Faham Khamesipour currently works and researches at the Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran; Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran; Young Researchers and Elite Club, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran. Faham does research in veterinary medicine, parasitology, health policy, medical education, zoonoses disease and traditional medicine. He is an author of seven books and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of; microbiology, parasitology, zoonoses, herbal medicine, molecular study, infection disease, and pathology. He received over 14 awards. Dr. Khamesipour also an editor of many national and international journals and reviewers for some international journals. He participated in 9 workshops and training courses, and 20 conferences. Dr. Khamesipour is a member of many associations. He is also the head and scientific secretary of the First National Congress on Zoonoses in Iran.
Dr. Ejaz Ahmad Khan is a medical and public health professional working as an Associate Professor in the field of public health. He has special interest in epidemiology of both the infectious and the non-communicable diseases. Currently he is working with Global Burden of Disease study as a country-level collaborator. He has 19 year of teaching, research and programme implementation experience. He has published extensively in International Journals of high impact. His current h-index is 31. Dr. Khan has moderated, coordinated, chaired and co-chaired in various scientific conferences. He has been on several technical and professional committees, and has led major response to diseases outbreaks and immunization drives in his country.
Hiroshi Ohrui has completed his PhD from the University of Tokyo, and postdoctoral studies from Sloan-Ketteing Institute for Cancer Research and Syntex Research in U.S.A.. He is a Specifically Appointed Professor of Yokohama University of Pharmacy. He has published more than 250 papers in reputed journals and received several prizes including Japan Academy Prize.
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Joao R. Mesquita (D.V.M., M.Sc.; Ph.D.) is a Professor for more than 10 years, affiliated at the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, where he teaches topics within the Parasitology and Microbiology themes. He has published over 50 papers in Scopus indexed Journals. He has won several scientific prizes from different societies and conferences, where he has presented numerous oral and poster presentations. His research interests are focused on animal and human infecciology, mainly on zoonotic viruses, with special interest on surveillance tools and epidemiology.
Dr. Uqbah Iqbal is a Socioeconomic Researcher at Research for Social Advancement. Winning Second Place in Malaysian Historical Essay Writing Competition 2013, he was the recipient of Research University Fellowship Scheme, Graduate on Time Award and Outstanding Student Award from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities as well as the Youngest Ph.D. in History Holder and the only Malaysian achieved a Ph.D. in History in conjunction with the 43rd Convocation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He's authoring notable books/ebooks such as The Historical Development of the Malay Nationalism Before Independence, The Historical Development of the Malay Society Economic Nature During Pre-Colonial Era, The Historical Development of British Investment in Malaya Before the Second World War, The Historical Development of Foreign Investment in the Formation of the Malaysian Economy and Sejarah Pemikiran Pandang Ke Timur: Kepentingan Jepun Dalam Pembangunan Sosio-Ekonomi Malaysia (1906-1980). His publications have appeared in a wide range of international and national journals such as TAWARIKH, SUSURGALUR, Management and Administrative Sciences Review, Social and Basic Sciences Research Review, Jurnal Kemanusiaan, Jurnal Sejarah, Jurnal Pengajian Melayu, Jebat, International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Asian Social Science and Geografia. He's also actively in the editorial board such as Asian Social Science, International Journal of Art and Literature, International Journal of Archaeology and History, American Journal of Social Sciences, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, History Research and Pratidhwani the Echo. Through his involvement as a reviewer with the Nonfiction Authors Association, 15 of his reviewed books received Awards.
Dr. Suresh K. Kalangi is associated with Amity University Haryana, India as an Assistant Professor in the institute of Amity Stem cell Institute. Dr. Suresh Kalangi has completed Doctoral studies (2014) on developing of Quantum dot based in-vivo molecular imaging system to track and to study biodistribution of drug molecules in mice model, from School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad. Dr. Kalangi worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow (2014 – 2017) at Nano- bioscience laboratory on fabrication of devices for cell- cell communication at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Kalangi is currently pursuing research on Developing of novel alternative platforms over animal models to screen drugs, novel theranostics to aid diagnosis and therapy of intracellular parasitic diseases and systemic diseases like cancer. Dr. Kalangi has authored in 13 plus international peer reviewed journals and is also serving as member, editorial board in international journal like Frontiers in Pharmacology, Oncology, Bio engineering & Biotech. and more.
Areej Atiyah Hussein (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.) Working as professor in the Department of Microbiology at College of Medicine - University of Diyala, Diyala, Iraq. She has been associated with this College for 14 years. Where she teaches topics within the Microbiology. Her research interests are focused on Molecular Virology. She has published over 55 papers in national and international journals and won many scientific prizes from different colleges and centers after participant in symposium, workshops and conferences. She actively involved as one of the editors in Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology and act as editorial manager of Diyala Medical Journal (DJM) during 2014-2017. Also, she is a member in Iraqi Microbiology Society, British Immunology Society (BIS), International Iraqi Medical Association (IIMA) and Society of African Journal Editors (ASJE).
Dr. Pandya Hemant kumar Pranlal is a Associate Professor in Microbiology, American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. He is a Supervisory teacher for Ph.D Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine in Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat. Under his guidance one student successfully completed his Ph.D. He is a Life member in Indian Association of Medical Microbiology. Pandya Hemat kumar Pranlal was granted a ‘Vocational Award’ for extraordinary work done during plague epidemic of Surat in the year 1994 by Rotary club, Surat. He is a Nominee for the PRINCE MAHIDOL AWARD, BANGKOK, for an international award for isolation and identification of ‘Plague bacilli’ during the 1994 epidemic of pneumonic plague of Surat. He Worked as a Treasurer in 21st Annual Conference of Pathologists and Microbiologists and also a member Hospital infection control committee (HIC) and chairman of Infection Control team at New Civil Hospital, Surat and at A.I.I.M.S., Udaipur. He Published a text book “Understanding of Clinical Microbiology” Himanshu Publications, Udaipur.