Dr. Hollie Robichaud is widely recognized as a global nurse leader, ambassador, educator, author, and researcher. Her work focuses on rare disorders, invisible illness, and chronic conditions. Her areas of expertise include women's health, integrative nursing, and whole-person care. As Founder of Higher Dimensions Healthcare and Co-Founder of Verdade, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, she leads initiatives that expand access to education, support, advocacy, and community for individuals living with complex health conditions. Serving as a global conference chair, moderator, speaker, and strategic collaborator, Dr. Robichaud advances innovation in healthcare through leadership, education, and advocacy. She collaborates with healthcare leaders, researchers, nonprofit organizations, non-governmental organizations, and academic partners across North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Her work supports international initiatives focused on integrative therapies, health education, patient advocacy, and equitable access to care. Dr. Robichaud is an author and co-author of professional and scholarly publications. She contributes to research studies and collaborative projects that strengthen evidence-informed practice and improve health outcomes. Through Nursing Insights, she shares perspectives on leadership, resilience, professional development, and person-centered care. She welcomes opportunities for collaboration in research, publication, education, global health, and nonprofit initiatives. Through every endeavor, she remains committed to a simple belief: everyone deserves to be informed, connected, supported, and understood.

Tom Lawry is an internationally recognized leader in artificial intelligence, health innovation, and the future of human longevity. He advises governments, health systems, and global companies across Europe, the Middle East, Asia–Pacific, and North America on responsible AI adoption and the transformation of care delivery. Tom is the Managing Director of Second Century Tech and formerly served as Microsoft’s National Director for AI in Health & Life Sciences, as well as Director of Worldwide Health and Director of Organizational Performance for the company’s first health incubator. His career also includes senior roles with GE Healthcare, founding two venture-backed health-tech companies, and serving as a health-system executive and board member. A sought-after keynote speaker, Tom brings nearly two decades of hands-on experience implementing AI at scale. He translates complex technologies into clear, strategic insights for senior audiences—bridging the worlds of clinical practice, data governance, policy, and executive leadership. His work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, CEO Magazine, Inside Precision Medicine, CNET, and the South China Morning Post. He has been named one of the 2025 Global Top 20 AI Voices to Follow, and a Harris Poll of JP Morgan Healthcare Conference attendees recognized him as a leading figure driving meaningful change in health and medicine.

Richard A Lawhern PhD is founder and speaker emeritus of the National Campaign to Protect People in Pain (USA) (ncp3.org). He has three decades of research and analysis experience as a healthcare educator and Nationally recognized subject matter expert on US public health policy for the regulation of clinicians in pain management and addiction. He has authored or co-authored nearly 400 papers and articles in a mixture of peer-reviewed clinical journals and mass media. His online courses in continuing medical education are accredited by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine. Dr Lawhern was identified as a significant healthcare influencer by Marquise Who's Who for 2025

Dr. Shang-Ming Zhou is a distinguished Professor in eHealth at the University of Plymouth, UK, where he serves as the Associate Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery for Research, Chair of Operational Artificial Intelligence Group, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Technology in the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences. Professor Zhou's research focuses on AI-driven personalized medicine, health informatics, health data science, disease phenotyping, risk stratification, polypharmacy, multimorbidity, and public health research. His research on integrating information from multiple sources through advanced methods of type-1 and type-2 OWA operators has paved the way for data integration and aggregation under uncertain environments. He leads different projects, advancing healthcare data analytics for patient-centric innovations. He has also been awarded externally funded grants worth over £10 millions. Dr Zhou is the member of Editorial Board for 15 international journals.

Dr. Cynthia N. Brysch, Ph.D. is a globally recognized life sciences executive and regulatory expert with over 20 years of experience in quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and product lifecycle management across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. She currently serves as Vice President & COO of Devine Guidance International and has held senior leadership roles with organizations including Amgen, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Sarepta Therapeutics, and Novartis Gene Therapies. An internationally respected Subject Matter Expert, Dr. Brysch specializes in global regulatory strategy, GxP compliance, quality systems, and commercialization of innovative healthcare products. She is a published researcher, certified lead auditor, and frequent speaker on regulatory excellence and quality innovation.

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Kamil is one of the leading academicians and scientists in the fields of medicinal plants research, traditional medicine, natural products , phyto -pharmaceutical chemistry, and plant sciences. Dr. Kamil is a recipient of UAE Golden Visa for 10 years 2021-2031 in Talented Person Category. Presently he is working as Director General, Lotus Holistic Healthcare Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE since 2021; Secretary General & Head, Scientific Committee for Sheikh Zayed International TCAM Awards and Organizing Secretary TCIM conference 2024& 2026. Dr. Kamil earned his Ph.D. in 1976 from AMU Aligarh India ,completed postdoctoral research in U.K. and was awarded the Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree in 1988. He is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry C.Chem .;FRSC ,U.K. He worked in various capacities, as in charge of the Drug Standardization lab. Ministry of Health -India, Associated with publications of Parts .I,II & III of the book “Physico-chemical Standards of Unani single drugs and Formulations” - containing 100 monographs each , complied & published by Central Council For Research In Unani Medicine, Ministry of Health,India, New Delhi. Professor at Hamdard University, India; Professor & Head, Department of Phytochemistry &Pharmacognostic Science, Zayed Complex for Herbal Research & Traditional. Medicine(ZCHRTM), Ministry of Health, UAE (1996-2010); Head TCAM Research at the Department of Health,Abu Dhabi (2010-2020). Associated with the publication ,” Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants of UAE, Vol. I, &II containing 29 & 30 plants subsequently ,Published by, ZCHRTM, Abu Dhabi, UAE .Focal Point of WHO Collaborative Sheikh Zayed Research Centre, Abu Dhabi, for 8 consecutive years; Dr.Kamil is a recipient of the First Sheikh Zayed International TCAM Award in Herbal Research (2020). Research work conducted and guided research in the fields: viz Medicinal Plants, Chemistry of Natural Products, Quality control studies of herbal medicinal products. Physicochemical & pharmacognostic standards of single herbal medicine and composite herbal formulations. Substantially contributed to Drug Research and standardized chemically about 400 phyto- pharmaceutical and 600 single herbal medicines. Isolation and Characterization of Natural Products-Isolated quite a large number of NOVEL compounds from medicinal plants and a completely New SERIES of bioflavonoids along with their synthesis for the first time in the world. His dedication and passion for advancing science is remarkable. His scholarly contributions include more than 850 publications and conferences , seven books, and six book chapters,. He has supervised 35 Ph.D. and more than 60 M.Phil./Intern/M.S. scholars, having widely cited more than 10,000 times/places, out of which 824 alone in Academia . significantly contributing to capacity building in science and healthcare. He is a recipient of many prestigious honours & awards viz Young Scientist’s Award,India(1998); Common Wealth Award-London(1992); Convention Award of Chemical Society-India(1993); Hakim Ajmal Khan Shield (CCRUM-Govt. of India at Grant Medical College, Bombay 1992); Academic Grant from Association of Common Wealth Universities –London(1992); Academic Exchange Fellowship from Association of Common Wealth Universities –London(1993); Acted as an expert on the panel of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), India,2000. ; Man of the year 2002, ABI, USA and recently Sheikh Zayed International Award in 2020 among few. Associated with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the revision of the Benchmark for International Standards of Unani Medicine Terminology and Training of Unani Medicine, as its drafting expert and their subsequent reviews (2020-2022). He had been invited as an advisor for the WHO-10-year Traditional Medicine strategy (1925-34) at a meeting held in October 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Member, Traditional Complementary Integrative Healthcare(TCIH)2022- WHO -till date. Received a Shield for best paper presentation in J.M.Medical College,Bombay in 1992. Hakim Ajmal Khan Global Award in Unani Medicine, India(2014); Honorary Trustee, International Unani Forum (Oct’2022 -March 2025).Member of the Editorial Board of UNANIAN-an International Quarterly online Magzine ,Honorary member of the International Association for Unani Medicine (IAUM)by the Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Karachi, since 1922.Member of Editorial Board of “Hamdard Medicus” Karachi, since 2024. Conferred upon Aqs-e-Mohar –Nabwi, Hamdard University Karachi,19th Dec 2022.Reviewer on the Hamdard Pharmacopoeia of Unani Medicine,Pakistan. Member of Editorial Board of “Hamdard Medicus” Karachi, since 2024 Member of UNANImity magazine ,New Delhi.Assaociated with publication of “Associated with publication of the books “Physico-chemical Standards of single andUnani Formulations - 100 monographs each , complied & published by Central Council For Research In Unani Medicine, Ministry of Health, New Delhi.Physicochemical Standards of Unani Formulations, Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (India).Out of his above 850 publications 300 publications are exclusively on Unani medicines. For his contribution to Plant Sciences ,he had been selected for inclusion of research work in “Contributions of Indian Scientists in Plants Sciences”,1999. Editor ,Journal of Diabetes& Epidemiology , Board Member, Acta Scientific Agriculture Journal; Referee, International Conference on Gynecology, Obstetrics 2025 and 2026; OCM and refree Women’s Health ; ;Committee Board Member to the Pharmax Conference,Madrid,Spain 2026.Member ,Organizing Committee member of the Wise Journal of Nursing and Public Health(WJNPH); Editorial committee member, BioNatural Healing (BNHC) Journal ,USA; Organizing Committee member and refree for Women’s Health ; Member Editorial Board of Arabian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants AJMAP ” since 2023.Member Journal of Integrated Human Health Sciences ,SSJ- Publications U.K.; OCM International Conferece on Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Perspective -Vaccine prevention; OCM for International Conference on Public Healthand Preventive Medicine,2026; Member , Journal of Pharmacy Sciences and Drug Research.SSJ since 2025; Member Editorial Board of Traditional Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine since 2026; Member -The Complementary Medical Association,London,U.K.;

Prof. (Dr.) Nidhi Agarwal is a distinguished academician and researcher with over 20 years of teaching and research experience. She serves as a Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at Lincoln University College, Malaysia. In addition to her academic role, she is an active member of the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)-Paris, UNESCO and the General Secretary of the Globus Educational and Research Association (GE&RA). Dr. Agarwal has made significant contributions to the field of education through her authorship of 42 books and chapters at both national and international levels. Her expertise spans Educational Psychology, Methods and Techniques for Teaching, and she has published over 74 research papers in various prestigious journals, including those indexed by Scopus, SCI, UGC, and other peer-reviewed publications. She is a prolific speaker, having presented her research at numerous national and international conferences. Her commitment to academic excellence is evident through her role as a Resource Person in UGC-sponsored online refresher courses for university and college professors, where she has also developed comprehensive E-Content. Dr. Agarwal is the Editor-in-Chief of two esteemed journals: Globus Journal of Progressive Education and Cosmos Journal of Arts and Higher Education. Her expertise and insights have made her a sought-after keynote speaker, with over 50+ national and international conference invitations. Dr. Agarwal has successfully supervised more than 15 PhD research scholars to the completion of their degrees, with 10 more currently under her guidance. Additionally, she serves as an international reviewer for the International Conference of Informing Science and Informing Technology in the USA. Her dedication to fostering academic growth extends to organizing various national and international conferences, workshops, faculty development programs (FDPs), and seminars. She has received numerous accolades and Women Empowerment Award for her social activism with NGOs and contributions to education.

Prof. Assoc. Dr. Elida Mataj, PhD, MSc, MPH, is a public health physician, epidemiologist, researcher, university lecturer, and public health expert with more than three decades of professional experience in public health and epidemiology. She received the academic title of Associate Professor from the Faculty of Medicine in 2023 and holds a PhD in Public Health from the University of Milan, Italy. She currently serves as Head of the Environmental Epidemiology and Air Quality Control Sector, Department of Public Health Risk Assessment and Management, Institute of Public Health, Albania. Her professional and scientific expertise encompasses environmental epidemiology, air quality and health, environmental health, health risk assessment, disease surveillance, health impact assessment, public health management, and health research. Prof. Mataj has extensive experience in national and international research, institutional development, capacity building, and international technical cooperation. She has coordinated and contributed to projects supported by the World Health Organization, European Commission/TAIEX, the Central European Initiative (CEI), and Italian public health institutions. From 2021 to 2022, she served as Project Leader Counterpart in an EU Twinning Project entitled “Support to enhance the organisation and governance of the Institute, strengthen its capacity for data collection, epidemiological analysis and monitoring, and improve its emergency response for communicable diseases and cross-national threats.” In this role, she contributed to the institutional strengthening of the Institute of Public Health, development of epidemiological and surveillance capacities, improvement of data collection and analysis, and enhancement of preparedness and response to communicable diseases and cross-national health threats. In academia, Prof. Mataj has served as a university lecturer in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Public Health, Health Management, and Scientific Research. Her academic and professional work combines epidemiological research with public health policy, health risk assessment, institutional capacity building, and evidence-based approaches to public health. She is the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications and has presented her research and professional work at national and international scientific conferences in Europe and beyond. Her career reflects a strong commitment to advancing public health through scientific research, international collaboration, professional education, institutional development, and evidence-based public health practice.

Dixie Clinkenbeard, PhD(c), MPH, CHW, is the Community Engagement Lead for PC-BRIDGE (Primary Care – Building Research Integration in Diverse Geographic Environments), part of the Southwest Center for Advancing Clinical and Translational Innovation (SW CACTI), a $43.6 million NIH/NCATS-funded Clinical and Translational Science Award supporting research at the University of Arizona and the University of New Mexico. She works directly with rural clinics, community-based organizations, doulas, Community Health Workers, and Indigenous Community Health Representatives across Arizona and New Mexico to build research capacity and connect community health priorities with meaningful research, currently focused on integrating community doulas into prenatal care to improve maternal health outcomes and patient trust. Her background is within community health promotion, epidemiology, and population health research. She has worked as a Community Health Worker responding to disease outbreaks in early childcare settings, as a Policy Analyst conducting health impact assessments in New Zealand, and in national COVID-19 surveillance and emergency response, including authoring the country's measles/pertussis readiness framework. She is a member of the American Public Health Association, the National Association of Community Health Workers, and the Arizona Community Health Workers Association.

Kirandeep Chhokar is a medical student at Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine and holds a Master of Public Health in Global Health from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science with double majors in Biology and Global Health from the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests include cardiovascular disease, women's health, particularly sexual and reproductive health, refugee and migrant health, and improving health outcomes among vulnerable populations through evidence-based clinical practice. Kirandeep has been recognized for her leadership, scholarship, and commitment to advancing global health. She served as a 2024 World Health Assembly Student Delegate representing the University of Southern California in Geneva, Switzerland, where she participated in discussions on international health policy and global health priorities through side events and meetings with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and United Nations agencies. In 2025, she was selected as a Dhablania and Kim Family Global Medicine and Health Fellow, through which she conducted a mixed-methods research study titled Exploring Health and Well-Being Among Refugee and Migrant Women in Greece: A Mixed-Methods Study with Women and Key Informants in Athens, Greece. In recognition of her contributions to public health research, leadership, and service, she was inducted into the Beta Lambda Chapter of the Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health in April 2025. As a Gates Millennium Scholar, she is dedicated to addressing health disparities through interdisciplinary research, education, advocacy, and community engagement. Through her research and scholarly activities, Kirandeep seeks to bridge the fields of clinical medicine and public health to advance health equity, improve health outcomes, and enhance the well-being of diverse populations worldwide

Rhea Sims is a Registered Nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and global health professional with a Master of Science in Global Health. Her career has spanned the full spectrum of perinatal care, including inpatient and outpatient settings, birth centers, community midwifery and home birth, pre-hospital maternal transport, and public/global health. This breadth of experience has shaped her belief that excellent perinatal care must make space for both medical expertise and the innate physiology of pregnancy and birth. Rhea is the co-founder of AsturyMamas, supporting women and families in Asturias, Spain, through evidence-based education, practical preparation, and embodied support. Her work is grounded in a commitment to informed consent, autonomy, and sovereignty for every birthing person. She is passionate about reimagining perinatal systems so that safety and specialized care coexist with dignity, continuity, connection, and the lived experience of becoming a parent.