PhD Candidate in neuroscience, Université Laval Mari Carmen Pelaez received her Bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of Malaga (Spain) and her master’s degree in Neuroscience and cognition from the University of Navarra (Spain). She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at Laval University (Canada) under the supervision of Dr. Chantelle F Sephton. Her research focuses on the impact of genetic variants related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) on neuronal morphology and connectivity.
Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Dr. Monique Potvin Kent is a Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. She has a Ph.D. in Population Health, a Master’s degree in Psychology, and Bachelor’s degrees in both Psychology and Political Science. She is a multi-disciplinary applied public health researcher who focuses on the prevention of obesity and other chronic diseases by examining food and nutrition policies and the commercial determinants of health. Dr. Potvin Kent is an expert in food and beverage marketing targeted at children and adolescents, the healthfulness of this marketing, and whether current policies are protecting children on various media channels such as on television and in digital media, and in child settings such as schools. She has a decade of experience doing research, policy development, and advocacy in this area and is recognized for this work nationally and internationally. Dr. Potvin Kent has received funding from CIHR, NSERC and the Heart and Stroke Foundation and frequently collaborates with governments and non-governmental health organizations. She also has a clinical background in eating disorders and cognitive behavioural therapy. She teaches EPI7184 Health Policy.
Lecturer in Media and Technology Studies, University of Alberta Dr. Adria is an accomplished teacher, a distinguished academic leader, and an internationally published researcher. He has held the positions of Associate Dean, Acting Dean, and Founding Graduate Program Director (the Master of Arts in Communications and Technology) at the University of Alberta. He has also taught in the Business School at Athabasca University. He is a former president of the Canadian Library Trustees’ Association and a recipient of the Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship from the New York based Media Ecology Association.
Senior Lecturer in Parasite Epidemiology, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University I graduated from Imperial College with a BSc Hons in Zoology and stayed on to complete a PhD in Biology focusing on the epidemiology of parasitic infections in developing countries, mainly in Africa. My interest in parasitology continued at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Cambridge University and Durham University, taking an interdisciplinary approach that combines information from genetics, ecology, ethnography and immunology to yield novel inferences. I currently focus my research on climate change and the so-called Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, Penn State Research focuses on pavements and bituminous materials including recycled and new materials in pavements.
Professor of Agri-Food Biotechnology, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne., The University of Melbourne Dr. Mohan Singh is currently Professor of Agri-Food Biotechnology in the School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include plant molecular biology and biotechnology, plant genetics and breeding and genetic engineering.
