4^th Annual Congress on Infectious Diseases August 29-30, 2018 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Stef Stienstra is a strategic and creative Consultant in Biomedical Science with a parallel career as a Commander of the reserve of the Royal Dutch Navy. For the Dutch Armed Forces he has responsibility for the counter measures in CBNRe threats and (Medical) consequence management both in a military and a civilian (terrorism) setting. He is a strategic functional specialist for “Health & Environment” of the 1-Civil-Military-Interaction Command (1-CMI) of the Dutch Armed Forces and for 2015 also in the NATO Response Force (NRF), which is in 2015 the responsibility of the 1-German-Netherlands-Corps (1-GNC). In his civil career he works internationally as Consultant or as Scientific Supervisory Board Member for several medical and biotech companies, merely involved in biodefense. He is also a Visiting Professor for Punjab University in Pakistan and Rhein-Waal University in Germany. He has completed his studies in Medicine and in Biochemistry at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands and has extensive practical experience in cell biology, immuno-hematology, biodefense and transfusion medicine. His natural business acumen and negotiation competence helps to initiate new successful businesses, often created out of unexpected combinations of technologies. His good understanding of abstract science combined with excellent skills in the communication of scientific matters to non-specialists, helps him with strategic consulting at top level management.

Ebola

Eugenie Bergogne-Berezin is a Professor of Clinical Microbiology at University Diderot, Paris. She has studied MD in Medicine and PhD in Sciences in the early 1970s. She is a Chief of Department of Clinical Microbiology and research group, University Bichat Claude-Bernard and developed research on Acinetobacter spp., (nosocomial pathogen, pathogenicity, resistance), pharmacology of antibiotics, tissue distribution (lungs, brain, bronchi), research on intestinal ecology, jejunal flora and bacterial adhesion. She is an Adviser to pharmaceutical companies, expert in pharmacology-toxicology for the Ministry of Health, expert for international journals. She has developed a journal Antibiotics, (Elsevier). She has published 6 medical books, many chapters in international infectious diseases books, 200 articles in scientific journals.

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Dr. Theresa I. Dale, Ph.D., CCN, NP Founder & Dean, California College of Natural Medicine, Ventura, CA. President & CEO, The Wellness Center for Research & Education, Inc. Author * Inventor * Researcher * Biological Medical Consultant Dr. Dale’s interest in non-invasive therapies became her passion when she was diagnosed with a uterine tumor at 22 years of age. After healing herself of the tumor by herself in six months using only natural medicine, she decided to make natural medicine her career. She completed her Naturopathic Studies in Europe. In 1992 Dr. Dale founded The Wellness Center for Research and Education, Inc. The California College of Natural Medicine (501C3) was then founded to train health providers in advanced Biological Medicine. A Winning Combination! Dr. Dale is the “Pioneer of Hormone Rejuvenation” with over 20,000 case studies using her advanced formulas NuFem & EndoPure for Men and Women and her “Five Element Salivary Test” panel with her custom Wellness ProgramMoreover, Dr. Dale’s organic herbal and clean nutritional formulas have been proven successful in clinical testing. Furthermore, Advanced Homeopathic research lead to her formulation of the first Fibonacci Sequenced Homeopathic product line. She offers lectures and workshops to medical professionals and speaks at various conferences. Dr. Dale has authored two books “Revitalize Your Hormones; Dr. Dale’s 7 Steps to a Happier, Healthier and Sexier You” and "Transform Your Emotional DNA, Understanding the Blueprint of Your Life”.

non-invasive therapies

K C Santosh worked as a research fellow at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). He worked as a postdoctoral research scientist at the LORIA research centre, Universite de Lorraine in direct collaboration with industrial partner ITESOFT, France, for 2 years. He also worked as a research scientist at the INRIA Nancy Grand Est research centre for 3 years, until 2011. K C Santosh has demonstrated expertise in pattern recognition, image processing, computer vision and machine learning with various applications in handwriting recognition, graphics recognition, document information content exploitation, medical image analysis and biometrics. He published more than 60 research articles, including a book section in encyclopedia of electrical and electronics engineering.

Electrical and electronics engineering

Lalit Garg has received his PhD degree from the University of Ulster, UK in 2010. He has received his first degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the Barkatullah University, India in 1999 and Postgraduate degree in Information Technology from ABV-IIITM, Gwalior, India in 2001. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Computer Information Systems at the University of Malta, Malta. He was a Researcher at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and at the University of Ulster, UK. His research interests include missing data handling, machine learning, data mining and their applications especially in the healthcare domain. He has published more than 60 technical papers in refereed journals and conferences.

Electronics and communication engineering