4^th International Conference on Influenza and Zoonotic Diseases July 02-04, 2018 Vienna, Austria

Dr Afzali is a Senior Research Fellow (health economics) with expertise in the economic evaluation of health technologies with a focus on the application of decision analytic modelling techniques. He is also a member of the Evaluation Sub-Committee (ESC) of the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) whose role is to advise the Australian government on evidence relating to the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies and procedures. Dr Afzali is involved in a number of research projects aiming to improve the decision making process around the funding of health technologies. He also co-leads the Adelaide Health Economics Research Group at the University of Adelaide.

Economic evaluation of health technologies, Decision analytic modelling for health economic evaluation, Improving public funding decision processes

Dr. Reza Nassiri is Associate Dean of Global Health; Director of Institute of International Health; Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and lecturer in Global Health, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. His research interests focuses on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV/AIDS & TB, prevention and control of infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, community health, global health, and socio-ethical determinants of health. Prof. Nassiri works on international public health issues and has expertise in global health education, research, policy and governance. He has made contributions in various fields of medical sciences including clinical investigation and health education. One the basis of his extensive experience and expertise in HIV/AIDS and TB, he developed Clinical Research Programs in Brazil, South Africa, Haiti, Dominican Republic and Mexico. The core foci of such programs are socio-cultural, bio-ethical determinant of HIV/AIDS and TB prevention, control, and intervention.

International health initiatives, Health in developing nations, HIV/AIDS research

Giulio Tarro graduated from Medicine School, Naples University (1962). Research Associate, Division of Virology and Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital (1965-1968), Assistant Professor of Research Pediatrics, College Medicine (1968-1969), Cincinnati University, Ohio. Oncological Virology Professor, Naples University (1972-1985). Chief Division Virology (1973-2003), Head Department Diagnostic Laboratories, (2003-2006). D. Cotugno Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Naples; Emeritus, 2006 -. Since 2007 Chairman Committee of Biotechnologies and VirusSphere, World Academy Biomedical Technologies, UNESCO, Adjunct Professor Department Biology, Temple University, College of Science and Technology, Philadelphia, recipient of the Sbarro Health Research Organization lifetime achievement award (2010). His researches have been concerned with the characterization of specific virus-induced tumour antigens, which were the "finger-prints" left behind in human cancer. Achievements include patents in field; discovery of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infant deaths in Naples and of tumor liberated protein as a tumor associated antigen, 55 kilodalton protein overexpressed in lung tumors and other epithelial adenocarcinomas.Hh4is basic researches have been concerned with antigens induced early during the replication cycle of human herpesviruses. Another study has involved the identification, isolation and characterization of specific virus-induced tumour antigens, which were the “finger-prints” left behind in human cancer. Achievements include patents in field; discovery of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infant deaths in Naples and of tumor liberated protein as a tumor associated antigen, 55 kilodalton protein overexpressed in lung tumors and other epithelial adenocarcinomas.

His basic researches have been concerned with antigens induced early during the replication cycle of human herpesviruses. Another study has involved the identification, isolation and characterization of specific virus-induced tumour antigens, which were the “finger-prints” left behind in human cancer. Achievements include patents in field; discovery of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infant deaths in Naples and of tumor liberated protein as a tumor associated antigen, 55 kilodalton protein overexpressed in lung tumors and other epithelial adenocarcinomas.

Andrzej Tadeusz Zielinski was born in 1940 at Radom, Poland. In 1965, he completed his diploma of physician at Akademia Medyczna (Medical School), Warsaw, in 1968, he served as a doctor of medical sciences at Academia Medyczna (Medical School), Warsaw. Later in 1977, he was at Medical Examination of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG No: 280-257-7). While in 1982 he received his first degree specialty in internal diseases and achieved his second degree specialty in internal diseases in the year 1986, later in 1999 he was certified for Master of Science in Epidemiology at State University of New York, School of Public Health, and Albany, NY, U.S.A. Dr. Andrzej Tadeusz Zielinski started his employment in 1965-1979 in Department of Physiology at Akademia Medyczna (Medical School), Warsaw. Later in 1973-1974 and 1979-1980 he worked as an assistant professor (visiting) in Department of Pharmacology at Michigan State University, and East Lansing, Michigan, USA. From 1981-1986, he served as an Attending physician and director of outpatient clinic in Pruszków, Poland. In between the years 1986-990 he was an attending physician at Clinic of Internal Medicine in First Clinical Hospital at Medical Academy in Warsaw. He continued his passion as attending physician at Spellman Center for HIV Related Diseases in between 1991-1993 at St. Clare’s Hospital, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. He was later appointed as a clinical v-director, AIDS Diagnosis and Therapy Center, Warsaw in the years 1993 and 1996. Since 1999 he continued his Employment in National Institute of Public Health, National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw in Poland. Later from 2003-2010 he worked as a Professor and Head of the Department of Epidemiology and since 2010 he is known to be the Professor Emeritus in the Department of Epidemiology. He also worked as National Consultant of Epidemiology from 2002- 2013, He is also an Editor-in-Chief of “Przegląd Epidemiologiczny” (Polish Epidemiological Review) from since 2000. He is yet now from 2005-2013 is also known to be the Member of Advisory Forum of ECDC. Dr. Andrzej Tadeusz Zielinski Memberships of scientific societies include: Warsaw Learned Society, Polish Epidemiological Association, and Polish Scientific Society of AIDS. Polish Society of Epidemiologists and Infectiologists.

Pharmacology, Epidemiology, AIDS Diagnosis and Therapy etc.

Shahryar Eghtesadi received Bachelor degree in Nutrition Science and Food Chemistry 1975, from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran; MSPH degree in Nutrition, 1977, from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran and PhD from University of California at Davis(UCD), USA, in Nutrition (1985). He served as Visiting Scientist in USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA), Boston, USA (1994-1995); full professor of Tabriz, Iran and Tehran Universities of Medical Sciences and currently serves as Professor of Azad University, Science & Research Branch. He was the chairs of Departments of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Biochemistry & Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition and Nutrition in aforementioned Universities. Also Served as Associate Dean and Dean of School of Public Health & Nutrition and School of Public Health of Tabriz and Iran Universities of Medical Sciences respectively. He was selected as distinguished professor and Scientist. For long and extended period of time, experienced teaching various courses in nutrition in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate and international Bureau programs and directed many projects and dissertation of MS and PhD programs and Published numerous peer reviewed articles in journals and also edited several books and finally served as Principal Investigator of World Bank Project for Capacity Building in Nutrition in Iran.

Nutrition Science, Food Chemistry, Public Health

Ulku Anik was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1973. She has received her Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry in Ege University, Bornova, İzmir-Turkey in 2003. She is currently a full professor at the Department of Chemistry, Mugla Sıtkı Kocman University, Mugla, Turkey. Her research interests are nanomaterial based electrochemical/bioelectrochemical systems,electrochemical sensors and biosensors, centri-voltammetry/biocentri-voltammetry, biofuel cells and electroanalytical chemistry. She has recently focused on developing electronano diagnostic platforms for detection of important diseases like influenza and cancer. Up to now, she has published more than 60 papers and directed many projects. She has also visited many labs all around the world and have collaborations with many important research groups.

Nanomaterial based electrochemical/bioelectrochemical systems,electrochemical sensors and biosensors, centri-voltammetry/biocentri-voltammetry, biofuel cells and development of electronano diagnostic platforms.

Jaroslav Turánek has completed his PhD at the age of 27 years from Masaryk University Brno. He is the head of Department of Pharmacology and Immunotherapy, Veterinary Research Institute, Brno. He has published more than 75 papers on vaccines, drug targeting, anticancer and antimicrobial drugs in reputed journals. He is teaching immunology, biotechnology and immunochemistry at Masaryk University Brno and Technical univeersity Brno. He is president of Czech Society for Gene and Cell Therapy and Principal Investigator of vast multidisciplinar project OPVVV FIT “Pharmacology, Immunotherapy, nanoToxicology” focused on applicaton of complex nanotechnology and biotechnology approach for development of new modern vaccines and targeted drug delivery systems

His research interest are Pharmacology and immunotherapy, drug delivery, nanotechnology, recombinant vaccines and molecular adjuvants.

Laushkina Zhanna works as a senior researcher and as a physician in the Novosibirsk Tuberculosis Research Institute since 1994. She got her PhD degree in 1999 and her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2016. Currently she works as a leading researcher and her main scientific interest is the issues of differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and other lung diseases.

Differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and other lung diseases