Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, University of Oxford Amy Ross Arguedas is a Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. She works on the Trust in News Project. Amy completed her M.A. and PhD in the Media, Technology, and Society program in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University in 2020. Her dissertation combined a variety of methods (in-depth interviews, online ethnography, content analysis) to examine the production and circulation of information about an emerging medical diagnosis in the news media, social media, clinical practice, and scientific research. This project incorporated elements from media studies, medical sociology, science and technology studies, and gender studies to make sense of how new medical knowledges are produced in different social worlds. Her master’s thesis analyzed the changing standards of news production in a learning newsroom. Her research has been published in academic journals such as Journalism, Journalism Practice, Digital Journalism, and Social Science and Medicine. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, Amy worked as a journalist for five years at the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, where she covered various different beats. Between 2018 and 2020, she also worked as managing editor of Qualitative Sociology.
Professor, Sydney School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney Professor Patanwala is Chair of Clinical Pharmacy and is jointly based at the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH). He is a registered pharmacist in both the United States and Australia and is a Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist (BCCCP). His research interests include comparative effectiveness of medication use in critical care and emergency medicine. He has been involved in international clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines. He serves on the Clinical Trials Sub-Committee for the Sydney Local Health District and Drug Committee for RPAH. He has published 200+ journal articles and book chapters including those in NEJM, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, and Crit Care Med.
Postdoctoral research fellow, terrorism and security, Victoria University Dr Andrew Zammit is an academic researcher on terrorism and security, currently employed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Victoria University’s Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities (ISILC). He has a PhD in political science from Monash University, having completed a dissertation on roles and agency in transnational support for armed movements. He has worked on a range of terrorism and security related academic research projects since 2010, sometimes partnered with government agencies and departments, currently through the Applied Security Science Partnership (ASSP) at Victoria University which has conducted projects for the Victoria Police Counter Terrorism Command, the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria, the Department of Home Affairs and the Defence Science and Technology Group.. He has published widely on terrorism and violent extremism and contributes to public discussions of national security issues in Australia. He also contributes to the Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism (AVERT) Research Network at Deakin University, sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism and consults for Valens Global.
Emergency Medicine Physician, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Arian is an Emergency Medicine Physician at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a Clinical Researcher at NASA with the Exploration Medical Capabilities team. He grew up in Seattle, Washington and attended the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Denver Health Residency in Emergency Medicine.
Clinical Radiation Oncology Consultant, University of KwaZulu-Natal Dr Abba Mallum is a Clinical Radiation Oncology consultant and honorary clinical fellow in academic training at the University of KwaZulu-Natal/Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in South Africa. He also serves as an honorary consultant and visiting lecturer at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, where he earned his medical degree. As the founder of Global Onco Care South Africa, Dr Mallum has helped bridge the gap between public and private healthcare by providing accessible, high-quality, low-cost healthcare, particularly in South Africa's North-West region where public oncology services are limited. He obtained a Master’s in Medicine from Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and is currently pursuing his doctoral training at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Researcher, Stellenbosch University I am an interdisciplinary researcher. While my main area of interest is posttraumatic stress symptoms and interpersonal relationships, I have also conducted research on mood and anxiety disorders (longitudinal data), traditional and faith healers, adolescents’ experiences of a posttraumatic stress disorder intervention, and HIV and neurocognition (longitudinal data). I have conducted research using both quantitative and qualitative methods, including functional magnetic resonance imaging. I am currently working on research projects focusing on continuous traumatic stress among adolescent-parent dyads; neurocognition trajectories in women with compared to women without HIV and the role trauma plays in this trajectory; and the moderating role of attachment in breakup distress among emerging adults following a romantic relationship dissolution. I recently obtained my PhD in psychiatry from Stellenbosch University. However, my background is in psychology, where I obtained a master's in psychology by thesis (focusing on women's experience of being single). My undergraduate degree was BComm Psychology (also from Stellenbosch University). I also have a 3-year diploma in fashion design.
