Expert Directory
Nursing, covid
Dr. Costa's goal is to maximize survival and minimize morbidity for mechanically ventilated adults. She accomplishes this through her research on the organization and management of critical care. Specifically, her work identifies key structural and functional characteristics of ICU interprofessional teams that can be leveraged to improve the delivery of high quality, complex care to mechanically ventilated patients
travel industry, Travel and Tourism, Travel Entrepreneur
Lorraine Simpson, Two-Time Magellan Award Winning Travel Entrepreneur and now Cityline TV Travel Expert, started out as many Travel Advisors did, with a home-based franchise, a computer, and very limited resources. Her office was in an unfinished basement, and she had to get creative with her marketing initiatives. Focused, driven, and full of enthusiasm, she was determined to shine in the travel industry. The rest is history. Within five years she was selling over $4 million annually and was collecting multiple awards on a regular basis. Now a regular on National and Regional TV, Lorraine is a the most visually recognized Travel Professional in the media today. Lorraine shares her secrets to success in her Mentoring/Coaching program, at speaking engagements at major travel industry events, and on Experiential Luxury Mastermind FAM trips in some of the most exotic destinations in the world. She is also a widely known expert in the areas of inventive travel, group travel, escorted group travel, events and travel, corporate travel, eco-tourism, culinary tourism, post-pandemic business recovery, and best places to travel off-the-beaten path. Visit her online today: www.lorrainesimpson.com
Lisa Skriloff, BA
Pres/Founder Multicultural Marketing Resources, Editor, Multicultural Marketing News, Multicultural Travel News, Writer, SATW
NewswiseConsulting, Marketing News, Recruitment, Marketing, Public Relations, Hispanics, Asian Americans, African Americans, LGBT consumers, Multicultural, Diversity, Minority
Lisa Skriloff founded Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. (MMR) to serve as a business resource to corporations, communications firms, and journalists, providing information and referrals. Established in 1994, MMR is a consultancy, B2B public relations and marketing firm, and editorial supplier, working with the leading experts in Hispanics, Asian Americans, African Americans, LGBT consumers, and other ethnic and niche market groups. MMR is also the publisher of The Source Book of Multicultural Experts, MMRNews (http://multicultural.com/multicultural-marketing-news), and a Multicultural/Diversity Speakers Showcase (http://multicultural.com/Speaker_Showcase/speakers_all). She is both an expert herself, available for interviews and consulting, and also a conduit to other specialized experts via her Source Book of Multicultural experts online at http://multicultural.com/sourcebook/sourcebook_companies. Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. is a WBENC certified woman-owned business and also certified by New York City and New York State. Our specialization is multicultural markets and diversity, working with companies such as ad agencies, research firms, corporate marketing executives, media and other communications professionals involved in marketing to Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, people with disabilities, LGBT consumers and women- and minority- business owners. We provide marketing support and writing services to corporations and organizations. Writing services include ghostwriting speeches and PowerPoint presentations on multicultural marketing and diversity, as well as tailored reports and briefing memos. Other topics of expertise: multicultural travel, dance travel, and destinations. Lisa Skriloff is also the founding editor & publisher of Multicultural Travel News at https://multiculturaltravelnews.com/. For more about MMR please visit http://multicultural.com/services/products_services. Prior to starting the company, Lisa had a 10-year career at The New York Times, where she held a number of director-level positions in the Promotion, Marketing, Advertising, Circulation, and Special Projects departments. She oversaw the development of special sections for the Hispanic market, among other advertorials, and was responsible for numerous merchandising programs, sales promotions, and product introductions. As Director of Consumer Promotion, she managed the $13 million annual advertising campaign and earned an Effie for her work on the launch of the National Edition of The Times. She was appointed by the publisher to serve on the newspaper’s first diversity committee. Fluent in Spanish, Lisa has worked extensively in the Hispanic market. She had advertising sales responsibilities for Caballero Spanish Radio in New York where she also wrote the company’s trade newsletter, Hispanic Age. During two years in Spain, she directed ad sales, and wrote articles, for an English language city publication in Madrid. She started her career as a Bilingual Elementary School Teacher in Madison, Wisconsin. Among the many awards and honors, she has received: YWCA Salute to Women Achievers; Working Woman Magazine’s award for Innovation in Entrepreneurship, PRSA award for Best Newsletter, PRWeek’s Solo Practitioner of the Year in Public Relations and she was a finalist for NAWBO’S (National Association of Women Business Owners) Signature Award. In 2009, she was nominated for a Latinos in Social Media Award, in the category of the Best NY Latino(a) Social Network Leader. Her very first award, from the Little Red Train Camp, (pre-school) was for “Most Friendly Girl in her Group.” Lisa has been a guest speaker and moderated panels on Ethnic Marketing at the Direct Marketing Association Emerging Markets Conference; the Health & Beauty Association Global Expo; and the IIR and SRI’s conferences on Marketing to Multicultural Markets, Marketing Financial Services to Multicultural Markets, and Multicultural Markets Online. She proposed the course at New York University's (NYU) School of Continuing and Professional Studies, “Marketing to the New Majority: How to Reach the Multicultural Consumer," which she created and taught for 11 years, and taught a similar workshop at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Institute for Diversity Education & Leadership. She created the workshop “How to Establish Yourself as an Expert” offered by The Seminar Center in NYC and has been a guest speaker at Florida State University’s Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication and at the University of Texas School of Journalism & Mass Communication. She has been quoted in The New York Times, Advertising Age, The Wall Street Journal, among many others, on multicultural marketing, about minority and women-owned businesses, and regarding travel experiences in 60 countries. A native New Yorker, she has also lived in California, Wisconsin, Spain, Mexico, Germany, and England. Over the years Lisa Skriloff has been active in numerous associations including the Hispanic Public Relations Association, the Black Public Relations Association, the diversity committee of the Ad Club of NY and has served on the boards of the Publicity Club of New York and the National Association of Women Business Owners-NYC Chapter. She has lent her marketing and public relations skills on a pro bono basis to organizations such as Asian Women in Business and the American Women’s Economic Development associations. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Madison, she has chaired the NY Chapter of Cabinet 99, the Women’s Leadership Council of the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) and served on the Board of the WAA. Lisa is a frequent writer on travel and has contributed to Travel Agent Magazine, The NY Daily News, Jaxfax and Fodors Guides, and is the founding editor of Multicultural Travel News (MTN) and Dance Travel News. She specializes in multicultural travel, Spanish language destinations, dance, and cruise travel. View articles at https://lisaskriloff.com/travel/ She is co-author of the book “Men Are From Cyberspace: The Single Woman’s Guide to Finding Love Online” published by St. Martin’s Press in December 1997.
Racism, Underserved Communities, Equality, Civil Rights, Diversity, Minority
Arva Rice is President & CEO of the New York Urban League (NYUL) an organization whose mission is to enable African Americans and other underserved communities to secure a first-class education, economic self-reliance, and equal respect of their civil rights through programs, services, and advocacy. Prior to joining NYUL, she served as the Executive Director of Project Enterprise, an organization that provides business loans, and technical assistance to entrepreneurs. Previously she served as the founding Executive Director of Public Allies New York – a young adult leadership program dedicated to helping develop the next generation of non-profit leaders. Arva was also Program Director of an Economic Literacy Initiative at Girls Incorporated, a national non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring girls to become strong, smart, and bold. Arva was selected by the Annie E. Casey Foundation as one of 16 leaders from across the country for its 2013-2014 Children and Family Fellows. She is a recipient of The Network Journal’s “Forty Under 40” Black Achiever’s Award Winners and also received the magazine’s 25 Most Influential Women in Business Award. Most recently she received The Chancellor’s Educational Leadership Award from CUNY and an alum award from Northwestern University. Arva is a graduate of Northwestern University, Commissioner for the NYC Equal Employment Practices Commission, a member of the Women’s Forum, and the Greater New York Chapter of The Links Incorporated.
Ray Klump, PhD
Associate Dean – College of Aviation, Science and Technology - Professor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Lewis UniversityElectric power systems, Stability of nonlinear networks, Numerical methods, programming languages, Scientific Visualization, Security of information systems
Ray Klump earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in August 2000. His dissertation, “A Computational Framework for Assessing Voltage Security Using Energy Methods,” developed an algorithm for predicting the maximum amount of power an electric utility system can serve before a blackout occurs. From May 1996, through August 1998, he worked as General Engineer at Mid-America Interconnected Network in Lombard, IL, where he developed a software platform for calculating maximum power system transfer capabilities and posting these numbers to a secure website used by marketing and reliability firms. Starting in October 1997, Dr. Klump began working for PowerWorld Corporation, a software manufacturer based in Champaign, IL. Working first on a part-time basis and then in a full-time capacity, Dr. Klump wrote software for calculating and displaying the conditions of an electric power system in ways that help system operators and engineers understand the system much more easily than they could if they used only tables and graphs. Dr. Klump continues to work part-time as Software Engineer and Senior consultant for PowerWorld, where he is the principle developer of PowerWorld’s Retriever product, which displays the real-time measurements of an electric power system as reported by phasor measurement units and SCADA systems. Dr. Klump began his career at Lewis University in August 2001. He has taught undergraduate courses in C++, Java, software engineering, database design and implementation, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, microcomputer software applications, and college mathematics. Dr. Klump has published 18 papers, mostly in the field of computer applications for power systems. He has consulted, through PowerWorld, for projects with Commonwealth Edison, City Water Light and Power of Springfield, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Bonneville Power Administration, Southern Company, Entergy, Mid-America Interconnected Network, and PJM. Professional and Educational Interests: Electric power systems Stability of nonlinear networks Numerical methods Programming languages Scientific visualization Object-oriented theory and design Security of information systems Credentials: B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993 M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000 Celebration of Scholarship Mentor: Using CUDA Undergraduate Student Project in Math & Science Honors: Grant from Lewis University Computer Ethics Simulation, Mozilla Foundation
Organizational Behavior, Human Resource, Leadership Development, Professional and Executive Coaching, leadership and management, job search strategy, Career Advancement
Dr. Sheila Boysen is an Associate Professor in the Organizational Leadership Department. She is an experienced executive leadership coach and author, specializing in leadership development and coaching. Her experience in enabling positive change, as a leader across multiple industries and roles enables her to bring a blend of corporate leadership and an understanding of team dynamics into her teaching. She supports her students to grow as leaders, achieve results, and to develop their own leadership competencies. Dr. Boysen brings extensive senior HR experience to her teaching and coaching. Prior to transitioning to leadership development and coaching, she was a human resources leader in organizations that spanned a number of industries in both public and private organizations. Her focus was on the people side of the business, including: leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and performance optimization. Having navigated the politics and the complexities of managing up, down, and cross functionally, she brings her corporate knowledge and experience to provide a uniquely relevant perspective to her teaching. Dr. Boysen completed her coaching education at the University of Texas at Dallas in their Executive, Professional and Career Coaching program. She received the highest level of certification as a Master Certified Coach (MCC) from the International Coach Federation. Her doctoral studies at Benedictine University in Organization Development include extensive research on coaching effectiveness and strategic talent development. Since becoming a certified coach over a decade ago, she has worked with over 900 clients in all areas of industry. Her coaching style encompasses solution focused approach that helps individuals and groups to uncover their passion, leadership aptitude, and values and apply these elements to their lives and work. Dr. Boysen is passionate about helping students to succeed and to find their authentic vocation. Credentials: Ph.D., Benedictine University, 2013 M.B.A., Northern Illinois University, 2009 B.S., University of Illinois, 2006 Certifications: Master Coach Certification – International Coach Federation Scholarly Presentations: Boysen, Sheila, Kerth, Scott, Page, Lesley. (2019, October). Demonstrating leadership and living your values in the midst of organizational change within a university. Panel Presentation at the annual Midwest Academy of Management, Omaha, NE. Boysen, Sheila, Cherry, Kerth, Scott, Schneider, Dawn. (2018, October). Multigenerational Communities and Engagement Panel Presentation at the annual Midwest Academy of Management, St.Louis, MO. Boysen, Sheila, Cherry, Mike, Kerth, Scott, Page, Lesley (2017, October). The Changing Nature of Employee Motivation, Engagement and Performance. Panel Presentation at the annual Midwest Academy of Management, Chicago, IL Boysen, Sheila, Cherry, Mike, Page, Lesley (2016, November). Partners in Progress: Unite to Educate America’s Workforce. Round Table Presentation at the annual CAEL (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) International Conference, Chicago, IL Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2015, October). An Interdisciplinary Review of Learning Assessments. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management, Columbus, OH. Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2013, October). Executive Coaching: A review of the literature. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management, Milwaukee, WI. Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2013, October). Leadership Today. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management, Milwaukee, WI. Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2013, October). Executive Coaching Perspectives. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management, Milwaukee, WI. Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2012, October). A Model of Positive Organizational Change. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management, Itasca, IL. Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2011, March). Coaching and OD interface to Recover, Rebuild, Renew organizations. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, Houston, TX. Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2011, March). OD and Human Resources. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Southwest Academy of Management, Houston, TX. Boysen-Rotelli, S. (2010, October). Aligning Organization Development and Human Resources. Panel presentation at the annual meeting of the Midwest Academy of Management, Grand Forks, ND.
Vesna Markovic, PhD
Chair and Associate Professor of Justice, Law and Public Safety Studies
Lewis UniversityTerrorism, Suicide Bombings, Financing Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crime
Dr. Markovic has developed a robust career in criminal justice, focusing on terrorism particularly focusing on suicide bombings, financing terrorism, and low-tech terrorist attacks such as vehicle-ramming attacks and mass shootings. Upon obtaining her doctoral degree, she became the Director of the Institute for the Study of Violent Groups (ISVG) at Sam Houston State University in Texas where she also served as Principal Investigator on a number of grants. She began her professional career in academia as an assistant professor at the University of New Haven, and eventually became Assistant Dean for the College of Criminal Justice. She has written widely on the topics of suicide terrorism including an op-ed for Forbes Magazine, and a recent publication (2019) in the journal on Women and Criminal Justice Terrorism special issue called “Suicide Squad: Boko Haram’s use of the female suicide bomber.” She is also a regular lecturer for the NATO Center of Excellence – Defense against Terrorism (COE-DAT) in Ankara, Turkey. She previously worked as a Private Investigator doing corporate due diligence Investigations at Search International. Dr. Markovic’s research interests include terrorism, transnational crime, and comparative criminal justice.
RNA Silencing, Virus-Host Interactions, Epigenetics
Jim Carrington has come a long way since first stepping into a research laboratory as an undergraduate at the University of California, Riverside. Research in the Carrington lab focuses on RNA-mediated regulation and silencing of genomes, genes and viruses. This lab focuses on the biogenesis, functions, and evolution of small RNA-directed silencing pathways in multicellular eukaryotes. Small RNA-based silencing serves a regulatory mechanism during growth and development and in response to stress. It also functions as a transposon and repeat silencing mechanism, and as an antiviral response in plants and some animals. The Carrington lab uses a combination of genetics, genomics, computation and other approaches to address fundamental mechanistic problems using model systems, but it also seeks to develop tools and approaches that have practical relevance in crop plants. The lab is particularly interested in the underlying mechanisms, including small RNA mechanisms, that govern plant-virus and plant-microbe interactions. HTS studies in a variety of plants and other organisms have revealed the diversity of ancient and recently evolved miRNA genes, and vast arrays of siRNAs from long dsRNA. The systematic analysis of mutants with defects in miRNA and siRNA function revealed several distinct biogenesis pathways for each class, and target RNAs that are regulated by small RNA families. Distinct small RNA biogenesis and effector components are involved in transcriptional and post-transcriptional silencing systems in plants. They have explored biogenesis, effector and specificity mechanisms of miRNA, trans-acting siRNA (tasiRNA), antiviral siRNA, and other small RNA classes using Arabidopsis thaliana.
Elizabeth Kellogg, PhD
Member and Robert E. King Distinguished Investigator
Donald Danforth Plant Science Centercomparative genomics, Systematics, developmental genetics, Plants, Botany
Elizabeth Anne Kellogg is an American botanist who now works mainly on grasses and cereals, both wild and cultivated. She earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1983 and was a professor of Botanical Studies at the University of Missouri - St. Louis from September 1998 to December 2013. Since 2013 been a Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Missouri. In 2020 she was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Elizabeth has spent her career studying cereal crops and their wild relatives in the grass family, plants on which all of civilization depends. Her unique contribution has been to forge connections between scientists in the front lines of biodiversity research and those breaking new ground in genetic and genomic studies. The Kellogg lab’s work identifies deep similarities among plants as apparently disparate as rice, wheat, maize, and the other cereals. Because similarity and difference are two sides of the same coin, in the process they have also discovered genes that contribute to the diversity of the great cereals of the world. Members of the Kellogg lab believes that food security is a human right, and that plant scientists have an obligation to contribute to feeding the growing global population. This is central to the mission of the Center, to “feed the hungry and improve human health.” Cereal crops in the grass family – including rice, maize (corn), wheat, sorghum, barley, and oats – have fed civilizations for millennia, and are the center of our research. These crops were selected by humans from an entire ecosystem of wild grasses, which dominate and more than ¼ of the land area of the earth. By studying how the wild plants grow, make seeds, and adapt to drought and floods, we can learn how to make more resilient crops. Conversely, by studying cereal crops, we can predict how wild grasses may adapt to a warmer, drier climate. This aspect of our work reflects the second part of the Center’s mission, to “preserve and renew environment.” The third part of the mission is to “enhance the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science.” As you can see in the descriptions of projects below, the lab is a small business supported by grant funding, much of which represents federal tax dollars brought home to Missouri. Like the other labs in the Center, we are an employer, a small business that keeps the economic engine of the city running. Current projects in the Kellogg lab include: Adaptation and morphological evolution in the tribe Andropogoneae. This project is supported by two NSF grants, one of which is producing genomes for as many members of the tribe as possible (see panandropogoneae.com), and the other of which is using those data to investigating evolution of floral and inflorescence structures. Evolution of grass abscission zones. We have discovered that the mechanisms controlling how seeds fall off the plant are surprisingly diverse. This poses mechanistic and evolutionary questions that we are pursuing in wild species and related crops.
Donald MacKenzie, PhD
Director, Institute for International Crop Improvement
Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterBiotic and Abiotic Interactions, crop improvement, Genomics, Agriculture, environmental risk assessment, biosafety and food safety
With a natural inclination toward math and science in school, Don studied biochemistry at the University of British Columbia, eventually completing a PhD. Since 2018, Don has been the executive director of the Institute for International Crop Improvement (IICI) at the Danforth Center. He manages the IICI’s programs and partnerships dedicated to translating key discoveries in plant health, disease and pest management, genomics, advanced breeding and nutrition to new solutions for food quality and availability around the globe. Don’s team also provides guidance on navigating through the practical, safety, and regulatory processes necessary to demonstrate that new crop varieties are proven safe and effective for the farmers who will benefit from them. Don is an international expert in regulatory systems for agriculture, including environmental risk assessment, biosafety, and food safety assessments. His extensive experience in plant product development and global regulatory processes aligns with the Institute’s commitment to collaborate with international and local partner organizations to deliver crops with improved nutritional content and disease resistance to places where people are in most need. In addition to feeding the hungry, these efforts have the potential to contribute to environmental health and empower farmers to become more self-sufficient. Under Don’s leadership, the IICI is establishing public-private partnerships to address cross-cutting issues related to environmental and food safety assessment, quality standards, consensus-building, regulatory policy advocacy, and the practical implementation of stewardship best practices for new technologies.
Rebecca Dutch, PhD
Professor - Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
University of KentuckyMolecular & Cellular Biochemistry, Biochemistry, Virology
Dr. Rebecca Ellis Dutch is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky, and currently leads the COVID-19 Unified Research Experts Alliance team focused on biomedical and clinical issues related to the pandemic for the university. Becky received a BS in Biochemistry and a BS in Microbiology from Michigan State University in 1986. As a Churchill Scholar, she then completed a M.Phil. degree in Biochemistry from Cambridge University, focusing on plant biochemistry. She received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Stanford University in 1994, working with Dr. I. Robert Lehman on recombination in herpes simplex virus. Becky then moved to studies of viral glycoproteins in RNA viruses for her postdoctoral training at Northwestern University/HHMI with Dr. Robert Lamb. She joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 2000. Her research, which has resulted in continuous NIH funding since 2001 and numerous other grants, manuscripts, and presentations focuses on emerging RNA viruses, with a particular emphasis on viral entry, assembly, and spread. Dr. Dutch was a 2015-2016 University Research Professor in recognition of her outstanding research efforts. Dr. Dutch teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level and has twice been named a finalist for the Provost’s Outstanding Teacher award. She is also highly committed to the training and mentoring of young scientists and has served as the primary mentor for 19 Ph.D. students, 4 MD/Ph.D. students, five postdoctoral scholars, and 28 undergraduate researchers. Dr. Dutch is an editor for Journal of Virology (where she also serves as the Spotlight editor), Plos Pathogens, and mSphere. She has been a member of numerous grant review panels, including serving as a standing member of the NIH VIRB and MID study sections. She also served as the elected President of the American Society for Virology from 2016-2017.
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, MD
Vice-Chair, Healthcare Quality Professor, Infectious Diseases
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonEpidemiology, COVID-19, Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial
Dr. Ostrosky-Zeichner is a professor of medicine and epidemiology, the Vice-Chair of Medicine for Healthcare Quality, and the director of the Laboratory of Mycology Research, at the Division of Infectious Diseases of the McGovern Medical School (a part of UTHealth). He also serves medical director for epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship for Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center and UT Physicians. He is also currently coordinating the CoVID-19 response for UTHealth and its affiliated hospitals and clinics. Dr. Ostrosky-Zeichner obtained his medical degree from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He completed his internal medicine residency at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, and his infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center combined fellowship program. Dr. Ostrosky-Zeichner is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and the Academy of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology. He is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, as well as an editorial board member of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Clinical Infectious Diseases. He is Vice President of the Mycoses Study Group and Educational Consortium and a Board Member of the International Immunocompromised Host Society. He is also a past chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee and has been a consultant to the US FDA and CDC. He has advanced training and experience in medical mycology, healthcare epidemiology, emerging infections, antimicrobial stewardship, general and transplant infectious diseases, and healthcare quality and has published over 155 peer-reviewed articles on those topics.
Michael L. Chang, MD
Assistant Professor Of Pediatrics Director Of Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship For McGovern Medical School And Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonProcess Improvement, Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety
Dr. Michael L. Chang is a pediatric infectious disease specialist in Houston, Texas, and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area. He has been in practice for 11-20 years. His specialty is Pediatric infectious disease specialists who treat children with a broad array of diseases caused by germs, viruses, and fungi, ranging from flu to hospital-acquired infections to pneumonia. Dr. Chang’s professional interests include Antimicrobial stewardship which involves studying and promoting the appropriate, optimal and judicious use of antibiotics for pediatric patients and Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections.
Criminal Justice, Police crime, Criminal Behaviors, Procedural Rights, Police Behaviours, police integrity, police misconduct
Philip Stinson, J.D., Ph.D., is a professor of criminal justice at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Stinson’s primary area of research is police behaviors, including police crime, police corruption, and police misconduct. He is the principal investigator on a research project funded by a grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) at the U.S. Department of Justice to study police crime across the United States. His current research project, Police Integrity Lost: A Longitudinal Study of Police Crime, is supported by the Wallace Action Fund of Tides Foundation. Dr. Stinson’s research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Criminal Justice Policy Review, The Prison Journal, Victims & Offenders, and Journal of Crime & Justice. His research has also been featured in many news publications, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and FiveThirtyEight.com. Phil Stinson has appeared on CNN, PBS, NPR, CBC, BBC, Sky News, CCTV, Radio Sputnik, Democracy Now!, HuffPost Live, and numerous other media outlets worldwide. He teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at Bowling Green, including Criminal Law, Procedural Rights, Criminal Courts, Criminal Justice Ethics, Criminal Justice Policy Analysis, and Law, Evidence & Procedure in Forensic Science.
Ranjith Ramasamy, MD
Director of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery - Associate Professor in Department of Urology
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of MedicineVasectomy Reversal, Vasectomy, Erectile Dysfunction, Male Infertility, Low Testosterone, Peyronies disease, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, Urology
Ranjith Ramasamy is the director of Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery as well as an associate professor in Department of Urology at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami Health System. As a urologist and microsurgeon, Dr. Ramasamy specializes in the treatment of disorders of male infertility and sexual dysfunction. He is an expert in vasectomy reversal and penile prosthesis. Dr. Ramasamy completed his urology residency training at Weil Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He then completed a National Institutes of Health-sponsored fellowship in Male Reproductive medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. In addition to his clinical accolades, Dr. Ramasamy has been integral to the advancement of male reproductive medicine and surgery. To date, he has published over 100 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters; he currently serves on the editorial board of Andrology, Asian Journal of Andrology and Urology as well as as an editorial reviewer for medical journals such as Journal of Urology, Fertility and Sterility, European Urology and British Journal of Urology. Furthermore, he has been invited to lecture at numerous international conferences including the American Urological Association, Chinese, Malaysian and Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction. Outside of clinical medicine and academic research, Dr. Ramasamy has made a significant effort to share his wealth of knowledge and serve as a mentor for future urologists. He created ‘Urology’ an app used by trainees across the world to help prepare for urology board examinations. As a physician, Dr. Ramasamy maintains a dedication to patient care, academia, and the training of future urologists by directing a fellowship program in andrology. Dr. Ramasamy is currently leading important clinical trials at the University of Miami Health System for: Male Fertility/Infertility Treatment Erectile Dysfunction Treatment Low Testosterone Treatment
Nathaniel Jones, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor Medical Director, Loyola University Chicago Sports Medicine
Loyola MedicineRehabilitation, Tendinitis, Sports Injury, Sports Medicine, College sports medicine, High school sports medicine, Concussion, concussion and football
Nathaniel Jones, MD, a primary care sports medicine specialist at Loyola Medicine, and the Team Physician for Division 1 Loyola University Chicago, University of St. Francis Joliet, US Soccer. Dr. Jones has more than 14 years of experience. Dr. Nate Jones received his medical degree from the University of Iowa. He completed his residency in Family Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and further developed his clinical abilities in the field of Primary Care Sports Medicine by completing a fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital. Certified in sports medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, he looks after multiple communities in the state of Illinois. Patients visit him to treat a wide variety of sports, musculoskeletal and medical conditions such as sports injuries, arthritis, spondylolysis, tendonitis, osteoarthritis, and sciatica. He is experienced with musculoskeletal ultrasound, joint injections and minor fracture care. He is the Medical Director of the Loyola Concussion Clinic.
Dr. Jones speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Portuguese. This helps him treat his clients from several cultural backgrounds who are more comfortable to converse with him. His extensive experience in his field of practice has helped him author several publications with other eminent practitioners. He believes in providing excellent patient care and strives towards quickly bringing patients back to their routine way of life.
Nutrition, food systems, Agriculture
Anna Herforth is a senior researcher and consultant specializing in the links between agriculture, food systems and nutrition. She holds a Ph.D. in international nutrition from Cornell University, M.S. in food policy from Tufts University, and a B.S. in plant science from Cornell University. She is currently an adjunct Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University, and a consultant for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Gallup World Poll on diet quality and food system issues. She has helped shape the agriculture-nutrition conversation globally through working with a wide range of groups, including the World Bank, UN and CGIAR agencies, government aid agencies, nonprofit organizations, and academia. In Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, she has carried out research and spent considerable time with agricultural and indigenous communities. Dr. Herforth is a co-founder of the Agriculture-Nutrition Community of Practice, a professional community with members from over 90 countries.
Antimicrobial Peptides, Biotic Interactions, crop protection
Dilip joined the Danforth Center on November 1, 2001, the same day that our original building was inaugurated. “When I first came to the Danforth Center, I was suddenly working with PIs that studied plant cell biology, plant structural biology, plant biochemistry. It was really very exciting to have the opportunity to collaborate with them. It was extremely gratifying,” explains Dilip. Dilip’s lab studies how plants defend themselves against fungal diseases. The goal of their research is to discover new ways to enable plants to better protect themselves from fungal attacks. To do this, they research antifungal peptides that have the ability to kill pathogens. Once Dilip’s lab understands how a peptide eliminates a pathogen, his lab can then apply the peptides to make crops resistant to a specific disease. One of the fungal diseases that Dilip and his lab are researching is Gray Mold Disease, which causes multi-millions of US dollars in pre- and postharvest losses across the world. Gray mold is caused by a fungus Botrytis cinerea that can infect flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Dilip’s lab is working on technology that, when applied, could potentially control gray mold in multiple economically important plants. Dilip’s work also has significant implications for the future of food security. In agriculture, 15-20% of crops are lost each year because of the fungal diseases. By making plants more disease resistant, Dilip could reduce that statistic. For a smallholder farmer where each bushel is critical to feeding the community, reducing crop loss could drastically improve human health.
Toni Kutchan, PhD
Member, Oliver M. Langenberg Distinguished Investigator, VP for Research
Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterMetabolic Systems, Synthetic Biology, Sustainable Bioenergy, Genomics, Phenomics, data science
Toni Kutchan serves a vice president for research and is the Oliver M. Langenberg Distinguished Investigator at the Danforth Center where she is investigating two aspects of natural products that are found in plants; how plants produce medicinal natural products at the enzyme and gene level, which could lead to new sources of medications for use against conditions such as dementia and cancer; and the use of plant natural products as components of biofuels. She is a leading expert in the molecules derived from the opium poppy, including the lifesaving opioid antidote medications. “Production of these drugs creates an industrial waste stream. It’s not good for the people working in the lab, and it creates a nasty waste pond. We have recently discovered a microorganism that can manufacture opiates in a cleaner, more sustainable way. Now we’re looking for industrial partners who can help us transform this lab work into an industry process.” As a recipient of federal research grants, the Danforth Center is prohibited from working on medical cannabis. However, Missouri recently legalized the production of industrial hemp, a crop which was king in Missouri in the late 1800s and which produces high-quality fiber useful in many products, such as textiles, rope, paper, and cosmetics. The Danforth Center and the Kutchan Lab are already forming partnerships. “With the cutting-edge technology and infrastructure at the Danforth Center, we can accelerate the breeding and help reestablish this useful cash crop in the state of Missouri. Hemp has been illegal for 100 years. We are now attempting to go from zero to introducing a modern crop.” Prior to joining the Center in 2006, she spent 20 years researching biochemistry at the University of Munich and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biology. In recognition of her scientific achievements, Toni was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017 and the prestigious German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) in 2010. She received her doctorate in biochemistry from Saint Louis University and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Toni credits training the next generation of scientists as a very rewarding part of her work at the Danforth Center and adds: “Training the up-and-coming generations is so important, making sure they have broad interests and perspective. Together, we can make the world a better place, safer, more sustainable. By unlocking the secrets of plants, we will make peoples’ lives better—and that’s a good feeling.”
Metabolic Systems, Synthetic Biology, Biotic, Abiotic Interactions, Genomics, Phenomics, data science
Kirk is an internationally renowned expert in bioimaging with 30 years’ experience and over 100 publications. He is proud of his role in discovering a new imaging approach to follow subcellular calcium signaling in filamentous fungi—a world first. His research today focuses on small microbes that cause disease in both humans and plants. And he is dedicated to his role at the Danforth Center, partnering with numerous colleagues to help advance their research as well. In 2019, Kirk joined the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center as a principal investigator and director of the Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory Facility, to leverage advanced microscopy tools in plant science dedicated to producing more nutritious food and improving the environment. With over 30 years of advanced microscopy experience, Dr. Czymmek has expertise in most forms of light, X-ray, and electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, single-molecule imaging, superresolution microscopy, cryotechniques, and correlative microscopy. His work on developing and applying cutting-edge microscopy tools for imaging cells, tissues, and biomaterials has generated over 95 refereed publications. Prior to joining the Danforth Center, Kirk served as Vice President of Global ZEISS Microscopy Customer Centers and oversight of eight customer centers and their teams worldwide. He joined the company in 2012 to build a world-class application, demonstration, and training center for the ZEISS microscopy portfolio for North America. From 2000 to 2012 he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware (UD) where he worked to build an imaging capacity that led in 2001 to the creation of the UD Bio-Imaging Center at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, where he served as Director. Kirk received his doctorate in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Michigan State University in 1993 followed by a post-doctoral position at the DuPont Company in CR&D Plant Molecular Genetics group. Subsequently, he worked with Noran Instruments in the confocal business group as an applications scientist before joining the University of Delaware. He has received many awards and honors for his achievements in the field.
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