Anthony Atala, MD, is the G. Link Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the W. Boyce Professor and Chair of Urology. Dr. Atala is a practicing surgeon and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine. Fifteen applications of technologies developed in Dr. Atala's laboratory have been used clinically. He is Editor of 25 books and 3 journals. Dr. Atala has published over 800 journal articles and has received over 250 national and international patents. Dr. Atala was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences, to the National Academy of Inventors as a Charter Fellow, and to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Dr. Atala has led or served several national professional and government committees, including the National Institutes of Health working group on Cells and Developmental Biology, the National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium, and the National Cancer Institute’s Advisory Board. He is a founding member of the Tissue Engineering Society, Regenerative Medicine Foundation, Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Innovation Consortium, Regenerative Medicine Development Organization, and Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society. Ali Arab is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics and Statistics Department of Georgetown University. He received a BS in Applied Mathematics at the Iran University of Science and Technology (1999) and an MS in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2002) and PhD in Statistics at University of Missouri-Columbia (2007). He joined Georgetown University in 2007. His academic research is mainly focused on statistical modeling, spatio-temporal models, spatial statistics, hierarchical bayesian modeling with focus on environmental and ecological studies. He frequently publishes in peer-reviewed scientific journals and publishes in academic and popular outlets on topics related to human rights. He is actively involved in promoting science and human rights including promoting the role of human rights in science education, and organizing student activities related to science and human rights. He serves as the Outreach and Communication Committee co-Chair for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)-Science and Human Rights Coalition. Dr. Mohummad Siddiqui is a fellowship-trained specialist in Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery. He joined the faculty at the University of Maryland in 2014 after completing training at MIT, Harvard, and the NIH in the field of Urology and subspecialty of Urologic Oncology. He is the Director of Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He specializes in the surgical management of urologic cancers such as prostate, bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer. Dr Adam E. M. Eltorai, MD, PhD completed his graduate studies in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology along with his medical degree from Brown University. His work has spanned the translational spectrum with a focus on medical technology innovation and development. Dr. Eltorai has published numerous articles and books.
