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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Marina Ezcurra ( https://marinaezcurralab.com/ ) is a Lecturer in the Biology of Aging, and NeuroBiology, at the School of BioSciences, at the University of Kent, UK ( https://www.kent.ac.uk/biosciences/pe... ). Dr. Ezcurra received her PhD from the Karolinska Institute in 2011. Her PhD research was a collaborative project between Karolinska and the Medical Research Council La...

Send us Fan Mail Around 2 billion people worldwide still lack access to the basic tools of improved sanitation (toilets and latrines). One billion people still have to defecate in the open, and at least 10% of the world’s population is thought to consume food irrigated by raw wastewater. An estimated 800,000 children, younger than 5 years of age, perish from diarrhea each year, including condition...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Brian Keating, Ph. D. ( https://briankeating.com/ ) is Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Physics, at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS), in the Department of Physics, at the University of California, San Diego . Dr. Keating is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe’s oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB),...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ola Engkvist is Head of Molecular AI in Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D ( https://www.astrazeneca.com/ ) . Dr. Engkvist did his PhD in computational chemistry at Lund University followed by a postdoc at Cambridge University. After working for two biotech companies Dr. Engkvist joined AstraZeneca in 2004. He currently leads the Molecular AI department, where the focus i...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sonia Grego, Ph. D. is Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at Duke University ( https://ece.duke.edu/faculty/sonia-grego ). Dr. Grego is also the Founding Director of the Duke Smart Toilet Lab ( https://smarttoilet.pratt.duke.edu/ ), dedicated to the opportunities that data-rich human excreta offer to improve individual and pu...

Send us Fan Mail  Dr. Dina Radenkovic, MD, is an academic doctor and medical technology entrepreneur, working in the field of the computational biology of aging. Dr. Radenkovic is also a Partner at the SALT Bio-Fund, and a co-founder of Hooke, an elite longevity research clinic in London. Dr. Radenkovic has a dual degree in medicine and physiology from University College London Medical School, and...

Send us Fan Mail  Mr. Craig Fugate is the former Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, and former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA - an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, whose primary purpose is to coordinate the response to disasters that have occurred in the United States and that overwhelm the resources of local and st...

Send us Fan Mail Professor Johnjoe McFadden ( https://johnjoemcfadden.co.uk/ ) is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. With a Ph. D. in Biochemistry, Professor McFadden has spent many years doing in-depth research in the area of microbial genetics, including the study of the agents tuberculosis and meningitis and invented important diagnostic tests for such...

Send us Fan Mail Giovanni (Gio) Battistini, is Managing Director at the innovation venture company, Better Gambit LLC ( https://www.bettergambit.com/ ). Gio is passionate about strategic and entrepreneurial innovation-driven business opportunities and has expertise in business development, strategic alliances, strategic investments, product development and commercialization, in both early stage st...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jennifer Garrison, PhD ( http://garrisonlab.com/ ) is Assistant Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Founder & Faculty Director, Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity & Equality ( https://www.buckinstitute.org/gcrle/ ), Assistant Professor in Residence, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Gerontology, USC Leon...

Send us Fan Mail Khaliya ( https://www.khaliya.net/ ) is a Columbia University-trained public health specialist and Harvard University-trained specialist in Global Mental Health and Refugee Trauma. She is also a Venture Partner for Gender Equity Diversity Investments (www.gedi.vc), a new female-led VC firm targeting high growth investments that deliver top-quartile returns and measurable impact to...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi  is Distinguished Professor of Biology, Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine, and Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, and Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Bottazzi is also Co-Director, Texas Child...

Send us Fan Mail Kimberly A. Reed just finished up a 2-year term as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export- Import Bank of the United States (EXIM - https://www.exim.gov ). She was the first woman to lead EXIM in the agency’s 87-year history, was the first recipient of EXIM’s highest honor, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Award, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2019 on a s...

Send us Fan Mail  Dr. Arathi Sethumadhavan, Ph. D. is Head of User Research for AI, Ethics & Society, at Microsoft's Cloud+AI organization, where she works at the intersection of user research, ethics, and product experience. In her current role, Dr. Sethumadhavan is focused on the Microsoft AI ethical principles (privacy and consent, fairness, inclusion, accountability, and transparency)...

Send us Fan Mail NTT ( http://www.global.ntt/ ) is a Japanese telecommunications company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. NTT DATA Services ( https://www.nttdata.com/global/en ), is a global digital business and IT services leader focused on a range of business services, including cloud, data and applications, and which has recently embarked on an ambitious new initiative, as part of their goal &quo...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Hanadie Yousef, Ph. D. is a Scientist, Co-Founder and CEO of Juvena Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine company developing protein therapeutics to promote tissue regeneration and increase healthspan, to prevent, reverse, and cure degenerative diseases. For over 17 years, Dr. Yousef elucidated mechanisms of aging and developed methods for tissue regeneration supported by mult...

Send us Fan Mail Serge Da Deppo is Founder of the NATO Innovation Hub, and Human Sciences Project Officer, at NATO Transformation Command ( https://www.act.nato.int/ ). The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 28 European countries and 2 North American countries. The organization implements the North A...

Send us Fan Mail  Dr. Harold Katcher is the Chief Scientific Officer at Yuvan Research Inc., a biotech company exploring the development of novel, young plasma fraction rejuvenation treatments in mammals. Most recently Dr. Katcher was the Academic Director for Natural Sciences for the Asian Division of the University of Maryland Global Campus and throughout his career, Dr. Katcher has been a pione...

Send us Fan Mail  Dr. Carolina Reis Oliveria, is the CEO and Co-Founder of OneSkin Technologies, a biotechnology platform dedicated to exploring longevity science. Carolina holds her Ph. D. in Immunology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in collaboration with the Rutgers University, where she conducted research with pluripotent stem cells as a source of retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE)...

Send us Fan Mail  On today’s episode we are going to continue our virtual global road trip over to the country of South Africa, to the Soweto township of the city of Johannesburg, and meet up with Ms. Sibongile Mongadi, Founder of Uku’hamba Pty Ltd, a start-up company that focuses on biotechnology and healthcare manufacturing with a goal of improving lives of amputees across Africa. Uku’hamba is a...

Send us Fan Mail  Muhammad Rehman Shirzad is the Director of the Forensic DNA Laboratory, at the Directorate of Legal Medicine, and a Forensic Laboratories Consultant, at the Forensic Medicine Directorate, of the Ministry of Public Health, in Kabul, Afghanistan. His responsibilities include supervision of the Forensic DNA Lab, Forensic Analytical and Post-Mortem Toxicology Lab, Forensic Serology L...

Send us Fan Mail  Ms. Suma Khazmo is the CEO, Senior Partner, and Co-Founder of Regal Optics and Medical Devices, which is located in Ramallah / Palestine, which focuses on importing and exporting medical devices into the Middle East and North Africa markets, and owns the Regal-Medic Ophthalmology Clinic. Ms. Khazmo is also a senior partner in Al Hajal Optics Group, a company that has a series of...

Send us Fan Mail Ashley Llorens  is Vice President, Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director, at Microsoft Research Outreach, where he leads a global team to amplify the impact of research at Microsoft and to advance the cause of science and technology research around the world. His team is responsible for driving strategy and execution for Microsoft Research engagement with the rest of Mic...

Send us Fan Mail Ms. Maya Abi Chahine, is Program Manager, University for Seniors, American University of Beirut - AUB. The University for Seniors is a new life-long learning initiative at AUB, the first of its kind in Lebanon and the Middle East. It gives older adults (who are 50 and above) the opportunity to share their wisdom and passion, to learn things they have always wanted to learn in a fr...

Send us Fan Mail Aaron Schacht is Executive Vice President: Innovation, Regulatory + Business Development at Elanco, an American pharmaceutical company which produces medicines and vaccinations for pets and livestock, and which until 2019, was a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company. Prior to this, Mr. Schacht held a role of Global Brand Development Leader – Pain in Lilly Biomedicines. He was the gl...