Prof. Frank Chindamo, CEO, LaughMD™, oversees the implementation of the laughter therapy program, bringing his compassion born from personal losses and trailblazing entertainment industry success with SNL, HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS and Comedy Central. Frank was an Adjunct Professor in Web Video at USC, UCLA, Chapman, Pepperdine University, and Emerson College. Frank has won 30+ awards for producing comedy videos. He launched the world’s first mobile comedy channel, was featured on the front pages of Forbes Magazine, the LA Times, the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times. He is a Certified Humor Professional of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor

If Laughter is the Best Medicine, Why Don’t We Use It as Medicine? Humor Therapy in Cancer Care: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Enhancing Quality of Life

Prof. Ezra Lockhart, a professor at Yorkville University and a faculty member at the Colorado School for Family Therapy, brings two decades of expertise in mental health and addiction counseling in the U.S. With extensive board service, he is the current elected ethics chair for LAMFT and serves as a Minority Fellowship Mentor for NBCC. Prof. Lockhart has significant experience in ethical practice and suicide prevention. Since 2002, he has supervised professionals and trained adults, specializing in risk assessment and clinical supervision. He has completed over 15,000 suicide risk assessments and presents internationally on ethical practices in suicide prevention.

The Impact of Gender Identity Acceptance on Suicide Risk Among Transgender and Nonbinary Youth in the United States

Prof Colonel Rostislav Stefanov Kostadinov is Organizing and leading the educational process for Medical University of Plovdiv and Medical College of Plovdiv students. Delivering lectures, leading seminars and the students examine. Monitoring, organizing, and facilitating the International relations and Project activities of the Public Health Faculty academic staff. Organizing and leading Ph.D. and resident programs on Disaster Medicine and Disaster Medical Support at the Medical University of Plovdiv Planning, organizing, and managing courses for improvement of the population skills for healthy behavior in case of disasters and catastrophes. Leading and managing courses for disaster medical support (for medical professionals) and advance medical training for search and rescue team members.

Climate change impact on Disaster Medical Resilience

The author received an honourable PhD in mathematics and majored in engineering at MIT. He attended different universities over 17 years and studied seven academic disciplines. He has spent 20,000 hours in T2D research. First, he studied six metabolic diseases and food nutrition during 2010 to 2013, then conducted his own diabetes research during 2014 to 2018. His approach is “quantitative medicine” based on mathematics, physics, optical and electronics physics, engineering modelling, signal processing, computer science, big data analytics, statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. His main focus is on preventive medicine using prediction tools. He believes that the better the prediction, the more control you have.

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Dr. Linda Gordon offers leadership in the development of health strategies. Her professional experience as a physician, community leader, and advocate has culminated in the founding of Childverse, Inc., a public health consulting firm. Childverse leverages creative media and thought leadership to support parents and advocates of children dealing with anxiety and bullying. Dr. Gordon's diverse background includes contributions in academia as a clinical investigator, focusing on immunology, HIV, and the clinical effects of hypertension, diabetes, and lead toxicity. Additionally, she has a robust service record in the non-profit sector, including various board positions.

Health Literacy and the Palatable Consumption of Services

Elizabeth Dale Gilley is completing her dissertation research in Reward Deficiency Syndrome at National University in San Diego, California, USA. She is the founder of the Elle Foundation, incorporated in Dallas, Texas in 1995. She currently leads the team efforts of Elle Research and Elle Resource in West Palm Beach, Florida. She has published in peer review consistently since 2017 and has produced primary source original research in family and individual psychological genomics since 2020. She created Reward Deficiency Syndrome Solution Focused Brief Intervention therapy, RDS paradigm psychoeducation and the Reward Deficiency Syndrome Severity of Symptom measurement scale.

The Future is Now for Precision Genomic Addiction Medicine as a Front line Modality for Inducing “Dopamine Homeostasis” in Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)

Ronna E Krozy, a retired Associate Professor of Nursing with a doctoral degree in Health Education and sub-specialty in Sex Education, spent 47 years teaching Population-Community Health Nursing at Boston College Connell School of Nursing. She is a former Trustee and current Chair of Public Relations for the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR). She has published numerous articles on social nudism and has been featured on radio and television. Her work focuses on nudism and body positivity, self-esteem, mental health, normalizing nudity, dispelling myths, destigmatizing, and promoting public awareness and acceptance. She’s been a nudist over 30 years.

Social Nudists: Misunderstood, Stigmatized and Unprotected

Immunologist; Certified Drug Safety Officer for Pharmacovigilance,Clinical Trials Specialist, Monitoring and Medical Writing as well as ICH/GCP and MedDRA coding expert.Former Scientific worker and Medical Advisor at Seramun Diagnostica Biotechnology Company in the Department of Research and development as a Research & Development Scientist as well as Medical Advisor in the field of Immunoassay, Immunodiagnostic, Autoantibody and Autoimmune Diseases. Completed PhD from Charite’-University of Medicine Berlin, Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Internal Medicine Dept. of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; German Rheumatology Research Center Berlin; Institute for Immunology, Center for Infection Medicine of Freie University Berlin. Honorary lecturer and trainer for Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Assistants in Germany. Ambassador of Brain City Berlin for Science and Technology. Delegate of Gonder University for international networking with German universities and academic institutions. Ambassador of Tedda Health Science College in Tedda-Gonder Ethiopia. Diaspora Expert for Developing Countries in relation to Health, Education, Research, Capacity Building and Consultation.Since 02/2024 International Diaspora Advisory Board Member of MEG at GIZ & BMZ (Federal Minster of Cooperation and Development). Co-advisor and lecturer for Master and PhD students & lecturer of undergraduate students in different Ethiopian Universities at Medical Colleges and Faculties. Board Member of Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology EiTEX & Biorefinery Research Center (BRRC of EiTEX) in Bahir Dar University-Ethiopia. Founder and Manager of Kess Waka Meskelo International Medical Center (KWMIMC) in Tedda-Gonder Ethiopia. Organizing Committee Member and Keynote Speaker of Global Webinar Conference on Public Health.Board Member and Co-Founder of two Diaspora Organizations in Germany. General Seccretary of Health for Ethiopia. Vice-President of Bridge Ethiopia Network for Science and Technology Transfer in Germany and Ethiopia. Member of different international and national academic Societies in German and beyond. Technical Advisory Board Member of TOG/VSF (Veterinaires sans Frontieres) in Germany. A Representative Committee for Ruminants of Federal Veterinary Chamber in Germany. Member of Global Hub Germany, Member of WHO Hub in Germany, Member of One Health Platform in Germany and etc. Currently,actively focusing on Global Public Health, Global One Health, International Health Protection against Infection Diseases and Capacity Building in developing Countries.

Rabies as a Dangerous Zoonotic Disease in Ethiopia and beyond in Africa globally: Challenges and the Role of Global One Health and Public Health Alliance to Eradicate Rabies globally

Minerva kelada MD a practicing physician in Southern California for more than 32 years, helping with health shortage areas Dr Kelada works as chief medical officer for imperial county medical group She’s the administrator of Deanzaclinic Dr Kelada worked as a medical consultant for the California Medical board as well as adjunct professor of medicine for UCSD

Coronavirus and reality -A simple question let’s dive into it

I bring to the table around 25 years of experience in research, evaluation, e-teaching, training/toolkit development and mainstreaming on gender and development. My sectoral focus has been on of issues of economic health/SRHR, disaster-risk-reduction, adolescent girls’ economic empowerment, masculinities and international commitments like ICPD, SDGs, CEDAW, Beijing Platform for Action. My primary clients include UN organisations (including WHO and UNFPA), national governments, INGOs and NGOs. I was a Guest Tutor for the short course ‘Men, Women and Development’ as the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex for a year, and am a facilitator of two Modules in the course “Gender Transformative Evaluations in South Asia” organised by the Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi. I combine global and regional reviews with field research, evaluations and training in India and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Moldova, Sudan, Mozambique, Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Before consulting, I was managing programs and leading an organisation on gender and development. I am on the editorial board of international journal Gender and Development, and on the board of three NGOs in India

SRHR on Concluding observations of CEDAW countries that are part of BRICS

Sharon Fisher Roberts, a longtime local government and public health attorney, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organismal and Systems Biology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA, and with a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She has been a writer, trainer, and speaker for local, state, and international associations, across sectors, in areas of governance, disability law, civil rights, administration of justice, environmental regulations, housing, nonprofit management, communication, and best business practices. She is currently writing a novel and lawyering for committed local leaders

Salve Lucrum! Hail, Profit! Greed is a Commercial Determinant of Health

DDS , DPD(Drodont)Dentistry for Children1988.Postgraduate taught course (two-years) in Oral Biology/Pathology, Dental Faculty, University of Athens 1998 .Master of Biostatistics,School Mathematics/Medicine,Athens2001.Postgraduate Bioesthetic Dentistry. OBI,International Faculty.Diploma. Roth/Williams Center for Functional Occlusion, Postgraduate Certificate Diploma in Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry. He is currently a member of EAPD ( The European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry) and the IAPD ( International Association of Pediatric Dentistry). The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD).194publications as author or co-author in peer-reviewed journals/bookchapters .120 lectures and CE courses(Cleft lip/palate,Pediatric Dentistry) in many countries .

Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry

Dr. Ioannidis is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 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 as valedictorian 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 and vascular access. He has received fellowships for EAES, ESSO, EPC, ESCP and ACS and has published more than 180 articles with more than 3000 citations and an H-index of 28

Open abdomen and negative pressure wound therapy for acute peritonitis especially in the presence of anastomoses and ostomies

Efstathios Koutsostathis is Medical Consultant at Sotiria hospital for Thoracic diseases ICU.He graduated from the Athens medical school in Greece and he has a Master degree in Public health.He is candidate PhD at the university of West Attica. He has many presentations in medical conferences and he has published medical articles in reputed journals.

FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS PART 2

Rachna Valvani has completed her medical school from the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, India. She has worked as a respiratory physician in India till 2015 then moved to the USA for further training. She did Internal Medicine residency training and Geriatric Medicine Fellowship from New York. She is a certified medical director (CMD) from the American society of post-acute and long-term care medicine. She has been actively working as a clinician, physician educator, internationally acclaimed speaker, she has published and reviewed for reputed journals and has been serving as the associate program director of the Internal Medicine residency program and director of continuity clinic at NAMC in Florence Alabama since October 2023.

The Global Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic

Dr. Valerie McGaha is an Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Oklahoma State University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor. Her research interests center around multicultural counseling, psychosocial development, mental and addictive disorders, and suicide prevention and education. In her scholarly work, she has examined individual and collective factors related to academic, personal, and social success of various populations.

Exploring The Impact of Clinical Supervision on Diverse and Inclusive Global Populations

Dr. Ambika Belam, completed her masters in conservative dentistry and endodontics in 2023. She is an young budding dentist who believes in prevention , painless treatment and patient comfort. She completed her graduation from Hkes nijalingappa institute of dental sciences and research kalaburagi Karnataka india. She is also a state rank holder in RGUHS MDS exam 2023. She has presented and won best paper and poster in national wide conferences. She is presently perusing her passion for teaching and working as asst proffesor teaching the under and post graduates

Oral health : a mirror to your overall health

Candice Waldie has an MSc in Forensic Osteology, BSc in Crime Scene Science and comes from a diverse background shaped by a deep commitment to mental health advocacy. As she transitioned into the workforce, she found her passion for mental health advocacy through her role as a Mental Health and First Aid Trainer at St John Ambulance for over 6 years. She had the privilege of delivering training courses, facilitating supportive learning environments, and leading initiatives to promote mental health awareness and resilience. Her experiences in the role deepened her understanding of mental health issues and inspired her to advocate for greater support and resources for individuals facing mental health challenges. She is currently training to be a Therapeutic Coach and hopes to train as a Therapist dealing with Trauma. She is currently hosting her own PODCAST and establishing her wellbeing company called Recovering my Balance.

First person account of the Battles faced by Traumatised women on their Journey of Recovery

Vijayan Gurumurthy Iyer has completed his PhD from the Indian School of Mines,Dhanbad, and postdoctoral studies from the World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society, Athens, Greece. He has been working as a Faculty since 2001. He has published more than 460 papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings and has been serving as a Faculty (Climate Change) in Bihar Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development, Gaya, India .

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Process Towards Sustainable Environmental Sanitation Impact Assessment (SESIA) for Sustainable Development