Dr. Brendan is a leading researcher in bacterial pathogenesis and vaccine development. He heads both basic and applied research groups, focusing on glycostructures in bacterial diseases and the development of glycoconjugate vaccines through innovative Bioconjugation technology, now advancing through multiple clinical trials. A pioneer in genome sequencing, he co-led major projects on Campylobacter jejuni, Yersinia pestis, Y. enterocolitica, Francisella tularensis, and Clostridium difficile. His work integrates genomic insights to understand bacterial mechanisms and host interactions. Dr. Brendan earned his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Leicester and has held key leadership roles at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), where he currently serves as Co-director of the Vaccine Centre.

Dr. Joseph Mwaka is a medical doctor and clinical research professional with extensive experience managing and coordinating health research projects across Africa. He holds an MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Vaccinology from the University of Siena, and an MPH from Cavendish University Uganda. At Mildmay Research Centre Uganda, he leads multi-institutional research initiatives focused on vaccines, clinical trials, and digital health innovation. His work bridges implementation science, ethics oversight, and public health policy to strengthen immunization systems in low-resource settings. Dr. Mwaka has presented at global scientific forums and co-authored peer-reviewed publications on vaccination strategies, AI in health, and ethical research governance.

Prof. Tingzhong Yang is a Professor and Director at the Research Center for Digital Health Theory and Management, ZJU National Health Big Data Institute. He has advised the WHO on tobacco control and contributed to the WHO Global Action Plan for NCDs prevention. Dr. Yang is also an external faculty member at West Virginia University’s Injury Control Research Center and was invited as an academician of the Russian Academy of Social and Fundamental Sciences. His research focuses on social and behavioral science in health. He has published over 130 international papers and several books, including Health Research: Social and Behavioral Theory and Methods. Dr. Yang developed China-specific models and a theoretical framework for digital health behavior. He is an editor for the Global Journal of Social Sciences Studies.

Huang Wei Ling, born in Taiwan, raised and graduated in medicine in Brazil, specialist in infectious and parasitic diseases, a General Practitioner, Parenteral and Enteral Medical Nutrition Therapist, Acupuncture, Pain Management and Homeopathy. Since 1997, she works with the approach and treatment of all chronic diseases in a holistic way, with treatment guided through the teachings of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hippocrates. Author of the theory Constitutional Homeopathy of the Five Elements Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Author of more than 300 publications about treatment of variety of diseases rebalancing the internal energy.

Dr. Wenxiao Liu specializes in the pathogenesis and control strategies of infectious diseases in dairy cattle. Her research integrates molecular biology and digital technologies to develop rapid diagnostic reagents for common bovine infectious diseases. Dr. Wenxiao Liu is actively involved in the development of novel vaccines against herpesviruses and Brucella, and conducts in-depth studies on the antimicrobial resistance mechanisms of Pasteurella multocida. This includes uncovering the molecular basis of cross-species transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and resistance genes from livestock and poultry.

Shokoh Parham is currently a researcher at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Her main field in undergraduate and graduate studies was in chemistry and organic chemistry. She obtained his PhD in material-chemistry at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2016. After that, she joined as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2016. She is specialized in advanced materials. Her research interests are biomaterials, nanomaterials, polymers and medical composites.

Mr. Abdurrahaman Mangari is a purpose-driven public health leader and PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with a strong focus on infectious diseases and health policy. He has extensive multidisciplinary training in epidemiology, medical microbiology, global health security, and strategic health leadership. A WHO Fellow, Abdurrahaman has led immunization and pandemic response efforts across multiple African countries, playing a key role in COVID-19 response, routine immunization, and cross-border vaccine delivery. He has worked with leading institutions including the Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria), NCDC, Africa CDC, and the World Health Organization, where he currently serves as a Senior Supervisor for the Oral Polio Vaccine program. His work reflects a strong commitment to health equity, community empowerment, and evidence-based public health action across Africa and beyond.

Dr. Ghazwan Ahmed Mohammed Raouf is a lecturer and researcher at the Dept. of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Duhok, Kurdistan region, Iraq. He occupied as a deputy dean at the College of Pharmacy-UOD, 2019-2023. He is an Ambassador at European Association for Cancer Research (EACR). He has 13 years’ experience as lecturer, researcher and lab technician. He holds Ph.D., M.Sc. degree in Toxicology and B.Sc. degree in Biology/Microbiology. He has been selected as an international Ph.D. candidate by the Italian University of Tuscia (for five months) under the framework of the ERASMUS+ Mobility Student Program 2022-2023 funded by the European Commission. He has appointed as laboratory manager at Lalav hospital for Infectious diseases and coronavirus, 2020-2022. He has participated in numerus local and international conferences and Symposiums as a speaker (The 24th European Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology Conference, London, UK, 2023), (Pharmaceutical Toxicology Conference-New Delhi-India 2010), (2nd Scientific Conference of College of Health Sciences (2SCHSC)-HMU 7-8 Oct. 2023), (The Pharmacy Day Symposium at UOD’s Convention Center, September 26, 2024) (Medical Minds Update Conference, February 26, 2025). He has published eight papers in reputed local and international journals and he is a full member of the following associations: American Society of Toxicology (SOT); Italian Society of Toxicology (SITOX); European Association for Cancer Research; and International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Brussels/Belgium.

Prof. Andrey Dmitrovskiy was born in Almaty(1950), graduated from Medical Institute (1973), worked in infectious diseases hospitals, completed two–year residency at Kazakh Institute of Epidemiology (1979), worked at Anti-Plague Institute (1979 - 1999), from junior researcher till head of department. Defended PhD and doctoral dissertations, for diagnostics, treatment and epidemiology of zoonotic and extremely dangerous infections (Yersinioses and Plague). Since 2000, he was professor at Kazakh National Medical University, Infectious Diseases Department. In 2005 – 09, in parallel, worked in the Central Asian Office of CDC, USA and in 2011-16 in AECOM, USA as a manager for sustainable development. Since 2018, he is the head of Diagnostics and ExpertiseLaboratory of National Center for Biotechnology, Almatybranch (Central Reference Laboratory), in parallel - professor at Kazakh-Russian Medical University, ID Department. Under his leadership, 10 PhD and 3 doctoral dissertations were defended, he published over 425 printed works, including 6 monographs. He worked on outbreaks of a number of dangerous infections, including cholera, anthrax, plague, hemorrhagic fevers and COVID-19 in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Vietnam. Area of interest are diagnostics, treatment and epidemiology of infectious diseases, antiepidemic measures and biosafety.

Dr. Adolphus T. Clarke is a Public Health Specialist, Lecturer at the School of Public Health and the School of Pharmacy, University of Liberia, and former Programme Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) at the Ministry of Health, Liberia. With over 15 years of experience in immunization systems, infectious disease epidemiology, and vaccine delivery, he has led national immunization programs, including Liberia’s COVID-19 vaccination response and measles outbreak preparedness. Dr. Clarke has served as a consultant to global health organizations, a focal person for Gavi Health System Strengthening (HSS), and a key contributor to Liberia’s post-Ebola immunization recovery efforts. His research and publications span child survival, immunization supply chains, vaccine-preventable disease surveillance, and outbreak response. He holds degrees in Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Public Health, along with advanced training in Health Systems Management, Epidemiology, and Global Health Leadership from institutions including Harvard University, Galilee Institute (Israel), and Yale Global Health Leadership Institute. Dr. Clarke has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed articles and continues to contribute to strengthening immunization systems, advancing infectious disease response, and improving public health outcomes in Liberia and beyond.

Dr. Ioannidis is an Assistant Professor of Surgery. He studied medicine in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated at 2005. He received his MSC in “Medical Research Methodology” in 2008 from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in “Surgery of Liver, Biliary Tree and Pancreas” from the Democritus University of Thrace in 2016. He received his PhD degree in 2014 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for his thesis “The effect of combined administration of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in ulcerative colitis. Experimental study in rats.” He is a General Surgeon with special interest in laparoscopic surgery and surgical oncology and also in surgical infections, acute care surgery, nutrition and ERAS. He has received fellowships for EAES, ESSO, EPC, ESCP and ACS and has published more than 260 articles with more than 10000 citations and an H-index of 46

Dr. Md. Serajul Haque Faizi obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2013. He subsequently undertook postdoctoral research in the Ultrafast Spectroscopy Laboratory of Prof. Pratik Sen at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Faizi has served as Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman; Guest Faculty at the Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi; and Research Associate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Since 2017, he has been serving as Assistant Professor in the PG Department of Chemistry, Langat Singh College (A Constituent Unit of B.R.A. Bihar University), Muzaffarpur. Dr. Faizi has published over 106 research papers in reputed national and international journals in the areas of organic synthesis and structural chemistry. He is a life member of several national and international professional societies. His research interests include design and synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, their applications as chemo- and biosensors, as well as molecular modelling and computational chemistry.

Dr. Fatemeh Yaghoobizadeh holds a PhD in Microbial Biotechnology(2023) and a Master of Science in Microbiology (2012) from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz (2010). Her expertise encompasses the laboratory preparation of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, the development of commercial ELISA, vaccine design, enzyme production from bacteria, microalgae, research on microbes from various resources, and the diagnosis of bacterial diseases, bulk RNA-Seq analysis, study on lncRNAs and miRNAs.