Biography

Sharp has more than forty years of experience in the development of cutting edge therapeutics, both pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He has served as a senior executive for several major medical healthcare companies. His background also includes a number of academic appointments, the most recent of which was as Assistant Professor of Oncology at Emory University's Winship Cancer Center where he was the Director of Clinical Research and Chief Regulatory Officer. He has served as a grant reviewer for the NIH National Cancer Institute. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery and the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.

Research Interest

Innovative clinical trial design, Improvement of the Informed Consent process for clinical trials, laser applications in Oncology and Ophthalmology.

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Dr. George Grant is considered by his peers as Canada‘s Wellness Ambassador & Champion. He is the founder & CEO of Academy of Wellness in 1983. He enjoys a stellar academic background as well as a fascinating career in research. He is a scientist, professor, analytical chemist, toxicologist, pharmacologist, microbiologist, nutritionist, biofeedback, stress management & pain specialist, and indoor air quality specialist. He is the author of 7 best selling books, former Scientist at University of Saskatchewan‘s Faculty of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Professor at Seneca College in Toronto, and Senior Consultant for Health Canada as well as in private practice. He is among International Who’s Who of Professionals. He has 100 published articles, conference presentations, book reviews and 7 bestselling books, including a chapter in 100 ways to improve your life with Mark Victor Hanson, the author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. He helped 7 Olympic athletes to remain competitive. He helped thousands of his clients, corporations and non profit organizations worldwide through his passion for wellness and compassion for his clients. He pioneered the research of Beta Endorphins on SIDS at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sask, Saskatoon, Sask. Canada in 1981.: www.academyofwellness.com ; www.your101ways.com

Research Interest

 Biofeedback, stress management and a pain specialist

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Richard Staats was born 24th of August 1967 in Braunschweig. From 1990 on he studied Human Medicine at the Albert-Ludwig University in Freiburg, Germany. After a 4 month elective in Cape Town, South Africa he graduated in 1996 at Freiburg. Between 1997 to 2002 Richard Staats worked as Intern under Professor Heinrich Matthys in the Department of Pneumology of the University Hospital of Freiburg. Beside clinical work he did basic research in the field of allergic asthma and sports medicine. 1997 he defended his MD thesis with the title “Detection of heat shock proteins in periphereal blood lymphocyes and the bronchoalveolar lavage”. In 2002 he followed Professor Christian Virchow to Rostock where he was responsible for the sleep laboratory. In 2004 he passed the examination for the specialization in Internal Medicine, in 2005 the qualification as sleep specialist (Somnologist) and in 2006 both the specialization in Pneumology and the new created subspecialization in Sleep Medicine. In 2006 he moved to Lisbon, Portugal were he works with Professor Teresa Paiva in both clinical medicine and also sleep research. From 2005 to 2011 he gave regularly lectures at the Mastercourse of Sleep Science. From 2007 on he works mainly in the University Hospital of Santa Maria, Lisbon where he was 2008 accepted as a member of the Faculty of Medicine. In 2013 he achieved the degree Expert Somnologist by the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS examination for “grandmother/grandfather” in sleep medicine). He is frequent speaker and/or chairperson on both national and international congresses. He has published more than 16 PubMed listed articles and wrote and/or edited 4 books. 

Research Interest

Sleep Medicine; Pulmonary Medicine; Pulmonary-Cardiovascular Interactions; Health and Impact of Pollution and Environment; Sports Medicine.

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Manuel Dujovny received his medical degree at the prestigious National University of Cordoba, the third oldest University in the American continent. He has been very active in clinical and central neurosystem research and contributed to more than 400 clinical research publications on neuroscience. After graduating from the National University of Cordoba, he completed residencies in Neurosurgery both in Argentina and Israel under the direction of Professors Federico J. Viñas and Harden M. Askenasy respectively. In 1973, he accepted a position at the University of Pittsburgh as Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Neurosurgical Research.  During this time he was also Chief of Neurosurgery at the Oakland Veteran’s Administration Medical Center and a staff member of the Presbyterian University Hospital, Montefiore Hospital and Children’s Hospital Pittsburg. In 1981 he transferred to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in the position of Vice-Chairman and Director of Research in the Department of Neurosurgery. In 1991 he accepted the position of Professor of Neurosurgery, Associate head and Vice-Chairman of Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He returned to Michigan in 1997 as a Professor of Neurosurgery at Wayne State University. He also held a position as Professor of Neurosurgery at the National University of Cordoba, Argentina and Professor of Neurosurgery to Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Research Interest

Anatomy; Micro neurosurgery; Near infrared therapy; stroke; Micro surgical instrumentation; Cerebral blood flow; Traumatic brain injury; Brain edema; Cerebral ischemia

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Stephan Ogenstad is President of Statogen Consulting, NC since 2006, Co-Founder of Innovalyst.  He served as chief statistical advisor and reviewer to the Nobel Prize committee of Medicine and Physiology.  He has 25 years of experience with major pharmaceutical companies and distin­guished university hospitals.  He earned a PhD in Statistics and served as professor of statistics at the Department of Statistics, University of Stockholm.  He is an Adjunct Faculty Member and Professor of Biostatistics, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, GSU, and on the International Advisory Committee of the UNCG, and Secretary of the NC Chapter of the American Statistical Association, Program Chair for Statistical Consulting for the ASA, Member of the InnaVirVax HIV International Advisory Board, Member of the CHAI Scientific Advisory Board and Director of Biostatistics at Center for Professional Advancement. He is today engaged in project collaborations with pharma, medical device companies, MIT, Georgia Southern University, and the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He interacts with FDA personnel at FDA committee meetings and FDA scientific advisory committee meetings on behalf of his clients. During the past 25 years, he has held senior executive positions in nonclinical and clinical biostatistics and clinical data management with AstraZeneca, Parexel International Corporation, Amgen, and Vertex. He has been the lead statistician in the filing of 27 submissions in Europe, USA and Japan.  He has more than 80 publications, book chapters, and presentations in the areas of biostatistics and medicine, and is a reviewer of several journals.

Research Interest

Adaptive and recurrent event methods.