George Baroff | Dr. Prabjyot Malhi | Dr. Usha Grover | V.R.P. Sheilaja Rao | Dr. Gregory F. Aloia | Rangasamy Ramasamy | Dr. Jayanthi Narayan | Sudha Kaul | Dr. Vibha Krishnamurthy | Dr. K. VijayRaghavan | Dr. John Stone | Mr. Akhil S Paul | Cecilie MacKinnon | Dr. Asish Kumar Mukherjee | Dr. Flora Tassone | Randi Hagerman | Dr. Sumantra Chattarji | Shalini Kedia | Ms. Reena Bhandari | Dr.V.Viswanathan | Mythily Chari | Maj. Gen. Ian Cardozo (Retd.) | Dr. Shariqua Yunus | Dr. Nandini Mundkur | J. P. Gadkari | Dr. Patricia Champion |
Dr. John Stone
Dr. John Stone, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Science, has been at the University of Buffalo since 1991. Prior to that he held faculty positions in Brazil for 17 years. At the University at Buffalo, he initially worked in the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Aging and in the Center for Assistive Technology. Since 1999, he has directed the federally funded Center for Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (CIRRIE).
Research Interests:
Dr. Stone is interested in international rehabilitation and the relationship between culture and disability. He is also interested in the process of dissemination and utilization of information, as well as the translation of information from research to practice.
Mr. Akhil S Paul
Mr. Akhil S Paul, Director, Sense International India and Vice President, Deaf blind International (DbI). Mr.Akhil Paul is associated in promoting services for deafblind people which involves bringing together professionals, researchers, families, deafblind people and administrators to raise awareness of deafblindness and to support the development of services to enable a good quality of life for deafblind children and adults of all ages. He is a recipient of the HSBC-Indo British Award- 2003 for outstanding services to deafblind people by establishing 25 programmes in 13 states of India.
Cecilie MacKinnon
Cecilie MacKinnon, Education Officer, Down's Syndrome Association, Scotland. She is involved in Providing peripatetic supporting mainstream schools for children with significant learning disabilities. Providing advice and support to parents schools and individuals with Down's syndrome, Authoring educational publications, providing training for local education authorities, schools, colleges and other agencies. She also participates in providing advice and support to persons with Down's syndrome and their families.
Dr. Asish Kumar Mukherjee
Dr. Asish Kumar Mukherjee, Director General, Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi, has been working for the welfare of the disabled for more than four decades. In the past he held many coveted positions such as the Director General of Health Services, Government of India, the Secretary - General of the Indian Red Cross and the Chief of the Medical Council of India. He also worked as an Advisor in WHO. He authored two books titled Disability: A Continuing Challenge and Spine Injury and Disability Care. He has been the 'OAS' Fellow of U.S.A., Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association, Fellow of the National Academy and Berry Scholar, Oxford University. He has been honoured in the past by the Indian Medical Association and various other voluntary organizations and other Institutions in the country and abroad. He has published more than 200 articles in various journals. At present he is the Member Board of Governors and Director General of Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi and Trusty of several voluntary organizations working in social sectors. He was invited by the United Nation to be the Ad hoc committee member for drafting International Convention on Rights for Persons with Disabilities. He is also a global advisory committee member for composing a global document on the issue of disability by WHO, Geneva.
Dr. Flora Tassone
Dr. Flora Tassone, Ph.D. Research Biochemist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Investigator, UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California, Davis. She is a Research Biochemist in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and a M.I.N.D. Institute Investigator at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine. She is a molecular geneticist with a specialty in transcriptional and translational regulation of the fragile X (FMR1) gene. Dr. Tassone has made a number of important observations related to the mechanism of gene expression of the FMR1 gene, especially regarding the effects of premutation alleles on individuals the scientific community thought to be clinically unaffected. Specifically, she investigated the clinical manifestations, protein and FMR1 mRNA expression in individuals with fragile X syndrome and made the important discovery of gene dysregulation (increased activity) among premutation carriers. This discovery provided a molecular basis for the forms of clinical involvement among carriers, including fragile X associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). She has recently focused her attention on autism, since a significant number of children with fragile X syndrome also have autism. Specifically, she is involved in the identification of susceptibility genes that play a role in the pathogenesis of autism.
Dr. Tassone has extensive experience in medical genetics and clinical analysis. She has been granted multiple fellowships and training opportunities, as well as research awards from NIH, the National Fragile X Foundation, and UC Davis Health Systems for her outstanding contributions to the field.
