Global Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Professor Ewa L Gregoraszczuk is specialized in reproductive toxicology as well as hormone dependent cancer. She has graduated from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. From 1998 full professor of endocrinology, initiator and Head of Department of Physiology and Toxicology of Reproduction. She has authored 183 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals such as Reproductive Toxicology, Toxicology, Toxicology Letters, Chemosphere, Human and Experimental Toxicology, Xenobiotica, Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, Journal of Applied Toxicology, Toxicology and Industrial Health, Environment International, Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Member of Polish Endocrinology Society, International Society of Endocrinology (ISE), The New York Academy of Sciences, The European Tissue Culture Society. Promotor 60 MD, 16 PhD and 3 habilitation She has cooperation with several international group of sciences including Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Univeristy of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Graduate Center for Toxicology, Univeristy of Kentucky, at Lexington, USA, Institute of Public Health in Ostrava, National Reference Laboratory for Analysis of POPs Ministry of Health CR, Czech Republic. Was invited as a reviewer in Reproductive Toxicology, Toxicology, Toxicology Letters, Chemosphere, Human and Experimental Toxicology, Xenobiotica, Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, Journal of Applied Toxicology, Drug and Chemical Toxicology, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Xenobiotica, Toxicological Sciences and other.

The effects of different single and mixture of endocrine compounds in hormone dependent tissue such as: ovary, placenta. Cancerogenic action of endocrine disruptors in breast and ovarian tissue.

Dr Rana Jaffer is an Emergency Medicine Consultant, working at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar. She has completed her medical school from Aden University, Yemen, followed by residency in Emergency Medicine from Arab Board of Medical Specialties. She is a Member of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, UK. Further, she has completed Post Graduate Diploma in Toxicology from Cardiff University, UK. She is an active member of the Toxicology Team at her hospital besides being a faculty member at Emergency Medicine Residency Teaching program at Hamad Hospital and at Qatar University. Her professional focus has always been to teach Emergency Medicine and Toxicology to residency students and improve their skills for better patient care. She has special interest in talking about Khat abuse (Catha Edulis) which is a common practice in the middle-east and North Africa. She thinks a conference is a good media for sharing knowledge and cultures from different parts of the world

Toxicology

Dr. Paula Moyano received his JD degree at the Complutense University of Madrid in 2013. She has worked in the University of Massachusetts’ Students Legal Services Office, while living in Massachusetts in 2011. She received a Masters in Pedagogical Sciences in 2017. She specialized in neurotoxicology and legal sciences and received his PhD in Toxicology and legal medicine in 2016. She is a member of the Complutense University’s Research Team EcoBioTox. She is co-author of several publications on toxicology and environmental journals and participated as a co-author of two chapters of the book Thyroid Toxicity.

Dr. Moyano research focuses on the evaluation of the effects of environmental pollutants in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Her area of expertise are toxicogenomics, since her research looks into the toxic effects at genomic levels of persistent environmental chemicals and pollutants, and regulatory toxicology, since her interest lies in promoting changes at regulatory level of the maximum allowed levels of exposure to the substances that she studies.

Dr. Javier Del Pino is Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain from 2016. He received his PharmD degree at the University Complutense University of Madrid in 2004. He has two Masters in Sciences 2009 and 2010. He worked in Institute of Health Carlos III in the National Center of Environmental Health. From 2010 to 2012 he was an Associated Researcher at University of Massachusetts (UMASS) working in Sandra Petersen´s Lab in a National Institute of Health (NIH) project on developmental effects of TCDD endocrine disruptor on sexual differentiation. He specialized in neurotoxicology and neurodevelopmental toxicology and received his PhD in Toxicology in 2009. He is a member and Manager of the Complutense University’s Research Team EcoBioTox. He is co-author of several publications on toxicology and environmental journals and participated as a co-author of toxicology Book´s chapters.

Dr. Del Pino research focuses on the evaluation of the effects of environmental pollutants in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. His area of expertise are neurotoxicology, citotoxicity and toxicogenomics, since his research deepens into the toxic effects of metals and biocides that induce cognitive disorders and other neurodegenerative processes both at cellular and tissue level, studying the molecular mechanisms involved in these effects. He takes a special interest of the genomic toxic effects that metals and biocides produce and the levels from which these effects are produced, all related to safety evaluation of these compounds.

Simona Clichici is associate professor at the Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is the coordinator of the In Vivo Research Laboratory at this Physiology Department. She has practical experience and many published papers concerning in vivo experimental design of different pathological conditions, oxidative stress and cytotoxicity assessment, study of the nanomaterials effects on living organisms, protective effects of different natural compounds, photodynamic therapy and carcinogenesis. She was the coordinator of 2 national grants regarding toxicological studies and she is the author/co-author of 45 ISI papers, all of them concerning experimental and toxicological studies on lab animals.

Simona Clichici’s mainly focuses her research work upon In Vivo technologies. She has also published many papers concerning in vivo experimental design of different pathological conditions, oxidative stress and cytotoxicity assessment, study of the nanomaterials effects on living organisms, protective effects of different natural compounds, photodynamic therapy and carcinogenesis.

Biography& Publications-DR Swamy KB Swamy K B, presently working as Professor& HOD of Clinical Anatomy, Lincoln University, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA, has been awarded PhD by Andhra University, India. He has taken his Master’s Degree MS (in Clinical Anatomy) from Andhra Medical College, India, DMCh (Maternal & Child Health) from IGNOU, New Delhi, his Medical Degree (MBBS) in 1976, He has expertise in Human Genetics, Reproductive & Developmental Anatomy and also in Herbal Medicine. He has been the genetic counselor for many institutions, with prestigious grants (FRGS,,URGS) from Malaysian Government, he has conducted many researches on Herbal Medicine and Diabetes, on “Brain size and Intelligence Quotient (IQ)”, He has been the former founder Anatomist, Professor and Head of the Department for many Medical Schools in India as well as in Malaysia. He is an International Editorial Board Member for many reputed journals like Anatomical Society of India (ASI). Recently he has been unanimously elected as an Executive Board Member for ASI and an Organizing Committee Member for the “9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology held through June 22-24, 2017 at Paris, France., 11th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Research October 02-03, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Editor for many journals like "Novel Techniques in Nutrition and FoodScience". Journal, Herald Scholarly Open Access Journals ( Annals Of anatomy & Physiology), Journal Anatomival Society Of India (JASI) and many more and also Manscript reviewer for journals like “Food & Chemical Toxicolgy (Elseveir), "Novel Techniques in Nutrition and FoodScience" and many more.

He has expertise in multi medical disciplines, Human Genetics, Reproductive Health & Developmental Anatomy and in Herbal Medicine. He has been the genetic counsellor for many Medical institutions. He possess prestigious grants FRGS,URGS from Malaysia, he has conducted researches on Herbal Medicine and Diabetes, “Brain size and Intelligence Quotient (IQ)”,

Professor Tsatsakis born in June 1957 is a Greek toxicologist and the first to notice the extraordinary power of combined effects at low doses in long-term of exposures in our everyday life and to set up an ambitious project with which intends to provide multi-answers related to current concerns about mixtures of chemicals from many different sources at doses around or well below the regulatory limits. His hypothesis of an increase cumulative risk from simultaneous exposure of chemicals around considered safe levels could be the starting point for passing from single-compound risk assessment to the era of cumulative risk assessment. Aristides Tsatsakis is the Director of the Department of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences of the Medical School at the University of Crete and the University Hospital of Heraklion. He is teaching the toxicology course for medical students for 30 years and specialization toxicology topics for postgraduate programs in few universities and supervised numerous PhDs. Dr Tsatsakis received his PhD in Chemistry from Mendeleev University in Moscow 1986 and defended the title of Doctor of Science in Biology in University of Friendship of Nations in Moscow 2004. Aristides Tsatsakis is Emeritus Professor for the Erisman Russian Federal Institute of Hygiene and Toxicology in Moscow (2014) and Honorary Doctor of the Mendeleev Moscow University in Russia (2016). In 2016 was elected Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Russia. Aristides Tsatsakis has written over 400 peer reviewed publications in prestigious journals, is holder of several patents and has given numerous lecturers as keynote and plenary speaker in international congresses. Aristides Tsatsakis has coordinated as principal investigator over 40 scientific research and technology national, EU and international projects and established worldwide collaborations. Dr Tsatsakis is Editor of Food Chemical Toxicology (FCT, Elsevier), Editor in Chief of Toxicology Reports, Guest Editor of four special issues in Toxicology Letters (2), Toxicology and FCT journals, Guest editor of the RIFM-FCT issue, Associate Editor and member of the Editorial Boards in several other ISI indexed journals, was the EiC of the TOFSJ. Aristides Tsatsakis was the President (2014-2016) of the Federation of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX) now past President and is the President of the Hellenic Society of Toxicology (2002-2016). He is the Chairman of the Hellenic ERT-HST national Registry and member of several Scientific Academies and Societies. Aristides Tsatsakis has cooperated with key national and international organizations such as WHO-IPCS, National Drug Authority and he has received the Inter Res Prom Council, IRPC 200, Eminent scientist Gold Award. Aristides Tsatsakis has organized as president several international Congresses in the field of toxicology and forensic science among them the EUROTOX2008 in Rhodes Greece. He is also the president of the international BIONANOTOX conferences (2009 to 2017). Aristides Tsatsakis is the inspirator and founder and current president of the high- tech knowledge and research university spin-off Company ToxPlus S.A. His main believe is that the science of toxicology is a basic necessity for living and well-being and should be strengthened as an academic discipline as it represents the necessity in protecting the health of consumers, workers, people and the environment. When acting as President of the Federation of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX) took major steps for the advancement of the harmonisation process and for the registration of toxicologists in Europe and worldwide in specialisation issues.

Development of analytical methods for testing of drugs and xenobiotics.  Human biomonitoring, monitoring and biomonitoring of xenobiotics in the ecosystem  Chronic exposure to xenobiotics and impact on human health and linking to diseases.  Development of macromolecular and nano systems for targeting and reducing toxicity of drugs.  Telomeres length, chronic diseases and aging. Focus on biomarkers and modulation of telomerase.  Forensic and clinical issues of anabolic and drugs of abuse.  Nanomedicine - Nanotoxicology

"Dr. K.Mulkijanyan is a Member of the TSMU Representative Council, Academic Council of the Institute of Pharmacochemistry and Dissertation Board at TSMU Faculty of Pharmacy. He is also a member of TSMU Animal Welfare and Use Monitoring Committee. He obtained his Master's degree in Biochemistry in 1981, and defended PhD thesis in Pharmacy in 2005. Since 1983 his research interests are linked with pharmacological screening for anti-inflammatory, ulcer preventive and wound healing drugs; analysis of SAR and prediction of bioactivity of natural, modified and synthesized compounds. In 1986-1990 K.Mulkijanyan worked in the multidisciplinary research team on design and implementation of computer-aided devices for pharmacological and physiological experiments. During 1996-2006 he led courses in pharmacology, pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetics at Tbilisi State and Georgian Technical Universities; since 2015 is a full Professor at the Caucasus International University Faculty of Medicine, leading courses in pharmacology and pharmacotherapy for medical students, pharmacists and dentists. Dr. Mulkijanyan is also an expert in intellectual property protection and technology commercialization. Dr. K.Mulkijanyan was a manager/ key investigator of fundamental and applied research projects funded by CRDF Global/GRDF (2007-2014), STCU (2011), GNSF/SRSNF (2009-2016). As Organizing Committee Member, he arranged several international congresses and conferences on pharmacology and pharmacy. Dr. K.Mulkijanyan has more than 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, about 30 presentations at international scientific meetings and 2 patents in pharmacology. Dr. K.Mulkijanyan is Founder and President of the Georgian Association for Laboratory Animal Science “GALAS”. He is a member of the Association of Professional Chemists of Georgia and Association of University Technology Managers.

Since 1983 his research interests are linked with pharmacological screening for anti-inflammatory, ulcer preventive and wound healing drugs; analysis of SAR and prediction of bioactivity of natural, modified and synthesized compounds.

Dr. Vysetti Balaram (DOB 1st June, 1951) received M.Sc. (1974) and Ph.D. degrees (1979) in Chemistry from the Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Dr. Balaram is a former CSIR - Emeritus Scientist, Chief Scientist & Head, Geochemistry Division, CSIR - National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad- 500 007, India. His research areas include trace element geochemistry, mineral exploration, spectroscopy, environmental chemistry and toxicology. He is an expert of ICP-mass spectroscopy (quadrupole, magnetic sector & time-of-flight) and their applications in different areas of earth, environmental and pharmaceutical sciences. He has ~ 300 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, with ~2400 citations (h-index 25 & i10-index 64) and guided 5 PhD students, few postdoctoral and hundreds of PG students from different universities across the country. He is also recipient of several prestigious national and international awards such as "National Geoscience Award" from Government of India, New Delhi (2000), "S. Narayanaswamy Award" from Geological Society of India, Bangalore (2010); "Eminent Mass Spectrometrists Award" from Indian Society of Mass Spectrometry, Mumbai (2006); "Mantripragada Gold Medal” from Indian Society of Applied Geochemists, Hyderabad (2006) and Lifetime Achievement Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology from ISAS-Kerala (2015) and Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, UP (2016) . He was also the Leader of Regional Committee, Central Working Group for India for “International Geochemical Mapping Programme” (IGCP 360) during 1994-97. He has popularized science by delivering ~ 400 lectures in > 225 academic institutions across India and abroad (> 35 countries in all 6 continents) during the last 30 years. He was a consulting scientist for making of educational TV programmes for Indian TV-UGC-Country-wide Class Room and delivered a number of popular science talks on radio and TV. He is also mentor in ~ 60 DST INSPIRE Science Camps in 11 states across India during the last seven years.

Trace-element geochemistry, mineral exploration, spectroscopy, environment and toxicology

Burton M Altura is a Professor at Suny Downstate Medical Center in USA. He received his PhD from Newyork University School of Medicine in the year 1964. He serves as an Ad Hoc Reviewer and also reviewer for various journals and funding organizations

Role of magnesium, sphingolipids and lipid messengers in vascular biology and disease processes, such as stroke, diabetes mellitus and atherogenesis

Dr. R. K. Singh is presently working as Senior Principal Scientist & HOD, Toxicology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India. Also working as Guest Professor of Environmental Toxicology in Lucknow University for Last 33 Years. His area of research interests are Regulatory Drug Toxicity studies, Molecular Hematotoxicity Studies, Preparation of Herbal Plant Extract, Isolation of their phytoconstituents and Screening of herbal extracts for their haemoprotective and antileukemic activities.

His area of research interests are Regulatory Drug Toxicity studies, Molecular Hematotoxicity Studies, Preparation of Herbal Plant Extract, Isolation of their phytoconstituents and Screening of herbal extracts for their haemoprotective and antileukemic activities.

"Professor Dr.PSampath Kumar holds the position of head of the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology and Vice principal of the reputed Sri Ramachandra Medical College and RI, Chennai. He is a Post Graduate (MD) in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, degree obtained from the prestigious and one of the oldest institutions of Tamil Nadu, Madras Medical College. He has over 25 years of experience in the field and has dealt with a number of important cases which has been deputed to him by the high court of madras. He holds many top positions in the various societies of forensic medicine and toxicology in India, one of them being the President of Medico Legal Society of Tamil Nadu. He has giving a number of talks both in National and International forums and also published number of papers related to the field. He has also guided number of students in their thesis work, one of them being a Ph.D. student who is at present undertaking a study on the methodology of treatment of organophosphorus poisoning cases using physiologically based pharmacokinetic model as a new tool. "

Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Neelam Shrivastava had completed MBBS in 1988 from Indore University India and LLB from Bhopal University in 1999. She has worked in Public Health Department as Assistance Surgeon till 1996 and since last 18 years she is working as a Medical Officer in Medico Legal Institute, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India. There, she has done more than 5000 autopsies of different nature and expert opinions. She has also presented two international papers i.e. one in Istanbul, Turkey and another one in Goa, India.

Updated and easier confirmation of drowning by detection of diatoms in trachea

Michał H. Wrobel has completed his PhD from the University of Warmia and Masury in Olsztyn (2008). In 2009, he accepted an Associate Professor position at the Department of Physiology and Toxicology of Reproduction of the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, PAS. In 2011, he was awarded with the individual Bielanski’s Prize by Association of Biology of Reproduction, and since 2019 he has been a doctor with post-doctoral degree. Michal Wrobel has published 27 refereed publications.

Physiology,Toxicology

María Concepción Gutiérrez Rui has completed her Degree in Chemistry from the Universidad Iberoamericana (1976) and her Masters of Experimental Biology at the UAM (1980). She obtained her Doctorate in Pharmacology in Research Center and Advanced Studies. She is serving as a National level III Investigator.

Health Sciences, Cellular and molecular mechanisms, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Ahmed A Allam is working as Professor of comparative anatomy and embryology, Faculty of science, Beni-Suef university, Beni-Suef 62511, Egpt. He is working as a Vice dean of faculty of special needs, -Suef university, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt. He completed his PhD in Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Egypt. The Ph.D. Degree in developmental biology and development toxicity in September 2008 and entitled by “Effect of Acrylamide on the Development of Nervous System in Albino Rat. He has an experience in biology, anatomy, embryology, vertebrate’s fields.

Anatomy, Physiology, Biology

Abdeen Mustafa Omer (BSc, MSc, PhD) is an Associate Researcher at Occupational Health Administration, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Khartoum, Sudan. He has been listed in the book WHO’S WHO in the World 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. He has published over 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 200 review articles, 7 books and 150 chapters in books.

Medicine, Pharmaceuticals

DR. B. Prakash working as an Associate Professor of Biotechnology in Vivekananda College of Arts & Science for Women, Namakkal, Tamilnadu, India. He worked on a project "Genetic determinants of Salmonella spp. isolated from poultry meat and HIV positive patients in Namakkal District, Tamnilnadu,India. He has an achievement of "LIFETIME EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” Given by International Institute of Education and Management, New Delhi.

Biotechnology,Biochemistry.

Manisha Mehta has her expertise in weight, fat, muscle management and Sports Nutrition. Her keen interest in food and the way it affects life has driven her extensive studies in the subjects of Food technology, Packaging Technology and Nutrition along with Food Service management systems. The foundation of this presentation is based on the years of experience she has gained while studying as well as successful counselling of hundreds of clients with issues varying from weight management to lifestyle disorders and food intolerances in different settings including hospitals and health centers.

Food Toxicology

Rifat Ullah Khan is working as a faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan. He completed a project on Reproductive characteristics of Beetal male goats as influence by the dietary supplementation of alpha-tocopherol.Present he is working on "Induced molting in Desi laying hens: an income generating programme".

Research on Animals,Medicine

Ildikó Világi Working as an Associate professor in Eötvös Loránd University. Ildikó Világi Research topics include Neurobiology, Physiology.

Neurobiology, Physiology

Dr. Javier Del Pino is Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain from 2016. He received his PharmD degree at the University Complutense University of Madrid in 2004. He has two Masters in Sciences 2009 and 2010. He worked in Institute of Health Carlos III in the National Center of Environmental Health. From 2010 to 2012 he was an Associated Researcher at University of Massachusetts (UMASS) working in Sandra Petersen´s Lab in a National Institute of Health (NIH) project on developmental effects of TCDD endocrine disruptor on sexual differentiation.

Dr. Del Pino research focuses on the evaluation of the effects of environmental pollutants in the development of neurodegenerative diseases. His area of expertise is neurotoxicology, cytotoxicity, and toxicogenomics since

Edson Luis Maistro has completed his PhD from São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil and Post-doctoral studies from Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Parana state, Brazil. Obtained the title of Associated Professor in Genetics by UNESP in 2009. He works as a Associated Professor in the Speech and Hearing Therapy Department of the UNESP. He has published more than 87 papers in reputed journals. He is a mentor of several students in their Master’s and PhD thesis. His studies focused on cytotoxic, genotoxic and antigenotoxic assessment of natural products, medicinal plants and its major constituents, and their possible action mechanisms.

Cellular risk assessment, Genetic toxicity.