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Dr. Kellan E. Baker is the Executive Director of Whitman-Walker Institute, the research, policy, and education arm of Whitman-Walker, which is a community health system in Washington, DC, USA that includes Whitman-Walker Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center. Kellan is a health policy professional and health services researcher with extensive background in health system design, regulatory policy, public health, and government statistics. He is experienced in developing and analyzing health policy, synthesizing and communicating evidence, managing diverse coalitions, and working with government, philanthropy, and other partners to achieve health policy objectives. Kellan is passionate about health equity, LGBTQ health, disability rights, and racial and reproductive justice. He received his PhD in health policy and management from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD, USA, where he was a Health Policy Research Scholar and Centennial Scholar; an MPH in health policy and MA in international development from George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA; and a BA with high honors from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA, USA.
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Dr. Dr. Jörn Lengsfeld is a German economist, management expert and communication scientist. His multidisciplinary background grants him unique insight into Digital Transformation as the formative development of our time and its impact on business, economy and society. Focusing on the strategic level, he is interested in the processes of analysis, decision-making and communication under the conditions of the Digital Information Age. Convinced that Digital Inclusion is vital for successful transformation he has conducted extensive research on Digital Inequality. In large-scale empirical studies, he has investigated the Digital Divide in over 100 countries worldwide.
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I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Universidad de los Andes and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Global Transformation for UC San Diego. I was an Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Scholar for the academic year 2021-2022. I work mainly on environmental and development economics. My interests lie primarily in understanding the consequences of environmental change and the challenges governments face in implementing policies in contexts with underlying structural inequalities or weak institutions. I am currently working on the economics of air pollution control and on the impacts of temperature on financial outcomes and hospital management. On the development economics side, I am currently studying gender disparities in labor markets both in Mexico and the United States, as well as women’s health in Tanzania and Mexico. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University in 2021.
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I am a behavior analyst who focuses on teaching others to address challenging behavior, especially with students with disabilities. I have worked with individuals age 18 months to 75 years, in a variety of environments (vocational, community, clinical, early intervention, home, classroom.) I have also worked in other countries with individual families and schools/government-run facilities to train teachers in behavior analytic strategies.
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Currently, Korn is an affiliate and the Founder and Coordinator of the Race and Media Working Group at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. An award-winning author with numerous publications, she has given 100+ talks as invited keynote presentations, university guest lectures, interactive community education, and refereed conference presentations. As a public scholar, Korn has been quoted in interviews with CNN, Colorlines, Fox News, National Public Radio (NPR), South by Southwest (SXSW), U.S. News and World Report, and more.
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Assistant Research Scientist with Indiana Institute on Disability and Community. My focus is on advancing equitable practices in inclusive postsecondary education spaces for students with intellectual disabilities.
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Terri Gilbert, MSW, has extensive experience in non-profit organizations, both public/governmental and private sector, and has held leadership positions in large organizations as well as small nonprofits. Her experience spans the human services array including child welfare and juvenile justice, mental health services, human resources, workforce training, and law. Throughout her career, Gilbert has focused on programmatic and organizational improvement, policy advocacy, organizational change initiatives as well as creating and implementing innovations. She is dedicated to developing reforms in child welfare and juvenile justice policy and practice. Gilbert teaches socially just policy advocacy and analysis, child welfare, and administration courses at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. She also manages the juvenile justice portfolio of projects for the Center for Behavioral Health and Justice at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mi. Ms. Gilbert completed her MSW at the University of Michigan and her BA in Psychology at Oakland University. She also holds a certificate in Executive Leadership from the University of Michigan.
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I am Jamila Baig, a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Science, Studies, and Policy & Geography with a research focus on climate change, fire, and vegetation change in the Pacific Northwest. I have a teaching experience for more than 20 years at higher secondary schools, college to University level in Pakistan, and currently teaching as a teaching assistant at the University of Oregon. I have worked on multiple projects in Pakistan and have received many scholarships in USA and Pakistan. Now, working as an assistant project director on a significant project (0.5million dollars)on climate change and glaciology between the University of Oregon and Karakoram International University that enhances research collaboration and teaching between both Universities for an initial period of two years.
I look forward to contributing and acting as a bridge between scientists from many parts of the world to combat climate change and increase community awareness and resilience in the longer term.
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President of the European Investment Bank (EIB). Former Vice-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalization of the Spanish Government.
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Currently working as Principal Scientist(Agricultural Economics), Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR), Govt of India. Past Director(Monitoring & Evaluation), National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), India. Having 20 years experience in economic policy research with more than 100 peer reviewed journal articles.