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Prof. Alfonso Delgado Rubio

Formación Académica
- Especialista en Pediatría y Puericultura por las Universidades de Génova y de Navarra.
- Doctor en Medicina por la Universidad de Navarra (Premio Extraordinario).
- Profesor Adjunto Numerario. 1974.
- Director del Departamento de Pediatría de la Universidad de Navarra. 1972-1977.
- Profesor Agregado Numerario. 1979. Universidad de Sevilla.
- Catedrático Numerario. Universidad del País Vasco desde 1981-2009.
- Catedrático de Pediatría y Puericultura de la Universidad CEU-San Pablo. Madrid. (desde 2009 hasta actualidad).
- Director de Pediatría y Puericultura de HM Hospitales de Madrid (desde 2009 hasta actualidad).
- "Visiting Professor" en la George Washington University. 1989-90
- Profesor visitante del Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (México)
- Tiene 4 sexenios de Investigación otorgados por la Comisión Nacional de Evaluación de la actividad investigadora y la Universidad del País Vasco (pendiente de aprobación el 4º sexenio)
- Tiene 8 quinquenios de Docencia otorgados por la Comisión Nacional de Evaluación de la Universidad del País Vasco
Premios
Ha recibido a lo largo de su vida profesional 13 becas y/o premios de Organismos Nacionales y Extranjeros (ver curriculum detallado)

Nombramientos
Socio de Honor de las Sociedades de Pediatría de Francia, Italia, Uruguay, Perú, Canarias, Córdoba, etc.
Pertenece al Grupo de Expertos de SIDA infantil de la AEP. Coordinador del Grupo de SIDA infantil de la Asociación Latino-Americana de Pediatría (2000-2009).
Desde Junio de 1998 hasta Junio 2009 ha sido Presidente de la Asociación Española de Pediatría.
Médico del Año 2003. Premio Edimsa.

Conferencias
Hasta la actualidad ha dictado 387 conferencias en España, Italia, Francia, Finlandia, Reino Unido, Portugal, Suiza, Croacia, México, Perú, Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Cuba, Guatemala, Ecuador, Panamá, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Venezuela, Chipre, Colombia.

Ponencias
Hasta la actualidad ha presentado 81 Ponencias en Congresos Nacionales, Internacionales y Mundiales de Pediatría.

Libros publicados
Es autor de 32 libros (ver curriculum detallado)

Monografías publicadas
Es autor de 43 monografías (ver curriculum detallado)

Capítulos en libros de otros autores
Ha publicado 31 capítulos en Tratados y libros de otros autores (ver currículum detallado)

Audiovisuales
Ha dirigido 13 audiovisuales sobre Pediatría (ver currículum detallado)

Publicaciones científicas
Es autor de 214 trabajos científicos, publicados en revistas de Medicina nacionales y extranjeras

En la actualidad el Prof. A. Delgado Rubio es Director del Departamento de Pediatría del Grupo Hospital de Madrid y Catedrático de Pediatría y Puericultura de la Universidad San Pablo-CEU de Madrid.

Prof. Peter Jan van den Hazel, MD, MPH,
born 21 January 1954

Education.
Gymnasium (Cartesius Lyceum, Amsterdam) Diploma 1972
Medical Doctor, University of Amsterdam, 1982;
General Practitioner (House Physician); degree University of Amsterdam, 1985;
MPH: degree in Environmental Medicine, Dutch Institute of Preventive Medicine (TNO- PG), 1986–1989.
Public Health Advisor HazMat: registered 2010.

Training received and courses attended, 1982 to 2001.
Epidemiology Course, CAREC, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 1982
Workshop-Primary Health Care, PAHO, Domini¬ca, 1983
Management in PHC-certificate, PAHO, Barba¬dos, 1983
Advanced Management in Non-profit Organizations; ISW, 1985-1986
Advanced Epidemiology; Summer programme, Tufts University Boston, USA, 1987
Medical Statistics; Boerhave, Medische Statistiek, 1987
Radiation Safety; Stralingshygiëne, TNO, 1988
Policy Writing; PACO, 1989
Corporate Environmental Care; Bedrijfsmilieuzorg, Euroforum, 1991
Project Management; Studiecentrum voor Bedrijf en Over¬heid, 1992
Disaster Management (NIBRA: Nat. Institute of Fire protection); 1995
Medical Management of biological casualties, US Army medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1997
Academic writing. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen. 2004. Certificate.
Advanced Hazmat Life Support. Course 2008. Certificate.
Advanced Hazmat Life Support. Refreshing Course 2011. Certificate.

Work experience.
1982 -1984: District medical officer, Commonwealth of Dominica;
1984 – 1986: training and working as General Practitioner;
1986 - present: Environmental Health Specialist, working for Combined Municipal Health Services in Gelderland, the Netherlands;
1993 - present: Consultant for and Partner in the Bureau of Environmental Medicine.
1998 - present: International Coordinator of International Network on Children’s Health, Environment and Safety (INCHES);
2000 - present: Consultant for National Committe of Environment Impact Assessment (Commissie voor milieueffectrapportage)
2001: Special Adviser to EU- Commissioner for the Environment Margot Wallström
2001 - 2003: President International Society of Doctors for the Environment;
2003- present: past-president International Society of Doctors for the Environment
2002- 2003: Training project under MATRA in Estonia for Ministry and Inspectorate
2003 - 2006 : Project leader for Thematic network on Policy Interpreation on Children’s health and environment (PINCHE – EU-funded project QLK4-2002-02395)
2003 – : zero-hour contract Radboud University Nijmegen; Department of Environmental Policy Sciences
2003 - 2006: Project leader for CHEST ( Children’s Health, Environment and Safety training (DG Sanco 2003310)
2005 - present: zero-hour contract for Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS) University of Utrecht
2006 - present: Project coordinator Academic collaborative centre for Environmental Health
2007 - 2010: Project coordinator for PRONET – EU funded project
2008 - 2010 Project coordinator PHEEDUNET – EU funded project
2008 - 2010 : contract at Radboud University for PHEEDUNET project as Scientific coordinator
2009-2012 : Project coordinator for Climate TRAP – EU funded project on Climate change and public health
2010- 2011 : Project coordinator for EU-tender on Training of Professionals ( and the role of the EU) in the domain of environmental health
2010 - 2012: Project participant SINPHONIE - EU funded project on indoor air.
2012 : Project participant and work package leader PHENOTYPE - EU funded project on urban development and green
2012 : Project participant CITI-SENSE - EU funded project on City development, monitoring and remote sensing techniques.
2013 : Project participant HELIX - EU funded project on Health, - omics and sensing techniques.

Dott. Giuseppe Mele

President and co-founder of WHISPER
President of Paidòss, National Observatory on Children and Adolescents
Founder and President of SIMPe, Italian Society of Pediatricians
Member of the Advisory Committee of AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency) for the pediatric area Past - President of FIMP, Italian Federation of Pediatricians (2006 – 2013)

Giuseppe Mele is a family pediatrician since 1982 who has devoted his life to improve the quality of life of children promoting vaccines campaigns, healthy eating habits, physical activity, and fighting hard against smoking.
Giuseppe Mele is President of Paidòss, National Observatory on Children and Adolescents, Member of the Advisory Committee of AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency) for the pediatric area and founder and President of SIMPe – Italian Society of Pediatricians.
The Observatory PAIDÒSS is born from a group of experts in children with the aim of helping to place the health issues of children and adolescents at the center of social and political choices of the Country. It aims to improve lifestyles and health conditions of the population of pediatric patients (0-14 years) over the entire Italian territory, choosing as modus-operandi to involve all the players in the healthcare system.
He has collaborated, and he still collaborates, with the Italian Ministry of Health and he has published more than 20 scientific papers.

Dr. Jordi Moya Riera

Títulos
Licenciado en Medicina y Cirugía por la Universidad de Oviedo (1989).
Especialista en Anestesiología y Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor en el Hospital Universitario de Canarias.
Anestesia Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor Hospital General Mateu Orfila. Mahon, Menorca
• Especialista en Anestesiología-Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor
• Doctor en Medicina y Cirugía
• Miembro de la Internacional Spine Intervencion Society
• Director del Departamento de Investigación y Docencia en el Tratamiento del Dolor (Research and Education Pain Management Department Director) de la European Foundation for Health Research and Education
• Miembro de la Sociedad Española del Dolor
• Miembro de la Sociedad Española de Anestesiologia-Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor
• Fundador de la Asociación contra el Dolor: Sine Dolore
• Fundador de la Sociedad Balear del Dolor.

Ahmed Abdullah Mohammed Mohammed

Nationality: Egyptian

University Degrees:
Doctorate in Pediatrics (MD) : November 2004 - Ain Shams University, Cairo.
Master in Pediatrics (MS): May 2000 Ain Shams University, Cairo.
Bachelor Degree of Medicine and Surgery (M.B., B.Ch): Dec 1995
Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Affiliations:
June 2010: Assistant professor of pediatrics Ain Shams University.
Feb 2005 – June 2010: Lecturer of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University.
Jan 2001 - Feb 2005: Assistant Lecturer of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University.
Nov 1997 - Nov2000: Resident in the Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University.
Mar 1996 - Feb 1997: House Officer in Ain Shams University Hospitals.

Current jobs:
December 2011 till now:
Consultant of pediatrics and head of pediatric department in Alsharq Hospital, Fujairah.
June 2010 till now: Assisstant professor of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University.
Works in the Pediatric Allergy and Immunology& Nephrology Unit of Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University.

Research:
Published Researches:
International publications:
1- Blood Lead Levels and Childhood Asthma Indian Pediatr 2015;52: 303-306.
2- Relation of dry eye in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis to disease activity Eur J Ophthalmol 2012 ; 22 (3): 330-334
3- Tissue factor pathway inhibitor in pediatric patients with nephritic syndrome (South African Journal of Child Health). SAJCH. 2011 December; 5(4): 107–111.
4- Quality of care of Egyptian asthmatic children: Clinicians adherence to asthma guidelines Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2010, 36:33doi:10.1186/1824-7288-36-33
5- CIRCULATING DENDRITIC CELLS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME has been accepted as Poster Presentation at the XLVII ERA-EDTA Congress, organized in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nephrologie (DGfN) in Munich, Germany, (June 25-28, 2010).
6- Serum S100A12 and Temporomandibular Joint Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Egyptian patients: a case control study Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences.2010; 13 (3) : 101-113

National publications:
1)-Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine 2007; 25 (4): 99-105
2)-Urinary Osteopontin Excretion In Pediatric Patients With Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome The Egyptian Journal of Paediatrics 2007; 24 (4): 619-632.
3)-Serum and Urinary Leptin Concentration in Pediatric Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome The Egyptian Journal of Paediatrics 2008; 25 (4): 675-686.
4)-Protein Z Levels in Plasma and Urine in Pediatric Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome The Egyptian Journal of Paediatrics 2009; 26 (2): 505-521.
5)-Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients: Correlation with Disease Activity and Serum Leptin The Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 2009; 36 (3): 533-546.
6)-Evaluation of Pentraxin-3 in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Renal Failure The Egyptian Journal of Pediatrics 2009; 26 (3): 755-770.
7)-Circulating Dendritic Cells in Pediatric Patients with Chronic Renal Failure Journal of Arab Child 2009; 20 (5): 327-334.
- Scientific Societies:
- Member of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (ESPAI).
- Member of the Egyptian Society of Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation (ESPNT).

Full first and family name (s): Xi Zhang

Short Curriculum:
Zhang Xi is currently engaged in doctoral study course at the Department of Pediatric Surgery in Union hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. She is particularly interested in minimally invasive pediatric surgery for congenital defects and now participates in the study on pathogenesis (gene) of congenital anorectal malformation and Hirschsprung’s disease.

Affiliation details:
department, institution / hospital, address, City, State (if relevant), Country： Department of Pediatric Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China

CRYSTAL M. DIVINO, M.D.

Personal Data:
Date of birth: March 1, 1984 Civil Status: Single
Place of birth: Taguig, Metro Manila Citizenship: Filipino

Training:
Medical Center Muntinlupa, Inc. Putatan, Muntinlupa City
Residency Training in Pediatrics February 2012 – May 2015
St. Luke’s Medical Center Cathedral Heights, Quezon City
Medical Internship May 2010 –May 2011

Education:
St. Luke’s College of Medicine-WHQM Cathedral Heights, Quezon City
Doctor of Medicine June 2006 –May 2011
Full Scholarship grantee
Board Passer – Registration no. 120915 August 2011
Board Rating – 83.75%

University of Santo Tomas Sampaloc, Manila
B.S. Medical Technology April 2011
Cum Laude, ConsistentDean’s Lister
Board Passer – Registration no. 48685 September 2005

Mater Ecclesiae School San Pedro, Laguna
High School, Valedictorian March 2001
Elementary, Valedictorian March 1997

Research:
The Effect of Moringaoleifera in Lowering the Total Cholesterol of Overweight and Obese School-Age Children: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. C. Divino, 2015.
The Effectiveness of Probiotics versus Placebo as an Adjunct Therapy for Children with Atopic Dermatitis: A Meta-Analysis. Divino, et.al. 2009.

ENRICO PARANO MD PhD
Pediatrics and Child Neurology
First Researcher Institute of Neurological Science
The National Research Council of Italy, Catania, Italy

Clinical, scientific, research and didactics activities in the fields of pediatrics, child neurology, clinical genetics of neurological and neuropsychiatric child diseases, and biotechnology.

From January 1989 to December 1993, he attended the Division of Pediatric Neurology at Columbia University, New York, USA and at Columbia Genome Center, New York, USA, with the position of "Post Doctoral Researcher Fellow", and following with the position of "Clinical Researcher". During these years, he worked as a clinical and scientific researcher in the areas of neuroscience, with particular reference to child neurology and clinical genetics of neurological child diseases, under the direction of Profs. R. Lovelace, T. Gilliam and R. Trifiletti. At the Department of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Columbia University, New York, USA, he also obtained his PhD in Child Neurology.

From November 1995 to June 2006 he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA, under the direction of Profs. F. Plum, F. Beal, working in the fields of child neurology, and especially neuromuscular diseases of infancy.

Additional didactic activity, as well as is being certified by the several courses held for many years as an Adjunct Professor at University of Catania, Italy, in the fields of neuromuscular diseases and neurophysiopathology.

In 2009 he was invited as an "Expert evaluator", for the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission for the scientific research projects in the area "Genomics and Systems Biology".

In January 1997 he obtained the full time position of Researcher, and following, since January 1st 2003, he become First Researcher at the Institute of Neurological Science, The National Research Council of Italy, Catania, Italy.

He has been among the invited Members of the International Collaboration Consortium Group of Study of the European Neuromuscular Centre, on Congenital Muscular Dystrophies and on Spinal Muscular Atrophy. He is the invited Coordinator of the Child Abuse Group of Study of the Italian Society of Pediatric Neurology (SINP).

In the field of biotechnology, he conducted specific researches and scientific studies, in Italy and as well in the United States, related to the application of new techniques and methods regarding the "Analysis of Fetal Cells in Maternal Blood during pregnancy for non invasive prenatal diagnosis of genetic diseases”; results of these studies have been published in international journals and also presented at International Conferences on this topic, including at the National Institutes of Health, NIH, Bethesda, USA. In addition, due to innovation and scientific relevance, some of the techniques and methodologies tested, have been patented through national Italian patent, as well as the PCT international patent extension.

The clinical, research, and scientific activities, expression of his scientific publications, chapter’s books, as well as the subject of reports in numerous national and international invited speaker conferences, included various areas of neuroscience, and especially pediatric neurology, clinical genetics, neuropsychiatry, and biotechnology. On the above scientific fields, he has published over 90 papers in international journals, including Nature Genetics, Lancet; Annals of Neurology; American Journal of Medical Genetics; Neurology; Human Molecular Genetics; Epilepsy; American Journal of Human Genetics; Pediatric Neurology; Journal of Child Neurology; Journal of Pediatrics; Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry; European Journal of Pediatrics; Neuropediatrics; Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Some of his publications, such as those regarding the “Identification, mapping and cloning of the gene of Wilson’s Disease” (Nature Genetics), those regarding the “The Clinical characterization and Genetics identification of one of the genes of Spinal Muscular Atrophy” (Hum Mol Gen; Annals of Neurology; Am J Human Genetics), and those related to the “The Classification of Congenital Muscular Dystrophies” (Pediatric Neurology), represented well recognised and crucial scientific contributions for the clinical and genetics interpretation and characterization of above pediatric neurological disorders.

Currently he is the Principal Investigator of a Multicentric Scientific Study on clinical, genetics and epigenetics of Child Abuse.

Agozie Ubesie
Department of Paediatrics, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku/Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria

Dr Ubesie is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria and an Honorary Consultant Paediatrician with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. He received his medical and post-graduate trainings in Nigeria. He graduated from the University of Nigeria in 1998 and subsequently did his post-graduate training in Paediatrics from 2002 to 2006 at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu. He is a Fellow of the Medical College of Paediatrics (FMCPaed) and the West African College of Physicians (FWACP) in the Faculty of Paediatrics. His career path has focused on public health issues affecting children in resource poor countries such as HIV and malnutrition. After his post-graduate training in Paediatrics in 2006, he joined the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP), Columbia University as Pediatric Clinical Advisor. He helped develop robust pediatric HIV services that have contributed to scale up of pediatric HIV services in Nigeria particularly in the area ART and PMTCT. He later became a Regional Team Leader for the Columbia University Program, supervising teams that worked with supported States in Nigeria to strengthen their health systems. In 2010, he returned to the University of Nigeria in as a Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics. In 2012, he was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati. He has presented scientific papers at local and international meetings. He has over 30 peer reviewed publications.