Prof. Ubaldo Comite was born in Cosenza, Italy, June 14 1971. He has a degree in Law (1994) and Economics (1996) at the University of Messina (Italy), and earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration at the University of Calabria, Rende (Cs) Italy, in 2005. Currently he is a professor of Budget and Business Organization at the Faculty of Economy, Department of Business Sciences, University of Calabria. Furthermore he is a professor of Business Administration and Health Management at the Faculty of Economy, University Giustino Fortunato (Benevento - Italy). His Research interests are: Private and Public Management, Non profit Organizations and Accounting, Heath Management.

Dario Furnari is Ph.d. in Applied Biomedical Sciences in the neuroscience and traumatology and neuropharmacology sector.The lines of research on which he worked at the University of Catania, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, section of applied physiology and kinesiology and motion control, have been in the field of neuroscience, in particular in the role of beta-amyloid and glycoprotein in the synaptic plasticity of hippocampal memory of mice and then in Alzheimer's disease; he dealt with behavior and various behavioral tests in mice; of electrophysiology of in vitro slices of hippocampus, stereotaxy and cannulation implantation, administration of drugs and animal welfare.

Amber Valentine Forston is a Speech-Language Pathologist who graduated from the University of Kentucky with her MS in Communication Disorders. She is a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She recently received her credentials to become a Certified Neonatal Therapist (CNT). She worked for Baptist Health Systems, Inc for 8 years before moving to Florida where she worked for Wolfsons Children's Hospital and Mayo Florida. She is now back in Kentucky working for Baptist Health Lexington. She has experience in adults and pediatrics with feeding and swallowing difficulties including: bedside swallow evaluations, Modified Barium Swallow studies, FEES, and pediatric feeding evaluations including NICU. She has experience with head and neck cancer patient including evaluation and treatment of swallowing difficulties, PMV use, and voice after total laryngectomy including TEP. She has provided guest lectures for the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville on feeding and swallowing topics. She has presented at the hospital level, local, state, national, and international levels on pediatric feeding/swallowing and breastfeeding.

Professor Avci was born in Rize. She earned a master's Degree in Public Health Nursing, a bachelors degree in nursing, a nursing diploma from Ataturk University (Erzurum, TR). She is a Professor at the Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Samsun, Turkey. Her background includes more than 20 years of experience as an educator and clinician in all settings in which care is provided. Author has of over 55 peer-review manuscripts. She is the author of 3 books and book chapters, including Infection diseases and nursing and public health nursing. She given a lot of conference, especially nursing research, methodology, cancer early detection, project management, international partnership. She has reviewer and editorial board member roles at national and international journals, European Journal of Nursing, Cancer Nursing, Asian Nursing Research, Samsun Journal of Health Sciences, progress in health sciences. She is an advisory board member at national research commission.

Terri Thompson has pursued her DNP from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, CA. She has specialized as a labor and delivery nurse for 21 years at a high-risk tertiary hospital. She is the Faculty Advisor for the Preconception Peer Education Club on campus at CBU and is an Advisor for the Office of Minority Health in Maryland.

Professor Shwu-Huey Yang, (Ph.D-Science), is a Professor of School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University. Her studies focus on clinical nutrition, emphasize in metabolic syndrome, chronic disease and hemodialysis and her teaching focus on Clinical Nutrition and Public Health Nutrition. She got her Ph.D. in science from Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Taipei Medical University in 2001. For work experience, she was a clinic dietitian, from 1983 to 1990. Director. Department of Dietitians, Taipei Medical University Hospital from 1994-2005. Dr.Yang got the Nutrition Promotion Education Award in 2014 and the Clinical Dietitian Research Award in 1989 from "Taiwan Nutrition Society". Now, she is member of supervisors of Taiwan Nutrition Society, member of council of Chinese Taipei Association for the Study of Obesity, Taiwan Vegetarian Nutrition Society, Taipei Dietitians Association and member of Taiwanese Association of Diabetes Educators, the Diabetes Association, the Endocrine Society of the Republic of China.