Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

Dr. Wellington obtained her PhD at the University of British Columbia and performed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School, the University of Calgary, and the University of British Columbia. She joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia in 2000 and was promoted to Professor in 2011. Dr. Wellington’s research program encompasses the genetic and environmental risk factors that affect dementia, including apolipoprotein E metabolism, history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and cerebrovascular dysfunction. Her current research projects include drug discovery efforts to increase apolipoprotein function in the brain for application to both Alzheimer’s Disease and TBI, understanding the relationships between TBI and dementia, and innovative tissue engineering approaches to investigate cerebrovascular function in health and disease. Dr. Wellington’s niche expertise affords her a truly unique perspective. She is a highly sought-after speaker who has given well over 100 presentations in the last five years to both scientific and lay audiences and an active member of a wide range of multidisciplinary teams, committees, and grant review panels. She has served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Lipid Research, and has demonstrated strong leadership in heading a team from the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration of Aging. Dr. Wellington has published 95 peer-reviewed articles and 24 invited reviews. Her work has been cited over 6,000 times, as reflected by her h-factor of 43 (SCOPUS). In addition to her impressive body of research, Dr. Wellington is an enthusiastic mentor, and is actively engaged in service to the UBC community. She has supervised 38 research trainees, and founded a UBC Collaborative Grant Workshop Program that provides post-doctoral fellows with advanced skills in grant writing and reviewing.

Since joining UBC in 2000, my career has been focused on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which is the most common form of dementia in the elderly and defined by the presence of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the diseased brain. ApoE is the major apolipoprotein expressed in the brain and the best-established genetic risk factor for late onset AD. Using genetic and pharmacological approaches, we have shown that the amount of fats carried on apoE regulates the removal of Abeta peptides, which are neurotoxic species that accumulate as amyloid in the AD brain. This initial work has now grown to include several integrated research programs in my laboratory, all of which converge on understanding the risk factors for dementia and developing effective preventative or therapeutic strategies for this devastating condition.

Dr. Dams-O'Connor is Co-Director of the Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai, a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and a predoctoral internship in neurorehabilitation at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Center. She received her Ph.D. from the University at Albany.

The Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai (BIRC-MS) has a reputation for excellence in diagnosing and treating the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms resulting from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as a result of investigators’ research. Our focus includes identifying, treating, and characterizing TBI through neuroimaging, biomarker discovery, and neuropathology, and our investigators have documented findings in more than 150 publications. Our Center is staffed by a group of researchers whose scientific and clinical accomplishments have been widely recognized and honored. For more than a decade, we have focused on studies that have broken new ground in assessing clinical interventions, developing psychometric instruments, describing key problems experienced by individuals with TBI, and incorporating an interdisciplinary approach to the study of long-term TBI outcomes.

Dr. David L. Brody was named Director of the CNRM, and joined the USUHS faculty in August of 2017. His primary appointment is as Professor of Neurology in the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine. Dr. Brody is a board-certified neurologist with both a research and a clinical specialization in TBI and neurodegenerative diseases. Prior to his directorial and faculty position, Dr. Brody was the Norman J. Stupp Professor of Neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Brody was also the Washington University site director for the National Football League Neurological player care program. Dr. Brody earned a B.A. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University in 1992 and his M.D. and Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2000. He completed his internship and neurology residency at Washington University.

Dr. Brody’s research focuses on accelerating implications for better diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of traumatic brain injury in civilian and military populations.

Terry Rauch, Ph.D., is the Director of Research and Development in the Policy and Oversight Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, US Department of Defense. Dr. Rauch has over 35 years of experience in many facets of the Military Health System and has held numerous senior level positions in the Army and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. As a senior military officer he served as the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and served as principal advisor to four Assistant Secretaries of Defense for Health Affairs on matters pertaining to biomedical research, development and acquisition as well as medical products and devices needed to protect U.S. military forces against Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear threats.

Psychology, Public Health, Neurosciences, Biomedical Research, Military Health System

WILLIAM F. PEACOCK, IV, MD, FACEP, graduated Wayne State University and completed his Emergency Medicine training at William Beaumont Hospital, in Detroit, Michigan. Currently a professor of Emergency Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, he also serves as the Emergency Medicine Associate Chair and Research Director. Dr. Peacock is the immediate past President and the current Chief Medical Officer of the Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers, and is an active international speaker at cardiology and emergency medicine meetings. With over 250 publications in heart failure and acute coronary syndromes, he also is the co-editor of several books on Cardiac Emergencies, Short Stay Management of Heart Failure, and Short Stay Management of Chest Pain. Finally, he is the 2004 and 2010 winner of the Best Research Paper award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and is the Codman Award recipient from the American Association of Group Practice.

Clinical interests and research focus include acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, biomarkers, improvements in emergency medical care and more rapid patient disposition.

Peter Booth FRSA DMS BA (Hons) Dunelm An experienced campaigner and public speaker and mentor who has overcome major trauma, works with those who are dealing with trauma and the loved ones and a campaigner for accountability, freedom, justice and a clean and sustainable environment where people take personal responsibility and companied and governments are held to account. Employment Author, mentor and motivational speaker. Business advisor and community champion and regular guest of radio shows, TV and globally published letter writer. Served as the deputy CEO of Mission Aviation Fellowship, director of two leading co educational schools, senior manager at a university and at a group of 26 girls schools, a major environmental charity and charities for the homeless, the elderly, veterans and the blind with responsibility for all aspects of strategy, fundraising and alumni relations and marketing. Qualified lecturer and school governor and experienced youth group leader with full police clearance. Experienced and independent minded politician who has represented a large electoral division in Cambridgeshire and served on race relations, education and special education needs committees, advised the then prime minister on these areas as well as disability and was the regional leader of the Conservative Party’s environmental group.

Founding as president the Experts by Experience charity to deal with mental health issues and suicide

01/03/2017–30/03/2017 Oncology Medicine Elective at American University of Beirut, Beirut (Lebanon) 30/08/2014–30/09/2014 Massage course at CARLOBAY, Damascus (Syria) 01/07/2013–31/07/2013 Physiology & Anatomy Elective at American University of Beirut, beirut (Lebanon) 01/08/2011–Present scientific baccalaureate certificate at Al Saade private high school, Damascus (syria)

Oncology Medicine Elective

Dr Liamunga Mwiya Imasiku is an Associate Victims Expert at International criminal court in the Hague where he carry out psychosocial assessments and brief trauma interventions / enhancement of wellbeing on victims of crime against humanity. Liamunga’s previous Job was Clinical Psychology Consultant/Medical lecturer in the department of psychiatry and behavioral Sciences at the University Teaching Hospital. From 2007 to 2012 he was the Chairperson of the Psychology Department and Senior Lecturer, Local Principle Research Investigator. His research has been supported by several local and international grants, and has been published in Zambian and international journals. In addition, I have worked as a consultant in several Non-Governmental Organizations in and outside Zambia including the Dream Runners Orphanage, Catholic Relief Services, Serenity Harm Reduction Programme Zambia, Freedom Foundation, International Justice Commission, and the Regional Aids Training Network I have expertise in training of trainers in TFCBT components requiring knowledge and skills in psychological assessments, management plans and psychological services to maximize the overall wellbeing of victims and of vulnerable clients who are traumatized by negative vices such as gender-based violence.

Medical psychology, military psychology, Trauma victims, Psychological Trauma