2025 HEA PRO

1. Comfort Asanbe, Professor, The City University of New York, College of Staten Island, USA.
   Title: Parental Death due to HIV/AIDS and the Mental Health of Orphans in a Rural Community in Southern Africa.
2. Kvetoslava Rimarova, Professor, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia.
   Jana Arvai, Medical Specialist in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children’s University Hospital Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
   Title: Analysis of Nosocomial Infections at Pediatric Oncology and Hematology in the City Banska Bystrica – Slovakia.
3. Neveen Shafeek Amin, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA.
   Title: Gender and Racial Disparities in Food Insecurity and Obesity among U.S. Immigrants.
4. Avital Alfandari Cohen, PhD Student, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
   Racheli Magnezi, Senior Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University, Israel,
   Title: Shifting Mental Health Care to the Community: Trends and Utilization of Israel’s Mental Health Reform.

1. Anita Rakic, Head, Department of Microbiological Media and Sterilization, University of Split, Croatia.
   Title: Assessment of the Environmental Risk of Pharmaceutical Waste.
2. Helene Huber Yahi, Associate Professor, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France.
   Title: Can Willingness-to-Pay Measure Welfare Loss Due to Cancer? A Contingent Valuation Assessment on French Breast Cancer Patients in Remission.
3. Johanna Latuske, Research Associate, Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
   Anne Beck, Research Associate, Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
   Katharina Schaihadinow, Research Associate, Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
   Helene Schwarz, Research Associate, Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
   Title: Do Community Pharmacies Unnecessarily Recommend Oral Emergency Contraception? A Nationwide Mystery Caller Investigation in Germany.

1. Henri-Jean Aubin, Professor, University of Paris-Saclay, France.
   Naouras Bouajila, PhD Student, University of Picardy Jules Verne, France.
   Cloé Domenighetti, Researcher, Tangramed Biotech, France.
   Mickael Naassila, Professor/Director, University of Picardy Jules Verne, France.
   Title: The Causal Link between Alcohol Consumption and Cancer: A Systematic Review of Mendelian Randomization Studies.
2. Vladislava Stojic, Assistant Professor, University of Kragujevac, Serbia.
   Title: Lifestyle Factors and Reproductive Health: Prospective Cross-Sectional Study in Population of Employed Women in Central Serbia.
3. Hongxia Chen, Principal Investigator, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, China.
   Hong Cui, Professor, Hubei University of Medicine, China.
   Hongjun Zhu, Professor, Hubei University of Medicine, China.
   Zhongji Meng, Professor, Hubei University of Medicine, China.
   Title: Clinical Applications of Baduanjin for Health Promotion – Bridging Tradition and Evidence-Based Practice.
4. Turky Alkhathlan, Family Medicine Consultant, King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Saudi Arabia.
   Ibrahim Almesned, Family Medicine Consultant, King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Saudi Arabia.
   Abdulrahman Alaql, Family Medicine Consultant, King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Saudi Arabia.
   Title: Medical Students’ Perception of The Effectiveness of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in Phase 2 (The Pre-Clinical Phase) at King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.

1. Glen Bright, Academic Member, Athens Institute & Professor and Dean of the School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
   Title: Project Based Learning for Undergraduate Engineering Students of the Future.
2. Elena G. Skvortsova, Head, Department of Zootechnics, Yaroslavl State Agricultural Academy, Russia.
   Title: Teaching Genetics in Higher Education: From Classics to Genomics – Challenges and Prospects.
3. Alexandra Duarte Castillo, Professor, Caldas University, Colombia.
   Title: New Frontiers in Engineering Education.
4. Bárbara J. Teruel Mederos, Professor, University of Campinas, Brazil.
   Title: AI and LLMs in Engineering Research and Education.
5. Theodore Trafalis, Head, Industrial Engineering Unit, Athens Institute, Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Director, Optimization & Intelligent Systems Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma, USA.
   Title: AI and LLMs in Engineering Research and Education.

 Short Interventions (≤3 minutes):

1. Virginia Sisiopiku, Head, Transportation Engineering Unit, Athens Institute, & Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
2. Mohamed Mostafa Mostafa, Chair and Director: KZNDOT Chair in Sustainable Transportation, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
3. Emre Bayraktar, Professor & Director, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA.
4. Mona Ben Matiwane, Senior Lecturer, University of Mpumalanga, South Africa.
5. Magdalena Lewandowska, President of the Institute of Health and Social Support, Institute of Health and Social Support, Poland.
6. Huaguo Zhou, Professor, Auburn University, USA.

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1. Xuan-xian Peng, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
   Hui Li, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
   Title: Nutrient Metabolites-Enabled Killing of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria by Antibiotics.
2. Jiao Xiang, Research Associate, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
   Title: Metabolic Modulation of Glucose-Mediated Ceftazidime Resistance.
3. Shao-hua Li, PhD Student, Sun Yat-sen University, China.
   Title: Valine Potentiates Cefoperazone-Sulbactam to Kill Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.
4. Abeni El-Amin, President/EMPOWER Innovation Program Manager, Project Ricochet/University of Kentucky, USA.
   Title: Advancing Health Equity Through Community-Centered Initiatives: Lessons from Project Ricochet’s Barbershop and Beauty Salon Initiative.

1. Zurine Gaintza, Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country, Spain.
   Leire Darretxe, Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country, Spain.
   Naiara Berasategi, Associate Professor, University of the Basque Country, Spain.
   Title: Support Needs of Spanish Families Living with a School-Age Child with a Rare Disease.
2. Aruzhan Asanova, Researcher, University Medical Center Corporate Fund, Kazakhstan.
   Title: Between Consent and Refusal: Unpacking Hesitancy Among Individuals Who Defer Posthumous Organ Donation Decisions in Kazakhstan.
3. Aidos Bolatov, Researcher, University Medical Center Corporate Fund, Kazakhstan.
   Title: Professional Background and Decision-Making on Posthumous Organ Donation: The Role of Cultural, Religious, and Institutional Barriers in Kazakhstan.
4. Eleni Zioga, PhD Student, University of Victoria, Canada.
   Anastasia A. Mallidou, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada.
   Title: Older Persons’ Views in Larissa (Greece) Related to Health Aging and Well-Being.

1. Xuefan Guan, Research Fellow, Institute of Medical Information and Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China.
   Title: Implementation and Evaluation of a Local Pilot Health-Centered Integrated Care Program: A Case Study in Guangdong Province in China.
2. Siqi Liu, Research Fellow, Institute of Medical Information and Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China.
   Fang Wang, Professor, Deputy Dean, School of Health Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China.
   Title: Research on the Capacity and Improvement Path of Home and Community-Based Integrated Health and Social Care: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis Based on 39 Cases.
3. Jun Zhao, Associate Professor, Institute of Medical Information and Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China.
   Title: Empowering Primary Healthcare Institutions for Integrated Health and Social Care: A Qualitative Case Study of Wuxi, China.