International Organizing Committee

Kailash Chandra Chadha, Indian cancer research scientist. Achievements include patent methods for production and purification of human Leukocyte Interferon. Member American Society Microbiology (vice president western New York chapter 1988-1990, president 1990-1991), American Society Virology, International Society for Interferon Research, New York Academy of Sciences, European Cancer Society, Society for Experimental Biology & Medicine.

Prof. Yu received his undergraduate education at the Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and obtained his PhD degree in biochemistry from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Before joining the Hong Kong Baptist University, Prof. Yu once worked at China Pharmaceutical University, Nagasaki University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Xiamen University and University of Macau. Prof. Yu is known for his research in herbal pharmacology, and in processing of Chinese medicinal materials. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed research papers.

Consun Pharmaceutical Group Limited and Laboratory JaneClare Limited in collaboration with Prof. Yu's team established "Consun Chinese Medicines Research Centre for Renal Diseases" and "JaneClare Transdermal TCM Therapy Laboratory", respectively, in Hong Kong Baptist University.

Prof. Yu serves as Editorial Board Member/Associate Editor/Executive Editor/ Consulting Editor for more than 30 journals, e.g.  LiShizhen Medicine and Materia Medica Research, BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research, Journal of Alternative, Complementary & Integrative Medicine, Pharmacological Research.

Zeliha Selamoglu is a Professor in Medical Biology department of Nigde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey. She earned her PhD in Biology from Inonu University, She has published over 315 peerreviewed journal articles with over 6562 citations and many technical reports. She is a member of Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine: Associate Membership and European association for cancer research. She has served as Editorial Board member for many Journals

Dr. Ioannidis is currently an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Medical School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He studied medicine in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and graduated at 2005. He received his MSC in “Medical Research Methodology” in 2008 from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in “Surgery of Liver, Biliary Tree and Pancreas” from the Democritus University of Thrace in 2016. He received his PhD degree in 2014 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as valedictorian for his thesis “The effect of combined administration of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in ulcerative colitis. Experimental study in rats.” He is a General Surgeon with special interest in laparoscopic surgery and surgical oncology and also in surgical infections, acute care surgery, nutrition and ERAS and vascular access. He has received fellowships for EAES, ESSO, EPC, ESCP and ACS and has published more than 180 articles with more than 3000 citations and an H-index of 28

Bechan Sharma is presently working as a senior Professor and Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. He has completed his higher education (B.Sc. (Honours)-1980; M.Sc. (Biochemistry)-1982, Ph.D. in Biochemistry (1988)) from BHU-Varanasi and CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, India. His research interests include Molecular Virology (HIV/AIDS), Free radical Biology, Tropical Diseases (Filariasis/Malaria), Enzyme technology, Drug development and Biochemical Toxicology. He has received number of Awards/ Honors and successfully completed numerous important Academic/ Administrative Assignments. He has 36 years of teaching / research experience. He has carried out several research projects and published over 250 research papers including book chapters, molecular methods in peer reviewed International and National Journals of repute. He has one US patent on HIV-1 genome structure based antiHIV-1 drugs design to his credit. He has supervised 18 PhDs and 7 PDFs. He is member/life member of several national/international scientific societies and attended numerous symposia/conferences in India and abroad. He is Chief-Editor and Member Editorial Board of over 150 peer-reviewed International Journals. He is an honorary reviewer for over 200 International scientific journals. His 7 books have been published by international publishers. He has worked as a visiting scientist in USA for four years and visited different reputed institutions at Italy, France, Iran, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany and Brazil to complete collaborative research projects on various aspects of HIV/AIDS and Drug resistance, molecular epidemiology and drug development. His services to the community in this area has been commendable. Through organizing several conferences and doing outreach activities, he has been successfully transmitting information among the community people in order to save them from contracting infection. He has been instrumental in eradicating the stigma attached to this disease.  Prof. Sharma has been awarded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) a Senior Scientist Fellowship 2014-15 in Biomedical Sciences under Indo-USA joint research programme to work at NIEHS-NIH, NC, USA with Prof. Samuel Wilson on DNA repair. Recently Prof. Sharma has been included as a Life Member in the World Virology Society-Sweden and in an Indo-Japanese research initiative towards eradication of HIV/AIDS in India.  Prof. B. Sharma is a Fellow of Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB), Bioved Research Society (BRS) and Asian Biological Research Society (ABRS).