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Sebastien Chastin – Contributor Profile
Sebastien Chastin Glasgow Caledonian University Reader, Behaviour Dynamics Dr Sebastien Chastin is a tenured Reader in Movement Behaviour Dynamics at Glasgow Caledonian University in the School of Health and Life Science, and Professor at Ghent University in the department of Movement and Sports Sciences. His research focuses understanding how humans spend their time and how this impacts their health. Understanding why, when, and how people decide to move or
Tracey Moore – Contributor Profile
Tracey Moore Rackspace Senior Legal Counsel Asia Pacific & Japan Tracey Moore is Senior Legal Counsel Asia Pacific & Japan at Rackspace and holds a Master of Laws LLB (Hons) from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia.
Jonathan Runstadler – Contributor Profile
Jonathan Runstadler Tufts University Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Runstadler seeks to understand genetic factors that impact susceptibility to infectious disease, specific or general and the repercussions for potential epidemics, persistence, and evolution of those infectious agents. His research is conducted within the context of the interactions that define the ecology between an infectious agent, the environment and the host. His
Tim Ainsworth – Contributor Profile
Tim Ainsworth HWL Ebsworth Lawyers Partner Tim Ainsworth is a Partner at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University in Australia.
Michelle Sconce Massaquoi – Contributor Profile
Michelle Sconce Massaquoi University of Oregon Doctoral candidate, microbiology, Michelle Sconce Massaquoi is a doctoral student in the Institute of Molecular Biology under the mentorship of biology professor Karen Guillemin. Massaquoi’s research focuses on understanding the interactions between gut bacteria and the host, specifically how gut bacteria influence the development of the pancreas. For this work, she uses zebrafish to study how a bacteria-secreted protein found in select gut
Sally Napper – Contributor Profile
Sally Napper International SOS, Control Risks Security Director Australasia Sally Napper is Security Director, Australasia at International SOS. She holds a Bachelor of International Studies (Hons) from Flinders University and is completing an Executive MBA through the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales.
Linsey Marr – Contributor Profile
Linsey Marr Virginia Tech Professor Linsey Marr is the Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering. Marr, who was recently awarded a Fulbright fellowship, is an expert in air quality and health whose research interests include characterizing the emissions, fate, and transport of air pollutants in order to provide the scientific basis for improving air quality and health. She also conducts
Kelvin Wu – Contributor Profile
Kelvin Wu International SOS Senior Manager of Risk Management and Insurance Kelvin Wu is Risk and Insurance Manager at International SOS and Treasurer & Member of the Executive Committee of PARIMA, the Pan Asia Risk and Insurance Management Association. He holds a BSc in Economics and Finance from Singapore Management University and an Advanced Diploma in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute. He also is an Associate in Risk
Peter Harbison – Contributor Profile
Peter Harbison CAPA – Centre for Aviation Executive Chairman Peter Harbison is the owner of aviation consultancy CAPA and holds a Master of Laws from McGill University in Canada.
Miranda Yaver – Contributor Profile
Miranda Yaver miranda.yaver@yale.edu Yale University Lecturer in Political Science Dr. Yaver completed her PhD in Political Science at Columbia University with emphases in American Politics and Quantitative Methodology after a BA Political Science (Honors) at the University of California, Berkeley and graduate studies at the University of Virginia. She conducts research on American policy implementation, and the ways that Congress, courts, and agencies interact to shape law and policy
Priscila Conduta Elias – Contributor Profile
Priscila Conduta Elias priscila@harmonia.com.br Harmonia Corretora de Seguros S.A. President/ CEO Priscila Conduta Elias is President and CEO of Harmonia Brazil. With over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry across all lines of insurance, Priscila is responsible for the Reinsurance and Benefit operations in Brazil (PlurisRe). As main officer of Howden Harmonia, she is responsible for business and client relations, as well as for the quality of the
Seema Lakdawala – Contributor Profile
Seema Lakdawala University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor Seema Lakdawala is an Assistant Professor in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department at the University of Pittsburgh. The Lakdawala lab studies the molecular properties contributing to the epidemiological success of influenza A viruses to better predict future pandemics. There are two main areas of research in her lab 1) exploring the dynamics of influenza viral RNA assembly and 2) defining properties necessary for
Ana Carolina Lima Conduta Izzo Losco – Contributor Profile
Ana Carolina Lima Conduta Izzo Losco ana.losco@harmonia.com.br Harmonia Corretora de Seguros Domestic and International Benefit Director Ana Losco started her professional life as a dentist, running her own practice for nine years before joining Harmonia Corretora de Seguros in 2005. Now, as Domestic and International Benefit Director, Ana has been responsible for national and international corporate accounts and SME segment. Her decade of experience in the insurance industry and
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Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert – Contributor Profile
Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert @Drmom26 Rockland County, New York State, USA Commissioner of Health and Hospitals Dr. Ruppert is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and a Distinguished Lecturer in Epidemiology and Community Medicine at New York Medical College. She began her career in a faculty medicine practice for St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, in Paterson, New Jersey, then in a private internal medicine practice
Jennifer Kraschnewski – Contributor Profile
Jennifer Kraschnewski Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor, Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences Dr. Jennifer Kraschnewski is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences who joined the faculty at the Penn State College of Medicine in July 2009. She completed her medical degree at the University of Wisconsin and her Internal Medicine Residency at Duke University Medical Center. Following completion of her medical training, she was
Mike Lean – Contributor Profile
Mike Lean mike.lean@glasgow.ac.uk University of Glasgow Chair of Human Nutrition My research covers many aspects of Human Nutrition, encouraging molecular, clinical and public health. The main major focuses are on obesity/diabetes/cardiovascular risk, and on plant-food antioxidants; particularly new phenolics. Several important international bodies have reviewed parts of my research between 2000-2005. Importantly, in 2001 the Adult Training Programme III of NIH Cholesterol Education Program published its authoritative diagnostic definition
David Spencer – Contributor Profile
David Spencer das@lubs.leeds.ac.uk – http://labouringman.blogspot.fr/ University of Leeds Professor of Economics and Political Economy David Spencer, Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Leeds, holds a PhD in Economics and a MA in Economics, both from the University of Leeds, as well as a BA (Hons) in Economics, CNAA. His general interests lie in the economics and political economy of work, employment relations/work studies, the history
David Prologo – Contributor Profile
David Prologo Emory University Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Dr. Prologo is an academic interventional radiologist with a dual board certification in obesity medicine, working to help humans with pain or obesity (or both). Innovator of The Catching Point. Currently, he is assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, at the Emory University School of Medicine. Previously, he was an Assistant professor in the
David Bishai – Contributor Profile
David Bishai dbishai@jhsph.edu Johns Hopkins University Professor of Health Economics David Bishai has over 200 peer-reviewed papers in health economics. He begins his term as president of International Health Economics Association on January 1, 2018.
Sophie Medlin – Contributor Profile
Sophie Medlin sophie@sophiedietitian.com King’s College London Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics Sophie Medlin is a Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at King’s College London and a Freelance Dietitian. Sophie is an experienced clinical dietitian, having worked in the NHS for many years specialising in surgical gastroenterology and intestinal failure. Sophie moved from clinical dietetics to academia in 2014 and pursues research interests in colorectal and gastrointestinal disorders. Sophie maintains
Emmanuel Stamatakis – Contributor Profile
Emmanuel Stamatakis University of Sydney Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health Emmanuel completed a PhD on physical activity and childhood obesity at the University of Bristol (UK). Between 2003 and 2014 he was based at University College London where he initially led the development and implementation of physical activity measures in large-scale nationwide epidemiological surveillance studies. He was subsequently awarded a Postgraduate Fellowship Award (2007) and a Career Development Fellowship (2011) by
Amanda Klekowski Von Koppenfels, Ph.D. – Contributor Profile
Amanda Klekowski Von Koppenfels, Ph.D. a.k.von-koppenfels@kent.ac.uk University of Kent Senior Lecturer in Migration and Politics Director, MA in International Migration Director, Graduate Studies (Taught) Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels received her PhD in Government and MA in Germany and European Studies from Georgetown University, Washington, DC and an AB from Harvard University. She has been Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies 2012-13 and Visiting Professor at the
Mark Cook – Contributor Profile
Mark Cook mark.cook@towerswatson.com Willis Towers Watson – Global Services and Solutions Group Director, Global Services and Solutions Mark Cook is a Director in Willis Towers Watson’s Global Services and Solutions group based in London and advises on a range of international employee benefits issues. He is an international benefits expert and has worked at Willis Towers Watson for over 20 years. Mark leads Willis Towers Watson’s benefit financing group
Philippe Viénot – Contributor Profile
Philippe Viénot BNP Paribas Risk Manager Philippe was trained as an aerospace engineer with a MBA. He worked 6 years with Astrium (EADS) as satellite architect and system’s engineer. In 1996, he joined Marsh France, managing the space practice for 6 years, before becoming deputy head of FINPRO. He was hired by AIG France in 2006 to manage the Financial Institutions and the Professional Liability lines, then he managed
James W. Reid – Contributor Profile
James W. Reid MetLife Global Employee Benefits Executive Vice President James W. Reid is the Executive Vice President for MetLife’s Global Employee Benefits (GEB) business and is responsible for expanding MetLife’s employee benefits business in more than 40 countries, broadening relationships and fueling growth across the globe via partnerships with multinational corporations as well as through distribution relationships with financial institutions. Prior to this role, James led the U.S.
Laura Healy – Contributor Profile
Laura Healy Nottingham Trent University Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching Dr. Laura Healy is a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Coaching Science and teaches on the BSc Coaching and Sports Science programme. She supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research projects in areas related to sport psychology. Dr Healy joined Nottingham Trent University in September 2017. She successfully defended her Doctorate in Sport Psychology from the University of Birmingham in July 2015, which