Speaker: Dr. Dany Fanfan, Ph.D., MSN, RN About the Speaker: Dr. Dany Fanfan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida (UF) College of Nursing. Before becoming a faculty, she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Florida International University, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Nursing at the University of South Florida, and a post-doctoral […]
Speaker: Dr. Sean Gibbons, PhD About the Speaker: Dr. Sean Gibbons is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Systems Biology, a non-profit research consortium. His lab develops computational and experimental tools for exploring and manipulating host-microbe systems. Added by Dr. Sue Ishaq: The work from Sean’s group and collaborators has been reshaping the way that […]
Speakers: Dr. Yanyan Li, PhD; Dr. Dany Fanfan, Ph.D., MSN, RN; and Dr. Sean Gibbons, PhD About the Seminar: This week, we’ll be bringing all of our Theme 1 speakers back to engage in a panel discussion together on the gut microbiome. Panel will be hosted by Dr. Sue Ishaq. Please note, this session will only be […]
Speaker: Dr. Eldin Jašarević, PhD. Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine About the Speaker: Eldin (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Computational and Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is also Primary Investigator at Magee-Womens Research Institute. Eldin received […]
Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway, PhD RN IBCLC, University of Calgary About the Speaker: Dr. Merilee Brockway is a PhD prepared nurse and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) with expertise in […]
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Lebeer, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Sarah Lebeer is a research professor at the Department of Bioscience Engineering of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She has studied bioscience engineering, with a specialisation in cell and gene biotechnology and food & health and obtained her Master’s degree at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2004. […]
Speakers: Dr. Merilee Brockway, PhD RN IBCLC, University of Calgary; Dr. Eldin Jašarević, PhD. Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and TBD About the Seminar: This week, we’ll be bringing all of our Theme 2 speakers back to engage in a panel discussion together on the microbiome in early life. Panel will be […]
Speaker: Dr. Jake Robinson, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Robinson is a microbial ecologist based in the UK (soon to be Australia). In 2021, he received a PhD from the University of Sheffield. He is passionate about researching microbes, ecosystems, social equity issues and the connections between them, and at the same time, he is keen […]
Speaker: David Good, University of Guelph About the Speaker: David Good is a PhD student in microbiology at the University of Guelph, Ontario. His general research goal is characterizing the structural and functional microbial diversity of his Yanomami family, the Irokae-teri, located in the Amazon rainforest of Venezuela. They are of great interest in the […]
Speaker: Dr. Aminah Al-Attas Bradford, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Bradford is a research scholar in NC State’s Public Science Lab for Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity of Humans and Food where she draws together interdisciplinary engagement of microbes, exploring fermentation, probiotic health and pathogens. Working at the intersections of religion, microbiology, ecology and race, Dr. Bradford’s […]
