Dr. Ashutosh Chaturvedi has completed his graduation from Rajiv Gandhi University of health sciences, Bangalore, specialized in Panchakarma (Ayurveda Bio-purification) and received Post experience certificate in Diabetes Care from Glasgow, UK. He has standardised various experimental models for proving evidence for the use of the Bio purification methods over Diabetes. He is currently working as resident in Department of Panchakarma at SDM College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan, India. He has published more than 26 articles in reputed journals, written book on "Ayurvedic Bio purification a remedy for Syndrome X"and received many best scientific paper in various international Conferences.

* Randomized Clinical Control Trail
* Model designing
* Experimental Pharmacology
* Pharmacognosy Research
* Biostatistics

Dinithi Peirisis a Senior Lecture attached to Department of Zoology at University of Sri Jayewardnepura, Sri Lanka, where she has been since 2013. Before joining University of Sri Jayewardenepura, she was attached to University of Colombo where she served as a Senior Lecture from 1999 to 2008. She was awarded Open Commonwealth scholarship to read for her PhD at University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in obtained her PhD in 1999.Since then she completed 2 post-doctoral fellowships; at Queen’s University, Canada and University of British Columbia, Canada.

Her research interests center on diabetic research, cancer research, environmental toxicology, and Injury prevention. Dinithi is the author of peer-reviewed publications and also authored 6 books. She had received an award for best presentation at CAAG conference in 2006, which was held at Banff, Canada. Currently she is a researcher cum teacher and she adopted innovative teaching methods to transfer knowledge to her students.

My research interest expands to areas of alternative medicine for diabetes, cancer, fertility. Also I am interested in cell signaling, environmental toxicology, and medical injuries.

Dr. Guangdong Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Canada. Dr. Yang got his PhD degree in Zhejiang University of China in 2002, and then he received his postdoctoral trainings in University of Saskatchewan and Lakehead University from 2002 to 2007. Dr. Yang’s research focuses on the regulation of cardiovascular health in general, and the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes, atherosclerosis, and hypertension in particular. Dr. Yang’s research was supported by the Canadian Institute of Health Research and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC). Dr. Yang has received numerous awards and recognitions, including New Investigator award from HSFC and Maureen Andrew Award from Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. In his career, Dr. Yang has published 85 peer-reviewed research articles, most of them published in high-impact journals, including as Science, Circulation, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, and EMBO report etc.

I have a strong interest in gasotransmitters, biomolecular science, and signal transduction research. There are three areas of on-going research programs and interests, including: 1) Biological significance of H2S-mediated protein translational modification; 2) Roles of H2S in cell differentiation and organ development; 3) Regulation and function of H2S in vascular diseases, cancers and aging.

Kim, Hyeon Soo, (born July 13, 1967, Korea) is Korean scientist who studied AMPK signal transduction. He received M.D. from Korea University College of Medicine in 1998 and a Ph.D. in Cell Signal Transduction from POSTECH (Pohang University Science and Technology) in 2006. In 2007, he became an assistant professor in Department of Anatomy, Korea University College of Medicine. During this period, his research became increasingly focused on AMPK. AMPK is an enzyme that plays an important role in cellular energy homeostasis. AMPK, a heterotrimeric complex consisting of a catalytic subunit and two regulatory subunits, is activated upon depletion of cellular energy stores by allosteric binding of AMP or through phosphorylation at Thr172 of the catalytic subunit by AMPK kinase. Activation leads to an acceleration of ATP-generating catabolic pathways, including glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation, and a simultaneous reduction in ATP-consuming anabolic pathways, such as the synthesis of cholesterol, fatty acids, and triacylglycerol. Activation of AMPK can potently suppress cellular growth via inhibiting the mTOR pathway which is hyperactive in many types of cancer. On the other hand, downregulation of AMPK activity is associated with the type II diabetes, diet-induced obesity, insulin resistance and the development of other metabolic disorders. Therefore, now, AMPK becomes a promising research target for diabetes and cancer and regarded as an excellent therapeutic target. However, many things still remain unanswered due to its mutifacet. His research interest is to understand molecular mechanisms of AMPK, especially disease-specificity of AMPK in diabetes and cancer. His hypothesis is that tissue-specific interacting protein may decode AMPK’s disease specific roles. To prove this hypothesis, he tried to identify tissue-specific AMPK-interacting proteins both in muscle and tumor tissues, and now characterizing its hypoglycemic or antitumor functions in each tissue.

The Physiological Impact of AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) in Metabolic and Cancer Diseases: Main topic is AMPK, a fuel sensor kinase. My research interest is to understand molecular mechanisms of AMPK and find a drug candidate for diabetes and cancer. I have found tissue-specific AMPK-interacting proteins both in muscle and cancer, and now characterizing its hypoglycemic or antitumor functions in each tissue.

Ji-Hyun Bae, Ph.D.Professor of Food Sciences and Nutrition. Dean of Faculty in Food & Health Sciences, Keimyung University, APEC / EMF International Professional Engineer in Biotechnology

Office Address:
#333 Shattuck Hall, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition Keimyung University,
1000, Shindang-dong, Dalseo-gu, Daegu,
704-701, South Korea

Education and Training:
• BS, Food Science and Nutrition, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea
• MS, Food Science and Nutrition, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea
• Ph.D., Food Science, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Division of Microbiology, Cornell University, USA
• Visiting Professor of Pediatrics - Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Licensure and Certification:
• Registered Dietitian, Korea
• Professional Engineer in Food Science, Korea
• International Professional Engineer in Biotechnology, APEC/EMF

* Food Sciences and Nutrition
* Diabetes Research
* Biotechnology

MASSIMILIANO RUSCICA 2002 DEGREE IN PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
2003-2004, PHD FELLOWSHIP BY ENDOCRINE ONCOLOGY, SAN BARTHOLOMEW HOSPITAL, LONDON, QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK.TUTORS: PROF. MARTA KORBONITS AND A. GROSSMAN
2005 PHD IN ENDOCRINOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC SCIENCES, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, MILAN, ITALY
2013 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GENERAL PATHOLOGY, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, MILAN, ITALY

RESEARCH DOMAINS
"BRAIN-GUT" NEUROPEPTIDES AND ADIPOKINES (NEUROPEPTIDE Y, LEPTIN, ADIPONECTIN, GHRELIN AND SOMATOSTATIN), WITH RESPECT TO:
1) EXPERIMENTAL ONCOLOGY [BREAST (HUMANS AND IN VITRO CELL-BASED MODELS) AND PROSTATE CANCERS (IN VITRO CELL-BASED MODELS)]
2) PATHOLOGY AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF METABOLISM [OBESITY (HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS), METABOLIC SYNDROME (HUMANS) AND NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS)]
3) REPRODUCTION[ANIMAL MODEL AND IN VITRO CELL-BASED MODELS]

AS FAR AS THE ONCOLOGY FIELD IS CONCERNED, HE HAS FOCUSED HIS RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF NEUROPEPTIDE Y (NPY) AND SOMATOSTATIN SYSTEM (PEPTIDE AND RELATED RECEPTORS) ON PROSTATE CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION (BOTH ANDROGEN-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT PHENOTYPE). TO THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS BENEATH THE ACTIVATION OF MAPK PATHWAY (LONG LASTING VS. EARLY ACTIVATION), CELL CYCLE ARREST (P21), RECEPTOR TRAFFICKING AND DIMERIZATION.

AUTHOR AND CO-AUTHOR OF 53PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS (H-INDEX 16)

"BRAIN-GUT" NEUROPEPTIDES AND ADIPOKINES (NEUROPEPTIDE Y, LEPTIN, ADIPONECTIN, GHRELIN AND SOMATOSTATIN), WITH RESPECT TO:
1) EXPERIMENTAL ONCOLOGY [BREAST (HUMANS AND IN VITRO CELL-BASED MODELS) AND PROSTATE CANCERS (IN VITRO CELL-BASED MODELS)]
2) PATHOLOGY AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF METABOLISM [OBESITY (HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS), METABOLIC SYNDROME (HUMANS) AND NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (HUMANS AND ANIMAL MODELS)]
3) REPRODUCTION[ANIMAL MODEL AND IN VITRO CELL-BASED MODELS]

AS FAR AS THE ONCOLOGY FIELD IS CONCERNED, HE HAS FOCUSED HIS RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF NEUROPEPTIDE Y (NPY) AND SOMATOSTATIN SYSTEM (PEPTIDE AND RELATED RECEPTORS) ON PROSTATE CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION (BOTH ANDROGEN-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT PHENOTYPE). TO THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS BENEATH THE ACTIVATION OF MAPK PATHWAY (LONG LASTING VS. EARLY ACTIVATION), CELL CYCLE ARREST (P21), RECEPTOR TRAFFICKING AND DIMERIZATION.

Dr. Pektas graduated from Istanbul University, received his master degrees from Gazi University Faculty of Pharmacy and Fatih University Faculty of Management. He subsequently completed Ph.D. in metabolic syndrome, at Gazi University Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacology in Ankara City. He is currently the Chief of the Medical Pharmacology Afyon Kocatepe University School of Medicine. He has published over 10 articles. Dr. Pektas’s research has focused on metabolic syndrome, sex hormones, diabetes, inflammation, insulin signalling pathways, cardivascular pharmacology and pharmacoeconomics.

Dr. Pektas’s research has focused on metabolic syndrome, sex hormones, diabetes, inflammation, insulin signalling pathways, cardivascular pharmacology and pharmacoeconomics.

PROFILE:
Full Name: Pengwei Zhuang
Nationality: People's Republic of China
Date of Birth: 14 Apr. 1982
Address: #312 Anshanxi Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300193, China

CURRENT POSITION
01/2014 - Present: Associate Professor, Chinese materia medica college, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

EDUCATION
09/2008-06/2011: Tianjin University of TCM. Major: pharmacology of Chinese materia medica (Ph.D. received date: June 2011).
09/2005-06/2008: Tianjin University of TCM. Major: pharmacology of Chinese materia medica (M.S. received date: June 2008).
09/2001-06/2005: Chinese materia medica college, Tianjin University of TCM. (B.S. received date: June 2005).

Diabetes-related cognitive impairment. The safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Dr. Pooja Naik is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at TTUHSC. She received her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences with her doctoral work on the toxicological impact of tobacco smoking on the brain microvasculature such as blood brain barrier (BBB). Dr. Naik’s research interests include translational neuroscience; toxicology (of environmental toxicants) and understanding of neurovascular and/or neurological disorders. Dr. Naik’s research was funded with AHA American Heart Pre Doctoral Fellowship on the Role of Nrf2 in Pathophysiology of Cerebral Stroke Following Tobacco Smoke Exposure. Dr. Naik has successfully published her work with a track record of 6 peer reviewed publications, a book chapter and several abstracts at national and international conference. Apart from research, Dr. Naik is actively involved as a scientific peer reviewer on several journals and an active member of scientific societies such as AAPS and SOT.

Dr. Pooja Naik research interests are largely focused on translational neuroscience which includes pharmacological/ toxicological studies of endogenous and exogenous stimuli (e.g. hyperglycemia, inflammation, ischemia, environmental toxicants such as tobacco smoke) on modulation of BBB functions and their role in the pathogenesis of secondary level neurological/ neurovascular complications. Her interests also include developing newer In Vitro Blood Brain Barrier Models to replace/ minimize animal use in biomedical research.

Geyang Xu is an Associate Professor in department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, China. Dr. Xu received his bachelors in medicine from Medical College of AnHui University of Science & Technology in 2005, and Ph.D. from Peking University Health Science Center in 2011. Dr. Xu did postdoctoral training in Drs. Joseph L. Goldstein and Michael S. Brown's lab at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from september 2011 to July of 2013. Dr. Xu joined the faculty at the University of Jinan in 2013.

Dr. Xu's research focuses on gastrointestinal energy sensing, gastrointestinal hormones and metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Gastrointestinal hormones are important regulators of food intake and energy metabolism. Previous studies indicate that the mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathway in the gastrointestinal is crucially involved in fuel sensing in the gastrointestinal tract and plays a critical role in the coordination of nutrient availability and ingestive behavior via the production of gastrointestinal hormones. As an important component of the brain-gut axis regulating food intake and glucose homeostasis, energy sensing in the gastrointestinal tract may provide a novel insight into our understanding of the precise coordination between the organism and cellular energy state.

General information:
Academy position and degree:Doctor of Medicine, Associate Professor Institute; tel. and fax number :
Institute:Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,Tianjin Medical University
Tel.:86-22-83336618
Fax: 86-22-83336608

Education:
1995.9-2000.6 MD in preventive medicine,The third military medical university, Chongqing, China
2002.9-2005.6 Master Degree in Epidemiology and health statistics, The third military medical university, Chongqing, China
2006.9-2009.6 PhD in Epidemiology and health statistics Epidemiology and health statistics, Shanxi medical university, Chongqing, China

Work Experience
2000.9-2002.6 Doctor, Preventive center for disease control,Shenyang military region
2005.9-2006.6 Doctor, Preventive center for disease control,Shenyang military region
2009.9-2013.12 Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of public health, Tianjin medical university,Tianjin,China
2014.1-present Associate Professor, School of public health, Tianjin medical university, Tianjin, China

Major research interests lie in the field of the nutrition and neuroscience, nutrition and chronic diseases. Research dirctions focus on the effects of DHA metabolite,NPD1 on neural stem cells and neurodegenerative diseases especially Alzheimer's disease, the dietary effects and on chronic diseases and nutrition interventions, by the means of nutritional epidemiology, animal experiments and cellular and molecular biological technology.

Camila Moreno Rosa Bassetto (May 19, 1986) graduated in Biology at the State Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Jacarezinho, Paraná, Brazil. Held master's and doctorate in Pathophysiology in Clinical Medicine from the Sao Paulo State University, Brazil. Besides, held sandwich doctorate in the Department of Physiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Porto, Portugal. Currently, is a post-doctoral student in the postgraduate program in Pathophysiology in Clinical Medicine, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil and scholarship from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation. It is revising the magazines Cardiovascular Diabetology and iConcept Press. Camila is the author of scientific publications including '' Diabetes mellitus fetal program activates and intensifies gene cardiac remodeling and oxidative stress in aged spontaneously hypertensive rats. Cardiovascular Diabetology (Online)''. Develops research in the field of Cardiology, acting on the following topics: function and ventricular remodeling in experimental models of diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Animal models, Hypertension, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, Oxidative Stress, Molecular Biology, Cardiovascular Diseases

Qu Bao-Ge, MSc is vice president and tertiary archiater of Taishan hospital of Shandong province. He is the Professor and master Tutor of Gerontology at Taishan Medicine College. He received his MSc from the University of Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2000. He received a BA in Clinical Medicine from Taishan Medicine College in 1987. He has received several funding of research support for clinical research since 2007. He is in the editorial board of the SM Journals and the Journal Trends in Gastroenterology: Open Access (TGOA), and has been a grant reviewer for many clinical research. He is the author of over 100 articles. His research interests expand from the metabolism-related factors, inflammatory-immune markers and oxidative markers, alcohol consumption, acoholic fatty liver disease, other diseases, and carotid intima-media thickness.

His research interests expand from the metabolism-related factors, inflammatory-immune markers and oxidative markers, alcohol consumption, acoholic fatty liver disease, other diseases, and carotid intima-media thickness.

I am a researcher of the University of Milan and I’m performing a clinical study about the early diagnosis of Diabetes Type 2 and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
Aside from being a researcher, I also have experience that has enhanced my education as clinical practice in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Unit and Emergency Department San Raffaele Hospital (Milan). I also performed clinical trials about new therapy for Diabetes.
Since the university period my research interests was strong to physiopathological mechanism of Diabetes Mellitus in particular molecular mechanism of insulin resistance.
Now I manage a clinical study to investigate new tools for early diagnosis and prevention of complications of Diabetes Type 2 in a large sample of population in the city of Milan.

Phisiopatological Mechanism of Diabetes and its complications
Pharmacology – new therapies for Diabetes Mellitus
Technology – new approaches for diagnosis and therapy for Diabetes

Childhood & Early Life:
• Ayman Maher Nagib was born on December 12, 1971 in Dekernis, Aldakahlia, Egypt.
• He entered the Mansoura University College of Medicine at the age of 18 on a full scholarship and graduated in 1996, qualifying as a doctor.

Career:
• In 1997, he worked in leading hospitals in Medicine for the next 3 years (Mansoura insurance hospital).
• In 2001, he moved to Mansoura University and worked in leading hospitals in Nephrology& Internal medicine for the next 15 years. During this period he finished his Master degree (thesis title post-transplant diabetes mellitus among live donor renal transplant) and PhD. Considered a consultant of internal medicine and nephrology at the urology and nephrology center Mansoura University from the year 2011.
• He is interested in the research filed of diabetes mellitus.
• He has many publications especially in the field of diabetes mellitus and nephrology among both kidney donor and recipients.

Diabetes mellitus

Dr. M Mostafa Zaman is a Bangladeshi medical doctor having a doctoral degree in public health with special focus on cardiovascular epidemiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. He has been an adjunct professor of non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemiology in the Bangladesh University of Health Sciences. He has published widely on NCDs especially cardiovascular diseases. He has substantial contribution to the policy, legislation and programme aspects of NCD control. Currently he is the team leader of NCD unit in WHO Bangladesh with a technical advisory role to the policies and programmes for NCD control.
Dr. Zaman received the prestigious gold medal award of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences in 2000. He authored scores of manuals, reports, guidelines, etc. in NCD areas. He has established the Ekhlaspur Center of Health (ECOH) that promotes health in rural population with targeted programme for NCD prevention.

Non-Communicable Diseases
Diabetes Research
Cardiovascular Diseases

Name: Min Shang
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: May 1976
Nationality: China
Address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, 95 Yong’an Rd, Xicheng District Beijing 100050, China

EDUCATION:
Peking University Health Science Center
Degree: Doctor Degree in Medicine (equivalent to PhD in the US)
Date: Jul 2005
Major: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Area of Research: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dissertation: Estrogen, selective estrogen receptor regulators and selective tissue activity estrogen receptor regulator upregulated the mRNA expression of ovariectomized rats.
Advisor: Prof. Qinping Liao and Prof. Xin Yang
Peking University Health Science Center
Degree: Master Degree in Medicine and Bachelor Degree in Medicine (equivalent to MD in the US)
Date: Jul 2002
Major: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Area of Research: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dissertation: Prenatal serum screening of Down syndrome.
Advisor: Prof. Yanyan Ma.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Resident: Aug 2005 - Dec 2008
Attending: Jan 2009 - Dec 2011
Associate Professor: Jan 2012 - present
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan
Visiting scholar: Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

Obstetrics and Gynecology (menopause-related diseases, gestational diabetes mellitus, etc)

Nader Salama obtained his medical degree in 1982 & specialization in Urology in 1987 at the University of Alexandria, Egypt. Then he got his doctorate degree in Andrology(male reproduction) in 1994 at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas in collaboration withUniversity of Alexandria, Egypt. He started his career as a resident in the Department of Urology at the Alexandria Faculty of Medicine in 1984 until getting the position of a professor in the same department since 2005. He got postdoctoral scholarships in the University of Tokushima, Japan, Umea University, Sweden and University of Vienna, Austria. His interest and full activities were directed to the study of male infertility and sexual medicine since 1988 and his several publications were all related to these topics. He lectured in many international meetings at both basic and clinical andrology levels.

His interest and full activities were directed to the study of male infertility and sexual medicine since 1988 and his several publications were all related to these topics.

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Kinesiology and Nutritional Science
Exercise Physiology

Tsung-Tai Chen received the B.S. degree in Public Health from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, and the M.S. degree in Health Policy Management from National Taiwan University, and Ph.D. degree in Health Care Administration from National Taiwan University. He is currently serving assistant professor of Department of Public Health, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan. His research interests are in the area of quality of health care. He has published some articles in well-known journals, such as Value in Health, Medical Decision Making, Health Services Research, and Resuscitation etc.

1. Quality of Health Care
2. Cost-effective analysis
3. Health care utilization
4. Discrete choice experimen

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
* Doctorate -2008; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, School of Medicine, Division of Pharmacology, Department of Biochemistry and Bioinformative Sciences, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
Research title “Assessment of muscarinic receptor subtypes in human and rat lower urinary tract by tissue segment binding assay.”
* Post-graduation (Master of Pharmacy)’ 2000; University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Result: First Class (top ranked)
Research title “Characterization and biological studies of the bioactive metabolites of Streptomyces species and Aspergillus fumigatus”
* Graduation (Bachelor of Pharmacy)’ 1998, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Result: First Class (top ranked)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
September 22, 2014 - to date:
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Winship Cancer Institute, EMORY University.
August 29, 2015 - to date:
Position: Professor in the Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh.

Cancer biology and translational research, Receptor pharmacology, Neurosciences, cell signaling, Gene expression, and Cell biology.