Dr Pariya Fazeli

School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Dr. Pariya L. Fazeli (Wheeler) is an Associate Professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychology. After completing her PhD in Developmental Psychology from UAB in 2012, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UC San Diego until 2015 when she returned to UAB. Dr. Wheeler's work over the last decade has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Her program of research is focused on promoting successful cognitive aging phenotypes across diverse health disparities populations including people with HIV and African American/Black persons living in the Deep South. Protective factors that Dr. Wheeler examines in her work include physical activity, diet, and psychological resilience. Dr. Wheeler teaches courses in the UAB SON Doctoral Program and mentors students, postdocs, and junior faculty within and outside of UAB. Both her mentoring and scholarly collaborations are nested within interdisciplinary teams.

Prof. Dr. Ferry Efendi

Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Prof. Ferry Efendi is a professor at the Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, with an adjunct appointment at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He earned his PhD from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, specializing in the migration of Indonesian nurses, and later completed his postdoctoral studies at La Trobe University.

Prof. Ferry's research has been supported by the Indonesian government, the Sumitomo Foundation (Japan), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Taiwan, and various international funding bodies. His primary research interests include international nurse migration, community health nursing, and health policy. He has been recognized as one of the Top 2% of World Scientists in the nursing field for three consecutive years (2022–2024) by Elsevier and Stanford University. Most recently, he was honored as an Academic Leader 2024 by the Ministry of Education of Indonesia for his outstanding contributions to education and research.