Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona Dr. Korchmaros is director and research professor at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women. Since earning her doctoral degree in Social Psychology, with a focus on quantitative research methods in 2003, She has developed, put in place, evaluated and provided training and technical assistance for multiple grant-funded research projects to underserved populations, including racial/sexual minorities such as women and girls and Native American populations. Her research has focused on treatment models, reduction of risk behaviors, addressing group-based health disparities and system and policy improvement in such areas as sexual health, substance use and justice-involvement. Professor Korchmaros takes a research-to-practice focus, aiming to: Distribute research findings in a timely manner, using multiple mediums and outlets Increase the extent to which practice is informed by research Encourage policy change and funding programs informed by current research and knowledge She has produced peer-reviewed research briefs, trainings, papers, implementation tools and presentations concerning accurate identification of service need within underrepresented and underserved populations, effectively addressing such need, and health-related behavior change. Professor Korchmaros also has extensive experience conducting and assisting others to conduct culturally-informed intervention and research. She has developed theoretically-based health-related behavior interventions for different populations and has informed the field about the particular influencing factors related to health-related behavior among particular populations. Her work has informed the field about the practice of implementing culturally-informed intervention and research, such as with her guide for conducting program evaluation among Native American populations.
Professor of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand Professor Jon Patricios has been in sports medicine practice for 28 years. He is currently Director of Waterfall Sports Orthopaedic Surgery in Johannesburg and Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg where he leads the Wits Sport and Health Research Group. Jon is founder and Director of Sports Concussion South Africa, sports concussion consultant to World Rugby, a board member of the international Concussion in Sports Group and Co-chair of the scientific committee for the International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport. Most recently he was on the independent concussion advisory panel for the FIFA 2022 World Cup and in 2023 joined UEFA’s Head Injury Advisory Committee. He is an editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine and served two terms as President of the South African Sports Medicine Association.
Associate Lecturer , Western Sydney University Jaydene Barnes is an Associate Lecturer at Western Sydney University currently undertaking her PhD through Western Sydney University investigating play based pedagogies in Australian primary schools. Jaydene received her Master of Education (Literacies and Literate Worlds) from Charles Sturt University in 2011. Her passion is studying pedagogies in both primary school and early childhood contexts and exploring new opportunities to foster student engagement, well-being and literacy learning.
Professor of Sociology, Durham University John Podmore is an author, freelance criminal justice consultant and journalist. He worked in the Prison Service for 25 years and governed three prisons - Belmarsh, Swaleside and Brixton. He spent three years as an inspector of prisons and carried out a number roles in prison service headquarters as a consultant in offender health and as Head of the Anti-corruption Unit. John left the prison service in March 2011 receiving an award from the High Sheriff of Greater London for outstanding work in criminal justice in London. John is Honorary Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Durham and an external lecturer at Kings and Birmingham Universities. He is a trustee of the Pilgrim and Longford Trust, a Board member of the drug charity, Addaction and a member of the Homicide Review Advisory Group. He writes for a range of publications including the Guardian and speaks widely in the media and at conferences in the UK and abroad. His first book: Out of Sight Out of Mind, Why Britain’s Prisons are failing was published in January 2012 by Biteback and was been nominated for the 2013 Orwell Prize. He currently Chairs a Commission examining the resettlement of prisoners with alcohol problems and has acted as a script consultant to the BBC drama, Casualty. He has extensive international experience in Europe, USA, Australia and Mauritius. Most recently his work has been with Penal Reform International involving the evaluation of prison projects in Kazakhstan and a training of trainers programme for the prison service in India and for Commonwealth countries across Africa.
Étudiant-chercheur au doctorat en science des données et santé environnementale, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) Je suis actuellement étudiant-chercheur au doctorat en science des données et santé environnementale au Centre Eau Terre et Environnement de l'Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) et Boursier d'impact sur le système de santé (BISS) en intelligence artificielle à l'Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), à Québec, au Canada. Mes recherches portent sur la modélisation des impacts du changement climatique, tels que les chaleurs extrêmes et les inondations, sur les personnes et les écosystèmes, à l'aide d'approches basées sur la science des données.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University Juan S. Morales (PhD, University of Toronto) is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research interests include political economy, development economics, applied microeconomics, conflict, and media.
