Professor of Law, Texas A&M University Gabriel Eckstein is a professor of law at Texas A&M University School of Law where he teaches courses on US and international water, environmental, and natural resources law. He also serves as Director of the law school's Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Systems Law Program and its Environmental & Natural Resources Systems Law Clinic. At the university, he holds affiliations with the University's Water Management and Hydrological Science Program, Energy Institute, Bush School of Government and Public Service, and Center for Health Systems & Design at the College of Architecture. Prior to joining Texas A&M University, Professor Eckstein held the George W. McCleskey Chair in Water Law at Texas Tech University where he also directed the Texas Tech University Center for Water Law & Policy. Before that, he served as Senior Counsel for CropLife America, an agrichemical trade association, working on environmental regulation and legislative matters, and as a litigator in private practice working on environmental, toxic tort, and asbestos cases. Professor Eckstein has served as an expert advisor and consultant on US and international environmental and water issues to various organizations and programs, including UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFAO, UN International Law Commission, The World Bank, Geneva Initiative, US Agency for International Development, World Commission on Dams, Organization of American States, and other organizations. most recently, he represented Bolivia before the International Court of Justice in a dispute with Chile over a transboundary river. Currently, Professor Eckstein serves as Chair of the Executive Council of the International Association for Water Law. Previously, he served as President and Treasurer of the International Water Resources Association. He also is an Associate Editor of the journal Brill Research Perspectives: International Water Law, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Water Law. Professor Eckstein holds LL.M. and JD degrees from American University’s Washington College of Law, M.S. in International Affairs from Florida State University, and a B.S. in Geology from Kent State University. He is admitted to the bars of New York, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of South Florida Dr. Garrett W. Potts is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at USF. His work focuses on religio-cultural competence, particularly in the areas of Health, Business, & Religion. To date, his research examines virtuous leadership and the importance of empathy and active listening while striving to engage respectfully with others' religious and cultural backgrounds. Dr. Potts teaches multiple undergraduate courses around these topics. Additionally, Dr. Potts has published on servant leadership, work as a calling, moral injury, and spiritual caregiving.
Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University Dr. Genny Carrillo is an Associate Professor and Director of the Program on Asthma and Education Research at the School of Public Health, Texas A&M University. My research has been with vulnerable, low-income communities in Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley since 2007, focusing on chronic diseases such as asthma, indoor air quality, and its health outcomes. My research interests are Children Environmental Health.
Graduate Researcher, La Trobe University Geoffrey Roberts is a PhD Candidate at La Trobe University. His primary areas of interest include Russia, China, the United Nations, and the decline of universal human rights. His current research examines the ways that authoritarian great powers have challenged the post-Cold War international human rights order. His commentary has been published in PassBlue, China Change, and the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from La Trobe University.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University Dr. Gokhan Yagiz is a scientist working on sports medicine-related subjects for injury prevention treatment and performance enhancement in elite athletes worldwide.
Professor in Health Equity, Southern Cross University Gillian Gould is Professor in Health Equity and recently completed an NHMRC Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Fellow, co-funded by Cancer Institute NSW, at Southern Cross University. She is an active vocationally registered GP with >30 years' experience, and a Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Her clinical work is at the Coffs Harbour Refugee Health Clinic which she co-founded in 2006. Previously a founding academic at UNSW Faculty of Medicine Rural Clinical School 2002-11, Head of Campus Rural Clinical school, senior research fellow. Gould is committed to supporting regional research. Gould’s focus had been to improve tobacco smoking risks for Indigenous Australians. She co-developed, over a decade, multiple innovative strategies to tackle smoking with Aboriginal communities. Gould co-developed and led the first national trial for Indigenous pregnant smokers – SISTAQUIT (Supporting Indigenous Smokers To Assist Quitting) (Global Alliance for Chronic Disease (GACD)/NHMRC). This intervention was followed by an implementation phase called iSISTAQUIT in 40 health services supported by major funding from the Federal Department of Health. Gould will take iSISTAQUIT to full national scale up in 2023-2026 and explore the translation to Indigenous populations globally. Impressively, Gould leads this key intervention from formative research to national scale in less than 7 years. The intervention aimed at health providers in antenatal care has potential to Close the Gap on Indigenous Smoking and improve the lives of Indigenous children. Gould is currently collaborating to design multi-behavioural approaches to aid refugees to address smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity. Gould is also qualified in arts therapy (MA), drama, and media and uses her expertise in both medicine and the arts to excellent effect through innovative media.
