4^th International conference & Exhibition on Neurology and Therapeutics July 27-29, 2015 Rome, Italy

Marie Trad is an Executive Medical Director, acting currently as the Medical and Scientific Drug Development lead in Neurosciences within the CNS Therapeutic Delivery Unit at Quintiles. Trad is a board certified Neurologist and qualified Neuroradiologist from the Pierre and Marie Curie University of Paris, France. She has over 25 years of CNS experience of which 11 years as a clinical Neurologist/Neuroradiologist and 14 years of pharmaceutical industry, focusing on clinical trial management, providing medical, clinical and global strategic support related to Neurology and Psychiatry trials.

Drug Development in Neurosciences,Neuroradiology,clinical Neurology

Kaja is an experienced neurobiologist with a long-standing research track record in academia and the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. Kaja currently serves as Associate Director of Preclinical Research at the Vision Research Center at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Medicine. He is the Director of Microscopy of the imaging core facility at the Vision Research Center and also holds an appointment to Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology. His NIH-funded research program focuses on human neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, visual disorders and inflammation. Kaja obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Durham University, UK and holds a Ph.D. degree in Medicine/Neuroscience from Leiden University, The Netherlands. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, he has performed postdoctoral work at The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and the University of North Texas Health Science Center (Fort Worth, TX). In addition to his academic work, Dr. Kaja has worked and consulted for a number of pharmaceutical companies, incl. Novo Nordisk A/S, Bayer AG, Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Inc., and NeuroSearch A/S. He is CEO and co-founder of K&P Scientific LLC, a scientific consulting company headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Pathophysiological mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative, neurological and visual disorders.

Amina S. woods is an investigator at integrative neuroscience branch, structural biology unit, NIDA. Woods obtained her B.Sc degree in chemistry at Loyola College. After graduation, she joined Department of Pathology and went to University of Maryland Medical School and obtained her M.S. She received a Ph. D in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She has undergone Post-doctoral training in Oncology Immunology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Advisor Elizabeth Jaffee). Dr. Woods received “Woman Scientist Achievement Award” from NIDA in 2011.

Functional proteomics, mapping and imaging of the brain’s and other organs, lipidome and proteome of leucocytes, protein modeling and bioinformatics

Maria Victoria Tejada -Simon is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Biology and Psychology, and member of the Biology of Behaviour Institute at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. Current research in her laboratory examines the role of small GTP-binding proteins in cognition, with emphasis in mental retardation, schizophrenia, neurodegenerative as well as autistic disorders.

Pharmacology,Psychology,schizophrenia,neurodegenerative disorders

Jerzy Leszek is full professor of psychiatry at the Medical University in Wroclaw , Poland ,vice –director of the Psychiatry Department and head of Alzheimer’s Disease Lab. He is author and co-author more than 210 papers (especially from old age psychiatry), some chapters to the books published in reputed Polish and international journals and serving as an editorial board member of several journals .He is Scientific Editor and co-author of first Polish academic handbook on Alzheimer’s disease and seven another academic handbooks from psychogeriatry , member a lot of scientific associations eg founder and president of Lower Silesian Association of Alzheimer’s Families, first of its kind in Poland and Former Member of Board of Directions of International Psychogeriatric Association and President of Polish Psychogeriatric Association.

Psychiatry,Alzheimer’s Disease

Fakhir Al-Ani has completed his M.Sc. study and PhD study from Baghdad University ,College of Medicine. School of Medicine. He spend about 30 yars as a teaching staff in medical college. He is now working in Mutah University, Medicl College as the head of Physiology & Pathology Dept. He has supervised more than 13 Ph.D thesis, and more than 23 M.Sc. thesis. He has published more than 35 papers in reputed journals.

Neurophysiology/ Electrophysiology EEG, EMG, Evoked potential

Wang is Director of Neuroapoptosis Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wang received her PhD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She did her postdoctoral training at University of Michigan and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wang has published about 70 peer-reviewed articles and has served as the Guest Editor, Handling Editor, and Editorial Board Member for a number of peer-reviewed journals, as well as the scientist reviewer for institutes or foundations including NIH, DOD, BSF, and others, and invited reviewer for 30 peer-reviewed journals.

Identification of candidate therapeutics for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Huntington’s disease, and ischemic stroke; Fundamental mechanisms of neurological diseases.