Senior Lecturer in Geomatics, University of Melbourne
Dr Mohsen Kalantari is a Senior Lecturer in Geomatics and Associate Director at the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA) in the Dept of Infrastructure Engineering at The University of Melbourne. He teaches Land Administration Systems (LAS) and Spatial Analysis and has several publications.
Dr Kalantari is a spatial data engineer and in recognition of his research he has been awarded a prestigious Victoria Fellowship. The Victoria Fellowships recognise young researchers with leadership potential and aim to help them enhance their future careers, while developing new ideas which could offer commercial benefit to Victoria.
He previously worked as a Research Fellow on a range of research projects at the CSDILA. He has also worked at the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE), Land Victoria and has an extensive knowledge of land administration systems of Australia.
He completed his PhD in 2008.
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Librarian for Anthropology, Folklore and Sociology, Indiana University
Moira Marsh serves as the collection manager and liaison librarian for Anthropology, Folklore, and Sociology. She is also manager of the Modern Language Association Folklore Bibliography Project.
Her research interests of humor theory and folklore are reflected in her scholarly work; she is currently undertaking a cross-cultural analysis of the acoustics of laughter and editing a book of essays about unlaughter entitled “Not Funny, Not Fun.” Her book "Practically Joking" was published by Utah State University Press in 2015.
Moira serves as a member of the Human Relations Area Files Executive Committee and as Book Review Editor for Humor: International Journal of Humor Studies. In 2017, Moira became President-elect of the Bloomington Faculty Council, only the second librarian in recent memory with this accomplishment.
She earned both her Ph.D. in folklore and M.L.S. from Indiana University.
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Dr. Moira Rushton is a medical oncologist and health researcher based in Ottawa Ontario. She is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa and clinician investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She completed Medical Oncology training in 2018 in Ottawa, then went on to complete a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, and a research fellowship in clinical trials at the Canadian Cancer Trials Group in the investigational new drug program. She joined the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre in 2020. She treats breast cancer, upper GI cancers and is part of the phase I clinical trials group. Research interests include quality improvement, health systems optimalization and cardio-oncology.
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Associate Professor, Director, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Royal Roads University
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Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Purdue University
Mollie Cohen is an assistant professor of Political Science and faculty member in the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program. Previously, she was an assistant professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia and a research fellow at the LAPOP Lab. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Vanderbilt University.
Cohen studies public opinion and voting behavior, especially in Latin America. Her book, None of the Above: Protest Voting in Latin American Democracies (University of Michigan Press, 2024), examines how democratic backsliding fuels the emergence and success of campaigns promoting blank or spoiled votes. Her research has been published at the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, and Public Opinion Quarterly, among other outlets.
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Marine Ecosystems Modeller, Marine Ecosystem Modelling Group, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Assistant Professor in Geology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
My research interests lie in sedimentology, stratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy, paleoceanography, and paleoclimatology.
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Ph.D. Candidate in Gerontology, UMass Boston
Molly Wylie is a Gerontology PhD candidate and Research Associate at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston.
Her work focuses on the ways older adults and their caregivers navigate options for long-term, home- and community-based services (HCBS), paying particular attention to the influence of health literacy and self-efficacy. She has used mixed-method research to evaluate the effectiveness of programs across the service continuum, including supportive housing models, Councils on Aging, adult day health centers, and nursing homes.
Wylie holds her M.S. in Gerontology from UMass Boston's McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies. She is the inaugural Equity in Aging Research Fellow at the National Council on Aging (NCOA), examining financial insecurity and health among older Americans. Wylie served as an Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) Care Advisor coordinating the provision of supportive services to older adults in Massachusetts. She has supported various organization-wide efforts at LeadingAge, including hosting The Mentor’s Voice podcast and evaluating the student internship program designed to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in aging services.
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Professor and Director of Sports media and Communication, University of Rhode Island
Molly Yanity is a professor and director of the sports media and communication major. A former sports writer, she focuses her research on sports audiences and fandom, as well as women in sport and media.
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Lecturer and Researcher, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Momar DIONGUE is a teacher-researcher in the Geography Department of the Faculty of Arts and
Humanities at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. A member of the Geography Laboratory, Mr
Diongue is a specialist in urban issues. His research focuses on metropolisation, peripheries, urban
governance, land and urban production, major urban projects, floods and residential and spatial
mobility.
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Associate professor, University of Bath
I have been involved in research and teaching cancer biology for over a decade. I did my PhD in radiation oncology, and subsequent research on tumour hypoxia led to our drug reaching Phase II clinical trials. I also teach a very popular course on cancer biology to students at Bath, which made me realise how much I enjoyed teaching AND how little resources there were on introducing cancer genetics to the general public. It led to my writing a free e-book (Introduction to cancer biology, www.bookboon.com) and a free online course ('Inside Cancer' - www.futurelearn.com). The online course was designed for anyone with an interest in cancer - from sufferers to researchers - and has attracted over 32000 learners from over 90 countries, with 98% recommending the course to friends.
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Chair of Respiratory Medicine, King's College London
Mona Bafadhel is the Director of the new King’s Centre for Lung Health, and the Chair of Respiratory Medicine at King’s College London. She is also a consultant respiratory physician with a clinical and research interest in chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and asthma. Mona is an international academic leader in respiratory medicine, with a passion for translating science to clinical practice to improve outcomes for patients. Her work in COPD and COVID-19 has translated to changing clinical practice affecting millions across the world. In 2018, Mona was awarded the Goulstonian Lectureship from the Royal College of Physicians for excellence in the Clinical Sciences. She is only the 4th woman and the 1st from an ethnic minority in the Royal College of Physician near 400 year history to have achieved this accolade. Mona was appointed as co-lead of the King’s Health Partners Respiratory & Allergy Clinical Academic Group in March 2022.
Specific Research Interests: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COPD) Exacerbations Asthma and Airways Disease Endotypes Eosinophils Airway Inflammation Translational Respiratory Medicine
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Mona is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Technology Sydney Business School. Her research covers sustainability, resilience, environmental finance, environmental policy, and the impacts of climate change on companies, industries and markets.
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Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
Mona is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Penn, she was a J.J. Sylvester Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University. She has also been a Research Member at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley and a guest at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn.
Mona received her Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Peter May in 2014. Her research interests include algebraic K-theory, its applications to number theory and manifold theory, and equivariant stable homotopy theory.
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PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. My research focuses on managing uncertainty in consciousness science, combining my background in medicine with my interest in philosophy of mind and cognitive science. I completed my medical degree at Charité Berlin and my MPhil in Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Cambridge. Before starting my PhD, I worked as a medical doctor in a neurology department in Berlin.
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Monica Mary Grady CBE (born 1958) is a leading British space scientist, primarily known for her work on meteorites. Since 2005, she has been Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University, and is currently Head of the Department of Physical Sciences.
Prior to 2005, Grady was based at the Natural History Museum in London, where she curated the UK's national collection of meteorites. She graduated from the University of Durham in 1979, then went on to complete a Ph.D. on carbon in stony meteorites at Darwin College, Cambridge in 1982. Since then, she has built up an international reputation in meteoritics, publishing many papers on the carbon and nitrogen isotope geochemistry of primitive meteorites, on Martian meteorites, and on interstellar components of meteorites. She gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 2003, on the subject "A Voyage in Space and Time". Asteroid (4731) was named Monicagrady in her honour.
Grady was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to space sciences. She is the first UK scientist to be President of the international Meteoritical Society.
Grady is the oldest of eight children; her youngest sister, Dr Ruth Grady, is a Senior Lecturer in microbiology at the University of Manchester. Grady's husband, Professor Ian Wright is also a meteoriticist.
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Full Professor, Institute of International Relations (PUC-Rio), Associate Dean for Research of the Social Science Center (PUC-Rio), Senior Researcher, BRICS Policy Center, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
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Master of Public Policy Student, Simon Fraser University
I am a second-year Master of Public Policy student. My research and policy interests include the intersections between health, the environment, and various social policy issues, such as housing and LGBTQIA rights. Having worked for the Fraser Health Authority from May to August 2023, I have become especially concerned with the impact that the social determinants of health, such as food security and access to natural environments have on our overall well-being.
My extended policy project examines and compares artificial intelligence (AI) legislation between the European Union and Canada, primarily how each jurisdiction's bills are prepared to address challenges regarding healthcare, such as the management of healthcare data and addressing biases. I hope to further my knowledge of AI and its impacts on health and the environment in my future work.
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of St. Thomas
Dr. Monica Liu is a sociologist whose teaching and research interests include gender, globalization, family, immigration, race/ethnicity, Asia and Asian America, digital technology/media, and qualitative methods. She has explored the phenomenon of global internet dating and cross-border marriage between women from China and men from English-speaking Western countries. She is currently working on a new project that examines institutional racism against Asian women leaders in higher education.
Born and raised in China, Dr. Liu immigrated to the U.S. at the age of eight. Before joining the University of St. Thomas, she taught at Colgate University and Carleton College.
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Boston University
Dr. Wang is an Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is globally and nationally recognized as a researcher, educator, and thought leader on health equity, racial justice, and community-based research targeting chronic diseases. Dr. Wang has generated over $6 million in federal and foundation funding for her program of research and published over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts and policy documents. Her prior leadership roles included serving as Chair of the Narrative Office at the BU Center for Antiracist Research and Chair of the Civic and Public Engagement Committee at the Society of Behavioral Medicine. One of her current studies is a randomized controlled trial of a youth empowerment intervention to reduce consumption of sugary drinks and obesity risk through youth narratives. As an expert in curriculum development, case-based teaching, and digital learning design, Dr. Wang has developed and taught graduate courses on the social determinants of health at Harvard and Boston University since 2010.
Dr. Wang has received numerous national, regional, and institutional awards for her research, teaching, and service, including the 40 Under 40 Leaders in Health Award from the National Minority Quality Forum, the Society of Behavioral Medicine Leading the Narrative Award, the Society of Behavioral Medicine Early Investigator Award, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Award, and the Boston University School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award and Excellence in Public Health Practice Award. At the national level, she advanced science communication initiatives through her former role as Chair of the Civic and Public Engagement Committee of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Wang has served as a consultant to one of the largest social media companies in the world on COVID-19 health misinformation management. Her work and insights have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, The Boston Globe, and CBS. She obtained her doctoral and master's degrees from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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PhD student, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University
Monica is an experienced Midwife and Nurse who has worked within a number of midwifery models of care both in Australia and the UK over the last 40 years. Following Midwifery training in Scotland in 1991, Monica has gained post graduate qualifications including a Graduate Diploma and Master of Midwifery. She has also completed Prescribing for Midwives and is accredited as an Endorsed Midwife. She has been a IBCLC Lactation Consultant for 24 years, an inaugural Director and now Honorary Life Member of Lactation Consultants Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). She was on the board of Australian Society of Tongue and Lip Tie (ASTLiT) and past president of ACTLACT.
Monica works part-time as a Clinical Midwifery Educator and a practitioner in the Tongue Tie clinic for Canberra Health Services. She also has a private practice providing midwifery and lactation care for mothers and babies.
Monica has been working in roles supporting mothers and babies with tongue tie since 1999 and was a principal investigator in the first RCT on tongue tie. Currently Monica is undertaking her PhD in tongue tie research at the Australian National University.
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Profesora, Doctora en Psicología, Universidade de Vigo
Profesora en la Universidad de Vigo
Doctora en Psicología
Facultativa Especialista en Psicología Clínica
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Assistant Professor of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Dr. Monica Aswani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research employs econometric methods to investigate how national reform initiatives relate to the quality of and disparities in healthcare. Her work has been published in Health Services Research, Journal for Healthcare Quality, and the Annual Review of Medicine. She received a perfect F31 grant score from the National Institute on Aging, which supported her dissertation paper that won the 2019 International Health Economics Association Student Prize.
She has received other awards and honors, including regional finalist for the White House Fellowship, UAB Young Alumni Rising Star Award, and the American Society of Health Economists Diversity Scholarship. She earned her MSPH and DrPH from UAB School of Public Health. Previously, she has also contributed to health services research through fellowships at Johns Hopkins University and the World Health Organization. Prior to UAB, she completed her undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Associate Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Penn State
Dr. Monika Joshi’s research focus is in the field of genitourinary tumors, particularly in the field of immunotherapy and targeted therapy.
Dr. Joshi developed clinical and translational expertise in genitourinary malignancies. This experience has positioned her to undertake several innovative clinical trials with multiple collaborations and national participation. She is the disease team co-leader for the genitourinary diseases group at Penn State Cancer Institute. In addition she holds regional and national leadership roles as the co-chair for the genitourinary committee for the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium and is also as a representative for the Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Panel on Genetics and Genomics.
Dr. Joshi has a keen interest in developing clinical trials with novel immunotherapeutic combinations and identifying predictive and prognostic biomarkers.
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