Dr. Ken H. Young is Professor of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He obtained his MD degree in Medicine from Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang, China, 1984, and PhD in Hematologyfrom University of Lund School of Medicine, Malmo, Sweden, PhD,1995. In 2003, he completed residency training at Oregon Health Science University and Pathology/Hematology fellowship at University of Nebraska Medical Center. In 2005, he worked as assistant Professor at the University ofWisconsin Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin. He has been awarded from the Lymphoma Leukemia Society and National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute for clinical research in the field of lymphoma and myeloma related to genomic and phenotypic biomarkers. Since 2011, progresses include development of research in many different types of lymphoma andimmune dysregulatory disorders, particularly drug-induced resistance, cancer recurrence and prognosis, tumor microenvironment and B-cell signaling pathways. He also conducts studies on inflammatory or immune disorders related to cancer. His recent works include research and development on geneomic and epigenomic profiling of various subtypes of lymphoma and myeloma.

• Lymphoma
• Myeloma
• Leukemia
• Myelodysplastic syndrome
• B-cell signaling pathway
• Myconcogenoc pathway
• TP53 pathway in cancer
• Tumor microenvironment and immune response
• Drug resistance and recurrence mechanisms

Dr. Bradley S Fletcher received his MD/PhD degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1994. His PhD thesis involved the cloning and characterization of several transiently induced sequences, termed TIS genes which included TIS10 (COX2). He went on to Stanford University for internal medicine residency and a hematology fellowship. There he conducted research in the laboratory of Dr. Gary Nolan and worked on retroviral cDNA library cloning and the use of transposons for gene delivery. He joined the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Florida in 1999, and rose to the rank of Associate Professor. His research effort has focused on the use of transposons as vehicles to facilitate long-term gene expression following non-viral gene delivery. This approach has been used to treat various conditions in animal models including hemophilia, pulmonary hypertension and acute graft rejection. Research funding has been obtained from the Veteran Administration, American Heart Association, National Hemophilia Foundation and Florida Biomedical Research Program. Dr. Fletcher’s clinical activities include attending the inpatient hematology consultation service at Shands Hospital and outpatient clinical hematology. Dr. Bradley S Fletcher received his MD/PhD degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1994. His PhD thesis involved the cloning and characterization of several transiently induced sequences, termed TIS genes which included TIS10 (COX2). He went on to Stanford University for internal medicine residency and a hematology fellowship. There he conducted research in the laboratory of Dr. Gary Nolan and worked on retroviral cDNA library cloning and the use of transposons for gene delivery. He joined the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Florida in 1999, and rose to the rank of Associate Professor. His research effort has focused on the use of transposons as vehicles to facilitate long-term gene expression following non-viral gene delivery. This approach has been used to treat various conditions in animal models including hemophilia, pulmonary hypertension and acute graft rejection. Research funding has been obtained from the Veteran Administration, American Heart Association, National Hemophilia Foundation and Florida Biomedical Research Program. Dr. Fletcher’s clinical activities include attending the inpatient hematology consultation service at Shands Hospital and outpatient clinical hematology. 

Areas of clinical and research interests:

Gene delivery and gene therapy

Genetics of hematologic disorders

Benign and Malignant Hematology

Myeloproliferative Disorders

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Atypical hematologic disorders

Dr. Roomi earned a doctorate degree in Biochemical Toxicology from University of Surrey, England, and is a Fellow of American College of Nutrition (FACN). He is certified by the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) and American College of Nutrition (CNS). Dr. Roomi worked at the Linus Pauling Institute in Palo Alto, California for five years before joining the Dr. Rath research Institute as a Senior Research Scientist in 2000. His research interests include cancer, drug metabolism, environmental and occupational toxicology, organic synthesis, the molecular mechanism of toxicology and free radical and oxidative damage. Dr. Roomi has published over 200 papers in international journals, and has presented at over 200 national and international meetings, written chapters in book and author of several popular articles. He is a member of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), the Federation of American Society of Experimental Biology (FASEB). The Society of Toxicology (SOT) and the American Society of Clinical Patholgy (ASCP).

Dr. C. Cameron Yin has received her MD from Beijing Medical University and her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of Hematopathology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and UT Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. She is board certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Hematology and Molecular Genetic Pathology. In addition to clinical responsibilities on the Leukemia, Lymphoma and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory services, Dr. Yin has been actively participating in multiple research projects in leukemia and lymphoma, which has led to over 100 research papers and over 20 book chapters. She serves as members of editorial boards for over 20 journals and ad hoc reviewers for over 30 journals. Her major research interests include molecular genetic aberrations in leukemia and lymphoma, development of molecular methodologies for the diagnosis, prognosis and minimal residual disease monitoring of hematopoietic neoplasms, mechanisms of resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia, as well as the role of immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in acute myeloid leukemia.

Molecular genetic aberrations in leukemia and lymphoma

Development of molecular methodologies for the diagnosis, prognosis and minimal residual disease monitoring of hematopoietic neoplasms.

Mechanisms of imatinib resistance in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr.Andrea Piccin is a consultant haematologist currently working at the Haematology Department & Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit of San Maurizio Regional Hospital of Bolzano, South Tirol, Italy. He also actively collaborates with the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria on development of future research projects in Haematology. Over the last years he has been working in the main Units of Haematology in Dublin Hospitals in Ireland. In 2009 Dr Piccin obtained a PhD degree at the University of Trinity College Dublin on a study on “New insight in Sickle Cell Anaemia pathophisiology”. Other activities comprise a study on “Autologus Recovery in Aplastic Anaemia” on behalf of the EBMT Severe Aplastic Anaemia working-party. Previous experience include a MD thesis on “Tandem PBSCT for Multiple Myeloma” (Verona University, Italy) and another MD degree in Paediatric Oncohaematology “Gene Therapy in Medulloblastoma in vivo and in vitro” (Padua University, Italy). He received his Medical Degree in 1996 at Padua University and the Higher Specialist Degree in Haematology in 2002 at Verona University.

Dr.Andrea Piccin is currently the principal investigator of two National projects on Lymphoma on behalf of the Fondazione Italiana Linfomi (FIL). His main areas of research have focused on evidence-based peer-reviewed haemato-oncology clinical trials and on key  clinical questions within the field of Sickle Cell Anaemia, Aplastic Anaemia of paediatric and adults and the elucidation of the relationship between the protein C activation pathway and systemic inflammatory response sepsis syndromes in children with meningitis.

Dr.Andrea Piccin is internationally recognised as an expert in the field of microparticles. His famous article “Circulating microparticles: pathophysiology and clinical implications.” has received over 450 citations todate.

He is author and coauthor of more than 200 research original articles, letters, books chapters and book translations.

Dr.Piccin has been also awarded by the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano for his contribution in the assistance of sick patients with the “Medal of Solidarity” and the honour of Sir“Cavaliere”. 

Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplantation 

Dr. Claudio Fozza obtained his degree in Medicine at the University of Sassari in 2000 and his Specialization in Haematology in 2004 under the supervision of Prof M. Longinotti. In 2006 he started his academic teaching at the University of Sassari, chair of Haematology, and became consultant in Haematology. From January 2005 to December 2006 he attended the Hammersmith Campus at Imperial College in London, as Honorary Clinical Assistant and Clinical Trial Coordinator at the Dept. of Haematology chaired by Prof. J Apperley and as Clinical Research Fellow, Stem Cell Biology Section, Dept. of Immunology under the supervision of Prof F. Dazzi.

Dr. Abdulkareem Mohammed Al Momen Obtained his MB, BS,in 1976 from King Saud University, Riyadh.He got his Fellowship in 1986 from the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada in Internal Medicine.He Obtained Canadian Board of Internal Medicine at University of Toronto (U of T), Canada, 1986. American Board of Internal Medicine 1986, and American Board of Hematology 1988.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Center of Excellence in Thrombosis & Hemostasis

 

Dr. Menaa (PhD, MBA, MD candidate) is an internationally inter- and multi-disciplinary professional with holistic concept of Medicine. More than 10 years experiences in academic institutions (e.g. France, USA, Germany, Brazil) and industrial sectors (e.g. Guerbet SA, SANOFI, Fluorotronics Inc.). He is an independent consulting expert, researcher and Chief Editor of Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology He is also member of various scientific committees, boards and associations, and organized the “Target Meeting´s 1st World Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology Online ConferenceHe has contributed to over 100 scientific articles, 200 international events, and is the recipient of various recognitions. 

Oncology, Gerontology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Pharmacy and Nanomedicine.

Prof. Dr. Zhixiong Li studied human medicine at the Tongji Medical School in Wuhan in China between 1984 and 1990. He got his MD at the University of Hamburg in 1998. Prof. Li has long-term experiences in the development of retroviral vector systems for gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), preclinical gene therapy trials, and leukemogenesis research. He reported for the first time leukemia development after gene therapy in a mouse model (Li Z et al., Science 2002). His group is currently interested in understanding how receptor protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) contribute to leukemia development. Receptor PTKs are often deregulated in human cancers and may be important for self-renewal of cancer stem cells. Thus, receptors PTKs represent attractive targets for selective molecular therapy. Dr. Li´s lab has focused in part on the neurotrophin(NT) receptors and FLT3 signaling pathways. His group has obtained evidence for a previously underestimated role of NT signaling in leukemogenesis (Li Z et al., Science 2002; Li Z et al., Blood 2009; Yang M et al., Blood 2014). 

• Leukemogenesis of tyrosine kinases and targeted therapy
• Gene therapy
• Diagnosis of hematopoietic malignancies
• Stem Cell Biology 

Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi born in Amede, Eha- Amufu, Enugu State, Nigeria is pursuing his Ph.D in Haematology, received his M.Sc  in Haematology in Imo State University, Owerri and his Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.He attended Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu and obtained NCE, 2003, Union Secondary School and Amede Primary School, Eha-Amufu and obtained FSLC. He received 2 international research awards in 2017 as World Academic Champion in Medicine and World Academic Champion in Diagnostics and 2 international Fellows and included among world 500 most influential public health experts on earth 2017 and included among Global Infectious Diseases Control Experts. He equally received 27 International awards. He is a research oriented person. He has published more than 300 research and review papers in reputable international journals and editor and reviewer to more than 70 International Journals. He receives invitations to be delegate, plenary speaker, keynote speaker and organizing committee member of international conferences. He is an eminent scholar and a researcher. He is a prolific writer.He has reviewed more than 86 papers as a reviewer for many Journals.  He has many followers in research gate and has a very high research gate score. He has research interest in Heamtology and Blood Transfusion, Immunology, and Public Health. He has been enlightening the world with his scientific contributions. He is working in Diagnostic Laboratory Unit, Department of University Health Services, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.

• Hematology and Blood Transfusion
• Immunology
• Public Health
• Diagnostic Laboratory

Dr. Mendoza completed his medical school in the Catholic University (Ecuador) and his certification in medical oncology from Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). Dr Mendoza completed his residency in Medical Oncology at the Santa CreuiSant Pau Hospital in Barcelona, Spain. As a physician, he has an extensive record with the treatment of bad-prognosis cancer patients with high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation. He continued with his PhD studies in the field of immunology-oncology at the Academy of Sciences in Prague where he worked in different types of anticancer vaccines and became an expert in the field of dendritic-cell based vaccines in experimental models.
 

Dr. Luis Mendoza has a position of Senior Medical Director within the Oncology Global Therapeutic Delivery Unit of QuintilesIMS. He has served as Medical and Scientific Advisor on many different clinical trials in the following indications: Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Cancer Related Anemia, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Hodgkin Disease, Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Prostate Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Colon-Rectal Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Advanced Solid Tumors and Advanced Hematologic Malignancies. He has great expertise in clinical pharmacology acquired after a record of more than 40 phase I clinical trials. He has overseen several oncology and non-oncology global drug development programs.
 

Prior to joining QuintilesIMS in January 2015, Dr. Luis Mendoza acquired 20+ years of hematology and oncology experience in the oncology medical practice combined with 13+ years of experience in clinical development of different oncology and general medical use compounds. Dr Mendoza has 9+ years in hem-oncology trials testing different anticancer compounds like targeted therapies, immunotherapies, oncolytic virus vaccines, antibody-drug conjugated vaccines, chemotherapies, PARP inhibitors and antiangiogenic drugs. Dr Mendoza continues with his altruistic unpaid labour as a consultant for physicians or cancer patients. He is author and co-author of several medical and scientific publications in peer review journals and author of educational manuals in cancer.

Oncology, immunotherapies, checkpoint inhibitors, early phase clinical development, dendritic cells.

Muhammad Akram is an Associate Professor, Chairperson, Department of Eastern Medicine, Directorate of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan. Ex-Chairman, Department of Eastern Medicine, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Poonch, Rawalakot Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Coordinator,M. Phil and PhD in Eastern Medicine, Directorate of Medical and Health Sciences,Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan.