Annals of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Dr. William J Hendry is working as an Adjunct Professor from the Department of Medical Sciences at University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, USA. Dr. Hendry is also working as Director of Animal Care Facility, Chairperson from Department of Biological Sciences, in Wichita State University, Kansas. Dr. Hendry completed his M.S. in Physiology from Northeastern University, Boston and Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences; a Consortium Graduate Program sponsored by the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury; Clark University, Worcester; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester; and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. He received several honors like Phi Sigma, WSU Excellence in Research Award, K-INBRE Faculty Scholar Award, etc.

Dr. Tsuyoshi Iwasaki is working as a Professor at Hyogo University of Health Science, Japan. Dr. Iwasaki has worked in the molecular mechanisms of graft-versus-host disease in National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, USA. Dr. Iwasaki obtained a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Immunology from Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. He is also a medical specialist for Rheumatology and Hematology and a councilor of Japanese College for Rheumatology and Japanese Society for Hematology. His major research interest is a molecular mechanisms of graft-versus-host disease and autoimmune diseases.

Dr. Alexander Sirotkin is working as Professor in Department of Zoology and Anthropology at Constantine the Philosopher University, Slovakia. Dr. Sirotkin is also specialist in biology of reproduction and leader in studies of some ovarian signaling substances (small RNAs, transcription factors, protein kinases, metabolic hormones a.o.). Dr. Sirotkin has get his RNDr. degree in the University of Leningrad (USSR), PhD gedree in the Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry (Leningrad,USSR) and DrSc degree in the Research Institute of Animal Production (Nitra,Slovakia). He worked as Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist, Head of the Laboratory and Project Leader in the Research Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics (Leningrad-Pushkin, USSR), International Laboratory for Biotechnolog(Nitra,Czechoslovakia), Research Institute of Animal Production/Animal Production Research Centre (Nitra, Slovakia) and Constantine the Philosopher University (Nitra, Slovakia). He had fellowships in Institute of Physiology and Genetics (Libechov, Czechoslovakia), Institute of Experimental Endocrinology (Bratislava, Slovakia), Research Centre of Animal Production (Dummerstorf, Germany), Institute for Animal Science and Animal Behaviour (Celle, Germany), Institute of Animal Science (Mariensee, Germany), University of Colonia (Colonia, Germany), Babraham Institute (Babraham, UK), University of Bristol (Bristol, UK), University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonington, UK) and other international research centers. His teaching activities included lectures in more than 10 universities and research centers, as well as the supervision of more than 50 undergraduate and PhD student works. Actually he have more than 500 publications, mainly in international biomedical journals and several books including recent monograph “Regulators of Ovarian Functions” (NY, USA, 2011). For the results obtained during his basic and applied studies and related publications in area of biology and endocrinology of reproduction he was nominated to a number of national and international awards.

Dr. Stanley Schwartz is an Affiliate of the Main Line Health System, and an Emeritus Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Schwartz received his MD in 1973 from the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. He then completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Chicago. Dr. Schwartz actively lectures nationally, as well as internationally, about diabetes and its treatment. In the past 4 years he has been a speaker in Turks/Caicos, Istanbul, Switzerland , Belgium, Tunisia ,Spain , 11 cities in China, Phillipines (AACE), Israel, Singapore and AACE 2011/2014,ADA 2014- (2015) and in October, 2016 at Korean Diabetes Assoc. He has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has been a lead or co-investigator for many clinical trials (DCCT-EDIC, LOOK AHEAD). He has created a call for minimizing insulin use in ‘Type 2 ‘ DM and proposed a New Classification for All Diabetes and presented it in Jerusalem, at ADA 2014 and ADA/JDRF symposium 2015 and now published in Diabetes Care, which has garnered much attention. Since leaving Penn, he has received an R-01 from the NIH for studying the Genes related to LADA (with 2 articles published), written 3 book chapters, had posters at 2012 AACE, ADA and EASD in 2014 and 2015).

Dr. Javier Morales is working as a Vice President in the Advanced Internal Medicine Group in Northern Boulevard, New York. Dr. Morales was graduated from UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, his medical training included residencies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and North Shore University Hospital where he served as Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Morales serves on multiple committees at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, New York, and in addition to several publications, he has served as principal investigator for several different studies and clinical trials. He also serves as clinical instructor for several nurse practitioner programs, physician assistant programs, in addition to the internal medicine residency program at North Shore University Hospital and Winthrop University Hospital, where he serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. He is also a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, National Hispanic Medical Association, Nassau County Medical Society, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Dr. Velia D'Agata is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Bio-medical Sciences, University of Catania, Italy. Dr. D'Agata graduated from Pharmacy in 1987 and Medicine in 1995 at the University of Catania, Italy. Dr. D'Agata served as Faculty member in Neuroscience; Research Instructor at the Blanchette Rockfeller Neuroscience Institute. Research Scientist at the Institute of Neurological Science. Italian National Research Council (CNR), Catania, Italy. Guest Research at the Laboratory of Adaptive System, NINDS-NIH, MD, USA. Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Experimental Brain Research, Lund Hospital, Sweden. She is also a member in American Society of Neuroscience, Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology Italian Society of Immunohistochemistry. Dr. D’Agata participated actively to several nationaland international meetings.

Dr. Jennifer Schroeder is an Associate Professor of Biology at Millikin University, in Decatur, IL. Dr. Schroeder received a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Zoology from Eastern Illinois University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Molecular and Integrative Physiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Beyond her work in biology, Dr. Schroeder has been recognized internationally for promoting academic integrity, and was awarded the Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award at Millikin University in 2015. Dr. Schroeder currently teaches introductory biology courses and global healthcare courses for non-majors. Within the biology major, her expertise is in physiology, endocrinology, and developmental biology. She also teaches physiology and pathophysiology at the graduate level. Dr. Jennifer R Schroeder research interests span all areas of cancer, endocrinology, and reproductive biology. She utilizes breast cancer cells as a model system for testing toxicity, and is interested in the ability of pesticides to function as endocrine disruptors.

Dr. Mihail Lucian Birsa is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the same university in 1995. He joined the master program at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi in 1995, and in 2000 was awarded a Ph. D. degree in Organic Chemistry. From 2000 to 2002, he was a postdoctoral fellow under the mentorship of Professor Samuel Braverman at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. In 2003 he was selected as a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, working with Professor Henning Hopf in TU Braunschweig, Germany. Since then numerous return fellowships were granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Dr. Laura Gabriela SARBU is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the same university in 2007. She joined the master program at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi in 2007, and in 2015 she was awarded with a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry. During the Ph.D. program she joined several times the Prof. dr. Henning Hopf research team in TU Braunschweig - Germany.

Irshad Ahmad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Life Sciences at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. He received his doctorate degree in biological sciences from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. He worked as postdoctoral researcher in the chemical bioresources laboratory at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He has published more than 40 scientific papers in internationally reputable journals.