8^th International Conference on
Virology, Influenza and Infectious Diseases

Dr. Sagar M. Goyal is a Professor in the Veterinary Population Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Minnesota in Saint Paul, USA. He is member of the Graduate Faculty in VetMed program. He has more than 50 years of experience in virology. His research interests in veterinary virology include disease pathogenesis, rapid diagnosis, strain variation, evaluation of antivirals and disinfectants, and prevention and control of viral infections in animals and poultry. His laboratory was responsible for the first isolation of avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) from Minnesota turkeys. A live, attenuated vaccine against APV was produced in his laboratory and was licensed by the USDA. In addition to his expertise on animal viruses, he is an expert in environmental virology. Areas of interest in environmental microbiology include drug resistant bacteria, human enteric viruses in food and water, fecal bacteria and phages as indicators of fecal pollution, and development of methods to detect small amounts of viruses from large quantities of food, water, and air.

Pathogenesis, rapid diagnosis, strain variation, evaluation of antivirals and disinfectants, and prevention and control of viral infections in animals and poultry.

Amgad Mohammed Rabie Hamed Fouda completed his MSc and Postgraduate studies in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences at the age of 30 years from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Egypt. He is one of the most famous and reputed Egyptian and Arab pharmacists, researchers, and scientists. His new research focused on the synthesis, discovery, and development of new drugs and medicines for the most resistant and untreated human diseases. He is the head of pharmacists at the Dikernis General Hospital (Mansoura, Egypt), a premier governmental hospital in Egypt. He has published more than 25 papers in very reputable journals and serves as an Editorial Board Member of great repute.

Synthesis, Discovery, and Development of new drugs and Medicines.

Brandon Lucke-Wold was born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Neuroscience and distinction in honors from Baylor University. He completed his MD/Ph.D., master’s in clinical and Translational Research, and the Global Health Track at West Virginia University School of Medicine. His research focus was on traumatic brain injury, neurosurgical simulation, and stroke. At West Virginia University, he also served as a health coach for the Diabetes Prevention and Management program in Morgantown and Charleston, WV, which significantly improved health outcomes for participants. In addition to his research and public health projects, he is a co-founder of the biotechnology company Wright-Wold Scientific, the pharmaceutical company CTE cure, and was a science advocate on Capitol Hill through the Washington Fellow’s program. He has also served as president of the WVU chapters for the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the Neurosurgery Interest group, and the Erlenmeyer Initiative Entrepreneur group. In addition, he has served as vice president for the graduate student neuroscience interest group, Nu Rho Psi Honor Society, and medical students for global health. He was an active member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He is currently a member of the UF House Staff Council, Positive Culture Committee, Quality Improvement Committee, Board of Directors Alachua County Medical Society, and Accreditation Requirements Review Committee. He is married to Noelle Lucke-Wold and has two children. As a family, they enjoy running with their dogs, rock climbing and traveling. In his spare time, Brandon frequently runs half marathons and 10ks together with his wife. Brandon also enjoys reading, playing piano, discussing philosophy, and playing chess. He is currently a Pgy5 neurosurgery resident at the University of Florida with pursuing endovascular enfolded training and was awarded the Dempsey Cerebrovascular Research Fellowship.

Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurosurgical simulation, and Stroke.