Dr. Mengcun Chen, M.D., Ph.D., is a Research Associate at the Center for Translational Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, and serves as an Attending Surgeon in the Department of orthopaedic Surgery at Wuhan Union Hospital. Dr. Chen earned both his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, followed by advanced research training at the University of Pennsylvania. His research primarily focuses on biomedical and biomechanical alterations in tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and bone tissues. His contributions to the field have been recognized in esteemed journals such as Am J Sports Med, J Neurosurg Spine, J Biomech Eng and Ann Biomed Eng. Additionally; he has been honored with prestigious accolades, including the Best Researcher Award at the International Research Awards on Infectious Diseases and the ORS/OREF Travel Award in orthopaedic Research Translation. In addition to his research, Dr. Chen actively contributes to the academic community as a Guest Associate Editor for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering and as a Technical Program Committee member for the 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology

Shawn Cradit, Ed.D., MS, MA, EP-C, ATC: Assistant Teaching Professor in Health and Exercise Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. Teaching a combination of Physical Activity and Lecture courses (Exercise Physiology and Sports Science; Coaching American Football) and in the Master of Physiology department Graduate faculty (Exercise Physiology and Sport Science and under review Musculoskeletal Physiology, Palpatory Anatomy and Dynamic Kinesiology). Areas of interest include Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (research in recent past and current courses), Sports Medicine and injury prevention, care and recognition, and professional development courses in Biomedical Engineering, Physiology, Data Science, Teaching improvement and innovation, improving course format and accessibility. Certified in Quality Matters, Instructional Excellence, and Instructional Innovator for teaching and Exercise Physiologist Certification through the American College of Sports Medicine in December 2023.

Fernanda M. Coutinho holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra, a M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Aveiro, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Coimbra. She is a researcher at the RCM2+ Research Center. Her research interests include robotic telemanipulation with explicit force control and haptic feedback for medical applications, calibration and maintenance of medical devices, and embedded systems design. One of her recent work includes developing a smart cane prototype to improve gait in Parkinson’s disease patients. Since 1995, she has been a Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Coimbra, where she coordinates the M.Sc. Course in Biomedical Instrumentation. She is the author of several publications in refereed scientific journals and in international scientific conferences in the area of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering. She has participated in several R&D projects related to robot-assisted surgery. She is a Member of IEEE Engineering Medicine & Biology Society.

Dr. Lu Bai received the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K., in 2014. She was a Research Associate with the School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, in 2015. She was a Research Associate of mobile sensing with the Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, from 2016 to 2018. She was a KTP Associate and a Data Scientist with Shearwater Systems Ltd., in 2019. She was a Lecturer in Data Analytics with Ulster University, U.K from 2019 to 2023. She joined School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as a Senior Lecturer in July 2023. Her research primarily focuses on the development of smart sensing systems and the application of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data analytics to address challenges in digital health. Her recent work has concentrated on upper limb motion monitoring using inertial sensing systems, which involves developing advanced wearable devices to accurately track and analyses human movement for applications in rehabilitation and assistive technology.

Associate Professor Gulsen Meral graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine in 1994. She became a specialist in pediatrics in 2001 . She is Associate Professor in Pediatrics and worked as a specialist as well as deputy chief physician and chief physician at several hospitals. She was the Rectors advisor between 2019-2021 at the Northern Cyprus ITU. She is also an Acupuncture instructor. She worked as a Nutrigenetics graduate course and lecturer and gave undergraduate and graduate courses on child development. She has many national and international publications, and worked on editorial boards and as reviewers. She has a Master's Degree in Hospital Management. She has a Turkish language literature undergraduate education. She completed PhD program in Medical Genetics. In addition to her scientific achievements, she is ambitious about poetry and has 5 poetry books. She is the Founder of the Nutrigenetics and Epigenetics Association, and has memberships in the Green Crescent and Rumelia Association, Istanbul Acupuncture Association, and International Society of Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics. She participated in the first and second International Epigenetic Congress as the president. She is still the organizer and educator of the Epigenetic Coaching Program. She is actively giving trainings on Nutrigenetic & Epigenetic Counselling to health professionals from all over the World as a certified CPD program. She continues research and training as the founder and manager of Epigenetic Coaching.

Esteban Pena Pitarch holds a doctorate in the UPC. He has carried out his teaching work at the Technical College of Manresa (EPSEM), since 1988 and belongs to the department of mechanical engineering. He collaborates with the Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering (IOC), UPC, since 2008, in the robotics division. His research is focused on rehabilitation and simulation of stroke survivors, the creation of medical devices and the application of kinematics and dynamics to the human body by way of mathematical tools used in robotics. He manages a group with doctors specialized in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and engineers from a number of different fields. This group has published articles in magazines and congresses and owns two patents relating to medical apparatus. Esteban Pena Pitarch belongs to the Service and Industrial Robotics (SIR) research team and is currently working on two competitive projects as the main researcher of one and collaborating in the other. He is a professor and ex-dean of college Escola Polytechnic Superior engineering de Manresa (EPSEM) at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia(UPC). His teaching expertise are in Kinematics and Dynamics, and Machinery Design for Undergraduate and Graduate degree for more than 30 years. He has two patents and more than 100 papers on international journals and conferences. Research interests are in Virtual Human Modeling, Rehabilitation, and Human Exoskeleton Construction.

Prof. Zhang is a professor at the Robotics and Microsystem Research Center, Soochow University, Visiting Researcher at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Humanoid Robot Academician Workstation of the Jiang Huai Frontier Technology Collaborative Innovation Center, and the founder and CTO of Suzhou Chundong Touch Robot Co., Ltd. He serves as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, and ICRA. He received his Ph.D. from the State Key Laboratory of Robotics and Systems of Harbin Institute of Technology under Prof. Liu Hong' s (Academician) supervision. He has worked at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and engaged in postdoctoral research for 4 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States. As the first/corresponding author, he has published over 50 papers and 2 cover articles in international journals and conferences such as IEEE/ASME TMECH, IEEE RAM, IEEE TASE, IEEE TNSRE, ICRA, IROS, etc. He has presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key R&D Program and won the first prize in the Guangdong Provincial Technological Invention Award, the "Jiangsu Provincial Distinguished Professor" Talent Program, and the United States NSF- Innovation Corps Program Award.

Associate Professor Gulsen Meral graduated from Istanbul University CerrahpaÅŸa School of Medicine in 1994. She became a specialist in pediatrics in 2001 . She is Associate Professor in Pediatrics and worked as a specialist as well as deputy chief physician and chief physician at several hospitals. She was the Rectors advisor between 2019-2021 at the Northern Cyprus ITU. She is also an Acupuncture instructor. She worked as a Nutrigenetics graduate course and lecturer and gave undergraduate and graduate courses on child development. She has many national and international publications, and worked on editorial boards and as reviewers. She has a Master's Degree in Hospital Management. She has a Turkish language literature undergraduate education. She completed PhD program in Medical Genetics. In addition to her scientific achievements, she is ambitious about poetry and has 5 poetry books. She is the Founder of the Nutrigenetics and Epigenetics Association, and has memberships in the Green Crescent and Rumelia Association, Istanbul Acupuncture Association, and International Society of Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics. She participated in the first and second International Epigenetic Congress as the president. She is still the organizer and educator of the Epigenetic Coaching Program. She is actively giving trainings on Nutrigenetic & Epigenetic Counselling to health professionals from all over the World as a certified CPD program. She continues research and training as the founder and manager of Epigenetic Coaching.

Esteban Pena-Pitarch holds a doctorate in the UPC. He has carried out his teaching work at the Technical College of Manresa(EPSEM), since 1988 and belongs to the department of mechanical engineering. He collaborates with the Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering (IOC), UPC, since 2008, in the robotics division. His research is focused on rehabilitation and simulation of stroke survivors, the creation of medical devices and the application of kinematics and dynamics to the human body by way of mathematical tools used in robotics. He manages a group with doctors specialized in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and engineers from a number of different fields. This group has published articles in magazines and congresses and owns two patents relating to medical apparatus. Esteban Pena Pitarch belongs to the Service and Industrial Robotics (SIR) research team and is currently working on two competitive projects as the main researcher of one and collaborating in the other. He is a professor and ex-dean of college Escola Polytechnic Superior Engineering of Manresa (EPSEM) at the University Polytechnic of Catalonia (UPC). His teaching expertise are in Kinematics and Dynamics, and Machinery Design for Undergraduate and Graduate degree for more than 30 years. He has two patents and more than 100 papers on international journals and conferences. Research interests are in Virtual Human Modeling, Rehabilitation, and Huma Exoskeleton Construction

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Tuan D. Pham is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Imaging, Diagnostics, and Trauma at Barts and Queen Mary University of London. He was awarded a Global Talent Visa with endorsement from The Royal Society for his work in AI and imaging in medicine. He also serves as an Honorary Professor with Barts Health NHS Trust, focusing on integrating academia with healthcare. Professor Pham leads research on AI in medical imaging, signal analysis, and classification, fostering collaborations within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry to advance innovation. His career includes pivotal roles such as Senior Research Professor in AI and Founding Director of the Center for AI at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Linkoping University, Sweden. Additionally, he held leadership positions in Japan and Australia, significantly contributing to bioinformatics and medical engineering. His research spans AI and machine learning applications in image processing, time-series analysis, complex networks, and pattern recognition across dentistry, medicine, biology, and mental health. Pham has published 3 monographs, over peer-reviewed 150 journal articles and 200 peer-review full conference papers. He also serves as an AI expert for the U.S. FDA’s Digital Health Experts Program. Professor Pham’s career is marked by a commitment to innovation, pushing the boundaries of AI and its applications in healthcare.

Dr. Akers is an Associate Professor and the Research Director for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UTSW Medical Center in Dallas, TX. His research is dedicated to developing innovative preclinical and translational molecular imaging techniques to enhance our ability to diagnose, stage, and treat cancer and other devastating diseases. This includes creating methods to study pharmacological profiles and achieve tumor-selective contrast enhancement using small molecule and nanoparticle-based agents. His goals encompass translating fluorescence-guided surgery and depth-independent phototherapy into clinical practice, with the aim of eradicating cancer through real-time augmented reality in the operating room and engineered constructs that activate the immune system to eliminate metastatic disease.

Shawn Cradit, Ed.D., MS, MA, EP-C, ATC: Assistant Teaching Professor in Health and Exercise Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. Teaching a combination of Physical Activity and Lecture courses (Exercise Physiology and Sports Science; Coaching American Football) and in the Master of Physiology department Graduate faculty (Exercise Physiology and Sport Science and under review Musculoskeletal Physiology, Palpatory Anatomy and Dynamic Kinesiology). Areas of interest include Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (research in recent past and current courses), Sports Medicine and injury prevention, care and recognition, and professional development courses in Biomedical Engineering, Physiology, Data Science, Teaching improvement and innovation, improving course format and accessibility. Certified in Quality Matters, Instructional Excellence, and Instructional Innovator for teaching and Exercise Physiologist Certification through the American College of Sports Medicine in December 2023.