Dr. Bhanu Bahl is a Director of Informatics Programs at Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Harvard Medical School. She is a physician with a Ph.D in biomedical informatics. At Harvard Catalyst, Bhanu is director of NIH funded informatics projects to facilitate collaborative research in preclinical and clinical domain.

She is a physician with a Ph.D in biomedical informatics. At Harvard Catalyst, Bhanu is director of NIH funded informatics projects to facilitate collaborative research in preclinical and clinical domain.

Experienced Manager/Scientist in leading development of new materials and formulations within the chemical, polymer, consumer, medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

Process development of permanent and degradable biomaterials with broad applications in medical and non-medical technologies.

Dr. Fenniri received all his degrees from the Université de Strasbourg, France. After postdoctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute, he moved to Purdue University, where he initiated his independent academic career, and established the Purdue Laboratory for Chemical Nanotechnology (1999). In 2003, He joined the National Research Council and the University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, Canada) as Professor of Chemistry (2003-2013). Dr. Fenniri is currently Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.

Dr. Fenniri’s contributions appeared in over 220 publications, 20 patents and patent applications, and over 450 contributed national and international conference papers. Dr. Fenniri has also lectured extensively around the globe and he has been an invited professor at several institutes and universities.

Professor Zodwa Dlamini is the Deputy Vice Chancellor; Research, Innovation & Engagements at Mangosuthu University of Technology and a Professor of Molecular and Functional Genomics. She was previously the Deputy Executive Dean at UNISA. She is also the current Vice-Chairperson of the South African Medical Research Council Board. She obtained her BSc and BSc.Hons. in Biochemistry from the University of the Western Cape, MSc from the University of Natal and PhD from the University of Natal. Her research interests include the “omics” technologies including the use of bioinformatics to provide unprecedented possibilities to identify the underlying molecular basis of cancer.

Her research interests include the “omics” technologies including the use of bioinformatics to provide unprecedented possibilities to identify the underlying molecular basis of cancer.