Dr. Spyridon Kollias is Professor of Radiology with specialization in Neuroradiology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and Chief of the MRI section at the Department of Neuroradiology. He was trained in Radiology at the University of Athens, Greece from 1986-1990 and in neuroradiology in the US from 1990-1993. He authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications, reviews, letters and book chapters and he is co-editor of three books in the field of high resolution medical imaging (recent impact points of publications: 861, citations: 7495, h-index: 49). He serves at the editorial board and reviews for several scientific journals and funding organizations. His main interest is in multimodal Neuroimaging and the applications of advanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technology in the diagnosis of neurologic diseases.

Neuroimaging, Advanced Magnetic Resonance (MR), Neurologic Diseases,Imaging Technology

Dr. Wilma Delphine Silvia CR, MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, has 24 years of teaching experience. She is currently Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry at Akash Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore. She pursued MBBS from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore and MD from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. She is the recipient of Excellence award and Basavashree award. Executive Editor of IJCDR and Associate Editor of IJPBS. She has published more than 80 Scientific papers in an International and National Journals and published books on “Mnemonics in Biochemistry” and “Practical Biochemistry for MBBS Students”. Also a PhD guide, NABL Assessor, NABH Entry Level Assessor and a subject expert for entrance book project under Macula Health Care Pvt Ltd. She has travelled in UK, USA and Europe.

Psychosocial Stress

Dr. Jennifer Brown received her bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Weber State University. She then attended Creighton University Dental School where she received her Doctorate of Dental Surgery. She is the proud mother of five boys.

Microbiology, Physiological paradigms, Adolescent brain development, Neuroplasticity

Academic graduation - Doctor of medicine graduated from Monastir Medicine Faculty Jul 2002 - Specialist of Neurology Sept 2002 - Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology University Hospital of Monastir and the Medicine Faculty of Monastir 2003 - Associate Professor of Neurology at the Department of Neurology University Hospital of Monastir and the Medicine Faculty of Monastir 2010 - Specialized master of epileptology graduated from Sfax University Nov 2008 Clinical competence - Hospital practitioner specialized in general neurology: competence in the care of the neurological diseases with particular competence in the care of the neuro-degenerative and neuromuscular diseases - Competence in clinical electrophysiology: practice of EMG and EEG since 2000 - Competence in the treatment with toxine botulinique patients affected by cervical dystonia: facial hemispasm and of blepharospasms since 2010 Others competences * Teaching Experience • Teaching neurology at Monastir Medicine Faculty since 2003 • Teaching neurology at Monastir Pharmacy Faculty since 2005 • Teaching neurology at Monastir College of Health’ Technicians since 2010 • Teaching neurology at Monastir High School of Nurses since 2010 *Clinical Trials Experience : participation to 7 phase III international multi centric studies *Directions of 14 doctoral theses and memoirs of the end of studies

Neurology

He joined the neuropsychiatry residency at Ain shams university Cairo, Egypt from 2001 till 2003, finished his MD in neurology and got his doctorate by 2008. He have been assigned as lecturer of neurology and his main concern was in the field of NEUROVASCULAR INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. He finished his fellowship in interventional neurology at ZURICH University, Switzerland as F.I.N.R. by 2013. Now he is an Assistant clinical professor of neurology, GMU University and GMC hospital, Ajman, united Arab of emirates (UAE) SINCE 2010. He have publications in many journals as OPEN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING (OJMI), The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, the European Journal of Neurology, Neurology of India. He is an editor in chief at NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Stroke, Epilepsy Managment

Clinical & basic science trained neurologist with neuromuscular/rare/orphan disease fellowships and therapeutics development expertise in Neurology, Cardiology and Rare Disease applications.

Neuromuscular

He is the Vice Chair of Neurology Department. He is associate professor of Neurology & Radiology Department at Texas Tech University Health Science Center. With him comes around 15 years of experience in the field of Neurology.

Neurology & Radiology

Jerzy Leszek is a full time professor of psychiatry at the Medical University in Wroclaw , Poland ,vice –director of the Psychiatry Department and head of Alzheimer’s Disease Lab. He is author and co-author more than 210 papers (especially from old age psychiatry), some chapters to the books published in reputed Polish and international journals and serving as an editorial board member of several journals .He is Scientific Editor and co-author of first Polish academic handbook on Alzheimer’s disease and seven another academic handbooks from psychogeriatry , member a lot of scientific associations eg founder and president of Lower Silesian Association of Alzheimer’s Families, first of its kind in Poland and Former Member of Board of Directions of International Psychogeriatric Association and President of Polish Psychogeriatric Association.

Neurodegeneration processes/Alzheimer’s disease Therapy of dementia disorders in the light of new technologies :nanotechnology, proteomics, metabolomics, genomic medicine, personalized therapy Molecular base of neurodegenerative disorders Rehabilitation and physical activity of dementia disorders

Hsien-Yuan Lane is presently working as Professor and Chief in the Department of Psychiatry, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan. He completed his Ph.D in 2000 from National Defense Medical College, Taipei. He received many honors. He is also an Editorial Board Member for many journals. He published many articles and many books. He acts as a invited Speaker for International Symposiums.

Schizophrenia, NMDA, Psychopharmacology, Social cognition, Neurocognition, Genomics, Neuropsychopharmacology,Pharmacogenomics,Psychiatric genetics, Cognitive neuroscience

Karyn Casey is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work combines running a multidisciplinary private practice, a teaching appointment at the University of the Witwatersrand, and delivering a range of training workshops for ICU staff, care facilities and fellow rehabilitation professionals. Karyn also works within a community- based brain injury rehabilitation program. She is a presenter at a number of workshops and keynote addresses at local and international conferences on the subject of swallowing disorders. She has also participated in a number of international conferences on neurological rehabilitation and dysphagia, including the annual European Society on Swallowing Disorders and the United Kingdom Swallowing Research Group Meeting held annually in London. Most recently, she presented at the World Congress for Neurological Rehabilitation held in Istanbul in 2014. Karyn is a member of the World Healthy Ageing Congress 2015 Scientific Committee, where she heads the Allied Health and Mutlidisciplinary Portfolio. She is also a leading researcher of the MYSTROKE initiative, which is the national coordinating body to develop and coordinate stroke guidelines for South Africa, on behalf of the South African Stroke Society. Her primary clinical interests are in the areas of adults with a range of neurogenic disorders of speech, language and swallowing. She has a specialist involvement in the rehabilitation of dysphagia, and research interests in the relationship between cognition and dysphagia in dementia, as well as Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and dementia. Karyn is the only advanced VitalStim® Speech-Language Pathologist practitioner in South Africa. Having completed her primary training in the USA in 2008 and her advanced training in 2010, she provides VitalStim® therapy to a number of patients within her private practice. Her fellow colleagues within her practice are also VitalStim® certified. The practice currently treats in excess of 200 patients using VitalStim® every quarter. Karyn serves as a mentor for a number of VitalStim® practitioners in South Africa. Karyn Casey represents the South African Speech-Language and Hearing Association as an advisor on their joint panel with South Africa's major private healthcare provider (Discovery Health). Karyn is also a reviewer for a number of scientific journals. She is currently the President of the South African Neurological Rehabilitation Association and is the President of the Local Organising Committee for the World Congress of Neurological Rehabilitation to be held in Cape Town in 2020.

Neurology

John Grandy has been a physician assistant in urgent care, psychiatry, and internal medicine for almost 10 years. Prior to this he completed a M.S. in neurophysiology and molecular immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute, in Buffalo, New York. He has published several peer reviewed medical articles and book chapters on many topics including Alzheimer disease and consciousness. He is the originator of the proposal of the very first neurogenetic model to account for human consciousness.

Alzheimer disease,Neurogenetics Consciousness studies, Genetic-linked neurodevelopmental disorders, Addiction and the neurogenetic pathways involving the ∆FosB transcription factor

Wutian Wu has received his medical degree in Sun YatSen University of Medical Sciences, Guangdong, China in 1975 and a Master Degree in Neuroanatomy in the same institute in 1981. He was a clinician and later a teacher for medical students for more 10 years in Mainland China and went to US for his oversea study and work. Prof. Wu received his PhD degree in Neuroscience in 1991 and continued to work in Eastern Virginia Medical School till 1996. Prof Wu joined the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong in Jan. 1996 as an assistant professor, promoted to associate professor in 1997 and professor in 2008. Prof Wu ’s research is well recognized. His contributions include: 1 A total of over 100 original peer review articles with more than 2000 citations received; 2 Initiation of 14 active international and local collaborative studies with a few of outstanding research groups Centers; 3 A total of 29 research grants 23 as principal investigator and 6 as coinvestigator with total of over HK 20 millions awarded; 4 More than 40 invited lectures, visiting professorship

1. Gene expression changes of motoneurons after axonal injury and their potential roles in neuronal degeneration and regeneration. 2. Experimental studies on surgical treatment of avulsed spinal nerve roots in brachial plexus injury. 3. Potential treatments for spinal cord injury. 4. Research in other areas: A) to explore the potential use of neural stem cells in replacing died neurons due to CNS injury or disorder. B) to investigate a possible application of nano-materials in neuronal injury. C) to investigate new drugs for the treatment of neural degenerative disease.

WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are Addictions and Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Neurology,Psychiatry,Stroke

Founding Member (2007) and Prime Vice-President of the Romanian Society for Neurorehabilitation (RoSNeRa) - affiliated to WFNR. Founding Member and Prime Vice-President of the Romanian Spinal Cord Society (RoSCoS) - affiliated to ISCoS) and ESCIF. Member of the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS, since 2000), World Federation for Neurorehabiliation (WFNR, since 2008), Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica (EMN, since European Federation of NeuroRehabilitation (since 2014), International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (since 2016), and in many Romanian Scientific Societies. Coordinator of the Romanian team in 5 international projects, participant in 4 national projects. He participated to the educational project "eleanSCI.org", launched by ISCoS in 2012.

Actively implied in national educational prophylactic interventions, aimed to prevent severe central nervous lesions (TBI and SCI ─ http://www.worldsciday.org/romania_avs.html “Prevention of SCI AV for General Public 00:15 secs”). Co-author of 2 patent certificates (appointed by the Romanian State Office for Inventions and Marks, OSIM), 9 books, and over 60 published papers. Fluently in English and French.

Yingxu Wang is professor of cognitive informatics, brain science and denotational mathematics. He is President of International Institute of Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing (ICIC). He is Fellows of BCS, ICIC, WIF, and Senior Members of IEEE and ACM. He has held visiting professor positions at Oxford University (’95), Stanford University (‘08|’16), UC Berkeley (‘08), and MIT (‘12). He is the initiator of fields of cognitive informatics, denotational mathematics, abstract intelligence (aI), neural circuit theory, formal brain models, cognitive robots and cognitive machine learning. He is a top 2.5% scholar worldwide and top 10 at UCalgary according to Research Gate’s statistics

Neuroinformatics, neurology, neural signaling systems, spike frequency modulation, SFM, cognitive informatics, mathematical models, neural networks, cognitive system, cognitive robots, brain-machine interface

Biography DR. MANUEL VELASCO STUDIES: HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE: Liceo Francisco de Miranda, Los Teques, Venezuela, 1962 UNIVERSITY: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 1968 POSTGRADE STUDIES: Intern IN Medicina Interna (CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY), Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., USA. Fellowship IN Medicina Interna (CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga., USA Julio 1972 – Diciembre 1974. DOCTORATE IN MEDICAL SCIENCES: Universidad Nacional del Zulia, Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela, 1979. POSITIONS: Jefe de Catedra de Farmacología, Escuela de Medicina Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001-2003 Jefe de Departamento de Ciencias Fisiologicas, Escuela de Medicina Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001-2003 Coordinador General, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 2002-2004 Director, Unidad de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, desde 1976 Director, Unidad de Hipertensión, Hospital Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, desde 1985. Director, Unidad de Farmacología Clinica Cardiovascular y Respiratoria, Escuela de Medicina Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela, desde 2002

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Methodology in Radioisotopes, Advance course of Biostathistics, Medical course in Radioisotopes, Advance course of clinical pharmacology.

Kenneth Blum is widely designated as Father of Psychiatric Genetics because of the of the DRD2 gene and its correlation with various psychiatric disorders including the “Reward Defi ciency Syndrome” (RDS) which term he has coined. He is also known as the “Father of Neuro- Nutrient Therapy “ for his discovery of successful nutrient therapy for RDS. He holds numerous domestic and foreign patents and is co-founder and Chairman & CSO of LifeGen Inc. He is a former Full Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas; Volunteer Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida and Adjunct Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont. He currently serves as Neuroscience advisor for Dominion Diagnostics., LLC North Kingstown, Rhode island, Malibu Beach Recovery Center, Malibu Beach California, and is the Scientifi c Director of PATH Foundation NY, New York. He is an honorary Faculty of IIOAB, India. He has been recently appointed Chief Scientifi c Offi cer(CSO) of G&G Holistic Addiction Treatment Centers in North Miami Beach Florida. To his credit he has over 400 publications in peer reviewed journals, 14 books and has received many awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Institute of Holistic Addiction Studies.

neuropsychopharmacology,genetics,genetics of alcoholism, neuropsychiatry,pharmacogenetics and Blum's research has been recognized through numerous awards.

January 2003 – July 2005. Currently forming part of a professional training period at the General Sleep Disorders Unit in service of the Clinical Neurophysiology of the Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo, in which I was in charge of evaluating patients with various sleep disorders particularly; apnoea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, REM nightmares, night-terrors, sleep paralysis, nocturnal epilepsy (55 of these patients suffer from chronic insomnia and are part of my research project), hypersomnia (2 publications) with the evaluation of more than 500 patients a year and 150 night polysomnographies a year.( Technical handling, recording and analysis). The technical handling and analysis of Multimodal evoked potentials (somatosensory, visual electroretinogram and trunk audiometry). While working at the Clinical Neurophysiology Service at the Toledo Hospital Complex I undertook a three-month July 2005- JULY de 2015, 10 YEARS professional experience in the Neurophysiology Clinic in the Private Medical Centre Virgen de la Caridad, in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain which works in conjunction with the Social Security hospitals, (Santa Maria del Rosell Hospital, Naval Hospital in Cartagena, and los Arcos Hospital in Santiago de la Ribera). During the last seven years in this Centre my work related to: 9 EEG. electroencephalography /week 45 EMG. electromyography/ week 1-2 PEAT evoked potential / week 20 PSGN polysomnography /week. Professional experience: Experience in the analysis of- electroencephalography ( young children and adults) and also: -polysomnography (System Medelec Profile y Medelec Synergy- Oxford. Keypoint Medtronic System (EMG). -Electromyography - Practical experience with analysis system PUM and sensory and motor conduction and also in electromyography. Medelec Synergy and Keypoint .-Oxford.

Neurology, Seminars of Neurology, Research Techniques in Neurology, Neurobiology of sleep, Physiology of excitable membranes, Inter-functional relation between the nervous and immune system.

Dr. Pant received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Agra University, Agra, India. His postdoctoral studies were conducted on the mechanisms of electron and ion transport in model membrane systems at the Department of Biophysics at Michigan State University. He joined the Laboratory of Neurobiology in the NIMH as a senior staff fellow in 1974 with Dr. Ichiji Tasaki where he studied the function of the axonal cytoskeleton in the squid giant axon. In 1979 he moved to the NIAAA extending his studies on the neuronal cytoskeleton and the effects of alcohol on its regulation. Dr. Pant moved to the NINDS, Laboratory of Neurochemistry in 1987 where he is presently chief of the section on Cytoskeleton Regulation. His laboratory is studying the mechanisms of topographic regulation of neuronal cytoskeleton proteins by post-translational modification, including the role of kinase cascades in normal brain and during neurodegeneration

The major focus of this laboratory has been to study the mechanisms of topographic regulation of neuronal cytoskeletal proteins regulation by phosphorylation and neurodegeneration. In a normal physiological state, cytoskeletal proteins are phosphorylated extensively in the axonal compartment of a mature neuron. Although all the substrates, kinases, phosphatases and their regulators are synthesized in neuronal cell bodies, little or no cytoskeletal protein phosphorylation has been detected in the cell body compartment. Under a variety of neuropathological conditions, however, such as ALS, Alzheimers Disease, or Picks disease, hyperphosphorylation of these molecules has been found in abnormal aggregates within cell bodies, usually correlated with massive neuronal cell death. The mechanisms underlying these profound compartmental shifts in neuronal phosphorylation are not well understood.The normal physiological processes within neurons are controlled by signal transduction mechanisms that regulate the balance between protein kinase and protein phosphatase activities. We have shown that the most abundant and extensively phosphorylated motifs in the c-terminal domains (lys-ser-pro-, or KSP) are primarily phosphorylated by proline directed kinases, cdk5 and MAP kinases. Moreover, we have demonstrated that this phosphorylation is due to activation of the signal transduction cascade. Recently, we have focussed on the other part of this regulation, the protein phosphatases. The other project is to study the expression, regulation and role of neuronal Cdk5 in nerve cell function.Cdk5 is a unique multifunctional kinase. Unlike other cyclin-dependent kinases, it is expressed predominantly in post-mitotic neurons, its activity modulated by association with nervous system-specific propeins. Since its identification and characterization in our laboratory, we have been intensively studying its mechanisms of regulation and its role in nerve cell function.

Dr. Mohan received his Bachelor of Science (HONS) degree in Pharmacology from University of Hertfordshire, England, UK in 2002. During this time, Dr. Mohan was awarded a research scholarship to study and perform research in the USA. During his one-year research scholarship, Dr. Mohan worked on understanding genes responsible for antibiotic resistance in ocean samples collected from the South Pole.After graduating with his B.Sc., Dr. Mohan had a short stint in big pharma., with Pfizer Inc., focusing his research efforts on sexual health and urology discovery. After Pfizer, Dr. Mohan returned to the USA after being accepted onto a Ph.D. program in Biomedical Science in the Dept. of Pharmacology & Physiology, College of Medicine at Oklahoma State Univ. After publishing his work on opioid neuropharmacology and graduating with his Ph.D. in 2008 Dr. Mohan accepted a postdoctoral assistant position at the Univ. of Iowa. During his time in Iowa, Dr. Mohan concentrated on gaining valuable experience pertaining clinical pain, focusing on postoperative pain and discovery of novel targets to alleviate acute pain following surgery.Dr. Mohan served as the President for the North Central Florida Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) from 2013 – 2014. Dr. Mohan is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, American Heart Association and the International Society for Neuroimmunology. Dr. Mohan has taught and mentored numerous undergraduate and graduate students during his research career. Dr. Mohan is currently a Advisory Board Member for the Sia Brain Awareness Foundation and a peer-reviewer for the J. of Pain Research and on the editorial board of the J. Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Mohan is also a coalition member for Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership (CCSAPP) here in Huntington, WV.

Dr. Mohan’s current research focus is on understanding the exposure of neurotoxic substances during development and how they affect neural plasticity and neurovascular of the brain.

Giuseppe Scalabrino studied at the School of Medicine of the University of Milan and received his M.D. degree magna cum laude in 1968. He has held a number of academic positions in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan. He was Associate Professor of General Pathology between 1971 and 1985; full Professor of General Pathology from 1986 till 2014. He has been invited speaker in various conferences, mainly dealing with the role of polyamines in oncology and subsequently with the cobalamin (vitamin B12) neurotrophism. Among his numerous honors, he received the International Award "Roentgen" from Italian Accademia dei Lincei in Rome for oncological research in 1983. He is author of more than 100 scientific papers and reviewer of numerous International Journals. Dr. Scalabrino's studies of cobalamin neurotrophism have been mentioned and reviewed in 12 american textbooks of neurology, biochemistry, hematology, and vitaminology

From many years, Dr. Scalabrino is usually reviewer for many international journals in the field of neurobiology, oncology, and molecular biology.

Dr. Nagaraj Pushparaj is the Director & Chief Consultant at PMN Physiotherapy Speciaality Pranikha Sports Medicine Pain Relief Centre and he is currently working as a consultant Neuro Science & Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Neuro Developmental Therapist at Be Well Hospitals.

Physiotherapy, Neuro Science & Sports Medicine and Neuro Rehabilitation.

born on April 12, 1959 in Pilsum (East Friesland); 1979-1986 Medical studies at the Medical University of Hanover; 1988 Promotion (magna cum laude) with the theme "Investigations of electrophysiological, biochemical and psychometric parameters in hepatic encephalopathy "; 1990-1993 assistant physician at the psychiatric clinic, University of Göttingen; 1997 Specialist physician for psychiatry and neurology, since also lead the working group "Molecular Neurobiology" of the Psychiatric Clinic, University Goettingen. Since 1999 he has been the Clinical Director of the Psychiatric Clinic. 2001 Acquisition of the Additional description Psychotherapie / Facharzt für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. 2002 Habilitation, since then: Extraordinariat (C3 professorship) for psychiatry and psychotherapy; Deputy. Clinic Director & Ltd. Oberarzt, Head of the Polyclinic & Institute's Institute, FriedrichAlexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg; Head of the Research Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, clinic with polyclinic for psychiatry and psychotherapy, Friedrich-AlexanderUniversität Erlangen-Nuremberg

Molecular Neurobiology,psychiatry and psychotherapy.

• 2017 to continue Lancet Commissioner for LMIC • 2014 to continue member of Teaching Course Committee, World Federation of Neurology (WFN). • 2014 – 2016 member of Scientific Committee of European Academy of Neurology (EAN). • 2013-2014 Rector of University of Medicine, Tirana • 2010 to continue Faculty in CONy Congresses • 2010-2013 Health National Contact Point, European Commission, CORDIS Fp7 programme • 2003 to continue: reviewer of European Journal of Neurology, Clinical Epidemiology, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy, Patients and Reference, British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal, BMJ Case Reports, etc. • February 2003 – 2011 – Trainer of European Academy of Epilepsy. • 2000 to continue: Member of editing board of OA Publishing London, WebMed Central Brain Editor, Confinia Cephalalgica, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy; Contributer in Cochrane MS; Albanian Medical Journal, Albanian Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Medicine, Tirana, • 1998-2007 - President of Albanian Society of Neurology (ASN). • 1997 to continue - Head of the University Service of Neurology (UHC Mother Teresa, Tirana). • 1981 to continue - Lecturer: Faculty of Medicine, Neurology Department. University of Tirana (University of Medicine since January 2013).

Neurology

Dr. Umeton is Research Associate at the Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, investigating the neural computations underlying visual perception and stereopsis. Dr. Umeton received her PhD and postgraduate studies from University of Calabria, Italy, but has gain extensive research experience working for Newcastle University (UK), Calgary University (CA) and Universidad Complutence de Madrid (ES) .

Neural computations underlying visual perception and stereopsis

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are Addictions and Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants, including Health and Medical Research Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Research Fund, General Research Fund, He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Structural and functional MRI correlates of Post stroke Depression

Dr. Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, MD, is a psychiatrist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Richmond University Medical Center, and Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. He received formal training in psychiatry, psychology, cognitive neuroscience, molecular imaging and neuroimaging. He was awarded the prestigious BK Anand National Research Prize in India and Solomon Award of Harvard Medical School. His research is focused on the study of neural and neurochemical mechanisms that control human brain functions. He developed the single scan dynamic molecular imaging technique (SDMIT) to detect, map, and measure neurotransmitters released acutely in the human brain during task performance. This technique is now used in laboratories all over the world. Using this technique, he studies dopaminergic control of human cognition and behavior. He is also interested in learning the nature of dysregulated dopamine neurotransmission in psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions. His research is funded by NIMH, NINDS, VA, and various foundations. Previously he served in the faculty of Harvard Medical School, SUNY Buffalo and University of Minnesota. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.

Neural and Neurochemical mechanisms in Human Cognition and Behaviour

Dr Krupa Torne is among the few super specialists who have been internationally trained in the field of Paediatric Neurology.At present she is heading the department of Neurosciences at Surya Children’s multispecialty Hospital in Mumbai, India. She has completed her Fellowship in Paediatric Neurology and Epilepsy from Maharashtra University Health Sciences at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai. She has had a brief stint at the University College London Hospital, a premier academic institution cum hospital in the UK. She has been trained in Paediatric Neurology at Birmingham Children's Hospital where she successfully completed her International Fellowship in Paediatric Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurorehabilitation. To complement her advanced training in Paediatric Neurology she has completed many prestigious International courses like British Paediatric Epilepsy Training Course, British Paediatric Movement disorder Training Course in UK. She has also been trained for Ketogenic diet for drug resistant childhood epilepsies at the Asian Institute of Ketogenic Diet. Dr Torne has many accolades to her name which complements her meticulous and explicate personality. She was honoured by International Bursary from European Paediatric Neurology Society with an opportunity to attend one of the prestigious courses in Paediatric Neuromuscular disorder and Neonatal Neurology at Budapest in Hungary. She was invited to attend the valuable Movement Disorder International Winter School Course by Movement Disorder International society at Catania in Italy. As a feather in her cap she was invited as a Chief Guest in World Congress of Anatomist held in Gadag Institute of Medical Sciences in Karnataka. She has to her credit valuable publications in reputed peer reviewed International Journals. She has presented many national and international papers in Cambridge, Birmingham, Italy, France and Hungary. She is affiliated to many International and National Paediatric Neurology and Epilepsy associations.

Complex Paediatric Epilepsies, Ketogenic diet and Paediatric Movement Disorder.

Fu-Zen Shaw has interested in establishment of animal models of epilepsy and fibromyalgia and also provides valuable non-pharmacological interventions for ameliorating seizures through closed-loop deep brain stimulation or for enhancing wellbeing of healthy people and patients with insomnia or mild cognitive impairment through self-training of brain rhythms. Recently, he develops a neurofeedback platform to train alpha rhythm with a sham-controlled group to validate controllability, specificity and independence of the neurofeedback training. Dr. Shaw also provides convinced evidence about trained alpha rhythm on enhancement of both working memory and semantic episodic memory. This study extends our understanding on effect of trained frontoparietal alpha rhythm on episodic memory of object recognition. The global effect of trained alpha rhythm may create potential insight on boosting human wellbeing.

Epilepsy, Brain Stimulation, Fibromyalgia, Neurofeedback

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. His main research areas are Addictions and Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Psychiatry,Stroke, Neurology

Kah-Leong Lim obtained his Ph.D. from the Singapore Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology in 1999. Thereafter, he did his postdoctoral training at the Department of Pathology in Harvard Medical School (2000-2001), and subsequently at the Department of Neurology in Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2001-2002), where he worked on the topic of Parkinson’s disease with Professor Ted Dawson. Dr. Lim is currently the Deputy Director of Research at the National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore and Director of Basic and Translational Research in the Singhealth Duke-NUS Neuroscience Academic Clinical Program. He is a member of the National Grant Review Panel (NMRC) and a regular reviewer of international grants including applications from the Welcome Trust and Medical Research Council (UK). Dr. Lim is an editor for PLoS One and Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience and a guest editor for PLoS Genetics. His research focuses on therapeutic development for Parkinson’s disease.

Parkinson’s disease, Cellular Neuroscience

Ming-Chao Huang was born in 1958, in Taipei, Taiwan. He obtained MD degree from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, in 1984. He got his PhD degree from Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan, in 1996. He is a neurosurgeon and is currently the division Chief of Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. He is also the Associate Professor of Taipei Medical University and Central Taiwan Technological University. His clinical specialty includes spinal surgery (including degeneration and trauma), peripheral nerve surgery (including tumor surgery and nerve repair), and brain tumor surgery. His research interests are nerve root injury (including basic mechanism and surgical repair), neuropathic pain (including basic study and treatment), and brain tumor (including medical and surgical treatment).

spinal surgery, peripheral nerve surgery, brain tumor surgery

Dr. Zhu’s research aims toward finding solutions to a newly recognized challenge in treatment for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs). About one-half of HIV-1-positive individuals suffer from HAND, which dramatically affects memory, learning, decision-making, planning and overall quality of life. Cocaine has been shown to exacerbate the severity of HAND. HAND is associated with HIV-1 viral proteins, which are present in the brain of HIV-1-infected patients. HIV-1 transactivator of transcription (Tat) protein--an HIV regulatory protein--is thought to inhibit neuronal communication by acting directly on the human dopamine transporter, a membrane protein in the brain responsible for pumping the dopamine back into the cytosol and terminating dopamine signaling during neurotransmission. Dr. Zhu’s project is to investigate how cocaine and Tat work to create binders that derail neuronal communication in the brain. The ultimate goal is to develop neuroprotective drugs and help HIV patients recover their neurological function.

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

Liudmyla D. Popova has PhD degree, degree of doctor of biology sciences, the title of Biochemistry Department Professor. She is presently Biochemistry Department professor in Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine. The field of scientific interests is the study of the aggression development mechanisms. Based on her own researchresults and analysis of literary data, she believes that in order to understand the mechanisms of aggressiveness formation in human it is important to study the features of the correlations between personality traits and sex hormones, stress hormones in different populations. When interpreting the results, populational differences in personality traits should be taken into account. Oxana A. Nakonechnaya has PhD degree, degree of doctor of medicine, the title of Biochemistry Department Professor. She is presently Head of Biochemistry Department in Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine. Irina M. Vasylyeva has PhD degree. She is presently Biochemistry Department assistant in Kharkiv National Medical University.

Biochemistry, hormone-behavior interactions.

Dr. George Perry is currently the dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. After graduation in Zoology from University of California, Santa Barbara, he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and also studied at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University and the Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Hole and obtained his PhD in Marine Biology in 1979. Dr. Perry joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University in 1995, where he currently holds an adjunct appointment. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Microscopy Society of America, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Chemistry, Society of Biology and the Linnean Society and past-president of the American Association of Neuropathologists. He has been elected member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences Lisbon; Iberoamerican Molecular Biology Organization, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and won the Distinguished Professional Mentor Award from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Senior Investigator Award from the International College of Geriatric psychoneuropharmacology, Senior Fulbright Fellow and the National Honor Plaque of Panama for exceptional contributions to Neuroscience. Dr. Perry is on Board of the National Organization of Portuguese Americans and serves as Director of Education and Research.

Dr. Zhao earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering at UT. He is senior personnel at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Institute. Dr. Zhao’s research interests are focused on Computational Systems Biology and Medical Informatics.

Dr. Roberto Federico Villa is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology at University of Pavia (Italy) for degree in Biological Sciences and Chemistry. He is Doctor in Biological Sciences (D.Sc.), Medicine and Surgery (M.D.) Dr. Villa’s research interest on Physiopathology and Pharmacology of Central Nervous System Diseases (Aging, Hypoxia, Ischemia, Hyperammoniemia, Hypoglycemia, Depression, Parkinson) and drug’s interference on cerebral Bioenergetics and Molecular Medicine, by Functional Proteomics and Metabolomics of enzyme systems and on Dementia patients. He has published scientific papers total 325: 122 (IF about 310 ISI); 65 Congress Proceedings; 138 communications, participating to 199 Congress (officially invited to 133 since 1993). International appointments ad hoc: (i) reviewer for grants - The Wellcome Trust Foundation, London, U. K.; (ii) listed in database experts for grants Commission - Research Directorate, Life Sciences Health Research, E.U.; (iii) Credits at San Diego Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of University of California; (iv) reviewer for many Journals; (v) reviewer for grants of Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR).

Konstantin Balashov, MD, PhD, FAAN, is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. He is seeing patient at Robert Wood Johnson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, is actively involved in clinical trials and clinical research on multiple sclerosis, and teaches medical students and neurology residents. Dr. Balashov received his MD and PhD degrees from Russian State Medical University and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia. After graduation from the neurology residency program at New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, he was board-certified in both Neurology and Neuroimaging. Dr. Balashov obtained fellowship training in multiple sclerosis/neuroimmunology at Harvard Medical School under mentorship of Dr. Howard Weiner. Dr Balashov is an author of more than 45 original papers and reviews.

Professor WK Tang was appointed to professor in the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011. Professor Tang completed his medical training at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as an academic staff since 1999. His main research area is Neuropsychiatry in Stroke. Professor Tang has published over 100 papers in renowned journals, and has also contributed to the peer review of 40 journals. He has secured over 20 major competitive research grants. He has served the editorial boards of five scientific journals. He was also a recipient of the Young Researcher Award in 2007, awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

John Grandy has been a physician assistant in urgent care, psychiatry, and internal medicine for almost 10 years. Prior to this he completed a M.S. in neurophysiology and molecular immunology at Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute, in Buffalo, New York. He has published several peer reviewed medical articles and book chapters on many topics including Alzheimer disease and consciousness. He is the originator of the proposal of the very first neurogenetic model to account for human consciousness.

Dr. Raphael M. Bonelli is an Associate Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. He is a Director of the Institute for Religiosity in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University (USA)He received his Medical doctorate University of Vienna Medical School, Austria with a Thesis in Psychiatry about the compliance in patients with bipolar disorder. In 2005 Post-doctoral studies at the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), USA with Prof. J. Cummings. He was a visiting Professor at the University of Navarra, Spain. He is an active scientific peer reviewer for many Journals. His scientific interest is Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic medicine & dementia, especially Huntington’s disease.

Currently I am working as Research Scientist in the Department of Neurology at University of Iowa, Iowa, USA. I did my B.Sc. (Chemistry) in 2003, M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) in 2005 from Aligarh Muslim University and Ph.D. (Toxicology) in 2009 from the department of Toxicology, Hamdard University, Delhi, India. After completion of my Ph.D. program, I have joined the Department of Internal medicine as postdoctoral Research Associate. Here I focused my research on understanding the role of plasma glycoprotein von Willebrand factor (VWF) and VWF-cleaving protease ADAMTS13 in animal model of stroke. After that I joined the department of Neurology as an Associate Scientist. Here my research investigates the molecular mechanisms that regulate inflammation in the central nervous system that are critical to our understanding of a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis and traumatic brain injury. I am the member of several international societies and enlisted in the Editorial board of the journal.I have published almost 40 peer reviewed original research publications and almost 50 abstracts in National and International Neuroscience-related meeting and conferences.

Julia Temlett has completed a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2014 from the University of Notre Dame Australia and Bachelor in Health science graduating with Honours in 2009 from the Univesrity of Adelaide. Julia is currently working in the neurology unit at Royal Perth Hospital as a Basic Physician trainee. She has published 3 papers in reputed journals most recent in JAMA Neurology 2015. Julia was a visiting scholar at University Of San Fransisco (UCSF) Memory and Aging centre (MAC) San Fransisco 2014.

Neurogenic bladder,ALS,Migraine,Parkinson's disease,Traumatic brain injury

Ameera Kamal Khaleel has completed her MSc. in Oral Pathology at age 34 years from College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad. She is a member in Department of Oral Diagnosis. She is a supervisor for many MSc students. She has published more than 14 papers in reputed journals. Now, she is a reviewer of about 30 articles in OMICS Publishing Group, USA.

Vasiliki E. Kalodimou is Director of the Flow Cytometry-Research and Regenerative Medicine Department at IASO Maternity-Pediatric and Research Hospital in Athens, Greece. Received her bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology and her master’s degree in Human Molecular Genetics from the Imperial College at the University of Medicine in London, UK. She completed her PhD at the University of Medicine in Athens, Greece, with an emphasis on stem cells. Since 2006, Dr. Kalodimou has studied and working with stem cells in every day practice and their applications in regenerative medicine and Flow Cytometry. Also is working in the area of human genetics. She is a member of two subsections of the AABB Cellular Therapies Section, an Associate Leader at AABB CT Subsection: CT Product Manufacturing and Testing, an AABB assessor and her biography haw been included in the ‘Who is Who in the World’ (Marquis) - 2014.