University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, Professor of Environmental Health, University of Iowa Dr. Peter Thorne holds the University of Iowa Distinguished Chair and is professor in the UI College of Public Health’s Department of Occupational & Environmental Health. He is Director of the Human Toxicology Program and co-director of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center. He has held a number of prominent national leadership positions, including serving as chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board and chair of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Toxicology. His research interests include: Health impacts of climate change; Environmental risk factors for asthma; Toxicity of inhaled engineered nanomaterials; Environmental exposures to persistent chemicals and their health outcomes; Exposure assessment strategies and methodologies for bioaerosols and aeroallergens; and Mechanisms of bioaerosol-induced lung inflammation.
PhD Candidate, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney My academic qualifications include my current enrolment in a PhD in Public Health, a Master of Science (Research) and a BSc (Ap) in Human Movement. My broad research interests revolve around the politics of health policy development, with a particular focus on physical activity.
PhD Candidate, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney My academic qualifications include my current enrolment in a PhD in Public Health, a Master of Science (Research) and a BSc (Ap) in Human Movement. My broad research interests revolve around the politics of health policy development, with a particular focus on physical activity.
PhD Candidate, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan I am a life-long educator currently completing my PhD in Education. My academic expertise has covered civic issues in education such as the attempts to provide basic education globally and democratic possibilities in school systems. Specifically, my dissertation explores educational policy in Saskatchewan and the role of various groups in its development. As an educator, I have taught history and Indigenous studies at the secondary and post-secondary levels.
Professor of Geography and Geosciences, University of Vermont Pablo Bose is a migration scholar and an urban geographer who uses primarily qualitative, interdisciplinary and community-based approaches to conduct my research. My key interests lie in exploring the complex relationships between people and place and especially in the ways that flows of capital, labour, bodies, and ideas may transform various landscapes. I am currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences and Director of the Global and Regional Studies Program at the University of Vermont.
Associate Professor of Art & Design, UMass Lowell Pouya Afshar is an alumnus from the California Institute of Arts Character Animation department and is a graduate of University of California Los Angeles Graduate Department of Film and Television focusing in Animation and Digital Media. He has exhibited his work as a visual artist throughout United States Europe, and Middle East, including Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center, Bovard Auditorium at University of Southern California, Royce Hall at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Santa Monica Art Studios, 18th street Art Center, Craft Contemporary Museum, and numerous galleries and art fairs around the world. Pouya has presented his research at Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Southern California, The School of Museum of Fine Arts Boston, University of California Los Angeles, and Residency Unlimited NY. He is the creator, character designer and producer of the animated series ‘Rostam in Wonderland’ and the co-creator of ‘1PA2PA’ comics and the creator of 'Tehran' graphic novel. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art and Design at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
