Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego Dr. Gustafsson is interested in understanding the molecular pathways that regulate the life and death of cardiac myocytes. The occurrence of cardiovascular disease increases with advancing age and intrinsic alterations in aging cardiac myocytes are a major contributor to the underlying pathogenesis. In particular, a decline in mitochondrial function is considered to play a key role in the increased susceptibility to disease. In the heart, the primary function of mitochondria is to meet the high energy demand of the beating myocytes by providing ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. Mitochondrial dysfunction and activation of cell death pathways are common occurrences in cardiovascular disease and contributes to the development of heart failure. Dr. Gustafsson uses genetic, cell and molecular biology approaches, mouse models, and cutting-edge 2D/3D imaging techniques to study the signaling pathways involved in regulating mitochondrial structure, function, and turnover in cells and heart. Specifically, Dr. Gustafsson's research is examining how the E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin regulates removal of dysfunctional mitochondria in cells; and b) determining the molecular mechanisms by which BCL-2 family proteins regulate mitochondrial function, morphology and turnover in cells.
Associate Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University I am an attorney admitted to practice in New York State. I earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in Communication Studies from Northwestern University. I have authored a book: When Freedom Speaks: The Boundaries and the Boundlessness of our First Amendment Right, published by Brandeis University Press and available for purchase on Amazon and other online outlets. My interests are in advocacy, argumentation, political communication, and first amendment jurisprudence. I have developed courses at Syracuse University that reflect those interests. I have been published in the Washington Post, The Hill, and Ms. Magazine and have participated in several podcasts, online lectures, and radio broadcasts. For more information, please visit https://lynngreenky.com/.
Research Professor of Clinical Health, University of Memphis For more than 20 years, Dr. Whelan has directed The Institute for Gambling Education and Research (T.I.G.E.R.) and The U of M Gambling Clinic, an outpatient treatment center for those struggling with gambling addiction. Key to the Institute’s work is a focus on the reciprocity between the research lab and the outpatient clinic. Over the years, his team has made significant contributions to the growing literature on gambling disorder prevention, assessment, and treatment. The Institute has received continuous external funding since 2005.
Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting, University of South Africa Professional - CA(SA) Academic - PhD Candidate in Accounting Education (Specializing in diversity studies)
Teaching Associate in Political History, Bangor University Dr Marc Collinson teaches contemporary history and politics. An active political historian of post-war Britain, Marc is interested in electoral phenomena (including by-elections), political parties, and policymaking. He is currently writing a study of Smethwick in electoral politics, c. 1955-1970. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Scholar & Legal Expert: Administrative & Constitutional Law, Department of Public Law (UCT); Attorney of the High Court of SA; Young Research Fellow (UCT); Founder: www.SALegalAdvice.co.za, University of Cape Town Lauren is an Administrative and Constitutional Law specialist; an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (since 2010) and expert consultant in her public-law fields. She has been lecturing since 2013. She is recognised a Legal Scholar and Young Research Fellow of UCT. She is also the recipient of several Law Faculty Research Prizes for her outstanding and original scholarship, much of which has been judicially endorsed. She is a Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South African (2018); an inaugural awardee of a Women in Law (WOZA) Award (“Thought Leader, Innovation & Academia”, 2019); and one of South Africa’s “Most Inspiring50-SA Women”, 2020. She is PhD candidate (Leiden) and holds a B.Bus.Sci (Distinction in Law); LLB (Magna Cum Laude, Top student); LLM (Distinction, Top Student)(all UCT).
