BiographyofparticipantsRonaldA.DePinho

RonaldA.DePinhowasbornintheBronx,NYin1955.Heearnedabachelor'sdegreeinbiologicalsciencesin1977fromFordhamUniversity,wherehegraduatedsummacumlaudeasclasssalutatorian.Hereceivedhismedicaldegreewithdistinctioninmicrobiologyandimmunologyin1981fromAlbertEinsteinCollegeofMedicine.HewasthefourthpresidentoftheUniversityofTexasMDAndersonCancerCenterinHoustonandisinternationallyrecognizedforbasicandtranslationalresearchincancer,agingandage-associateddegenerativedisorders.HewasinductedintotheNationalAcademyofSciencesin2012.Hewasonlythefourthfull-timepresidentinthe70-yearhistoryofMDAnderson.HeannouncedhisresignationonMarch8,2017,afterscrutinyovertheadministrationoftheorganizationhadputhiminthespotlight,andremainedthroughtheendofthe85thTexasLegislativeSession.

Dr.TedrosAdhanomGebreyesusv

Dr.TedrosAdhanomGebreyesusvisanEthiopianpolitician,academic,andpublic-healthauthoritywhosince2017hasbeenDirector-GeneraloftheWorldHealthOrganization.HeservedintheGovernmentofEthiopiaasMinisterofHealthfrom2005to2012andasMinisterofForeignAffairsfrom2012to2016.BornMarch3,1965inAsmara,TedrosjoinedtheMinistryofHealthin1986,aftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofAsmara.Aninternationallyrecognizedmalariaresearcher,asMinisterofHealth,Tedrosreceivedpraiseforanumberofinnovativeandsystem-widehealthreformsthatsubstantiallyimprovedaccesstohealthservicesandkeyoutcomes.

PaulineNuggent

ProfessorPaulineNugent,DeanofHealthSciencesandformerVictorianBusinesswomanoftheYear,istheDeputyVice-Chancellor(Academic)atAustralianCatholicUniversity(ACU).SheholdsaMasterofEducationfromMonashUniversityandaBachelorofAppliedSciencefromLincolnInstituteofHealthSciences.Herscholarlyrecordincludespublications,publiclecturesandconferencesinnursingeducation,ruralhealth,clinicalresearchandhealthcurriculumdevelopmentaswellaspublicfundingofresearchdevelopmentandevaluationprojectsworthmorethan$5million.

GiuseppeVersaldi

GiuseppeVersaldiistheCardinalPrefectoftheCongregationforCatholicEducation,sincehisappointment,byPopeFrancison31March2015.

Previously,CardinalVersaldihadservedasCardinalPresidentofthePrefecturefortheEconomicAffairsoftheHolySeesince21September2011.

CardinalVersaldihadservedbeforethatasBishopofAlessandria.PopeBenedictXVIelevatedhimtotherankofcardinalon18February2012.

M.VincenzoPaglia

M.VincenzoPagliaisanItalianprelateoftheRomanCatholicChurch.

HeisPresidentofthePontificalAcademyforLifeandGrandChancelloroftheSt.JohnPaulIIPontificalInstituteforStudiesofMarriageandFamily.

HewasPresidentofthePontificalCouncilfortheFamilyfrom2012to2016andBishopofTerni-Narni-Amelia,Italy,from2000to2012.Hewasaco-founderoftheCommunityofSant'Egidioin1968.

Dr.IsabelCAPELOAGIL

IFCUPresident

RectortheCatholicUniversityofPortugal

Isabel Capeloa Gil is Full Professor of Culture Studies at the School of HumanSciencesandRectoroftheCatholicUniversityofPortugal(UCP).ShestudiedinLisbon (U. Lisbon), Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University) and Chicago andholds a PhD in German Studies fromUCP. Previously, shewas Vice-Rector forResearch and Internationalization (2012- 2016) and theDean of the School ofHuman Sciences (2005-2012) of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP).Having grown up in Asia (Macao), Isabel Gil has been especially interested inresearchingissuesofdiversityandconflictandhasstructuredherworkaroundthe exploration of the disciplinary boundaries between literature, the arts andotherdisciplines.

Sheisapassionateadvocateofinternationaleducationandworksconsistentlytodevelopinternationalresearchnetworks,exploringthedifferentways inwhichthepracticeoftheartsandhumanitiesispivotaltoadvanceamoresustainableand intellectually robust global education agenda. Her research is currentlypublishedinPortuguese,English,German,French,ItalianandSpanish.Sheistheauthorofover140publications,bridgingculturaltheory,interartsstudies,visualculture, culture and conflict andherworkhas beenpublished inNewGermanCritique,DedalusorColloquiaGermanica,amongstmanyothersjournals.

ShewasafoundingmemberandisaseniorresearcherattheResearchCentreforCommunicationandCulture(CECC),whereshecoordinatedtheresearchgroupCulture, Art and Citizenship (CULTCIT). Isabel Gil is furthermore HonoraryFellowattheIGRS,SchoolofAdvancedStudies,UniversityofLondonandholdsaposition as Invited Professor at USJ (Macao). An advocate of strengtheningdoctoral education, she has been involved with the Council for DoctoralEducationattheEuropeanUniversityAssociation.

ProfessorFrédéricHoussiau

TheprofessorFrédéricHoussiauisbornonDecember23,1958inBrussels.

He graduated as a doctor ofmedicine in 1983 from the Catholic University ofLouvain and opted for a specialization in internal medicine / rheumatology.Duringandafter this training,heobtainedseveralmandates fromtheNationalFund for Scientific Research that allowed him to work as a researcher in theExperimental Medicine Unit of the Institute of Duve, under the direction ofProfessorJacquesVanSnick.

Heobtained thediplomaofAgrégéofHigherEducation in1993,defendinghisthesisentitled"Theroleofinterleukin-6inT-cellactivation".HehasbeenHeadof theRheumatologyDepartment of the Saint-LucUniversity Clinic since2004andhasbeenanOrdinaryProfessorat theCatholicUniversityofLouvainsince2002.

Rev.TerryKERSCH

St.Joseph'sCollegepresident

Fr.TerryKersch,CSB,PhD,hasbeenservingasPresidentofSt.Joseph’sCollege,UniversityofAlbertasinceJuly1,2011.

Bornandraised inMontreal,Quebec,CanadaheencounteredtheCongregationof Priests of St. Basil (the Basilian Fathers) while competing his Doctorate inPoliticalScienceat theUniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,Canada.AsaBasilian he has served in Canada, United States of America, Mexico, andColombia.

WhileservingasChaplainattheUniversityofSt.Michael’sCollege,UniversityofToronto he taught as a sessional instructor in the areas of Catholic Socialthought,theChurchinLatinAmerica,andEquityandDiversityinEducation.Hehas served on the Collegium of the University of St. Michael’s College at theUniversityofToronto,theBoardofGovernorsofSt.ThomasMoreCollegeattheUniversity of Saskatchewan and Assumption University in Windsor, Ontario,Canada.HiscurrentresearchinterestsincludeModernHebrew,andthePoliticsandSocietyofIsrael.

Dr.HerminioDAGOHOY,O.P

Rector,UniversityofSantoTomas(Manila,Philippines)

IFCUVice-President

Bornin1965inHagonoy,Bulacaninwherehespenthischildhood,hecompletedhis basic education at Sta. Elena Elementary School and Hagonoy Institute inBulacan.HestudiedAccountancyatthePolytechnicUniversityofthePhilippinesin 1985.He professed the evangelical vows in theOrder of Preachers in 1988andwasordainedtothepriesthoodin1994.

AsaDominican,Fr.Dagohoyobtained the followingdegrees:BAPhilosophyatthe Philippine Dominican Center of Institutional Studies in 1990; Bachelor inSacred Theology at theUST Ecclesiastical Faculty of Sacred Theology in 1993;Master of Arts in Philippine Studies in Philosophy at the University of thePhilippines,Diliman,QuezonCity, in2000;Licentiate inPhilosophyat theUSTEcclesiasticalFacultyofPhilosophyin2011andDoctorateinPhilosophyalsoatUST in 2012.His areas of specialization includeAncient Philosophy, Theodicy,SocialPhilosophy,andHermeneutics.

HepreviouslyheldpostsasPrior/Superiorof theSantoDomingoConvent,QC,andCaleruega,Batangas.HewasalsoformerlytheRectorofAngelicumCollegeinQuezonCity.

Fr. Dagohoy has published articles and book reviews in scholarly journals. Healso engaged in significant scientific, ecclesial and cultural activities, anddeliveredvarioustalksandlecturesbothinthePhilippinesandabroad.

FirozRasul

MrFirozRasulhasservedasPresidentoftheAgaKhanUniversitysinceMay1,2006.MrRasulhasservedasamemberoftheUniversityofBritishColumbia'sBoardofGovernorsandasaDirectorontheBoardofScienceWorld,BritishColumbia.

Between2000and2006,hewasPresidentoftheAgaKhanCouncilforCanada,whereheledthedevelopmentofseverallarge-scaleprojectsfortheAgaKhanDevelopmentNetwork,includingTheGlobalCentreofPluralisminOttawaandtheAgaKhanMuseuminToronto.

Asabusinessleader,MrRasulhassharedhisknowledgeandexperienceasamemberoftheBoardofTELUSCorporationandtheRoyalBankCapitalCorporation.Hewasnamedthe2001NationalTransportationPersonoftheYearbytheGovernmentofCanada,andWilfredLaurierUniversity'sSchoolofBusinessandEconomicsrecognizedhimwithitsOutstandingBusinessLeaderaward.

MrRasulreceivedaBachelor'sdegreeinIndustrialEngineeringfromtheUniversityofHertfordshireintheUnitedKingdomandanMBAfromMcGillUniversityinMontreal.MrRasulwasconferredwiththeDegreeofDoctorsofLaws,honoriscausa,bySimonFraserUniversityin2001andanhonoraryDoctorateofSciencein2017bytheUniversityofAlberta.

SisterEkaeteEkop

SisterEkaeteEkopistheAssistantCongregationalLeader.

BorninIbadan,Nigeria,SisterEkaetequalifiedasamedicaldoctorbeforejoiningMMM.AfterprofessionsheobtainedacertificateintropicalmedicineandcommunityhealthinLiverpool.

HerfirstassignmentwastoanewMMMmissioninZaffévillage,Glazoué,intheRepublicofBenin,whereshespentthreeyearsworkinginprimaryhealthcare.SisterEkaetethenstudiedforherFellowshipinObstetricsandGynaecologyfromtheWestAfricanCollegeofSurgeonsandNationalPostgraduateMedicalCollegeofNigeria,duringwhichtimesheworkedforfiveyearsattheUniversityofBeninTeachingHospital.

ShewasthenassignedtoAbakalikiineasternNigeria,whereshespenteighteenmonthsinthebusymaternitysectionofthehospitalthere.SisterEkaetewasaskedtogiveupherbelovedmaternityandgynaeworkwhenshewasappointedMMMAreaLeaderforWestAfricaattheendof2012.

Dr.IgnacioSÁNCHEZDIAZ

Dr.IgnacioSÁNCHEZDIAZ(SantiagodeChile,Chile)

Rector,PontificiaUniversidadCatólicadeChile

IFCUBOARDMEMBER

Dr. Ignacio Sánchez, President of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile(UC)andtenuredprofessoroftheFacultyofMedicine.HemarriedtoDr.SalesaBarja,pediatricnutritionistatUC,withwhomhehassevenchildren.HestudiedatSagradosCorazonesdeAlamedaSchool inSantiago,andhe isasurgeonandpediatrician who received his training at Universidad Católica. He is also aspecialistinrespiratoryillnessesinchildrenforwhichhereceivedtrainingattheUniversityofManitobainCanada.

HehasworkedattheClinicalHospitaloftheUniversidadCatólicaasChiefofthePediatricRespiratorySectionandPediatricServices.Since2004,hehasservedasHeadof thePediatricDepartmentandDirectorof theSchoolofMedicine intheSchoolofMedicine.In2008hewaselectedDeanoftheSchoolofMedicine.

Dr. Sánchez is part of the editorial committee of several publications and haswrittenmore than200articles innationaland international scientific journals.Heistheauthorofahandbookofpediatricsandofovertwentychaptersoftextsonpediatricsandrespiratoryillnesses.

He collaborates as a Board Member of the Cardinal Juan Francisco FresnoFoundation and the Obra Pequeño Cottolengo. He chairs the Board of the SanCarlosdeApoquindoUCClinicandtheBoardoftheJosefinaMartínezdeFerrariFoundation.

Dr.SánchezassumedresponsibilityoftheRectoryoftheUniversidadCatólicaforthecurrent2010period,succeedingDr.PedroPabloRosso,whohadservedasPresidentsinceMarch2000.

Dr.FrancoANELLI

FrancoAnelliisanItalianacademicandrector.HehasbeenaProfessorofprivatelawsince1993.In1991hewonthestateexamtobecomealawyer,becomingacassationistin1998.

HegraduatedinlawatUniversitàCattolicadelSacroCuore.AfteraPhDincommerciallaw,hebecameanassociateprofessorofinstitutionsofprivatelawattheFacultyofEconomicsandBusiness.Hehasdealtmainlywiththelawofobligationsandcontractsandpropertyrightsofthefamily.HealsoupdatestheTorrente-SchlesingerManualofPrivateLawpublishedbyGiuffrè.

FullProfessorofCivilLawatthePiacenzacampusoftheCatholicUniversityoftheSacredHeartuptotheacademicyear2011/2012,hecurrentlyteachesprivatelawinstitutionsattheMilanoffice,whereheholdstheofficeofrector

Healsoeditedthe"PrivateLawManual"byAndreaTorrenteandPieroSchlesinger,publishedbyGiuffrè.

AlbertoFerreira

Prof.DoctorFatherAlbertoFerreirawasbornonSeptember13,1970,inNampula,Mozambique.

HereceivedadegreeinPhilosophyandanotherinSpiritualTheologyfromthePontificalUrbanUniversity(Rome,Italy),thefirstbytheFacultyofPhilosophyandthesecondbytheFacultyofTheology,andin1998hecompletedhisPhDinPhilosophybythesameuniversity.

In2010hestudiedpostgraduatestudiesinPoliticalScience,GovernanceandInternationalRelationsattheInstituteofPoliticalStudiesofthePortugueseCatholicUniversity.

ChrisVanGeet

ChrisVanGeet(Christel)isaprofessorFacultyofMedicineofLeuven,

vicerectoroftheBiomedicalSciencesGroupandheadoftheServicesoftheViceRectorofBiomedicalSciences

MarleneBarros

FullProfessorattheCatholicUniversityofPortugal,sheholdsadegreeinBiologyandaPhDinBiochemistry,specializinginEnzymologyfromtheUniversityofCoimbraandin2007attheUniversityofAveiro,theAggregationTestsinBiology.

In1982,shestartedhiscareerattheUniversityofAveiro,DepartmentofBiology.CoordinatedtheMaster'sDegreeinMolecularMicrobiologyatthesameUniversity.ShetaughtintheMaster'sDegreeinAnimalExperimentationattheFacultyofMedicineoftheUniversityofCoimbra.

In2001shejoinedthePortugueseCatholicUniversityasheadoftheBasicSciencesoftheDentalMedicinecourseinViseu.SheteachesattheUCPtheUCofCellularBiology,StructuralBiochemistryandImmunobiology.

In2009shecreatedadegreeinBiomedicalSciences,beingthecoordinatoruntilthepresent.In2010shewasDeputyDirectoroftheUCP'sDepartmentofHealthSciences.Since2015shehasbeenRegionalDirectoroftheInstituteofHealthSciencesinViseu.SheistheDirectoroftheUCP'sCenterforInterdisciplinaryResearchinHealth(CIIS)since2015.

Dr.PierreVercauteren

IFCUBoardMember

UniversitéCatholiquedeLouvain

PierreVercauterenisapoliticalscientistandprofessorofpoliticalsciencewhoteachesatUCLouvainFUCaMMons.

Hehasadegreeininternationalrelationsandpublicadministration(UCLouvain,1984), a degree in European studies (UCLouvain, 1984) and a doctorate inpoliticalandsocialsciences(ULB,1998).

He is mainly known for his interventions in various Belgian media includingRTL-TVI, RTBF, La Libre Belgique, Le Soir, etc. Like other Belgian politicalscientists,hehasbeenaregularconsultantontelevisionprogrammessincethenegotiationsfortheformationofaBelgiangovernmentin2003,2007and2010,aswellasintheirvariousactivities.

From2000 to2008,hewasa guest lecturer at theFreeUniversityofBrusselswherehetaughtthe« GlobalGovernance »course.HeisSecretaryGeneraloftheinternationalresearchnetworkREGIMEN(Réseaud’ÉtudesurlaGlobalisationetlaGouvernanceInternationaleetlesMutationsdel’EtatetdesNations).HeisamemberoftheLARGOTECresearchlaboratoryattheUniversityofParisEst.

Dr.AdelaCortina

AdelaCortinaisaSpanishphilosopherborninValencia,Spain.

AftergettingherdegreeofphilosophyandlettersintheUniversityofValencia,sheenteredthemetaphysicsdepartmentin1969.

In1976,shedefendedherdoctorate'sthesis,aboutGodintheKantiantranscendentalphilosophy,andtaughtforsometimeinmiddle-gradeinstitutes.

AresearchgrantallowedhertovisittheUniversityofMunich,whereshecameincontactwithcriticalrationalism,pragmatism,Marxistethicsandmorespecifically,withthephilosophyofJürgenHabermasandKarl-OttoApel.

UponreenteringacademiainSpain,sheorientedherresearcheffortsintoethics.In1981,sheenteredthephilosophydepartmentofheralmamater,theUniversityofValencia.SheisafrequentcontributortoElPais.

JoséManuelDurãoBarroso

JoséManuelDurãoBarrosoisaPortuguesepoliticianandeconomist,currentservingasnon-executiveChairmanofGoldmanSachsInternational.Hepreviouslyservedasthe11thPresidentoftheEuropeanCommissionandthe115thPrimeMinisterofPortugal.

DurãoBarrosograduatedinLawfromtheFacultyofLawoftheUniversityofLisbon.HesubsequentlyobtainedaDiplomainEuropeanStudiesfromtheEuropeanUniversityInstitute,andreceivedaMAdegreewithhonoursinbothPoliticalScienceandSocialSciencesfromtheUniversityofGenevainSwitzerland.HisacademiccareercontinuedasanassistantprofessorintheFacultyofLawoftheUniversityofLisbon.

Heisa1998graduateoftheGeorgetownLeadershipSeminar.BackinLisbon,BarrosobecamedirectoroftheDepartmentforInternationalRelationsatLusíadaUniversity.

BarrosoisnowapolicyfellowattheLiechtensteinInstituteonSelf-DeterminationatPrincetonUniversityandtheFrederickH.SchultzClassof1951VisitingProfessorofInternationalEconomicPolicyatPrinceton'sWoodrowWilsonSchoolofPublicandInternationalAffairsWoodrowWilsonSchool,whereheteacheswithWolfgangF.DanspeckgruberontheEUinInternationalAffairs.BarrosoalsoteachesattheGraduateInstituteofInternationalandDevelopmentStudiesandattheUniversityofGeneva.AtCatólicaGlobalSchoolofLaw,heteachessince2015theseminaron"TheDynamicsofEuropeanUnionInstitutions",forbothLL.M.programmes–LawinaEuropeanandGlobalContextandInternationalBusinessLaw

XiaomeiZhai

XiaomeiZhaihasaPh.D.ofPhilosophyofScience/Bioethics(ChineseAcademyofSocialSciencesCASS,Beijing,China),M.A.ofPhilosophy(SoutheastUniversity,Nanjing,China),GraduatedfromChangzhiMedicalCollege,Shanxi,China.

ShehasbeenIRBfellowatDepartmentofBioethics,NIH,USA,VisitingScholaratCenterforClinicalBioethics,GeorgetownUniversity,USA,VisitingScholaratRadboudUniversityNijmegen,TheNetherlands,LeuvenUniversity,Belgium,VisitingScholarat,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,USA,ResearchFellowatHarvardSchoolofPublicHealth,USA,VisitingScholaratInstituteofEnvironment,PhilosophyandPublicPolicy,LancasterUniversity,U.K,andatCenterforMedicalEthics,RuhrUniversityBochum,Germany.

NowsheisProfessor&SupervisorofPhDgraduatestudentsatSchooloftheHumanities&SocialSciences,PekingUnionMedicalCollege,ExecutiveDirectoratCentreforBioethics,ChineseAcademyofMedicalSciences&PekingUnionMedicalCollege.

CurrentlysheservesasVice-President&ChiefoftheOfficeofNationalEthicsCommittee,NationalHealthCommission(NHC),MemberofNationalExpertCommitteeonPublicPolicy,NHC,ChiefoftheOfficeforMedicalEthics,ChineseAssociationofHospitals,MemberofNationalExpertCommitteeonHumanOrganDonationandTransplantation,StandingDirector&ChairofEthicsWorkingGroupforChineseAssociationofSTD/AIDS,PresidentofChineseSocietyforBioethics,Vice-ChairofELSICommittee,ChineseSocietyforGenetics,andFellowoftheHastingsCenter.SheservedastheMemberofEthicsCommittee,HUGOandVicePresidentofAsianBioethicsAssociation,andTemporaryExpertforWHO.

Shepublishedbooks,suchasthebookofDeathwithDignity,AnIntroductiontoBioethics,MedicalEthicsandPublicHealthEthics,andalargenumberofarticlesonbioethics,biotechregulationandhealthpolicy.