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.

Ilan Geva is a global branding and consumer behavior expert, an author, speaker, trainer, and university professor. He co-authored the book “Global Brand Management” and wrote many articles for international healthcare and medical tourism publications. Among his clients are Ministries of health, trade and commerce, chambers of commerce, medical travel clusters, city councils, hospital organizations and private clinics. His work has won over 100 industry awards around the world. Ilan sits on the board of a few companies and organizations and serves on advisory boards for others. His training workshops are popular and in demand. Ilan taught Branding at the University of Chicago and Consumer Behavior & Marketing at DePaul University. Currently he is teaching at Loyola University Chicago and the Center for Medical Tourism Research - UIW in San Antonio. Ilan is a member of the editorial board at the Healthcare Standards Institute Journal and speaks at many international conferences, assisting many global clients solidify their brands towards profitability. As someone who lived in four continents, visited over 60 countries and worked for many clients around the globe, he is a seasoned international expert.

Diana Willeman-Buckelew, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and HealthCare Leadership at Radford University in Virginia. She instructs courses for the graduate programs in Health Sciences (MSHS, DHSc) and undergraduate programs in Public Health and Health Sciences. With over 30 years of experience in academia and being engaged in community service for many years, Dr. Willeman-Buckelew recognizes the importance of community collaboration to increase health literacy. She is the coordinator for the HandsOn HealthCare initiative and has a scholarly interest in improving health literacy in English Language Learners.

Immunologist, Certified Drug Safety Officer for Pharmacovigilance, Clinical Trials Specialist, Monitoring and Medical Writing as well as ICH/GCP. 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. 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. 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, Board Member & Founder and General Secretary of Internationale Verein für Gesundheitsförderung in Äthiopien (IVGFÄ) at Germany. Vice-President of Bridge Ethiopia Network for Science and Technology (BE-NeST) in Germany. Auditor of German Society for Lupus Research Society/ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Lupus Forschung (DGLF) e,V.in Berlin-Germany. Currently, actively focusing on Global Public Health, Global One Health, International Health Protection against Infection Diseases and Capacity Building in developing Countries

Prof. Vivette Glover is Visiting Professor of Perinatal Psychobiology, Imperial College London. Her research has shown the effects of stress in the mother during pregnancy, on the developing fetus and .the child, together with biological mechanisms that may underlie this. She has published over 450 papers, and been awarded the International Marcé Society medal the John Cox medal, and the PIPUK award. She is President of The Association for Postnatal Illness, Treasurer of the Marce Society, and an advisor to the he Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health. Her work is contributing to changes in government policy.