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Loren BrenerView profile

Professor

• Stigma and discrimination
• Blood-borne viruses (HIV, hepatitis)
• Mental health
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Loren Brener is a Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH), UNSW Sydney. Her work focuses on stigma and discrimination faced by marginalized groups, particularly those affected by blood-borne viruses like HIV and hepatitis. She investigates how stigma impacts healthcare access and quality, with a strong emphasis on social psychology and public health outcomes. Her research bridges theoretical understanding and practical interventions to improve equity for vulnerable populations. Her affiliations include the Arts, Design & Architecture school at UNSW, where she contributes to interdisciplinary research and policy initiatives. She leads studies on harm reduction, cultural inclusion in healthcare, and stigma reduction among diverse communities, including migrants and LGBTQ+ groups. Key research areas include: Healthcare stigma and patient navigation Injecting drug use and harm reduction strategies Cultural and linguistic diversity in health services Public health interventions targeting marginalized populations Her recent work highlights the role of social norms and arts-based interventions in reducing stigma, as well as the impact of stigma on mental health and healthcare utilization among vulnerable groups. She collaborates with community organizations to translate research into practice, emphasizing real-world solutions. Her research has informed policies and programs at national and international levels, particularly in addressing hepatitis B disparities among migrant communities in Australia.

Hassan Habibi GharakheiliView profile

Associate Professor

• Programmable Computer Networks (SDN)
• Data-Driven Inference Systems (AI)
• Critical Networked Infrastructures (IoT)
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Associate Professor Hassan Habibi Gharakheili holds a PhD from UNSW Sydney (2015) and BS/MS degrees from Sharif University of Technology (Iran). He is affiliated with the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at UNSW, focusing on programmable networks (SDN), IoT security, and data-driven systems. His research addresses challenges in enterprise cybersecurity, IoT device behavior analysis, and smart infrastructure optimization. Education: PhD (UNSW), MS/BS (Sharif University) Affiliations: UNSW Sydney, Editorial Board of IEEE TMC Research interests include SDN-based traffic management, IoT anomaly detection, and network policy enforcement. Key contributions include work on MUD profiles for IoT security, DNS encryption analysis, and UAV-assisted data collection. Over 80 peer-reviewed publications across journals/conferences, with patents on network security and IoT monitoring. Advises students like Shuai Zhang. Active in IEEE/ACM conferences and industry collaborations.

Celine FrereView profile

Associate Professor

• Urban evolutionary ecology
• Social evolution
• Behavioural adaptation
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Associate Professor Celine Frere is an ARC Future Fellow at the School of the Environment, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland. She is affiliated with the Centre for Marine Science and actively contributes to conservation biology and urban evolutionary ecology. Her research focuses on animal adaptation to environmental changes, leveraging genomic tools such as non-invasive molecular diagnostics and airborne eDNA for species monitoring. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) and PhD from UQ/UNSW. Her research interests include social evolution, behavioral adaptation, and conservation genetics. Notable achievements include developing innovative tools for koala and reptile conservation, and advocacy for women in STEM (e.g., Queensland Tall Poppy Scientist 2020, SuperStar of STEM 2017). Her work addresses climate impacts on reptile behavior, wildlife disease dynamics, and urbanization effects on species. She is available for student supervision and has contributed to projects like the Cool Country Koala initiative and crocodile social dynamics studies. Awards: ARC Future Fellow, Queensland Tall Poppy Scientist, SuperStar of STEM Labs/Teams: School of the Environment, Centre for Marine Science

• Human Perception
• Social Behavior Modeling
• Virtual Reality
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Dr. Chen Zhou is a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow's School of Psychology & Neuroscience. His research integrates psychophysical methods, virtual reality (VR) technologies, and computational modeling to study human perception and action in social contexts. He focuses on modeling social behavior for applications in intelligent virtual agents and social robots, with expertise in Unreal Engine for VR development and robotic experimental setups. Research interests include social interaction dynamics, human-robot interaction, and behavior translation into algorithms. Notable work explores how virtual human interactions influence real social networks and collision avoidance strategies in crowds. His interdisciplinary approach bridges psychology, robotics, and computational science. Publications include contributions to Nature Machine Intelligence and Nature Human Behaviour , highlighting advancements in social locomotion models and crowd behavior analysis. Supervision of students like Rachael E. Jack underscores his commitment to training future researchers. Leveraging Unreal Engine and robotic platforms, Dr. Zhou's work aims to enhance the humanization of social robots and virtual agents through behavior-based algorithms and experimental validation.

Donna PincusView profile

Professor

• Child Anxiety Disorders
• Child Psychopathology
• Stress Coping Mechanisms
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Donna Pincus is a Professor and Master’s Program Director in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Boston University's College of Arts & Sciences. She specializes in childhood anxiety disorders, stress coping mechanisms, and developmental psychopathology. Her research focuses on developing novel treatments for anxious youth and examining risk/resilience factors in child development. Her work integrates clinical interventions with developmental science, emphasizing: Cognitive-behavioral therapy adaptations for children Family communication patterns during stress Longitudinal assessment of child adjustment Recent publications demonstrate strong focus on pandemic-related mental health, telehealth interventions, and measurement validation. Her research consistently addresses translational applications for clinical practice.

Eric S. JacksonView profile

Associate Professor

• Stuttering Variability
• Speech-Language Pathology
• Neurobiology of Language
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Dr. Eric S. Jackson is an Associate Professor in the Communicative Sciences and Disorders department at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He holds affiliations as an Affiliated Scientist in NYU's Psychology department and Haskins Laboratories. His research focuses on stuttering variability, social interaction factors, and anticipation mechanisms, with a goal to improve interventions for people who stutter. Dr. Jackson earned his M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from CUNY Brooklyn College and his Ph.D. in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences from the CUNY Graduate Center. His postdoctoral training was supported by the NSF at the University of Iowa. He has held visiting professor roles at multiple institutions since 2009. His work is funded by NIH and NSF since 2015, exploring neurobiological underpinnings of stuttering and clinical applications. His publications analyze speech motor control, anticipatory mechanisms, and pharmacological interventions. Dr. Jackson combines over 15 years of clinical practice with research, leveraging his lived experience as a person who stutters to inform his work. His advising and grants include mentoring students in stuttering research and NSF/NIH-funded projects. He collaborates across disciplines at Haskins Laboratories and NYU labs, focusing on speech neuroscience and clinical interventions.

• Public Health Policy
• Nursing Workforce Impact
• Healthcare Workforce Density
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Professor Frank Donnelly is a prominent academic at the University of Adelaide, specializing in healthcare workforce dynamics, medical education, and public health policy. His research emphasizes the critical role of nursing and midwifery in global health outcomes, including studies on workforce density, pandemic response effectiveness, and interprofessional practice. He has explored innovative methods in healthcare education, such as virtual reality training and constructivist grounded theory methodologies. Research Focus: Nursing workforce impact, telemedicine, healthcare system efficiency, and qualitative healthcare studies. Key Projects: Developed the Adelaide Score AI system for hospital efficiency, analyzed global nurse density effects on infant mortality, and investigated oncology nursing motivations. Methodologies: Specializes in scoping reviews, ecological studies, and mixed-methods approaches. His work bridges theoretical research with practical applications, such as curriculum design for interprofessional practice and policy recommendations for public health systems. Donnelly's contributions span nursing education, clinical protocols, and global health comparisons, with a focus on evidence-based strategies to improve healthcare accessibility and quality.

Adel BaselizadehView profile

Research Fellow

• Robotics
• Reinforcement Learning
• Control Systems
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Adel Baselizadeh is a Research Fellow at the University of Oslo's Department of Informatics, affiliated with the RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion. His research focuses on robotics, reinforcement learning, control systems, and privacy-preservation in human-robot interaction. He holds a postdoctoral position and contributes to projects like the Predictive and Intuitive Robot Companion (PIRC) initiative. His work spans adaptive robotics control, ethical AI frameworks, and multimodal human activity recognition in care environments. He collaborates with institutions like the IEEE and ACM on human-robot interaction studies, exploring topics such as motion synchronization and social robotics norms. Key projects include developing the PriMA-Care dataset for privacy-aware healthcare robotics and investigating senior adults' reactions to robot handshakes. He is part of the Robotics and Intelligent Systems (ROBIN) research group, advancing ethical and technical aspects of robotics through interdisciplinary approaches.

Timothy JamiesonView profile

Research Fellow

• Health Economics
• Urgent and Emergency Care Policy
• Outcomes Research
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Timothy Jamieson is a Health Economist affiliated with the Wolfson Institute of Population Health at Queen Mary University of London. He combines clinical experience in emergency medicine with academic research expertise. His work focuses on urgent care policy, health economic evaluation using real-world data, and outcomes research in complex patient populations. He holds an MSc in Health Economics (University of York, 2019) and has presented internationally on avoidable emergency department utilization patterns. Research interests include: Primary-secondary care interface dynamics Decision-making incentives for clinicians Modelling disease progression in multiple sclerosis Healthcare outcomes in multimorbidity contexts Teaching responsibilities include supervision of global public health dissertations and medical student education. Active in data-driven policy analysis using electronic healthcare records and big data methodologies. No specific grants or awards listed, though his work aligns with the Institute's focus areas in population health and policy evaluation. Associated with the NIHR School for Primary Care Research and multiple interdisciplinary centers within the Institute, contributing to collaborative research initiatives.

Jan KomdeurView profile

Professor

• Evolutionary Biology
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Ecology
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Prof. Jan Komdeur is a Professor in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Groningen, leading the Komdeur group within the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES). His research focuses on the evolution of social behavior and life history patterns in animals, particularly cooperative breeding systems in birds like the Seychelles warbler. He integrates long-term field studies with experimental and theoretical approaches to understand how ecological and social factors shape behavior and fitness. Key research areas include the evolution of group living, sex allocation strategies, and the impact of environmental changes on social systems. His work has established the Seychelles warbler as a key model system in evolutionary ecology. Komdeur has supervised over 40 BSc, 170 MSc, and 43 PhD students, contributing extensively to education through courses in Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, and Behavioral Ecology. He holds editorial roles for Behavioural Ecology and has received awards including the Excellence in Research Award (2004) and the Bio Art & Design Award (2014). His research group actively collaborates internationally on projects involving cheetah conservation, climate impacts on avian development, and the genetic basis of senescence. Lab activities include studies on burying beetles, blue tits, and thorn-tailed rayaditos, with a focus on behavioral plasticity, physiological adaptations, and eco-evolutionary dynamics. Current grants explore social determinants of evolvability and the genetic mechanisms underlying aging.

Laia Maynou-PujolrasView profile

Research Fellow

• Health Economics
• Health Technology Assessment
• Hospital Efficiency
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Dr. Laia Maynou-Pujolras is a Visiting Fellow at LSE Health and a Researcher at the Centre for Research in Health and Economics (CRES-UPF) at Pompeu Fabra University. She specializes in health economics, hospital efficiency, and health technology assessment (HTA). Her work bridges empirical research with policy evaluation, focusing on technology diffusion in healthcare systems and socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes. Education: Holds a PhD in Law, Economics, and Business from the University of Girona (2013), with advanced training in health economics at LSE and City, University of London. She has held academic positions at LSE, LSHTM, and UPF, including roles as a Visiting Lecturer and Research Fellow. Research Interests: Her studies emphasize the empirical analysis of HTA, pharmaceutical market dynamics, and the impact of austerity policies on healthcare access. She has led projects on NHS technology diffusion, frailty assessment in elderly care, and the socioeconomic determinants of mortality in urban settings. Professional Contributions: Authored over 15 peer-reviewed articles, including work on cancer drug reimbursement disparities and copayment policy effects. Recognized with awards such as the 2019 Spanish Health Economics Association Prize and the 2014 PhD Extraordinary Award. She actively participates in international networks like the UK Health Economists Study Group and the Spanish Health Economics Association. Teaching: Delivers courses on health economics, econometrics, and policy evaluation at LSE and UPF, with over a decade of experience in mentoring students through MSc and undergraduate programs.

Eve RobinsonView profile

Assistant Professor

• Aquatic Ecology
• Marine Biology
• Predator-Prey Dynamics
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Eve Robinson is an Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Science. She holds a PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, an MS in Marine Science from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BSc in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Victoria. Her teaching portfolio includes courses such as Quantitative Biology, Comparative Biology of Plants and Animals, and Environmental Science. Her research focuses on predator-prey dynamics in aquatic ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on larval fish behavior, parasite-host interactions in salmon populations, and the ecological impacts of water flow dynamics. She also explores Indigenous STEM education through culturally responsive methodologies, such as talking circles. Her work bridges molecular ecology (e.g., gene copy number biomass estimation) with applied conservation efforts in large river systems. Recent publications span topics from modeling disease risk in salmonids to understanding copepod escape mechanisms under hydrodynamic conditions. While no awards are listed, her contributions to both field and lab-based studies highlight a commitment to interdisciplinary marine and freshwater ecology.

Steven ZimmerlyView profile

Professor

• RNA Biology
• Molecular Genetics
• Evolutionary Biology
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Steven Zimmerly is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Science. His research focuses on group II introns' catalytic RNA properties, retroelement behavior, and evolutionary implications. He holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Goshen College (1986) and a Ph.D. in Biophysics from Yale University (1992). Research interests include the self-splicing mechanisms of group II introns, their mobility strategies, structural diversity, and evolutionary relationships. Notably, his work revealed how some introns insert after transcriptional terminators to avoid disrupting host genes. Zimmerly has contributed to databases tracking mobile group II introns and elucidated their roles in horizontal gene transfer and parasitic genomic dynamics. He has been recognized with the GREAT Supervisor Award (2018), AHFMR Senior Scholar (2003), and AHFMR Scholar (1998). Courses taught include BCEM 413 (Laboratory Techniques II) and CMMB 451 (Molecular Analysis of Biological Systems). Over 15 key publications span RNA structure-function studies, retroelement evolution, and bacterial genomic analyses. Grants & Funding: Not explicitly listed in the text. Labs/Teams: Research group focuses on RNA biology and molecular evolution; collaborates widely (e.g., with Lambowitz, Doulatov, and others).

Vinayak KrishnamurthyView profile

Associate Professor

• Generative Design
• Human-AI Collaboration
• Geometric Modeling
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Vinayak Krishnamurthy is an Associate Professor and J. Mike Walker '66 Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, with affiliate appointments in Computer Science & Engineering. He directs the Mixed Initiative Design Lab (MIDL), working at the intersection of computer-aided design, human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence. Research develops computational frameworks for generative design, human-AI collaboration, geometric/topological modeling, and mixed reality interfaces. Innovations include topological interlocking systems for multi-robot additive manufacturing, statistically self-similar structures via chaos algorithms, and speech-based design tools for young learners. Recent honors include multiple ASME best paper awards and an NSF CAREER award. Teaching spans mechanical engineering and data science courses, with recognition through college-level teaching awards. Publications demonstrate strong interdisciplinary integration of computational geometry, human-centered AI, and advanced manufacturing.

• Enumerative combinatorics
• Permutations
• Bijections
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Sergi Elizalde is a Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College, part of the Department of Mathematics within the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. He holds a B.A. from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a Ph.D. from MIT. His research focuses on enumerative and algebraic combinatorics, with applications to computational biology and dynamical systems. Key areas include permutations, lattice paths, bijections, and pattern avoidance. He has supervised numerous PhD students and contributed to over 100 publications, including works on combinatorial properties of triangular partitions and chromosomal instability in tumors. Elizalde's work bridges pure mathematics with interdisciplinary applications, such as modeling tumor evolution. He has received awards like the Karen E. Wetterhahn Memorial Award and holds grants from the Simons Foundation and NSF. His teaching spans courses in combinatorics, graph theory, and algebra, reflecting his commitment to both research and education.