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Field-Of-Study: Medicine and Health
Lainie Ross
Lainie Friedman Ross is the Carolyn and Matthew Professor of Clinical Ethics at the University of Chicago where she is a practicing pediatrician, an associate director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and the codirector of the Institute of Translational Medicine. She holds appointments in the departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Surgery, and the
Robert Klitzman
Robert Klitzman is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University. He has authored or co-authored over 100 articles, and 8 books, examining ethical issues concerning genetics, assisted reproductive technologies, research, HIV,
Jennifer S. Hirsch
Jennifer S. Hirsch is Professor and Deputy Chair for Doctoral Studies in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. A medical anthropologist, her research agenda spans four intertwined domains: the anthropology of love; gender, sexuality and migration; the application of this research on gender, sexuality
Eduardo M. Castaño
Eduardo M. Castaño is one of the world’s leading researchers on the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Among the principal focuses of his work are the relationship of amyloid peptides, specifically beta amyloid (Aβ), to the neuronal degeneration associated with AD and the development of anti-Aβ immunotherapy. Dr. Castaño received his medical degree, with honors,
Hugo Daniel Lujan
Argentinean Hugo Lujan is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry in the Universidad Católica de Córdoba’s School of Medicine and a Principal Investigator with CONICET. One of the consistent focuses of his research has been parasite differentiation and adaptation. During his graduate work in the lab of Delia H. Bronia in the Department of
Maryam Tabrizian
An expert in regenerative medicine and nanomedicine, Maryam Tabrizian is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and a Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University. She is also an Associate Member of both the Montreal Heart Institute and Sainte-Justine Hospital. The principal areas of her research are cell-implant interactions and multifunctional biointerfaces for application
Rui Curi
Rui Curi has established himself as a top researcher in biomedical sciences, with over three hundred articles to his credit, as well Fellowships at the National Institutes of Health, the Faculté de Mèdicine de Bruxelas, and the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo
Robert B. Zurier
Robert B. Zurier, M.D., has been Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester since 1991, and was Chief of Rheumatology there until 2007. From 1980 to 1991 he was Professor of Medicine and Chief of Rheumatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Dr. Zurier graduated from
Arachu Castro
Arachu Castro, Ph.D., M.P.H., is Assistant Professor of Social Medicine in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Senior Advisor for Mexico and Guatemala at Partners In Health, and Medical Anthropologist in the Division of Global Health Equity in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her major
Renato de Lima Santos
Renato de Lima Santos was born in Franca (São Paulo State, Brazil) on August 5, 1970. He received a D.V.M. degree from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1993, and a master’s degree from the same institution in 1995. Dr. Santos became a faculty member at UFMG
Jason X.-J. Yuan
Dr. Yuan received his medical degree from Suzhou Medical College (1983). His Ph.D. in physiology (1993) was granted jointly by Peking Union Medical College and the University of Maryland, Baltimore; he was a postdoctoral Fellow at the latter from 1988 to 1991. After earning his Ph.D., he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland
George R. Wodicka
George R. Wodicka is Professor and Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at Purdue University. He is also Chairman of the Joint Purdue University – Indiana University Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program. Professor Wodicka attended The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, where he received the B.E.S. degree