Medical Check-up Center, Tachikawa Medical Center, Japan

Department of Cardiology, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Judith Aponte is a Specialization Coordinator of the Community/Public Health Nursing MS Program and of the Community/Public Health Nursing/Urban Public Health MS/MPH Graduate Program HunterBellevue School of Nursing HBSON Hunter College City University of New York CUNY Associate Professor HBSON Hunter College CUNY Dr Aponte received a DNSc in Nursing from Columbia University New York NY NY in 2004 She completed her MSN in Nursing Administration in 1998 and her BSN in 1994 from HBSON NY NY She has reviewed manuscripts of peerreviewed journals on topics related to diabetes The journals include the Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health and the Hispanic Health Care International HHIC journals Dr Aponte has numerous publications international presentations and has conducted research on diabetes and its risk factors specifically as it affects the Hispanic population She is one of the few US researchers whose work has acknowledged Hispanics as a heterogeneous not homogeneous group and diabetesrelated issues that affect different Hispanic subgroups a step that is critical to identifying disparities and understanding differences among the subgroups in order to develop targeted interventions that promote optimum health and minimize complications

Ippei Kanazawa is an Assistant professor of Medicine in Division of Internal Medicine 1 Shimane University Faculty of Medicine He has received a PhD in Medical Science from Shimane University Graduate School of Medicine Izumo Shimane Japan in 2009 He received Research exhortation award from Japanese Society of Osteoporosis and Plenary research award from Japanese Society of Endocrinology in 2007 and “Academic exhortation award� from Japanese Society of Osteoporosis and Asia travel award from Japanese Society of Bone and Mineral Research in 2006 He has reviewed many articles as an Adhoc Reviewer in European Journal of Endocrinology Internal Medicine Journal of the American College of Nutrition Bone Clinical Endocrinology and Clinical Interventions in Aging

Dr. Zhengyuan Xia is an Assistant Professor and Honorary Associate Professor in Department of Anesthesiology, and Research Centre of Heart, Brian, Hormone and Healthy Aging, University of Hong Kong. He has received PhD in Pharmacology & Therapeutics from University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada in 2004, and completed postdoctoral training respectively in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC, and Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Calgary 2004-2007. He received his M.B. (medical doctoral program) and Master of Medicine degrees respectively in 1984 and 1991 from China, and worked as an anesthetist before starting PhD study in 2001. He has published more than 58 articles [PubMed: “zhengyuan xia or zheng-yuan xia”] in internationally reputed journals. He is a frequent reviewer for reputed journals like Biochemical Pharmacology, PLOS One, and Anesthesiology , and for grants agencies like NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) and CIHR (Canadian Institute of Health Research).  
 

Professor, Michigan State University, USA

Cambridge Theranostics Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dr. Kristian Vinter Juul is Medical Science Director at Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Over the last 14 years, Dr. Juul has worked in scientific and management positions in biotech and  pharmaceutical industry. He has led the advancement of several New Chemical Entities into phase I-III and contributed with original scientific work published in peer reviewed journals and books covering a wide range of drugs and therapeutic areas.

Starting in 2001, and since 2010 being his main scientific speciality, his focus is antidiuresis therapy, including mechanism of action and clinical implications, within three major therapeutic areas: diabetes insipidus, nocturnal enuresis and nocturia – and any other abnormalities in which antidiuretic therapy may be of benefit. His main contribution to the field of science was the 2011 publication of significant gender differences in renal sentitivity to Desmopressin, a discovery with a number of clinical implications for future antidiuretic treatment

 

Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA

Department of Internal Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Tal-Qroqq, Malta

Department of Anatomy Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy