Dr. Daolin Tang is currently working as an Associate Professor in Department of Surgery at University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Tang received his medical degree from Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences in 2000 and his PhD degree from Central South University in 2007. Dr.Tang received several awards like Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Award, NanoString Technologies Award, The Thousand Talents Program for Distinguished Young Scholars (China), etc. His research interests include Regulation and function of Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern Molecules (DAMPs), e.g., high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) and histone, in cell injury, cell death (e.g., apoptosis, necrosis, necroptosis, proptosis and ferroptosis), adaptation (e.g., autophagy), and their pathophysiological role in cancer (e.g., pancreatic cancer and leukemia) and inflammatory disease (e.g., pancreatitis and sepsis).
Dr. Charmaine A Stewart is currently working as an Associate Professor in Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Wisconsin.
Dr. Stewart is also working as Staff Physician at William S. Middleton Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison. She received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Dr. Stewart received several Awards: Travel Award - American Society of Clinical Investigation, National Research Service Award - National Institutes of Health, etc. Her research interest include General Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Liver Transplantation.
Dr. Giovanni Conzo is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon at the VII Division of General Surgery and Endocrine Surgery.
School of Medicine and Surgery, Second University of Naples. He leads his research largely in the field of digestive pathology and endocrinology, as well as minimally invasive surgery. He has been involved in a number of national and international meetings either as a speaker or moderator and was also the promoter of countless conferences and training sessions in the field of endocrine and minimally invasive surgery.