Biography
Professor Jamil has been a faculty member for 38 years. He holds several postgraduate degrees from England. In 1979, he joined Baghdad University, in 1997 immigrated to USA, in 1998 joined Wayne State University and in 2015 joined Michigan State University. He is a sole author of 18 books (8 academic) and first author of two, has wrote chapter in a book entitle “Biopsychosocial Perspective on Arab American: Culture, Development and Healthâ€, 195 research publications, 252 scientific articles to the community people and has given 193 presentations at national & international meetings. He established three postgraduate programs in Occupational Medicine (Diploma, Master, and Ph.D.) at Baghdad University. In U.S., he participates in research funded by: Karmonas, NIH, NIEHS, Pfizer, Roche, and NIMH.). He was one of the founders of several scientific society: The Occupational Health & Safety Society in Iraq in 1985, the International Society of Iraqi Scientists" in 2000, and the Al Nahrain International Society of Iraqi Scientists (2017). Prof. Jamil biography, listed in the 25th. & 26TH. Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge/England. He received 31 special awards from different academic institutions, non-profit organizations, WHO and governmental agency
Research Interest
Professor Jamil is interest to understand more about the impact of chemical air pollutions especially “war chemical†on the refugees especially veterans. His interest extend on study the impact of Hookah (Water pipe) on general population and also the impact of war trauma on immigrants in general especially refugees who immigrate from unstable countries.
Biography
Luiz Werber-Bandeira is the Head of clinical and experimental immunology unit - Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Rio de Janeiro - General Hospital. He has a degree in Medicine, post-doctorate in Immuno-Genetics, and PhD in medicine-immunology-dermatology from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ. He is also specialized in Clinical Immunology-Allergy at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ. Reorganizer of the clinical and experimental immunology unit - Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Rio de Janeiro. Reorganizer of the immunology laboratory of the clinical and experimental immunology unit - Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Rio de Janeiro. Creator, Scientific organizer and president of ImmunoRio in 97, 99, 2001 and 2004. President and scientific organizer of the extra section of clinical immunology 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015... Organizer and chair of the clinical immunology & chair of the South Fluminense-Vassouras faculty. Full professor in connected Domains-Carlos Chagas medical graduate school.
Research Interest
Clinical and experimental immunology, Allergy, Asthma
Biography
Anil Mishra is a Professor of Medicine. He is also the Director of Tulane Eosinophilic Disorder Center in the section of pulmonary diseases at Tulane University School Of Medicine. His research established that eosinophils are the resident cells of the gastrointestinal tract that home prenatally. He showed that eosinophil active chemokine eotaxin-1 constitutively expressed and has signifi cant role for eosinophils homing into the gastrointestinal tract. He developed the fi rst murine model of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). His fi ndings implicated aeroallergen in the etiology of EoE and suggested that esophageal eosinophilic infl ammation is mechanistically associated with pulmonary infl ammation. Recently, he reported that rIL-15 is a therapeutic molecule for the allergen-induced airway hyperactivity and fi brosis for chronic asthma and other pulmonary functional impairment. He is an Elected Fellow of American Academy of Allergy Asthma Immunology (FAAAAI) and American Gastrointestinal Association (FAGA). He has published over 72 articles, book chapters and reviews on molecular mechanisms of pulmonary and gastrointestinal allergic responses in high impact factor journals. His research is supported by National Institutes of Health via NIDDK and NIAID institutes. He is also a member of several NIH study sections and serving as Editor and Editorial Board Member in a number of international journals.
Research Interest
Pulmonary disease, Allergy