Nello Cristianini is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bristol since March 2006, and a recipient of both a ERC Advanced Grant, and of a Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award. He has wide research interests in the areas of data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and applications to computational social sciences, digital humanities, news content analysis.
He has contributed extensively to the field of statistical AI. Before the appointment to Bristol he has held faculty positions at the University of California, Davis, and visiting positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and in many other institutions. Before that he was a research assistant at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has also covered industrial positions. He has a PhD from the University of Bristol, a MSc from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a Degree in Physics from University of Trieste. Since 2001 has been Action Editor of the Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR), and since 2005 also Associate Editor of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR). He is co-author of the books 'An Introduction to Support Vector Machines' and 'Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis' with John Shawe-Taylor, and "Introduction to Computational Genomics" with Matt Hahn (all published by Cambridge University Press).
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Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia
Dr Nelly Liyanagamage is a Sessional Lecturer in the School of Business and Law, Notre Dame University Australia, and a Visiting Research Associate in the School of Business, University of Wollongong, Australia. Nelly has a PhD in Management. Her current research focuses on relational leadership theory, Machiavellian leadership, qualitative methodologies, and emotions in the workplace.
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Visiting Associate Professor, STEM College, RMIT University
NEMUEL D. PAH (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree in electronics from the Institut of Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia, in 1992, M.Eng in electronics engineering, and the Ph.D. degree from RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Surabaya, Indonesia, and a Visiting Associate Professor at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests include signal processing of bioelectrical signals, image processing, and applications of AI in biomedical engineering.
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Sociology, University of South Australia
Dr Nerida Chazal is a Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Sociology at the University of South Australia. She is an anti-trafficking researcher who has worked as a consultant for Australian Red Cross Support for Trafficked People Program and the Australian Institute of Criminology. Her research examines human trafficking, forced marriage, gender violence and international criminal justice mechanisms.
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
Dr Nerida Wilson is a marine molecular biologist, who received her B.Sc from University of Melbourne, and B.Sc. (Hons.) and PhD at University of Queensland (2004). After two postdocs in the USA she returned to Australia to work at the Australian Museum, and later the Western Australian Museum. Currently, Nerida works as Scientific Campaign Coordinator at the National Biodiversity DNA Library, CSIRO.
Her research interests focus on understanding and describing the extent of biological diversity present on Earth and resolving the evolutionary relationships among those taxa. She is passionate about taxonomy and systematics as the foundational discipline that underpins biological science. Nerida has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications and has four species named after her. Nerida has participated on over 16 oceanographic expeditions and acted as Chief Scientist on several of those.
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Professor, School of Psychology, University of Reading
Netta Weinstein is a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Reading and Research Associate at the University of Oxford. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rochester (2010). She studies the bi-directional relations between interpersonal exchanges and human motivation, with a particular focus on interpersonal supports such as listening for autonomous functioning, self-expression, and self-connection. She is also focused on understanding self-connection through solitude, asking how can time alone help people to recenter and connect with the self?
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Lecturer, International Relations, Defence, and Security, Brunel University London
Dr Abdalla is a lecturer of International Relations, Defence, and Security at Brunel University, London. She is a member of the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, focusing on the Requirements and Priorities process that are integral to intelligence mandates. Dr Abdalla is also a senior intelligence analyst for MS Risk, with a focus on the Middle East, and north and West Africa.
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Senior Researcher, School of Geography and the Environmen, University of Oxford, and Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews
Neven S. Fučkar is Lecturer in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews, and Senior Researcher in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Neven is climate and data scientist primarily focusing on prediction and impacts of extreme events in a changing climate.
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
PhD in Finance (La Trobe University)
MBA (La Trobe University)
Bachelor of Commerce (The University of Melbourne)
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder since 2011.
Consultant to the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group in Corporate Governance
Senior Research Fellow, The Monash Centre for Financial Studies, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Associate Professor and MTP Connect REDI Industry Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Nham is both a teacher and a cancer researcher, specialising in small RNA biology and diagnostic technologies. He has dedicated his career to creating tools for diagnosing diseases. Nham earned his PhD from Johnson and Johnson and UNSW, where he focused on studying small RNA molecules and how they can be used in real-world applications.
During his postdoctoral training, Nham led a team that published the first study characterising microRNAs in head and neck cancers. This groundbreaking research led him to come up with the idea of using these microRNAs as markers to detect Head and Neck Cancers early on. He was also the first to understand the role of these molecules in salivary gland tumors and holds several patents in this area. Currently, he's leading a team of researchers who are studying the RNA aspects of oral cancers.
Aside from his work, Nham is an educator and served as the Deputy Head of School for Teaching (2019-2022). He teaches engineering students about molecular diagnostics, runs workshops on qPCR, and is involved in mentoring programs.
In his free time, Nham loves going rock climbing in the Blue Mountains with his family, exploring different parts of the world, writing awesome science papers, and building PCR machines.
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PhD Ccandidate in Management, McGill University
I’m a PhD candidate in Management at McGill University. My research addresses gender inequality in two crucial areas: entrepreneurship and film-making. In entrepreneurship, I focus on uncovering the subtle biases that often go unnoticed in startup evaluations. Meanwhile, my work in film-making centers on identifying the key network structures that foster women's career longevity as movie directors. My research has been published in the prestigious 'Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice' journal and honoured with the Kauffman Foundation's Best Student Paper Award. Through my work, I hope to contribute to global efforts aimed at combating gender inequality and fostering an equitable and inclusive work environment for people of all genders.
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Maritime-Underwater Archaeologist and PhD Candidate on Archaeology (Humanities), Flinders University
PhD Candidate on Archaeology (Humanities) Flinders University.
Master of Social Science (Environment and Heritage), James Cook University. 2017
Bachelor (Archaeology), Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia. 2004
Maritime/Underwater Archaeology Researcher at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia. 2005-Present
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics, University of Sydney
Dr Wheate completed a Bachelor of Science degree with 1st class honours from the University of New South Wales whilst at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He then completed a PhD in medicinal chemistry under Professor J. Grant Collins. Since then he has worked in the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Western Sydney (Australia) and the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science (Scotland) before taking up a position in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney (Australia) in 2012.
Dr Wheate's research interests lie in whole-of-pipeline discovery and development of platinum-based anticancer drugs including: design and synthesis, in vitro and in vivo screening, drug-DNA binding, nanoparticle based delivery, solid state chemistry and co-crystals, toxicology and pharmacokinetics, and dosage formulation. Additionally, his research also examines the drug delivery application of macrocycles (including cyclodextrins, cucurbiturils and pillararenes) and their host-guest complexes.
Dr Wheate was previously the Head of Cancer Research in the Faculty of Pharmacy.
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Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography, Newcastle University
I am a social geographer based at Newcastle University. My work sits at the intersection of the disciplines of geography, history and sociology, with a focus on the geographies of class and race and tackling the conceptualisation, distribution and lived realities of inequalities between groups and individuals. Before coming to Newcastle in 2019 I was Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University and between 2011 and 2015 I was Research Fellow in Quantitative Analyses of Social and Cultural Participation at CRESC: The ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-cultural Change at the University of Manchester. My first academic role was as Research Associate in History at Lancaster University in 2008. I am a UK state qualified secondary school teacher and taught in schools in the north of England and in Japan. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
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Professor of Political Science and Director of the MA Public Policy at the University of Galway. I have published extensively on the Northern Ireland conflict, on peace negotiations and on territorial conflict. Publications include 'Civil Rights to Armalites: Derry and the birth of the Irish Troubles' and the co-edited books 'Political Violence in Context' and 'Dynamics of Political Change in Ireland: Making and Breaking a Divided Island'. My most recent book, 'Deniable Contact: Back-channel Negotiation in Northern Ireland', provides the first full-length study of the secret negotiations and back-channels that were used in repeated efforts to end the Northern Ireland conflict. It won the 2022 Brian Farrell Book Prize of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, was shortlisted for the 27th Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize and was awarded a Special Commendation Prize in the National University of Ireland Historical Research Prize.
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Senior Lecturer, Gender and Media, University of Sussex
I've been teaching at the University of Sussex since 2007. Prior to that, I was a lecturer at the University of Sunderland.
I convene MA Gender and Media.
My research focuses on the representation of minority groups in film and media - especially how these identifications intersect with gender and sexuality politics. I have written about the representation of lesbians and gays, disability, transgender identifications and ageing.
Monographs:
2009 'The Queer Cinema of Derek Jarman: Critical and Cultural Readings' (I B Tauris)
2010 'Transgressive Bodies: Representations in Film and Popular Culture (Ashgate)
2018 'Ageing Femininity on Screen: The Older Woman in Contemporary Cinema' (I B Tauris)
2022 'Trans Representation in Contemporary Popular Cinema' (Routledge)
Edited Collections:
2011 'Critical Readings in Bodybuilding' (Routledge)
2013 'Film and Gender' (Routledge)
2020 'Cross Generational Relationships and Cinema' (Palgrave)
Textbooks:
2013 'Studying Sexualities: Theories, Representations, Cultures' (Palgrave)
2013 'Gender in the Media' (Palgrave)
2014 'Body Studies: The Basics' (Routledge)
Education
M.A (University of St. Andrews)
P.G.C.E (Queen's University Belfast)
M.A (University of Ulster)
PhD (University of Ulster)
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business History, University of Glasgow
Professor Niall G MacKenzie FRSA is a three-time graduate of the University of Glasgow. He currently serves as the joint Editor in Chief of Business History.
Prior to re-joining the University, he worked at the universities of Cambridge, Wales and Strathclyde in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. To date he has raised over £10m in research income. His research interests are in the areas of business history, entrepreneurship, innovation, and regional development with a particular focus on Scotland and Scotch whisky.
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Associate Professor of International Development, Dublin City University
Niamh was appointed to DCU's School of Law and Government in 2009 where she is currently an Associate Professor of International Development.
She holds a PhD in Sociology from Maynooth University, and an MSc in Rural Development and a BSc (hons) in Botany and Mathematics, both from University College Dublin. She has worked with a number of development agencies and NGOs conducting field research and project evaluations in Africa and Central Europe.
Her research focuses on how social and political inequalities are produced and reproduced. Her work to date has focused on exploring the conditions under which more marginalised groups and communities wield political influence at local and national levels. She has conducted field research in a wide range of African countries (most recently, Burundi, DRC, Rwanda and Malawi), as well as in Ireland. Her recent book (2022), Engendering Democracy in Africa: Women, Politics and Development is published by Routledge and is freely available on Open Access here. She is currently (2022-2023) working on a co-edited book on the history of development education in Ireland. This is co-edited with Eilish Dillon (Maynooth University), Gerard McCann (Queen's University) and Stephen McCloskey (Centre for Global Education, Belfast).
Niamh also serves on the editorial board of Policy and Practice - a Development Education Review. She also regularly serves as a reviewer for a wide range of international journals and book publishers.
Research interests
The politics of development, participation and governance - in Africa and in Ireland; civil society and community; media and development.
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Senior Lecturer, RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Niamh is a Senior Lecturer in the RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management. She has been researching health workforce issues for the past 17 years and currently leads a HRB-funded research project focused on hospital doctor retention and emigration.
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Professor of Strategy and International Business, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Niccolò Pisani is Professor of Strategy and International Business at IMD. His areas of expertise are strategic management and international business, with emphasis on globalization, sustainability and digitization. One of Niccolò’s key areas of interest is corporate social responsibility – his research in this stream has recently focused on inequality and sustainable cities.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Niccolò is an applied microeconomist with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. His research sits at the intersection of academia, policymaking and practice. He primarily uses experimental methods to understand policy and governance challenges, and test solutions to overcome these challenges under political, institutional, technical and resources constraints. Implementing those projects has involved wide ranging collaboration with other scholars locally and internationally, significant international fundraising and developing skills in managing large and complex projects. He has lived in all of the countries where he has conducted research, including Sierra Leone, where he was based for nearly eight years and worked for the International Growth Center. Niccolò's research has been published in journals across disciplines, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Development Economics, Nature, Science, and Science Advances.
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Assistant Professor of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo
Prof. Castro’s research focuses on word retrieval in aging adults and adults with language impairments (e.g., aphasia, dementia), with a particular focus on how words are organized in memory. Her research uses behavioral studies and computational modeling
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Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
Nichola D. Gutgold is professor of communication at Penn State University, Lehigh Valley campus. She is author of a number of books and scholarly articles on women in politics including: Electing Madam President: When Women Run, Women Win; Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced, co-authored with Diana Carlin and Theodore Sheckels.
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Senior Research Scientist, Human Health, CSIRONicholas Archer joined CSIRO as a Post-doctoral fellow in 2012 after successfully completing his PhD at the University of Technology Sydney in human genetics and cell biology. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist working in the Human Health programs Diagnostic Group in Health and Biosecurity (since 2021) and previously with the Sensory and Consumer Science team in Agriculture and Food (2015-21). Nicholas has broad research interests that span the breadth of his research experience, including human physiology, genetics, nutrition, precision nutrition/medicine, human phenotyping, food and consumer science.
As a research scientist at CSIRO, Nicholas has designed, led and managed many small and large-scale, multidisciplinary, human studies evaluating flavour perception, food preferences, eating behaviour, personalised nutrition, satiety, flavour release and determinants of obesity. A focus of these studies included the development of novel phenotyping methods, the collection of diverse range of clinical samples and analysis techniques (e.g. RNA-seq, real-time PCR, SNP genotyping), and the integration of digital technologies. Additionally, he has demonstrated the ability to continually develop relevant original/novel scientific ideas, led and contributed to a number of food industry based projects, developed extensive project management skills and the ability to lead diverse multi-disciplinary teams.
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Professor of Human Geography, Simon Fraser University
Expert in legal geography
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Sport and Exercise Science, University of East London
I am Chartered Physiotherapist and Senior Lecturer in Applied Sport and Exercise Science at the University of East London where I teach on the Master’s degree in Strength and Conditioning.
I have been fortunate as a Physiotherapist and Performance Specialist to work with many elite athletes including Track and Field World Record holders and 18 National Football League (NFL) first round draft picks.
In recent years my focus has switched to applying strength and conditioning to a more senior population with a particular focus of reducing falls in the elderly.
Recent research includes:
Wehner-Hewson N, Watts P, Buscombe R, Bourne N, Hewson D. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Falls Among Older Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 Dec;9(6):2427-2440. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01179-1. Epub 2021 Nov 16. PMID: 34786654; PMCID: PMC9633486.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate—Liverpool University School of Physiotherapy (MCSP)
PhD—University of Texas at Austin
Honorary Physiotherapist at Southend University Trust
Postural Stability Instructor (PSI) with Later Life Training
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Professor of Modern English and American Literature, University College Dublin
I came to UCD in 2005 as Chair of Modern English and American Literature, having taught for ten years at Trinity College Dublin. I have also taught at Wesleyan University, CT (Spring, 1994/5), and Dartmouth College (Fall 2003/4). Most of my work has been on nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction and drama, though I have also written about early cinema and visual culture, and I have a strong interest in popular literature and culture. I would be happy to supervise graduate research in Victorian and twentieth-century popular literature in particular. I am or have been on the advisory boards of the Journal of Victorian Culture, Novel, Cusp, and the Irish University Review.
My most recent monograph, Ruritania: A Cultural History appeared from Oxford University Press in 2020; Oxford World's Classics published my linked edition of Anthony Hope's bestseller, The Prisoner of Zenda the same year. In 2023 I published a new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, for Oxford World's Classics. Current projects include a collaborative AHRC project with Aoife Monks on Dion Boucicault, and with Thomas Keymer the planning of a three-volume Cambridge History of London in literature.
Research:
Victorian and twentieth-century literature and culture, popular culture.
Recent Projects: Ruritania: A Cultural History, a book-length project on imaginary European territories, from The Prisoner of Zenda to The Princess Diaries; an edition of The Prisoner of Zenda. An essay on Victorian popular fiction for the Routledge Handbook of Victorian Literature.
Current Projects: an edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, A Study in Scarlet, for Oxford World's Classics. One of the editors of the planned 3-volume Cambridge History of London in Literature.
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Associate Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Nik De Dominic is the author of Goodbye Wolf (The Operating System '20) and Your Daily Horoscope (New Michigan Press '15). He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama, where he was an Alabama Prison Arts + Education Fellow. His essays and poems have appeared in Guernica, Los Angeles Review, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere. De Dominic is a founding editor of the The Offending Adam and the Poetry Editor of the New Orleans Review. With Kate Levin, De Dominic co-founded and co-directs the Dornsife Prison Education Project.
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Bingham Fellow in Constitutional Studies, University of Oxford
Dr Nick Dickinson is an expert in British and Commonwealth comparative politics, working primarily in the areas of parliamentary studies and public policy. My doctoral research focused on remuneration for political work, with an emphasis on the regulation of salaries and expenses of MPs in ‘Westminster’-style democracies. His current research programme as Bingham Fellow aims to produce an interdisciplinary approach to constitutional studies.
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Research Fellow, Clinical Trials Development and Assessment, University of Sydney
As a researcher at the University of Sydney my work focuses on the causes, prevention and treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders. Having worked in the industry both corporate and academic for over 10 years, I have had the pleasure of investigating a broad range of topics including dietary & exercise programmes, complementary medicines, commercial weight loss programmes, medical devices, bariatric surgery, satiety hormones, and the economics of obesity. The importance of a holistic approach to the treatment of overweight and obesity is something I am particularly passionate about implementing and dispelling the myth that one solution can fit all.
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Associate Research Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
Dr. Gelbar worked from 2014-2019 at the Autism Center at the Hospital for Special Care as a Psychologist, and as a researcher at the University of Connecticut University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. He is a Licensed Psychologist, National Certified School Psychologist, and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at the Doctoral Level. He has training and expertise in Neurodevelopment Disabilities (including Autism Spectrum Disorder), Learning Disabilities, and Gifted/Talented individuals including those who also have disabilities (also referred to as Twice Exceptional).
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Researcher in Data Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Nick Hunkins holds a master's degree in computer science, a bachelor's degree in mathematics, and has experience in both industry data-driven software development and academic research. Deeply concerned about the commodification of attention, particularly among young people, he believes in the importance of mindful engagement in the digital age.
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Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
Nicholas Jose’s most recent novel is The Idealist (2023). He is adjunct professor with the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University and emeritus professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide. He was general editor of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature (2009).
BAHons ANU 1973
Cultural Counsellor, Australian Embassy Beijing 1987-90
Taught ANU (1978-86), University of Adelaide, Chair of Creative Writing, 2005-08, WSU, 2008-12
Visiting Harvard Chair of Australian Studies 2009-11
Professor of English and Creative Writing, School of Humanities, The University of Adelaide, 2012-
Adjunct Professor, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University, 2012-
Author of 7 novels, 3 collections of short stories, a memoir and essays, mostly on Australian and Asian themes.
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Adjunct Professor in Health Metrics Sciences and Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington
Nicholas Kassebaum, MD, is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Health Metric Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at University of Washington. He has been involved with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study and the Cost-Effectiveness research teams since 2010 and now leads the GBD research team on maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH). In this role, Dr. Kassebaum researches the burden of disease and effectiveness of interventions for improving survival and health of women, children, and adolescents. He has a special interest in women’s health and equity, pregnancy health, and multiple child health issues including congenital birth defects, hemoglobinopathies, prematurity and low birth weight, child growth failure, anemia, oral and dental health, and neonatal complications arising from infections, jaundice, and asphyxia.
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