Professor Chen Chen was appointed Professor and Chair of Endocrinology from 2008 in the University of Queensland after serving as the Head of the Endocrine Cell Biology at the Prince Henrys Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, 1999-2007. He is a Principal Research Fellow of Australian NHMRC. After training as a Medical Doctor at Shanghai Medical University (now Fudan University Medical School), he took a MSc (research) of Physiology at Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing and then PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Bordeaux, France in 1989. Dr Chen then worked in Glaxo Research Institute in the U.S.A. as a senior postdoctoral research fellow. He went to Melbourne, Australia in 1992 to continue his research in Endocrine Cell Biology at the Prince Henrys Institute before joining the University of Queensland in 2008.

Dr. Chen's Research focuses on the link of cell biological properties and functions. Functions of cells may be the secretion of hormones in endocrine cells, contraction and dilation of cardiomyocytes, or proliferation and apoptosis of cancer cells. Endocrine hormones are key elements regulating cell functions and also depending on normal cell functions to maintain a normal profile of every hormone.

Charles J. Everett, PhD is Affiliate Faculty in the Master of Environmental Studies Program at the College of Charleston.He has published 79 articles and book chapters in the fields of environmental epidemiology, medicine and soil science

Environmental Epidemiology, Diabetic Nephropathy

David M Harlan MD is a Professor of University of Massachusetts Medical School. David Harlan’s pursuit of basic and clinical research into type 1 diabetes and his lifelong dedication to public service make him uniquely suited to lead us into the next phase of our research and care programs.Harlan received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1977 and his medical degree from Duke University in 1980; he completed his internship and internal medicine residency at Duke University Medical Center. While a US Navy medical officer at the Navy Hospital in San Diego, he spent three years at the University of California—San Diego School of Medicine before returning to Duke to complete a fellowship in Endocrinology.

Tolerance mechanisms , organ/tissue transplantation, Autoimmune illnesses especially insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, Human beta cell biology Improving diabetes care delivery systems.

Dr. Christian Okafor, was born on 9th September, 1971 in Anambra state of Nigeria. Educationally I obtained the first school leaving certificate of the Anambra state ministry of education in 1982 and proceeded to do secondary education at Federal Government College, Ikot-Ekpene now in Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria. Following this I obtained the Senior School Certificate in Education in 1988 and then obtained MB;BS degree from Nnamdi Azikiwe University in 1996. After one year of national service, I enrolled into the residency programme of National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and graduated in 2009 having specialised in Internal medicine (Endocrine, Diabetes & Metabolism sub-specialty). Currently I am Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus and also a consultant physician / Endocrinologist at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, Enugu.

My research interests are in the field of diabetes mellitus, Thyroid disorders and Lipid metabolism.

Dr. Patrick Nelson is an Assistant Professor in Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics in the University of Michigan, USA

Clinical Informatics Databases and Computing Modeling Immunological and Infectious Disease Systems Statistical Applications Systemic Modeling and Systems Biology

Hiroyuki Koshiyama is a Professor in the Department of Diabetes & Clinical Nutrition, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan

Diabetes and Metabolism