 Dr. Enrique Jacoby (USA)
Regional Advisor on Nutrition, Unit of Non-Communicable Diseases, PAHO, is a medical doctor with a Master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Jacoby serves as PAHO's focal point in the anti-obesity campaign. Some activities related to his present post are: The organization of the Regional conference on the implementation in the Americas of the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Costa Rica, April 2006; and Co-Principal Investigator of a research project The evaluation of the impact of the urban built environment on the physical activity level of Bogotá residents.
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Gerdi Weidner (Germany)
Professor of Psychology and Preventive Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Dr Weidner is Vice President and Director of Research at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute (PMRI) and Guest Professor of Psychology at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany. She is the recent recipient of a Humboldt Research Prize and is conducting research in Germany as well as PMRI. Dr. Weidner’s research examines the role of psychosocial and behavioral factors in the etiology and treatment of chronic diseases.
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James Carmody (New Zeland)
Director of Research Center for Mindfulness and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Preventive & Behavioral Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Carmody is Registered Psychologist, New Zealand Psychologist's Board and was awarded with the New Investigator Research Award, Department of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, 2001. His research and clinical interests are: qualities of attention related to well-being, integration of mindfulness into everyday life and its effects on mental and physical health and the role of diet on the incidence and progression of prostate cancer.
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James Stoxen (USA)
President of Team Doctors, Chiropractic Treatment and Training Center. Dr Stoxen provides chiropractic care and anti-aging consultation and care to numerous top celebrity entertainers. His unique treatment approach has received worldwide attention in the medical field. He is currently authoring three books on his methods of treatment and training world-class athletes and celebrity entertainers
Dr Stoxen served as the chiropractor for the American Powerlifting Federation from 1986 – 1992., and he was a member of the prestigious "Muscle and Fitness" Editorial Advisory Board from 1992 - 2003. He has chaired medical committees for numerous international sports organizations and has been a chiropractor for many national and world championships in Algeria, England, USSR, Canada, Italy and other countries. He has also appeared on numerous television and radio specials and news programs such as on CBS, NBC, ABC and many cable news programs.
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Moshe Shike (USA)
Attending physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a professor of medicine at Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Shike is an authority on cancer prevention; he is also a recognized expert on nutritional therapies of cancer patients and the role of diet in preventing cancer. He is known for refining total parenteral (intravenous) nutrition techniques and for developing a variety of nutritional therapies for patients with cancer. Dr. Shike is studying dietary changes and factors to determine what impact they may have on cancer prevention.
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David Spiegel (USA)
Director of the Psychosocial Research Laboratory, associate chairman of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and Professor in the School of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since 1975. He received his medical and psychiatric training at Harvard University.
Dr. Spiegel's research interests involve mind/body medicine and his research program is designed to examine neurophysiological and peripheral mechanisms through which psychological and social support may influence physical health.
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