Evian Gordon

Total Brain, USA

Biography

Title:

Digital Technology to measure, monitor, and optimize Mental Health and Support Addiction Recovery

Biography

Evian Gordon, PhD, MD, is the Executive Chairman and Chief Medical Officer of Total Brain. He established an “Integrative Neuroscience” approach, grounded in the use of standardized methods across multiple types of brain data in a single platform, with over a million data sets. He founded the Brain Resource Company that created the first standardized international database on the human brain (over 300 publications). The database is the asset which shaped Total Brain for mental health, and is used in over 30 Fortune 500 Companies by over 750,000 employees. The first genetics test using this methodology (in 1,700 patients) for treatment prediction in depression is currently being completed for potential use in clinical practice. He has published over 300 scientific papers and three books.

Kalliopi Megari

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Biography

Title:

Quality of life and cognitive functions of former addicted patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Biography

Dr. Megari is an experienced psychologist working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Clinical Neuropsychology, Clinical Research and Learning Disabilities. Graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and attended further education from University of Macedonia, in people with special needs and disabilities. She holds undergraduate degrees in Nursing and Psychology, as well as a Masters and a PhD in Neuropsychology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has many years of experience working with chronic disease patients as well with people with disabilities. She is postdoctoral researcher and has published more than 10 research articles in journals.

Sergey Suchkov

Sechenov University, Russia

Biography

Title:

Personalized and Precision Medicine as a Unique Healthcare Model to Be Set Up via Genomics-based Innovations, Big Data Resources and Translational Applications to Secure the Human Wellness and Biosafety

Biography

Sergey Suchkov was born in the City of Astrakhan, Russia, in a family of dynasty medical doctors. In 1980, graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University and was awarded with MD. In 1985, Suchkov maintained his PhD as a PhD student of the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy and Institute of Medical Enzymology. In 2001, Suchkov maintained his Doctor Degree at the National Institute of Immunology, Russia. From 1989 through 1995, Dr Suchkov was being a Head of the Lab of Clinical Immunology, Helmholtz Eye Research Institute in Moscow. From 1995 through 2004 - a Chair of the Dept for Clinical Immunology, Moscow Clinical Research Institute (MONIKI). In 1993-1996, Dr Suchkov was a Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board, Biomedical Science, an international journal published jointly by the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

Alphonsus O. Obayuwana

Triple-H Project, LLC, USA

Biography

Title:

Mathematics of Happiness

Biography

Dr. Alphonsus Obayuwana has been involved in the study of Human Hope and Happiness since 1979 when he was just a third year medical student. After medical school, in spite of a very busy OB/GYN residency and practice, his interest in this subject matter continued for over thirty years during which time he also held teaching faculty positions at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the University of Maryland College of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, and finally at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Athens, Ohio. Today, he is the Founder and CEO of the Triple-H Project LLC, an entity solely dedicated to the promotion of hopeful and happier human communities—including the training and certification of happiness coaches. He is the author of “The Five Sources of Human Hope”; “How to Live a Life of Hope”; and “The Mathematics of Happiness”.

Pamela D.Price

The Balm In Gilead, USA

Biography

Title:

Aging while black: Understanding the role of faith & culture to address health disparities among African Americans across the life span

Biography

To be updated soon..

Renee Noel Bauer

Indiana State University, USA

Biography

Title:

Cuban healthcare and plans for ISU Students

Biography

Renee Bauer studied nursing at Indiana State University, Terre Haute and graduated with her PhD in 2015. She has spent 25 years working in psychiatry and teaching research and psychiatric nursing. She has over 30 publications and 40 presentations. Presently, she is attending the University of Southern Indiana to obtain her psychiatric practitioner license.

Adele A. Webb

Strategic Education, Inc., USA

Biography

Title:

The impact of diabetes on global population health

Biography

Adele Webb’s focus is international nurse capacity building. She has extensive funding for her international work and has published in several journals. She contributed to WHO guidelines and testified to the Institute of Medicine and the White House. A sought-out speaker on international nursing care, Adele collaborates with WHO and the World NCD Congress. Adele has contributed to nurse capacity building in 53 countries. Adele received the Nicholas Andrew Cummings award for Excellence in Interprofessional, is an International Council of Nurses Global Health Fellow, and a Fellow in both the National Academies of Practice and the American Academy of Nursing.

Natalia Cineas

New York City Health + Hospitals Corp

Biography

Title:

COVID-19 nursing resilience strategies at the largest public health system in the United States of America

Biography

Natalia Cineas, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is Senior Vice President/System Chief Nursing Executive for NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the nation, serving more than one million New Yorkers annually in more than 70 patient care locations. She previously held nursing leadership roles at New York City’s Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center. She holds a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from George Washington University; Masters of Science in Management and Bachelors of Science from New York University, and Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Stony Brook University.

Traci A. Owens

Attorney at Law San Jose, USA

Biography

Title:

Withdrawal and Grief for Incarcerated People

Biography

Traci A Owens undergraduate degree is from Georgetown University ‘95. My JD is from Emory University ‘98. I have 22 years of experience as a criminal defense attorney including Capital cases.

Gabrielle Gallo

University of Southern California, United States

Biography

Title:

The association between Familial environment, Domestic violence, and Substance usage amongst Adolescents in Brazil

Biography

Gabrielle Gallo is an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, majoring in Pharmacology and Drug Development and minoring in Health Care Studies. She is a recipient of the NACME scholarship and a participant of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society. She is a medical intern at the Beverly Hills Cancer Center and the Director of Research for Alacrity Care. At USC, she is the Fundraiser coordinator for the American Medical Women’s Association and a research assistant at the USC Brain and Creativity Institute. Gabrielle aims to become a physician and conduct clinical research in Oncology.

Katherine E. Taylor Pearson

U.S. Army Medical Command, USA

Biography

Title:

Living healthy for all warriors: How data and tools can help you be a better and a healthier weight

Biography

Katherine E. Taylor Pearson is a board-certified Informatics nurse, educator, and has her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with over 29 years of experience in numerous direct and indirect care settings across the enterprise to include trauma, flight nursing, primary care, specialty care, and medical management. Additionally, she is the Population Health Consultant and Clinical Practice Guideline Coordinator in the Office of Evidence Based Practice, HQ MEDCOM, and is a retired Army Nurse Corps Officer.

Diana Pernicano

White Plains Hospital, United States

Biography

Title:

Improving patient understanding of surgical site discharge instructions

Biography

To be updated soon..

Valencia Lyle

State of Michigan, USA

Biography

Title:

The effect of State Policies on the availability of Buprenorphine providers: An analysis of three policies that facilitate access to substance use disorder services

Biography

Valencia Lyle received her master’s degree in public health at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health in New York City in 2016. She subsequently worked with governments in East Africa to strengthen their health systems and use data to inform policies and improve the effectiveness of their existing health care programs. Since returning to the United States, she has joined the State of Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to support the department’s efforts in identifying the most effective policies to expand access to buprenorphine throughout the State.

Ethan Ramirez

University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, USA

Biography

Title:

Kratom in America: Legal differences across Federal, State, and Local Jurisdictions

Biography

Ethan Ramirez is a second-year medical student at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He studied Biomedical Science at the University of Central Florida and graduated with a BS degree in 2018. He is currently a member of the Law and Medicine Scholarly Concentration at the University of South Florida and studies both national and regional drug policy.

Xu Chen

University of the Rockies, USA

Biography

Title:

Avoiding defensive medicine among pandemic

Biography

Xu Chen holds a BA in Biology and an MS in Exercise Physiology from the College of St. Scholastica from Northern Minnesota, US. After her Master’s degree, she went to University of the Rockies to finish her PsyD. Currently Xu Chen is a performing artist among the shelters in Boston area. So far she has more than 10 publications.

Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes

MEDNAX, USA

Biography

Title:

Empowering precision medicine via Block chain and AI

Biography

To be updated soon...

Jemima Desir Douge

Florida’s Poison Control Centers, USA

Biography

Title:

Clinical toxicology & poison control center services

Biography

Jemima D. Desir Douge MD, MBA serves as the Healthcare Education Specialist at the Florida Poison Control Center Tampa covering Central and southwest Florida. Dr. Douge‘s work is to inform, develop, and evaluate strategies to reduce poisoning incidents as well as promoting effective post exposure management. Dr. Douge is dedicated to reducing poisonings in the population served. In that regard, she has initiated several poison prevention projects targeting medication safety, vaping, home safety, as well as seasonal poisoning risks for people of all ages. Dr. Douge currently teaches Clinical Toxicology to practicing healthcare professionals and students in health professions. She continuously fosters collaborative partnerships with other organizations and is an active member of several committees at the State, Regional and National level.

Amanda dos Santos Moraes

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Title:

Cognitive behavioral approach to treat obesity: a long-term interdisciplinary randomized clinical trial

Biography

Dr. Amanda studied Psychologist at the Lusiada University, Portugal and graduated in 2009. She then joined the research group of Prof. Ana Damaso at the Interdisciplinary Group on Obesity Studies – GEO in 2010. She received her Master degree in 2014 at the Federal University of São Paulo -UNIFESP – Santos, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. In 2017, began a PhD student supervised by Dr. Danielle Caranti at the same university, GEO Laboratory, Brazil. She has published more than eight research articles in SCI (E) journals.

Navin Kumar Devaraj

Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Biography

Title:

Substance abuse and its implications

Biography

Navin Kumar Devaraj is a senior lecturer and a very experienced family medicine specialist, having been in primary care for the past 15 years. He has worked in various busy hospitals and clinical practices such as Hospital Tunku Ampuan Rahimah Klang, Hospital Ampang, Hospital Tanjung Karang and Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. Other than his first love which is clinical practice, he is also an experienced researcher with research mainly on hypertension, diabetes, stroke and dyslipidaemia where he is recognised internationally. He is the council member of the Malaysian Society of Hypertension. He is heavily involved in various bodies such as World Action on Salt and Health (WASH), as a Permanent Member of Focal Point Technical Working Group (TWG) IYRES, Malaysian Medical Association and UPM representative for Research Collaboration between National Institute of Health and Public Universities.

Maria Gema Hurtado Ruiz

Parc de Salut Mar, Spain

Biography

Title:

Personality dimensions and Dual Disorders

Biography

Maria Gema Hurtado Ruíz MD, Psychiatrist, Consultant psychiatrist of acute hospitalization program at the Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions-Parc de Salut Mar, Master’s in addiction/substance abuse. She was working in the dual disorders field in acute psychiatric hospitalization unit between 2003 and 2015 (Marta Torrens team since 2010). Her main clinical experience is the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders with psychiatric comorbidity. She has other clinical experience in general psychiatric rehabilitation (2000- 2003). She has contributed to the training of psychiatric residents as a mentor for more than15 years. Now she’s working in a general psychiatric hospitalization program (2015-2020) and is carrying out research on autism. She has some publication in several fields of psychiatry.

Venise Bryan

Athabasca University, Canada

Biography

Title:

Preceptors’ authentic leadership effect on students self-efficacy, job satisfaction and job performance

Biography

Venise Bryan completed undergraduate work in Biological Sciences and Nursing. She later completed a Master of Science in Nursing Education at the University of the West Indies. She received her PhD in Education in 2019 at the University of Calgary. She has been a faculty member at various tertiary institutions in Canada and Jamaica. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Athabasca University. She has published research articles in various peer reviewed journals on her research interests of interpersonal relations and authentic leadership in theoretical and clinical nursing education settings.

Sarinrut Juntapim

Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Biography

Title:

Buddhism community care system for patients with Schizophrenia

Biography

Dr. Sarinrut Juntapigraduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing sciencs in 1992, and gets her master degree in Master of Education in Educational Technology in 1999 and graduated master degree in Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing in 2006, and then graduated Philosophy of nursing in 2017. And she works as a lecturer at the Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kaen University. Her expertise is community mental Health and psychiatric nursing. Her role as an editorial board of Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Annals of Family Medicine and Public Health and as a reviewer of PLOS ONE, Journal of Aquichan.

Hazel L. Downing

Kuakini Medical Center & Hawaii Pacific University

Biography

Title:

Impact of nurse obesity on safe healthcare delivery

Biography

Hazel Downing, associate professor of nursing at the Hawaii Pacific University, graduated from the University of Phoenix in 2010 with her doctorate in Education. In her role as associate professor of nursing, she teaches both BSN and MSN courses. She currently also practices as a clinical nurse specialist for critical & emergency care. She has delivered numerous inspirational keynote speeches for new nurses for the last 18 years, won several teaching awards, and presented at both national and international conferences. Her latest presentation on nurse obesity was at the 2019 International Council of Nurses.

Pisamai Natun

Mahidol University Amnatcharoen Campus, Thailand

Biography

Title:

A randomized controlled trial of wooden tongue depressor exercise therapy versus usual care to improve mouth opening ability among head and neck cancer patients

Biography

To be updated soon..

G. Muthamilselvi

Vinayaka Mission’s University Research Foundation, India

Biography

Title:

Effectiveness of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as method of examination by teachers for B. Sc., nursing midwifery students

Biography

G. Muthamilselvi completed her Bachelor degree in Nursing at MMC under Madars University, Chennai in 1988. She completed Master in Nursing at The TN Dr. MGR Medical University in 1998. She received her Ph.D degree in Nursing at Vinayaka Mission’s University, Salem in 2014. Presently working as Principal at Vinayaka Mission’s College of Nursing, Puducherry. She has published more than 50 research articles in International and National Journals. She received many awards for her excellency and outstanding performance. She is giving PhD- Guidance for 8 PhD Scholars under Vinayaka Mission’s University and 2 PhD Scholars in Meenachi University as Co - guide and 1 PhD Scholars in Annamalai University.

Shyamapada Mandal

University of Gour Banga, India

Biography

Title:

Repurposing of Drugs for COVID-19 Therapy and the Vaccines status

Biography

Dr. Shyamapada Mandal, Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Gour Banga, focuses his research on epidemiology of infectious diseases including COVID-19; probiotics, genomics and bioinformatics. He has published more than 100 articles in various scientific journals of repute, with 7 book chapters. He is life member of IAMM and International Academy of Science and Research (India). He acquired more than 24 years of research and teaching experiences in the field of biomedical sciences. Seven national academic and research awards have been conferred to him. Prof. Mandal is editorial board member of 6 biomedical science journals, and Editor-in-Chief for one journal.

Theyamma Joseph

Mar Sleeva College of Nursing, India

Biography

Title:

Effectiveness of a structured teaching program on knowledge and practice regarding prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus among adolescents in selected schools of Kerala

Biography

Theyamma Joseph began her career as a Staff Nurse in medical college hospital after her GNM certification and continued her journey to complete PC BSc at AIIMS, New Delhi and MSc in Medical Surgical Nursing at PGIMER, Chandigarh securing first rank in all three programs. She received her PhD in 2017 from RGUHS, Bangalore under INC Consortium. Her nursing experience is diverse from clinical nursing, to teaching, administration and research. Currently she works as Principal at Mar Sleeva College of Nursing Pala, Kerala, India. She has overseas experience from Oman and Philadelphia besides from India. She has presented scientific papers and published articles.

Mohammad Qassim Abdullah

University of Aleppo, Syria

Biography

Title:

Trend and Critical Issues in Smartphone Abuse

Biography

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Qassim Abdullah is professor of mental health and clinical psychology at the university of Aleppo in Syria. Studies the psychology and clinical psychology at the university of Damascus and Ph.D from Hungarian Academy of sciences in mental health.. he was the dean of faculty of education (2011-2015) and vice president of university of Aleppo (2015-2019). Supervisor of psychological and social support, and the member of national committee of research ethics in Syria 2016-2020. Dr Abdullah has published (145) searches in national and international journals, And 30 books in psychological sciences. He is full member and honorable member in many international journals of mental health , psychiatry and psychological sciences.

Borbala Mifsud

Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar

Biography

Title:

Fusion protein driven 3D transcriptional network in acute myeloid leukemia

Biography

Dr. Borbala studied Biology at the Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary and graduated as MS in 2006. She then joined the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Jenuwein at the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria, and obtained her PhD degree in 2010. She moved into the field of Bioinformatics during her postdoctoral fellowship in the research group of Prof. Nicholas Luscombe at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI-EMBL), UK. In 2015, she was appointed as an MRC Career development fellow and lecturer at Queen Mary University London, UK. She obtained an Assistant Professor position at HBKU, Qatar in 2018.

Jilani Ben Touhami Meftah

Counselor, Tunisia

Biography

Title:

Religion and its Role in Addiction Recovery

Biography

Dr. Jilani got his master in Revealed knowledge from International Islamic University, Malaysia in 1998, and he then joined the same University as a lecturer. He obtained his first PhD in Hermeneutics in 2003 the University of Malaya, Malaysia. In 2006 he obtained his second PhD in Psychology of Education from International Islamic University, Malaysia. In 2009 he joined University of Malaya as senior lecturer. In 20013 he moved to Sharif Ali Islamic University, Brunei as an Associate Prof. He has published more than 50 books and articles in high impact journals.

Ns. Livana PH

Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Kendal, Indonesia

Biography

Title:

Indonesian Society Ansietas levels facing COVID-19 Pandemic

Biography

Ns. Livana PH, M.Kep., Sp.Kep.J studied nursing at Spesialist Mental of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Indonesia University, with grade excellent in 2015. She work in Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Kendal, Central Java, Indonesia since 2011. She has published more than 114 research articles in journals.

Ani Dezhakam

Islamic Azad University, Iran

Biography

Title:

Taper off treatment may improve executive functions and re-regulate expression of BDNF and 5HTTPLR genes in opium abusers after six months period

Biography

Ani Dezhakam holds a master in biochemistry and also deputy of a NGO called "congress 60"working on treatment of addiction especially opium addiction with a specified taper off method of opium called "DST" designed with Hossein Dezhakam.

Benjamin Longo Mbenza

Lomo University of Research, The Democratic Republic of Congo

Biography

Title:

Predictive, precise, personalized and prognostic medicine for NAFDL, NASH and Liver cancers in sub-saharan africa: Challenges, solutions and perspectives

Biography

To be updated soon..

Eman Salman Taie

Helwan University, Egypt

Biography

Title:

Artificial intelligence as an innovative approach for investment in the future of healthcare in Egypt

Biography

Eman Salman Mohamed Salman Taie is a professor in Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing-Helwan University- Cairo- Egypt. International Certified Trainer & human resource development consultant in International Board for Certified Trainer. She has experiences in different nursing administration issues. Also, has eighteen international research articles published all over the world & three international published books.

Costas Christodoulides

Alexander College, Cyprus

Biography

Title:

Social Media Addiction and Problematic Internet Use among High School and University Students in Cyprus

Biography

Costas Christodoulides studied Political Science & International Studies (1994-98) at the Panteion University, Athens and graduated (MSc Comparative Politics) in 2000 from the Government Department of the LSE, UK. He is pursuing his PhD in the Business Administration at the European University, Cyprus (2016-). He is the Director of Alexander Research Centre (2015) at Alexander College, Cyprus coordinating and leading research projects most of them securing external funding. His interests include research in the fields of youth addiction including gambling, problematic use and risk of social networking sites and the Internet.

Dessalegn Temesgen Leye

Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia

Biography

Title:

The mere six first options to be taken for successful combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

Biography

Dessalegn Temesgen leye studied pedagogy in Volgograd Pedagogical institute (Msc) and studied biochemistry at Moscow Biochemistry institute and defend his PhD in biochemistry in 1997. Now he is an asst professor at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University.

Addiction Medicine Virtual 2020

Theme: Highlighting Recent Advances and Techniques in Addiction Medicine Research

Speakers / October 2020

Evian Gordon

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Kalliopi Megari

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Sergey Suchkov

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Alphonsus O. Obayuwana

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Pamela D.Price

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Renee Noel Bauer

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Adele A. Webb

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Natalia Cineas

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Traci A. Owens

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Gabrielle Gallo

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Katherine E. Taylor Pearson

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Diana Pernicano

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Valencia Lyle

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Ethan Ramirez

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Xu Chen

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Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes

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Jemima Desir Douge

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Amanda dos Santos Moraes

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Navin Kumar Devaraj

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Maria Gema Hurtado Ruiz

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Venise Bryan

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Sarinrut Juntapim

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Hazel L. Downing

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Pisamai Natun

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G. Muthamilselvi

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Shyamapada Mandal

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