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Pier Paolo Piccaluga is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the Bologna University School of Medicine. He is also a co-founder and Executive Physician at the Biobank of Research, IRCCS S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital in Italy. He has led the Molecular Hematopathology Laboratory for many years. In 2018, he was appointed to teach at Queen Mary University of London (UK) and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Nairobi (Kenya), and since 2023, at the University of Nairobi and the University of Botswana. He is the author of several international publications indexed in the Current Contents (including Nature Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood, Lancet Oncology, and Lancet Infectious Diseases, with a total impact factor >1,000, a mean impact factor >6, and an H-index of 62 (ranked among the VIA-Academy Top Italian Scientists). He is the author of several presentations at national and international conferences. Dr. Piccaluga has participated in several clinical trials as a coordinator or sub-investigator and has won multiple awards for his contributions to study and research. He has served as a Principal Investigator (PI) in various research projects funded by national and internationally recognized organizations. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Hematology, Digital Medicine and Healthcare Technology, Advances in Precision Medicine, and the Journal of Cancer Biomoleculars and Therapeutics.
William C. Cho is Senior Researcher at Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China. He is a Chartered Scientist granted by the Science Council (UK) and a fellow member of several institutes, including the Institute of Biomedical Science (UK), Hong Kong Institute of Biomedical Science, and Hong Kong Society for Molecular Diagnostic Sciences. Besides, he is also a registered Chinese medicine practitioner. Dr Cho has published more than 600 peer-reviewed papers on international academic journal papers and dozens of books covering cancer biomarkers, proteomics, and microRNAs. He serves as the editor-in-chief, editor and associate editor of a number of international medical journals. Dr Cho is also an international renowned grant reviewer of the Hope Funds for Cancer Research (USA), Cancer Research (UK), MRC Research Grant (UK), Health Research Board (Ireland), Science Foundation (Ireland), Istituto Toscano Tumori (Firenze), The Foundation Fournier-Majoie for Innovation (Brussels), National Medical Research Council (Singapore), The Medical Research Council (South Africa), and Academia Sinica Investigator Award (Taiwan), etc. And he was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2023 by Clarivate.
Dipayan Rudra graduate from Albert Einstein College of Medicine with the doctor degree in 2005. Then he has been worked as Postdoctoral Fellow in University of Washington from 2006-2008, Research Fellow in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre from 2009-2013, Principal Investigator in Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Basic Science from 2013-2019, Research Associate Professor in Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology (IBB), Pohang University of Science and Technology from 2019-2020, and Senior Scientist in Immunobiome Inc. from 2020-2021. Now he is the Associate Professor, Researcher, and Doctoral Supervisor in School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University. His researches mostly focus on immune tolerance, autoimmunity and inflammation, regulatory T cells, and tumor Immunology. And he also published dozens of papers on international academic journals, and been the reviewer of many internation outstanding journals. He is the Editorial Member of Scientific Reports, and been the Guest Editor of International Reviews of Immunology.
Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Mohd Rafee Baharudin serves as the founding chairperson - IRIOSH International Advisory Council, Canada and Council Member for the Allied Health Professions under the Ministry of Health Malaysia. Dr. Rafee is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He previously held the position of Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Management Office at UPM and served as a Senior Training Officer at NIOSH Malaysia. Early in his career, he worked as a Public Health Inspector with the Ministry of Health, laying the foundation for his expertise in Risk Assessment and Industrial Hygiene. Dr. Rafee is actively engaged in industrial research collaborations with key agencies including the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), the Social Security Organization (SOCSO), and NIOSH, contributing significantly to occupational health and safety initiatives in Malaysia. Dr. Rafee's work spans multiple levels, reflecting broad impact.