Research Fellow, Primary Care, University of Southampton Hollie is an experienced researcher in chronic pain, focusing particularly on musculoskeletal pain and the integration of psychology in pain and health services research through multiple research projects: - Leading a Cochrane review and network meta-analysis on the efficacy and safety of antidepressants for chronic pain. - Exploring pain-related distress in chronic musculoskeletal pain and how to address this in primary care. - Exploring the psychosocial mechanisms of chronic pain as part of the Consortium to Research Individual, Interpersonal, and Social mechanisms of pain (CRIISP, as part of the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform). - Working within primary care randomised controlled trials for stratified care and clinician decision support systems. Hollie’s has a School for Primary Care post-doctoral fellowship that was awarded the Elizabeth Murray award to explore the development of pain related distress in musculoskeletal pain.
PhD Student in Agriscience, Stellenbosch University Hamond Motsi is a PhD student at the Faculty of Agrisciences, Stellenbosch University interested in sustainable agriculture and agricultural development in Africa. He writes as a columnist in diverse digital and physical news media on this subject in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Hamond's research focuses on nature-based solutions to adapt and mitigate climate change with a particular focus on biofuels, soil organic amendments such as manure and biochar and forest restoration. Some of his work has been published in peer-reviewed articles. Hamond holds an MSc in Agronomy (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University, BSc Hons in Crop Science, and BSc in Crop and Soil science (cum laude), both from the University of Fort Hare.
Staff Attorney, State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Wisconsin-Madison Harry Isaiah Black is a Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative. Harry joined the Initiative after completing a fellowship with the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Prior to his fellowship at the Brennan Center, Harry served as a law clerk to the Hon. Lawrence E. Kahn of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York and the Hon. Carl E. Stewart of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He also worked as a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Harry received a J.D. cum laude from New York University School of Law, where he won the Seymour A. Levy Memorial Award. The award is given to the graduating student who has written the most outstanding Note for the Annual Survey of American Law. Before attending law school, Harry served as a corps member with Teach For America. He earned a B.A. Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University, where he majored in both Philosophy and International Studies.
PhD Student, Faculty of Law, Bond University Hoda Asgarian completed her bachelor’s degree in law at Allameh Tabatabayi University in Iran. Driven by her fascination with international affairs, she pursued an LLM in International Law at the same university, and later specialised in and earned a second LLM in Maritime Law from Lund University in Sweden. Hoda is licensed to practice law in Iran and has extensive experience as a sole practitioner and as an in-house legal counsel at Unilever, among other multinational corporations. Hoda has published several academic articles and is currently a Ph.D. student at Bond University in Australia, and her research focuses on environmental law and climate change, which she considers one of the most pressing international issues of our time.
Senior Lecturer in Academic Development, University of Bristol My research interests lie in the use and value of qualitative research methods, particularly reflective methods and autoethnography for exploring complex and sensitive topics. My primary research areas are learning and teaching in Higher Education and Ageing Studies/Cultural Studies. I am co-director of the Centre for Women, Ageing and Media. I have published and presented on cultural representations of age and ageing, on care homes and care work, and on teaching and learning in Higher Education.
Assistant Research Professor of Entomology, Penn State Dr. Patch's research focuses on the genetics and genomics of olfaction in insects and other arthropods. Honey bee olfaction plays a central role in social integration, defense of the colony and in nectar and pollen finding. He is currently involved in a project to understand the evolution of the honey bee olfactory system and how selection has influenced changes in chemoreceptors and other proteins. Other projects include developing genomic resources for Varroa mites and, in collaboration with other members of the CPR group, understanding Varroa resistance in subspecies of Apis mellifera in East Africa.
