MHBM2023

Keynote Speakers

Vladimir Valentinovich Egorov

Researcher, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.

Research field: Quantum Mechanics, Electronic Structure, Molecular Modeling, Molecular Dynamics, Optics, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Dynamics, Density Functional Theory, Computational Chemistry, Structural Dynamics.

Prof Dr Vladimir Valentinovich Egorov has his expertise in theoretical molecular and chemical physics. He is leading researcher at FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RF. Prof Egorov is working on the development of a fundamentally new physical theory ‒ quantum-classical mechanics and its applications in physics, chemistry, biology and biomedicine.

Dimitrios A. Karras

Associate Professer, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece.

Research field: Intelligent & Distributed Systems, Multiagent Systems, Pattern Recognition and Computational Intelligence, Image & Signal Processing/Systems, Biomedical Systems, Communications, Networking, Security and Sustainability Applications.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dimitrios A. Karras received his Diploma and M.Sc. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1985 and the Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, NTUA, Greece in 1995, with honors. Since 1/2019 is Associate Prof. in Digital and Intelligent Systems & Signal Processing, in National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, School of Science, Dept. General as well as adjunct Assoc. Prof. Dr. with the School of Basic Sciences, BIHER University, Chennai, India, as well as with the GLA university, Mathura, India and EPOKA & CIT universities, Computer Engineering Dept., Tirana. He has published more than 80 research refereed journal papers in intelligent and distributed/multiagent systems, pattern recognition, image/signal processing and neural networks as well as in bioinformatics and more than 185 research papers in International refereed scientific Conferences. He has served as program committee member as well as program/general chair at several international workshops and conferences in signal, image, communication and automation systems. He has been cited in more than 2500 research papers, and his H/G-indices are 21/51 (Google Scholar) and his Erdos number is 5. His RG score is 31.94 , in the highest 10% of scientific researchers.

Meghann O’Leary

Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University of Ohio, US.

Research field: Intersections of Critical Mad Studies and Critical Disability Studies as well as providing an intersectional lens to the study of life writings by women diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities.

Meghann O’Leary is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at the Department of Educational Psychology at Miami University of Ohio. She holds a Ph.D. in Disability Studies from the University of Illinois in Chicago. She holds a Master’s Degree in Special Education from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from Vassar College. Her research interests include the intersections of Critical Mad Studies and Critical Disability Studies as well as providing an intersectional lens to the study of life writings by women diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities. Her current work analyzes life-writing by madwomen through a crip mad theoretical framework and methodology she refers to as maddening, which locates holding spaces to experience the disorientation and messiness of madness and disability, free from the clinical protocols of recovery and wellness, appropriated by the psy industrial complex. Her readings of madwomen's self-representation are informed by historical, cultural, and political contexts to frame the relationship between disability, madness, gender, class, and race.

Rania Awaad

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA.

Research field: Mental Health.

Dr. Rania Awaad is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health Lab, Associate Chief of the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences, and Co-Chief of the Diversity and Cultural Mental Health Section. She is very passionate about addressing mental health care in the Muslim community and researching the deep historical roots of mental wellbeing in Islam. In the local Bay Area community she serves as the Director of the Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program which trains young women on how to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Dr. Awaad is a nationally recognized speaker, award-winning teacher, researcher and author in both the Islamic and medical sciences.
 

Roopali Sharma

Professor, AIPS, Amity University, Noida, UP, India.

Research field: Clinical Psychology, Research Methodology, Statistics, Health Psychology, Social Psychology & Testing.

Prof. (Dr.) Roopali Sharma received Ph.D. (Psychology) from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India in 1999. She has 25 years of experience in teaching, research and counselling. Now she is working as Professor and Center Head of Counselling Psychology at Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, UP, India. Prof. Roopali Sharma Research Interests in the fields of Clinical Psychology, Research Methodology, Statistics, Health Psychology, Social Psychology & Testing. She has been invited to deliver speech at more than 20 international conferences.

Guneet Inder Jit Kaur

Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Psychology, School of Sports Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, India.

Research field: Psychological Skills Training, Mental Training, Organizational Behaviour in Sports, Psychology of Sports Excellence, Health and Wellbeing, Exercise Psychology, Sports and Mental Fitness, Psychology and Sports Rehabilitation Psychology of Coaching, Social Psychology in Sports.

Dr. Guneet Inder Jit Kaur is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sports Psychology, School of Sports Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan. She is the Associate Editor of UGC Care listed journal- Indian Journal of Psychology and the Associate Editor of Asian Journal of Psychology and Education. As a Sports Psychologist, she has worked with athletes in the areas of mental training for performance enhancement. She has published 27 research articles and has presented 36+ research presentations at 66 International and National Conferences/Seminars and has recently been awarded Prof. Deepak Bhat Award for Best Paper Presentation in the session at the 56th National and 25th International conference of IAAP (2021). She has guided 4 M.Phil, 28 M.Sc. and 31 PGD sports psychology projects.

Omkar Singh Kushwaha

Senior Principal Project Scientist, Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, India.

Research field: Biomaterials, Synthesis, Material Characterization, Thin Films and Nanotechnology, Polymers, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticle, Nanomaterials Synthesis, Nanostructured Materials.

Dr. Kushwaha is recipient of DST-SERB & CSIR Projects for independent research. He is a multidisciplinary Scientist, with experience of teaching & research of Chemistry, Engineering, Polymers, Materials, Nanomaterials & Biomaterials, Composites, High pressure reactions, contaminated water-treatment, and many more. Dr. Kushwaha is open to world-wide collaborations across all disciplines of research in order to learn, share and promote science and technology.

Jamileh Mohtashami

Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, IRAN

Research field: Mental Health.

Jamileh Mohtashami (Behnaz) has been Associate Professor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. She has 32 years of working experience in different fields (clinical, educational and research). Dr Mohtashami has been a frequent speaker at domestic and foreign conferences and has written several books and articles. She has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. Dr Mohtashami acts as the principal investigator in many projects. Her research focuses on mental health especially in women.

Heloisa Junqueira Fleury

President, International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP)

Research field: Clinical Psychology.

Heloisa Junqueira Fleury is the President of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP); Editor-in-Chief of the Brazilian Journal of Psychodrama [Revista Brasileira de Psicodrama]; Editor of the Springer Nature Series Psychodrama in Counselling, Coaching and Education; Founder and Coordinator of Aprender Vivo Teaching, Extension and Research Institute; Member of the Scientific and Research Committee of the Brazilian Association of Studies in Medicine and Sexual Health; former President of the Brazilian Federation of Psychodrama (Febrap); former supervisor, Medical School, University of São Paulo; Co-Editor of Psychodrama in Brazil (2022) and other books, author of chapters and publications in Brazilian and international scientific journals.