Emad Abdurasul is an assistant professor at James Madison University in the USA. He completed his Ph.D. in Statistics, in 2016, at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, MS in Applied Mathematics, in 2012, at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, and BA in Statistics, in 1992, the University of Tripoli, Libya. His research has primarily focused on nonparametric statistical methods; in particular, on survival analysis using saddlepoint approximations. Also, he is interested in working in Regression Analysis.

Dr. María José Calero-García is a full professor at the University of Jaén in the areas of Psychology and Nursing, respectively, and is responsible for the PAIDI research groups: HUM 434 and CTS 990. Mr. José Ángel Aranda is the Director of “Aura Cuidados” and Mr. Salvador Gilperez is the Project Director of the “Care and Cure Foundation”, a foundation dedicated to research to improve the quality of life of the elderly.

Dr. Ana Raquel Ortega-Martínez is a full professor at the University of Jaén in the areas of Nursing and Psychology, respectively, and is responsible for the PAIDI research groups: CTS990 and HUM434. Dr. María Luisa Grande-Gascón has developed her work in the field of Nursing and is currently the director of the University of Distance Education in the province of Jaén her teaching and research work has been carried out in the area of Nursing. All three have extensive experience in the field of research and for some time have been developing a line of research focused on physical and psychological health problems related to fibromyalgia.

• Ibrahim Galal Ibrahim Khalifa is a Professor of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, at Cairo University
• Director of Basic Surgical Skills Training Course, Learning Resource Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
• Instructor& examiner of General Surgery Egyptian Fellowship of Surgery, Medical Syndicate.
• General Supervisor of Postgraduate Teaching Program of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
• Member of Editorial Board of Kasr El-Aini Textbook of surgery.
• Board member of the Egyptian society of bariatric & metabolic surgery.
• Board member of the Egyptian society of laparoscopic surgery.
• Referee/Reviewer of the Egyptian journal of surgery.
• Referee/Reviewer of journal of obesity surgery.
• Referee/Reviewer of revista da associação médica brasileira (scielo).

Dr. Stern is a board-certified neurosurgeon in North Carolina, USA.  In 2015, his sister Victoria died of leukemia following a bone marrow transplant and a year later, her husband Pat died of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm.  He realized the need for greater compassion and empathy in medicine and to surrender emotional armor in favor of emotional agility.  He is the author of “Grief Connects Us: A Neurosurgeon’s Lessons on Love, Loss, and Compassion,” as well as articles in The New York Times, the Washington Post, World Neurosurgery, Journal of Palliative Medicine, and JAMA. He earned undergraduate and medical degrees at The University of Michigan and trained in Palliative Care through Harvard Medical School. To learn more, please visit josephsternmd.com.

Dr. Aisha Y Malik is an Associate of the Phronesis Foundation, an Associate Tutor at Warwick Medical school, University of Warwick, and a Tutor at the Dept. for Continuing Education, University of Oxford. She has experience in conducting empirical ethics research and teaching medical and research ethics, to undergraduate and postgraduate students in varied cultural contexts. Her research interests are mainly in gender’s role in decision-making, justice in medical research and phronesis. She developed a staged approach to making practically wise decisions that are being used in developing an app- the ‘wisdom wheel’  for making ethically wise decisions at the moment as also in debriefing and MDT  sessions.

Colleen F Inouye is the Interim Executive Director for the Hawaii Independent Physicians Association.  She graduated from Rosalind Franklin University/Chicago Medical School and completed an internship/residency at the University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Medical Center. She has a Master’s degree from both Thomas Jefferson University in Population Health and the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in Medical Management.  She is a Board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist and an Assistant Professor, co-directing the University of Hawaii Manoa JABSOM students who complete clinical rotations on Maui.  She has written about physician burn-out. Colleen has earned Fellowships from both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Association for Physician Leadership, where she is a Board member.  She enjoys working with physicians and advocating for them.

Maria Clelia Zurlo is a Full Professor of Dynamic Psychology and Head of the Dynamic Psychology Laboratory at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. Her research covers the areas of Health Psychology and focuses on the development and applications of models and tools for the evaluation of stress dimensions and psychological and physical health conditions with reference to a wide range of target populations i.e., nurses, students, teachers, immigrant workers, partners of infertile couples, clinical patients. She is the author of more than 100 scientific publications in these areas of expertise, with several international co-authors. She has been involved in national and international research projects aimed at gaining a greater understanding of stress and well-being processes in different contexts (e.g., healthcare sector, educational contexts, occupational contexts).

Dr. Karen Rigamonti is a culture development specialist, her dream is to spread collaborative compassion within care organizations and communities and contribute to the creation of a global movement dedicated to the improvement of the life of children and adults with special needs including disabilities. She is a certified professional co-active coach, organizational relationships systems coach, certified coach master toolkit coach, and a leadership facilitator at Johns Hopkins International. Karen provides professional co-active executive, relationship, and medical coaching; conducts research on caregiver burden; and consults for John Hopkins Medicine International (JHMI), where she is working on developing a safety culture project to help high-risk areas of harm such as ICUs, ORs, and Emergency Rooms to ensure psychological safety.

Mark Gray is an independent Nurse Consultant in Learning Disability and a Visiting Tutor at the Birmingham City University School of Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment). Which trains Rehabilitation officers for the Visually Impaired. Mark is a frequent guest lecturer at twelve other UK universities for the Degree in Learning Disability Nursing. Mark runs a successful Health & social care training and consultancy business and is involved in a mixture of clinical practice, teaching, and Policy development most recently working with the British Council and the Government of Azerbaijan in promoting employment for disabled people. He is a former Chair of the British Institute of Learning Disabilities and Pohwer a UK-wide Advocacy Organisation.

Dr. Summers is a Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine and has been working since 2015 in the Emergency Department at Airedale General Hospital, West Yorkshire, UK. She moved to live in the UK in 1996 and qualified as a nurse in 2002, obtaining  BSc(Hons) in Nursing Practice from the University of Bradford, and in 2005 completed PG Cert MSc Advancing Clinical Practice at Huddersfield University. In 2006 she enrolled to study medicine and was awarded an MBBS (Distinction) by the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Dr. Summers worked as an Emergency Nurse for 3 years at Calderdale Royal Hospital and whilst studying medicine, she continued to work as a qualified Nurse across different hospitals and EDs.

Dr. Summers is passionate about education and contributing towards advancing clinical knowledge for all healthcare professionals.

Stéphane Pasquet is a Ph.D. student in Social psychology at the University of Rennes 2, France. Studying the research on the "Effectiveness of hypnosis in the prevention of fatigue of compassion in pediatric hemato-oncology nurses". Since 2018 he worked as a Nurse teacher, at the Nursing School of Saint Brieuc, France. In 2017, Master 2  Recherche en soins palliatifs. From 2012 – 2018, worked as a Nursing manager in palliative care units. Completed his Diploma of Nurse Anaesthesist in 2001.

Consultant Emergency Medicine, Director Quality & Safety & trust Appraisal lead, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Wigan, UK

Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, Pakistan. Specialist Advisor CQC (Care Quality Commission) for Emergency and Unscheduled Care, UK

Honorary Senior Lecturer Edge Hill University and Visiting Lecturer University of Bolton, UK

Member of International Education Committee Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), and Member of BAME committee General Medical Council (GMC),

Lead for Emergency Foundation programme in Pakistan and Masters in Emergency and Trauma at Edge Hill University.

The Perceived Levels of Stress and Coping Styles in Physicians and Nurses at A City Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kiranjit Atwal is a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, currently undertaking her Masters's degree in the Advanced Professional Practice of Paediatric Dietetics at the University of Plymouth. She is currently serving as the Professional Affairs Officer for the Paediatric Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association and has been involved with the committee since 2016. Her experience has ranged from working at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, as well as in the medical nutritional industry as a senior research manager. More recently, she has been part of national efforts with NHS England to develop training programmes for healthcare professionals running specialist clinics for childhood obesity. 

Dr. Prashanth Gunanayagam is a vascular surgical registrar at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He completed his medical training at Imperial College, London. His research focuses on wound care in those with diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, and associated co-morbidities. His work has contributed to the development of hospital-based high-risk wound clinics to address and streamline care across local communities.

Anas Ismail is a medical doctor who studied at and graduated from Al Azhar University in Gaza. He led the training project to recruit medical students as lifesaving first aid instructors for the community in Gaza. Anas holds an MSc degree in Global Health from King’s College London, UK, and has a General Medical Council registration in the UK.

Sandhya Nadadur is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. She is also a clinician at Northwell Health at Staten Island, New York. Her area of focus is Minority and immigrant health. Additionally, she has contributed immensely to improving chronic disease outcomes for low-income populations. She serves as a board member in a Federally Qualified Health Center.

Dr. Tebogo Tsele-Tebakang is the HOD at the Department of Complementary Medicine at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa. She is a qualified Homeopathic practitioner. She obtained her master’s degree at the University of Johannesburg in 2006. She started lecturing in 2009 in the Department of Homeopathy at the University of Johannesburg. In 2020, the Department of Homeopathy went into recurriculation and changed its name to the Department of Complementary medicine. In 2014 she assumed the position of the Head clinician in her department until 2020, where she managed the Homeopathy training center. She has supervised 26 master’s students to completion. She had marked 14 master’s dissertations (UJ) and 3 master’s dissertations at the Durban University of Technology (DUT).  She has published 3 articles in accredited journals and 2 in non-accredited journals. She has reviewed 3 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Angharad Aspinall is an Associate at Capital Law Limited, Cardiff, a commercial law firm in the UK.  Angharad practices in Capital Law’s Employment and Immigration team, and has extensive experience in both employment and business immigration allowing a collaborative approach to join up both immigration and employment issues on inbound and visa extension issues. Anghard’s main line of work involves advising businesses on UK inbound immigration namely sponsor licenses and work visas, alongside experience advising on other business-related and student visas. Healthcare industry-specific work includes advising healthcare businesses on recruiting talent from outside the UK and the health and care worker visa.

Carlene is an advanced clinical nurse specialist and Independent Nurse Prescriber at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). She developed the continence service across all pelvic poor disciplines when first started at GSTT 21 years ago. First nurse in the UK to lead the nurse-led telephone assessment clinic for pelvic poor dysfunction. This is a new service set up by the colorectal department at GSTT. Carlene has lectured extensively in both the UK and internationally about the role of nurse-led conservative assessment and management of pelvic poor dysfunction.

David is a Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care in the Department of Social Work at Manchester Metropolitan University. David has 15 years of experience working in senior leadership roles within the UK National Health Service.  This includes roles within Acute and Community settings.  David has also worked in the Middle East where he developed and delivered large-scale health transformation projects. David’s research focuses on leadership across health and social care and published research in Compassionate Leadership. David has worked with a range of Public Sector organizations to develop leadership and improvement programs for staff.

Dr. Nin Ern Tanis is an Emergency Physician, currently practicing at Hospital Segamat, a district government hospital in Malaysia. She started her service in the emergency department since the year 2014 and did her master's program in Emergency Medicine at Hospital Melaka / Universiti Malaya, Malaysia from the year 2018 to 2022. Her areas of special interest are resuscitation and emergency airway management. She is an active member of Clinical Airway Skill Training In Emergency Room (castER) since the year 2019. 

Euzeli da Silva Brandão is an Associate Professor of the Department of Fundamentals of Nursing and Administration and a Permanent Professor of the Professional Master's Degree in Assistantial Nursing at the Fluminense Federal University. President of the Brazilian Association of Nursing in Dermatology - Rio de Janeiro Regional. Ph.D. in Nursing from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Specialist in Dermatological Nursing by the Brazilian Society of Nursing in Dermatology. Experience in Nursing, with an emphasis on Dermatology, working on the topics: of maintenance and recovery of skin integrity, and care for people with skin conditions such as immunobullous dermatoses and psoriasis.

Nilay Unsal is an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, at Ankara University. Her research focuses on program evaluation, particularly on workplace wellness programs. 

Hanan Daghash is a nurse and researcher with experience in healthcare systems. Currently residing in Saudi Arabia, Hanan has a Master of Medicine Science from Malaya University in Malaysia and a Bachelor of Nursing Science from The Hashemite University in Jordan. Hanan has pursued continuing education in various subjects such as Data Skills Workforce Development, Data Management for Clinical Research, and Statistical Analysis. Her research experience includes being a Graduate Researcher at the University of Malaya, where she coordinated program development, implementation, evaluation, and budgeting. Hanan's current role is as a Research Coordinator at Al-Gahd International College, where she works with faculty to improve data entry, management, and analysis. She is also a peer reviewer, providing written and unbiased feedback on the scholarly merits and scientific value of works.

Nguyen Hoang Long is an Assistant Professor at the College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity, Ha Noi, Vietnam. He also serves as the Program Director of the Bachelor of Nursing Program and the Director of the Medical Simulation Center, VinUniversity. His research focuses on palliative care, death attitudes, nursing education, and leadership and management. Dr. Long founded the country’s first undergraduate nursing program at a private university. He has contributed significantly to the development of nursing education in Vietnam by acting as one leader of the country’s nurse educator association, reviewer, and advisor for curriculum development at graduate and undergraduate levels for various institutions.

Maria Tan is a Nurse Consultant in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Royal Wolverhampton Trust (United Kingdom) with additional qualifications as a non-medical independent prescriber and an MSc degree in Advanced Clinical Practice including a vast experience in GI/Liver where she served as a junior staff nurse (2003), progressed into senior nursing roles from 2005 including the Directorate’s Matron (2017) before she took her the clinical pathway in 2019 as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. Her professional portfolio focuses on nursing advancements, service improvement and team collaborations. She received various awards locally and nationally for leadership, and service development including GI nurse of the year in 2021 (BJN).

Dr. McNally completed her studies at the University of Manchester, and this was undertaken as an undergraduate project. She is currently working as a doctor at North Middlesex University Hospital, North London. 

Keri Brenner, MD, MPA is a palliative care physician, psychiatrist, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Brenner was a philosophy major at the University of Notre Dame where she later was nominated as the youngest member of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees. She is a graduate of Yale Medical School (2011), and was a Zuckerman fellow for Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership where she received a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School. She completed a psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (2015), and a palliative care fellowship at Harvard (2016) and subsequently served as a psychiatric palliative care consultant for MGH. In addition to her numerous nationally invited talks, Dr. Brenner has been awarded funding through Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute, the Rosenkranz Foundation and a fellowship with the American Psychoanalytic Association to deepen knowledge on the psychological dimensions of life-limiting illness.

Marcel Padrosa Planella is a Chief nurse of the general emergency department of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Master in Emergencies and master’s degree in leadership and management in nursing services. Member of the monitoring committees of the urgent care process of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.

Sem Vanbelleghem is a staff member, of University Hospital Ghent, Belgium, with responsibilities for improving the quality of care and the optimization of care processes. Associate professor at Ghent University, Faculty of Medical and Social Sciences, where he teaches courses in clinical pathways and process optimization. Since 2019, he has been conducting academic research at Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, in association with the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. His research program focuses on operational failures in healthcare and the problem-solving behavior of healthcare personnel. He also supervises students in obtaining their dissertations.

Dr. Nicola Cann is an educational psychologist specializing in paediatric and family sleep. She is the director and founder of The Family Sleep Consultant, a consultancy service that provides sleep assessment, intervention and training for families, educators and other professionals. Dr. Cann works internationally to increase awareness of evidence-based medication-free ways to improve sleep, through coaching, training, public speaking, and working with the media.

Michelle is an RN Child, Adult, SCPHN (Health Visitor) and previous senior lecturer. She is undertaking a PhD at Cardiff University. Her specialist area of teaching and learning is associated with public health nursing. Michelle is passionate about safeguarding and the well-being of staff. She was awarded the RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Award for Safeguarding in 2018. In 2020 Michelle was awarded Senior Lecturer and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Since October 2020 Michelle has worked at RCN Wales as an education and lifelong learning adviser and is also seconded to Welsh Government as professional lead for a national clinical supervision project. Michelle commenced a Ph.D. in 2018 on a part-time basis and is exploring how supportive safeguarding supervision is for health visitors. Michelle’s portfolio within RCN Wales covers education, lifelong learning, children/young people nursing, safeguarding, nurses returning to practice, healthcare support workers and students.

Dr. Bandeali has been a part of the global medical community in various capacities for over 25 years. After pursuing a degree in nursing and medicine, she went on to pursue a Masters in Development of Policies and Practices in Conflict and Fragility Management from Geneva. Her research highlighted the need to reinforce palliative care practices in the developing world. Additionally, she holds a Ph.D. in Doctor of Psychology in Trauma and Grief Counselling. She is currently pursuing, a Master of Laws at the United Nations Interregional Research Institute of Justice and Crime. She is passionate about learning and understanding human resilience through a spiritual and biological lens. A fun fact about Almas is that she is a globetrotter and has visited around 140 countries.

Mueller Lea is a lawyer from Berlin, Germany. She graduated from University in Berlin & in Stockholm with a special focus on public law & policy. She is currently pursuing, a Master of Laws at the United Nations Interregional Research Institute of Justice and Crime. A fun fact about Lea is that she enjoys playing volleyball, trying ethnic food, and traveling.

Dr. Clemens has been a part-time faculty within the Department of Regulatory and Quality Sciences at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy since 2001.  He is also a faculty member in the Global Medicine program within USC’s Keck School of Medicine, and the College of Law at Michigan State University.  He is an elected Fellow in the American Society for Nutrition, American College of Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, and International Academy of Food Science and Technology.  He has published more than 80 original manuscripts, and has provided more than 300 invited domestic and international lectures.  

Mark Gray is an independent Nurse Consultant in Learning Disability and a Visiting Tutor at the Birmingham City University School of Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment). Which trains Rehabilitation officers for the Visually Impaired. Mark is a frequent guest lecturer at twelve other UK universities for the Degree in Learning Disability Nursing. Mark runs a successful Health & social care training and consultancy business and is involved in a mixture of clinical practice, teaching, and Policy development most recently working with the British Council and the Government of Azerbaijan in promoting employment for disabled people. He is a former Chair of the British Institute of Learning Disabilities and Pohwer a UK-wide Advocacy Organisation.

Consultant Emergency Medicine, Director Quality & Safety & trust Appraisal lead, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Wigan, UK

Professor (Adjunct) of Emergency Medicine Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, Pakistan. Specialist Advisor CQC (Care Quality Commission) for Emergency and Unscheduled Care, UK

Honorary Senior Lecturer Edge Hill University and Visiting Lecturer University of Bolton, UK

Member of International Education Committee Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), and Member of BAME committee General Medical Council (GMC),

Lead for Emergency Foundation programme in Pakistan and Masters in Emergency and Trauma at Edge Hill University.