Title of presentation: “Effects of low-level lead and cadmium exposure on blood pressure in a general population in Brazil”
PhD in Public Health from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP, 2002), Brazil. Associate Professor of Toxicology at State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil (1984 to 2014). Currently is an Associate Researcher at the Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, US. President of the Brazilian Society of Toxicology (SBTOx) (2006-2007). Served as a consultant at General Management of Toxicology at Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA, 1999 to 2014) and as a consultant at Brazilian Petrol Inc. (Petrobras) in the area of Environmental Health (2001 to 2011).
Title of presentation: “NEW TRENDS IN TOXICOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTAL MODELS”
Affiliation:
1 - “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Faculty of Pharmacy, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, RO-300041, Romania;
2 - Research Center for Pharmaco-toxicological Evaluations, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, RO-300041, Romania;
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PROFESSOR CRISTINA ADRIANA DEHELEAN
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dates: 2014 – present. University Professor, Coordinator of the Discipline Toxicology and the Drug Industry “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Faculty of Pharmacy. Dates 2020-present. Director of the Council for Doctoral Studies (CSUD), “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Dates: 2020. Vice-president – National Council for Attesstation of University Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates (CNATDCU), Pharmacy Commission Gender. Dates: 2016 – present. Vice-president - Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health - Committee on Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology and Toxic Addiction. Primary pharmacist, specialty Clinical Pharmacy at Clinical Hospital for Infectious Diseases and Pneumoftiziology Dr. Victor Babeș Timișoara. Dates: 2012 – 2020. Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Faculty of Pharmacy.
Main activities and responsibilities
Director of the Council for Doctoral Studies (CSUD), "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara. Coordinator of the Discipline of Toxicology and the Drug Industry, UMFT, Faculty of Pharmacy. Scientific research activities – Pharmaco-toxicological evaluation of active compound and drug delivery platforms: 2D and 3D in vitro studies: viability, migration, metastasis, cellular respiration, immunofluorescence, PCR, investigation of the anticancer activity and safety of plant-derived compounds, in vivo studies on rodents, development of novel formulations for chemoprevention or cancer treatment: nanoformulations, different cyclodextrins, evaluation of the antiangiogenic effect on the CAM model. More than 250 ISI publications in the field (h-index 24 on WOS), more than 25 research projects, 11 project manager/director/responsible, 10 book chapters in international publishing houses, more than 40 awards for research activity.
Additional information
Main Coordinator ofResearch Center for Pharmaco-Toxicological Evaluations - Faculty of Pharmacy, “Victor Babeș'' University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timișoara. Guest Reviewer: Food and Chemical Toxicology, Journal of AOAC International, Natural Product Research, Molecules. Member of the editorial staff: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, EC Pharmacology and Toxicology, Research and Clinical Medicine, World Research Journal Of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants. Member: SSFR, EUROTOX, AMAPSEEC, SRCC.
Scientometric indicators: Hirsch index – 24; total number of citations (without self-citations) – 1651
Affiliation: National Center for Epidemiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Conference title: "Trace elements and cardiovascular risk in epidemiologic studies: evidence, mechanism and opportunities for prevention"
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valencia (2002) and completed the residency in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (Hospital Dr. Peset, Valencia 2006). She holds two PhDs, one in Public Health and Biomedical Research Methodology (Autonomous University of Barcelona 2010), and another in Epidemiology (Johns Hopkins University 2011). In her current Senior Scientist position at the National Center for Epidemiology, Dr. Tellez-Plaza leads her own lines of research to assess the role of environmental agents as a cause of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. She has a special interest in obtaining a integrated view of the molecular mechanisms and biological pathways by which environmental exposures influence health, so that the findings can effectively contribute to both public health and prevention in precision medicine.
Affiliation: Institute of Materials (iTMATUS) Faculty of Chemistry University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Conference title: "Trace Elements in dry blood spot, a new diagnostic tool"
Pilar Bermejo-Barrera is a Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain. Her research is related to trace element determination/speciation in environmental, biological and clinical samples, as well as studies about their bioavalibility, and metalomic and metaloproteomic profiles. Moreover, the study about the determination and characterization of metal nanoparticles is another research line.
Affiliation: Hematology Laboratory at Hospital Universitario Galdakao Usansolo.
Conference title: "Iron: the dark side of an essential nutrient”
Is associate researcher in Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute and responsible for the Hematology Laboratory at Hospital Universitario Galdakao Usansolo. She is member of Analytical Hematology and Trace Elements Commissions of the Spanish Society of Medical Laboratory, the International Society for Laboratory Hematology; collaborates with International Council for Standarization in Hematology and the Spanish Science and Innovation Ministry in the Agency for Assessment of new technologies.
Affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition Poznan University of Life Sciences Poland
Conference title: "Essential and toxic elements in pregnancy"
Professor Joanna Suliburska is an employee of Poznan University of Life Sciences in Poland. Her scientific interests focus mainly on the influence of pharmacological and nutritional factors on the body's mineral balance. The research work of Prof. Suliburska mainly concerns the interaction of drugs and dietary supplements with minerals and the assessment of mineral balance in women depending on the physiological state and age. Recently, the important part of her scientific activity has been the relationship between the concentration of essential and toxic elements in the amniotic fluid and blood serum and the development of the fetus as well as the study of nutritional and health factors influencing the mineral balance of pregnant women. Her research works have been carried out in cooperation with leading research centers in the country and abroad. She completed research and teaching internships in Canada, Portugal, France, and Spain.
Affiliation: Dept. of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Conference title: "Changes with time of human exposure to toxic trace elements "
Senior Professor of Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Modena and RE, Italy. Among the others, she was President of the Aisetov and the Festem, and responsible of the Italian Satellite Center Trace Element Institute for Unesco. Since the beginning of her research activities, she studied the effects on the health of exposure to environmental risks. She published 210 papers, 119 of which were on International Journals (HI =30); 122 papers were devoted to the relationship between toxic and essential trace element and human health.
Affiliation: 'Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences an Advanced Technologies “G. F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania (Italy).
Conference title: "Selenocompounds and neurological disease "
Public Health Physician and Epidemiologist, and Professor of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania Medical School; member of the “IWA Management Committee in Specialist Group Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water”; member of the “Task-Force Environment and Health” Italian Ministry of Health; member Italian Public Health Association Working Group 'Health and Environment'; Director of the Hygiene Complex Operative Unit, University Hospital of Catania; Responsible of the Integrated cancer registry of Catania-Messina-Enna; Director of the Interdepartmental Research Center “Implementation of physical, chemical and biological monitoring processes in the bioremediation and acquaculture systems” and Director of the LIAA – Environmental and Food Hygiene Laboratories, University of Catania.
Affiliation: 'Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), and Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health (USA).
Conference title: "Selenocompounds and neurological disease "
Public Health Physician and Epidemiologist, and Professor of Public Health, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Medical School; Adjunct Professor, Boston University School of Public Health. President, Italian Association for Trace Element Research AISETOV. President, Italian Public Health Association Working Group 'Health and Environment'. Member, 'Environment and Health Task Force', Italian Ministry of Health. Expert, European Food Safety Authority; Member, 'Accademia Lombarda di Sanità Pubblica'; Fellow, 'Collegium Ramazzini'.
Affiliation: The Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, France
Conference title: "Microbiome dysbiosis during obesity and type 2 diabetes"
Judith Aron-Wisnewsky (MD-PHD) is an associate professor at Sorbonne Université and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (Paris) comprising a French center of excellence for medical and surgical care of obesity. Her field of expertise is the care and follow-up of patients with severe obesity and in particular with metabolic comorbidities including type-2 diabetes. She is involved in National and European (FP7 and H2020) clinical investigation programs involving patients with cardiometabolic diseases, some of whom require bariatric surgery. In particular, she currently works on searching for predictors of diabetes remission after bariatric surgery, including the potential role of gut microbiota. She investigates the relationships between environmental factors (including diet), modification of tissue pathophysiology in particular adipose tissue and liver, microbiota and obesity-related comorbidities in patients with overweight or obesity.
Affiliation: Member of investigation center (CIC INSERM 1414), CHU de Rennes - Université de Rennes 1, France
Conference title: “Selenocompounds and sepsis”
A French M.D., Ph.D., Executive MBA, Head of ICU, with research interests focusing on infection since 1989, and since 1994 on selenocompounds (selenoprotein-P,Na-selenite) and selenium in the early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. Scientific researcher in the biochemical approach of sepsis combining ICU experience (31 years Hospital practitioner) and biochemical expertise (20 years) acquired thanks to extensive informal networks with internationally recognized scientific biochemical teams. Innovative pathophysiological approach of selenocompounds in sepsis tested in partnerships with leading international scientific and ICU teams. Recognized as an expert and invited as guest speaker to key international congresses in biochemistry and ICU. Received Executive MBA from France’s best business school. Founder of a biotechnical start-up in 2005, Awarded as best start-up in new technology in Emergence and in Creation by the French Ministry of Research, Partnership with the French Armed Forces Biological Research Institute, Rennes University (multicenter double-blind randomized study on selenite in ICU septic shock patients, Health Ministry financing). Charité Freie Universität Berlin(FUB) Germany, Université Libre de Bruxelles(ULB) Belgium, ECCRN (European Critical Care Research Network), European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; TianJin University, China. ENVA 2015
Affiliation: « Iron and Immunity » - Inserm U1016-CNRS UMR8104-University of Paris
Conference title: "Role of the iron-regulatory hormone Hepcidin in inflammatory diseases”
Carole Peyssonnaux is an INSERM Research Director and Principal Investigator of the team “Iron and Immunity” at Institut Cochin (INSERM, CNRS, University of Paris) France. She is member of the LabEx (laboratory of excellence) GREX and editorial board member at Scientific Reports. She made the pioneer works on the role of HIF (Hypoxia Inducible Factors) in innate immunity and iron homeostasis and on the local roles of the key iron regulatory hormone hepcidin. She has been recipient of an ERC Starting Grant (2011), Pink ribbon award (2013) and awarded twice the label "FRM Team of the Fondation de la Recherche Médicale" (2016 & 2021).
Affiliation: Senior Scientist Institute of Animal Nutrition and Dietetics Vetsuisse-Faculty
Conference title: "In vivo studies on trace element bioavailability: Framework conditions for improved assessment of efficay and safety”
2018: Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in Animal Nutrition and Nutrition Physiology from TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich. Subject: Experimental modelling of subclinical zinc deficiency in weaned piglets. 2019: H. Wilhelm Schaumann Award for an outstanding dissertation in Animal Nutrition and Nutrition Physiology. Since 2020: Senior Scientist at the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Dietetics, Vetsuisse-Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland. 2021: Dr. Heinrich-Baur-Promotional Award in "recognition of pioneering research in livestock sciences and especially animal nutrition". Current research focus lies at the monitoring of trace element homeostatic adaption during lactation and laying phase and the interaction between macro and trace elements.
Since 1/2019 Julia Bornhorst is Professor for Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Wuppertal in Germany. 01/2014 – 12/2018 she was “Junior group leader” at the Institute of Nutritional Science, Department of Food Chemistry (Head Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle), University of Potsdam, Germany. 10/2012 – 10/2013 Julia was postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Prof. Dr. Michael Aschner, Department of Pediatrics and Toxicology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA.
The main research interest focuses on the role of environmental / and food-relevant metals, especially trace elements (TE), in biological processes, involved in the maintenance of the TE homeostasis. Alterations, due to an unbalanced TE homeostasis, may contribute to disease-associated phenotypes and are further supposed to be a risk factor for several disorders such as neurodegenerative diseases. Her research area addresses the identification of underlying mechanisms of metal-induced neurotoxicity in various brain cells and Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) comparing neurotoxic and genotoxic effects as well as oxidative stress, DNA damage response, and DNA repair studies. Moreover, a further particular interest includes TE homeostasis and interactions especially in the context of aging and neurodegenerative disease phenotypes, as part of the research group TraceAge.
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