Advisory Board and Editors Anatomy & Physiology
Li Li
Dr. Li Li (David) is a general physician in Guangzhou First People’s Hospital and is actively involved in the educational affairs on both the departmental and hospital level. Dr. Li received his MD degree from Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). He later went to Hong Kong and received his MPhil and PhD degree from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is the first one to have been certified by SSH as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) in Mainland China. In 2020, Dr. Li was the first one in China to be invited to become a member of the 4th cohort of SSH Academy Fellow (FSSH).
Dr. Li is one of the most active SP educators in Central and Southern part of China and has provided opportunities for different educational programs to engage SPs as part of their educational system. He works closely with organizations such as the National Medical Examination Center (NMEC) to promote the engagement of simulation approaches and SPs into the National Medical Licensure Examinations in China.
Dr. Li also serves as the Secretary-General of Committee for Healthcare Simulation, Wu Jieping Medical Foundation, the leading Non-Profit Organization in the medical community in China.
Adam P Lightfoot
I am an experienced researcher and academic, with expertise in the study of mitochondrial dysfunction and redox biology in neuromuscular diseases and ageing. Specifically, I am interested in the cellular and molecular mechanisms which underpin the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function.
My main research interests are:
(i) Studying the cross-talk between endoplasmic-reticulum and mitochondria, the function and regulation of mitochondria-ER contacts (MERCs) and their role in health and disease.
(ii) Developing clinically relevant human models of skeletal muscle disease and dysfunction, via nerve-muscle-adipose co-culture systems.
(iii) Understanding the role of skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ, through the release of cytokines, chemokine, exosomes and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), such as extracellular heat shock proteins (eHSPs).
(iv) The impact of novel antioxidant compounds and small molecules on mitochondrial function and redox biology.
(v) Utilisation of in silico approaches to modelling cell biology, specifically mitochondrial function and metabolism. Additional interests in developing multi-scale models of the musculoskeletal system.
Patrizia Longone
Team Leader of the Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Experimental Neurology, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
Adjunct Professor of Physiology for the Graduate Course of Nursing and the Graduate Course of Speech Therapy, University of “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe Marcolin
Giuseppe Marcolin is an Associate Professor in Sports Science at the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Padova, Italy. He obtained a BSc in Physical Education (ISEF) at the University of Bologna. Then, he obtained his MSc in Human Movement Sciences and his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Padova. His scientific activity is devoted to biomechanical and electromyographical analysis applied to functional assessment in sports training and rehabilitation. He mainly focuses on understanding the influence static and dynamic balance control has on sports performance among athletes and fall risk among older adults. He is a member of the Italian Society of Motor and Sport Sciences (SISMES). He collaborated with the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) as a member of the organizing committee of the ISEA Winter School editions.
Jesús Marugán-Lobón
Dr. Marugán-Lobón is a Paleobiologist from the Universidad autónoma of Madrid, Spain. He is an specialist in Geometric Morphometrics, and his research is focused in understanding macroevolutionary trends in vertebrates, and in particular, the dinosaur-bird transition. He belongs to the research staff of the Las Hoyas fossil site, is Research Associate of the Dinosaur Institute (NHM), and colaborates with the Theoretical Biology Lab, Cavanilles Institute of Biological Diversity and Evolution.
Yoshinori Marunaka
Prof. Marunaka is the President and the Representative Director, Director of Clinical, and Director of Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association; Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Former President, Physiological Society of Japan. Former President, International Society of Cancer Metabolism. MD (1979), PhD (1985), Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; National License of Physician and Surgeon, Japan (1979). He was Professor and Chairperson, Departments of Molecular Cell Physiology and Bio-Ionomics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan, and Director and Professor, Japan Institute for Food Education and Health, St. Agnes’ University. He was awarded “Vebleo Nanomedicine Scientist Award” (Sweden), “Marco Polo della Scienza Italiana” (Italy), The Premier's Research Excellence Award (Canada), Scholar Award (Medical Research Council of Canada) and Research Award from National Kidney Foundation of USA. He has obtained more than 60 research grants, published more than 270 peer reviewed articles, and provided more than 30 invited plenary lectures at international congresses and research conferences. h-index 47, i10-index 190, Citation 7498
Matthew McCurry
Dr Matthew McCurry is a vertebrate palaeontologist and functional morphologist. His work focuses on understanding the behaviour, ecology and evolution of extinct species using the fossil record. Matthew incorporates fieldwork, descriptive palaeontology, comparative anatomy, 3D scanning and cutting-edge biomechanical simulations to discover new fossil species and gain new insights into how they once lived. He began working at the Australian Museum Research Institute and UNSW in 2017. Prior to this Matthew held fellowships at Monash University and The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He possesses an honours degree from The University of Newcastle and a PhD from Monash University.
Guillermo Mendez-Rebolledo
Guillermo Mendez-Rebolledo received his Doctoral Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Science from Universidad Pablo de Olavide (2020), his Master in Health Sciences and Sport from Universidad Finis Terrae (2013) and his Bachelor of Physical Therapy from Universidad de Talca (2009). His research interest is Muscle Physiology and Motor Control with a special focus on Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy. Prof. Mendez-Rebolledo currently works at the Escuela de Kinesiología, University Santo Tomás (Chile).
Giuseppe Messina
Giuseppe Messina is a Associate Professor within Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of the Quality of Life at the San Raffaele University of Rome, Italy.
Francisco Javier Miana-Mena
I am a Veterinary Doctor since 2002. The results obtained in my Doctoral Thesis served as the beginning of a line of research on neurodegenerative diseases. Although I have participated in other research groups working within the field of oxidative stress and muscle bioengineering, my work has never moved away from the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Since 2005 I work at the University of Zaragoza, within the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, until today. In this time I have published around 30 articles in international scientific journals indexed in the JCR.
I have done research stays at the Pasteur Institute in Paris (France), at the Cochin Hospital in Paris (France) and the University of Granada (Spain).
Ross H Miller
Dr. Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland (College Park, MD, USA). His research focuses on the mechanics and energetics of human locomotion in health and pathology, with an emphasis on causes and prevention of knee osteoarthritis.
Thimios A Mitsiadis
Professor of Oral Biology in the Medical Faculty at the University of Zurich, Switzerland since 2006. Research in the fields of stem cells, genetics, molecular and experimental biology related to orofacial developmental and regeneration processes.
DDS degree from the Dental Faculty of the Kapodistrion University of Athens (Greece), Master degree for Immunology, Genetics and Differentiation, and PhD in Developmental Biology from the University of Lyon (France). Postdoctoral studies at the University of Helsinki (Finland), Karolinksa Nobel Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) and Yale University (USA). Previously Professor at the Mediterranean University (Marseilles, France), Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon (France), Clinical Senior Lecturer at King's College London (UK), Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona, Italy), Visiting Professor at the Second University of Napoli (Napoli, Italy). Chief-Editor of the “Frontiers of Craniofacial Biology and Dental Research”, Associate Editor of “Stem Cell Research”, Scientific Editor of “European Cells & Materials”, and part of the editorial board in additional 8 scientific journals. More than 110 original articles in journals such as “Journal of Cell Biology”, “Development”, “Developmental Biology”, “Nature Genetics”, “Science Signaling”, “Scientific Reports”, “Frontiers in Physiology” and more than 200 keynote and invited lectures.