealthCare Council, Team Leader PCI Standard for Joint Commission Accreditation. At the same time she has done 5 publications in collaboration with different departments and personnel such as: Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection among Healthcare Personnel, CDC, EID Journal, Volume 22, November 2016, Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection Among Healthcare Personnel" to the New England Journal of Medicine,Itemizing the Bundle: Achieving and Maintaining “ZERO” Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection For Over A Year in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia, AJIC and Taking Compliance in Hand – Hand Hygiene and Importance of Education, EMH Magazine UK.

Infectious diseases

Edgar M. Carvalho is Professor of Medicine of the Federal University of Bahia Medical School and Senior Investigator of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. He is a clinic immunologist with expertise in the pathogenesis, Immunology and therapy of tropical diseases mainly in leishmaniasis, helminthic infections and Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1 infection). He has developed the facilities to follow a large amount of patients as well as carriers in the endemic areas of the Schistosoma mansoni and Leishmania braziliensis infection and in a HTLV-1 clinic at the University Hospital of Federal University of Bahia.

Imunopathogenesis, host and parasite interaction

Prof. Eliora Ron serves as Scientific Advisor of BioPetroClean. Prof. Ron served as Scientific Director and Member of Scientific Advisory Committee at MIGAL - Galilee Research Institute LTD. until November 7, 2016. Prof. Ron is a Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University. She serves as the author of more than 150 publications and holds several patents. She serves as Chair of Manja and Morris Leigh for Biotechnology and Biophysics. She serves as President of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies and Federation of Israeli Societies of Experimental Biology. Prof. Ron holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Harvard University.

Regulation of gene expression, Bacterial virulence, Use of bacteria to combat pollution

Professor Timms is Professor of Microbiology at the University of Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He is a nationally and internationally renowned microbiologist with specific expertise in the area of Chlamydia. His laboratory is acknowledged as the leading Australian laboratory and one of the leading groups internationally working on all aspects of chlamydial infections. His research group of 12 staff and students is developing vaccines and new diagnostics for chlamydial diseases in humans and animals as well as an improved understanding of chlamydial genomics, cell biology and pathogenicity. The group is widely acknowledged for its major contributions to chlamydial infections in koalas and other wildlife, including the development of a vaccine for koalas. He has published over 250 papers, reviews and book chapters in peer-reviewed international scientific journals.

Chlamydial infections and diagnosis

Luis Ulloa is Associate Professor of Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, USA. His study focuses on innate immune responses to septic and aseptic conditions and their regulation by the nervous system in experimental models of sepsis and hemorrhage/Resuscitation.

Molecular mechanisms of neuronal modulation of the immune system, Bioelectronic immunology,

Dr. Rubén Bueno-Marí finished his Ph.D. in 2010 in the University of Valencia (Spain) and obtained the Special Doctorate Award in the field of Natural Sciences two years later. He is an active member of several scientific associations at national and international level, highlighting his role as current President Elect of the European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA). He is an expert advisor of the Iberoamerican Society of Scientific Information (SIIC) and has published more than 60 scientific publications in journals related with the fields of medical and veterinary entomology, applied zoology, parasitology and public health. He currently cooperates with several universities and other academic institution in superior teaching issues related with his field of expertise (medical entomology, vector control and vector-borne diseases) and is the head of the Department of Research and Development (R+D) of a leading company in environmental health called Laboratories Lokímica.

Vector-borne Diseases, Arbovirus, Zoonoses, Medical Entomology

Yousef Nazzal completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences at the M.S.University of Baroda /India. He went on to establish and lead the efforts of Environmental sciences associations and academic programs in Public Sectors and Academic Institutions in the Middle East and North America. For the past 30 years, he served in different academic and administrative positions in Yarmouk University, King Saud University, Salalah Education College, Abu Dhabi University, Zayed University and University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He is the author or inventor on more than 120 papers and patents. Presently the Chair, Dept. of Life and Environmental Sciences/Zayed University in UAE.

environmental and hydrology

Giulio Tarro graduated from Medicine School, Naples University (1962). Research Associate, Division of Virology and Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital (1965-1968), Assistant Professor of Research Pediatrics, College Medicine (1968-1969), Cincinnati University, Ohio. Oncological Virology Professor, Naples University (1972-1985). Chief Division Virology (1973-2003), Head Department Diagnostic Laboratories, (2003-2006). D. Cotugno Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Naples; Emeritus, 2006 -. Since 2007 Chairman Committee of Biotechnologies and VirusSphere, World Academy Biomedical Technologies, UNESCO, Adjunct Professor Department Biology, Temple University, College of Science and Technology, Philadelphia, recipient of the Sbarro Health Research Organization lifetime achievement award (2010). His researches have been concerned with the characterization of specific virus-induced tumour antigens, which were the "finger-prints" left behind in human cancer. Achievements include patents in field; discovery of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infant deaths in Naples and of tumor liberated protein as a tumor associated antigen, 55 kilodalton protein overexpressed in lung tumors and other epithelial adenocarcinomas.

Clinical and laboratory applied, Virology basic and diagnostic, Viral Oncology, Immunology clinical practice,Vaccines.

Graduated from Medicine School, Sassari University, Italy (1980) and Specialized in Infectious Diseases (1983), Allergology and Clinical Immunology (1986), “La Sapienza University”, Rome, Italy. Researcher at the Department of Infectious Diseases, “La Sapienza University”, Rome (1981-1992) and Associated Professor of Infectious Diseases at University of Ferrara, Italy (1992-2004). Education at Department de Pathologie Exotique et Maladies Tropicales, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France (1988-1996), Groupe Immunité des Muqueuses et Agents Pathogenes, Université Jacques Lisfrang, Saint-Etienne, France (1998-2000), Department de Biotechnologies (1989-1995), Laboratoire des Mycoplasmas and des Chlamydiae, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (1996-2005); Department of Biological Sciences (Pneumocystis jiroveci Unit, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2001. Since 2005 is Full Professor and Chairman of Infectious Diseases, Chief of the Unit of Infectious Diseases and Dermatology at Department of Medical Sciences of the University of Ferrara and Director of the School of Specialization in Infectious and Tropical Diseases. He teaches at the PhD of Molecular Medicine and Pharmacology of the University of Ferrara. Main research interests Diagnosis and therapy of infectious diseases, AIDS-related opportunistic infections, Leishmania infantum, polyomavirus SV-40, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma infections, HBV and HCV infections, Tuberculosis. He has filed an International Patent: Use of terbinafine for the therapeutic treatment of pneumocystosis (United Stated Patent; Application US19950525526 on 1995-09-12; Publication: 1998-02-17) and has contributed to the preparation of molecular diagnostic kits for Chlamydia trachomatis (REALQUALITY RS-CHLAM T, code RQ-S33: Kit for identification and quantification of Chlamydia trachomatis, AB Analytica Advanced Medicine). Scientific activity Carlo Contini has published more than 320 scientific papers and various chapters of Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Italian and international treatises. He has organized a number of Italian and International Conferences of Infectious and Tropical Diseases

Diagnosis and therapy of infectious diseases,AIDS-related opportunistic infections,Leishmania infantum,HBV and HCV infections,Tuberculosis.

Director of Infectious Diseases Unit at "Annunziata" Hospital, Cosenza, Italy

HIV infection & STDs, Bacterial and Fungal Infections,Antibiotics and Antifungal therapy.

Pei-Yong Shi, PhD, is I.H. Kempner Professor of Human Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Texas, USA. He is also adjunct Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore and Honorary Professor at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in virology in 1996 from Georgia State University. After postdoctoral training at Yale University, he joined Bristol-Myers Squibb as a Principal Scientist to develop HIV and HCV therapeutics from 1998 to 2000. He then moved to the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, to study West Nile virus. From 2008 to 2015, he served as Dengue Unit Head and Executive Director to lead drug discovery at Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases. His group developed the first infectious clone of the epidemic strain of West Nile virus, discovered two RNA cap methylation activities of flavivirus NS5 protein, identified essential RNA elements for flavivirus replication, established various platforms for flavivirus vaccine and drug discovery, and pioneered therapeutics development for dengue virus. He has published over 190 peer-reviewed articles and served as Editor (ACS Infectious Diseases, Journal of General Virology, and Nature Vaccine) and Editorial Board member (Journal of Virology, Virology, and Antiviral Research). He is internationally recognized for his scholar and administrative accomplishments at leading research institution, public health sector, and pharmaceutical industry.

Flaviviral infection, Human Diseases, Drug disovery and vaccines for Viral Infections

Associate Director of Clinical Proteomics Core Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of California Health System USA

Disease Biomarkers for Studies on Tuberculosis (TB)

Jintao Li, female, Professor, Director and Principle Investigator, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Third Military Medical University(TMMU). She got her master degree in molecular biology from Biotechnology Centre, Southwest University in 1996 and then became a faculty in Genetics Department, TMMU and got her Ph.D degree in Immunology Institute, PLA, TMMU in 2000 and became associate professor and then professor later since then till to 2013. From 2011-2012, she worked in Canada as a visiting scientist for one year. Now she has published more than 100 academic papers such as Science Translational Medicine, J.I, E.J.I, etc. and got 5 items of awards. Awards and group menberships 2010 Chongqing Natural Science Prize “Antigen immune response regulation” 2009 First class of Chinese medical award “Antigen protein antigenic properties and Engineering Research” 2005 Chongqing natural science prize “Relationship with the immune response to a protein antigen characteristic” 2003 Excellent graduate doctor in TMMU 1993~1996 University first grade Scholarship 1989~1993 University second grade Scholarship

Tropical Pathogens and Epidemiology, Immunology, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology