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Diana M. Thomas, PhD, FTOS

Professor of Discipline, United States Military Academy

Dr. Diana M. Thomas, PhD, is a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point and a leading researcher in mathematical modeling of nutrition and obesity. After earning her PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completing a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship, she joined Montclair State University, where she founded and directed the Center for Quantitative Obesity Research. With over 25 years of experience, Dr. Thomas has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, co-invented the globally implemented SmartLoss™ program for weight management, and developed over 10 open-access health calculators. She is PI of the AIDE-ML Center for the NIH Nutrition for Precision Health Consortium, associate editor of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and editor for Nutrition and Diabetes and the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Her numerous honors include the MAA-NJ Distinguished Teaching Award (2012), the Obesity Society George Bray Founder’s Award (2015), and the AMS Mary P. Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research (2023).

Satish Viswanath, PhD

Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University

I am currently an Associate Professor (with tenure) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and serve as Co-Director of the Center for AI Enabling Discovery in Disease Biology (AID2B) at Case Western Reserve University. The primary focus of my research has been developing new artificial intelligence (AI) approaches including image analytics, radiomics, and machine learning schemes; applied to problems in computer-aided diagnosis & detection, disease characterization, as well as quantitative evaluation of response to treatment; in gastrointestinal cancers and digestive diseases. The key innovation here lies in designing unique AI tools that can capture biologically relevant and clinically intuitive measurements from routinely acquired imaging (MRI, CT, PET) or digitized images of tissue specimens. Critically, to “unlock” embedded information captured by these modalities, our AI tools inform and enrich imaging measurements with spatially resolved molecular, serum, or pathologic information. This in turn enables cross-scale association between imaging, pathology, and -omics data modalities towards building more accurate and generalizable computational imaging predictors that offer improved risk stratification, disease modeling, and biological quantitation in vivo. <br>I have authored nearly 50 peer-reviewed journal publications, over 100 conference papers & abstracts, 1 book chapter, as well as delivered over 60 invited talks and panel discussions both in the US and abroad. I have 10 issued patents in the areas of medical image analysis, computer-aided diagnosis, and pattern recognition. I am an Associate Editor for 3 leading medical imaging journals, serve on Program Committees for 3 major medical image analytics conferences, and have been elected to Senior Member in the National Academy of Inventors, the IEEE, and the SPIE.  In 2023, I was selected for a Fulbright Specialist Award, as a Notable in Education Leadership by Crain’s Cleveland, and for the SIIM Imaging Informatics Innovator Award. My lab’s research in colorectal cancers and digestive diseases has been funded through the DOD/CDMRP, the NIH (NCI, NIDDK, NINR, NHLBI), as well as the State of Ohio.

Chris M. Hartshorn, Phd

Section Chief, Division of Clinical Innovation, Nih

Chris Hartshorn is the chief of the Digital & Mobile Technologies Section of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program Branch within NCATS’ Division of Clinical Innovation, where he manages and coordinates programmatic and research activities relevant to the section. Prior to joining NCATS, he served as a program director in the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). During his tenure at the NIH, he has guided and managed multiple programs including the NIH Academic–Industrial Partnerships, the NIH Common Fund’s Nutrition for Precision Health, powered by the All of Us Research Program, and the Bridge to Artificial Intelligence program. Through these programs, he established the AI for Multimodal Data Modeling and Bioinformatics Center and several corollary efforts. A principal focus for Hartshorn has been establishing initiatives to bring more care, to more patients remotely by way of sophisticated multimodal analytical methods, artificial intelligence (AI), and novel biomedical technologies. Prior to joining NIH, Hartshorn was a research staff member at the National Institute of Standards and Technology for projects focused on biomedical and national security applications, as well as subsequent collaborations with the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Justice, NIH, Merck and Pfizer.

Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, PhD, FTOS

Professor and Chair, PhD, FTOS

Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar is a physician and nutritional biochemist. He has been in the field of obesity treatment, clinical trials and basic science studies since 1983.  He is a past president of the obesity society, Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Obesity,  and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Associate Dean at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Nicholas J. Clark, PhD

Associate Professor, West Point

Dr. Nick Clark received his PhD from Iowa State University in 2018. He has spent the last 6 years as an Associate Professor in Statistics and Data Science at the United States Military Academy where his focus is on program evaluation.

Leanne M. Redman, PhD, FTOS

Professor, University Of Sydney

Professor Leanne M. Redman, FTOS is the Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre, where she leads the Centre’s mission to improve global health through innovative, interdisciplinary research. An internationally recognised scientist in nutrition, metabolism, and obesity, Professor Redman is known for her leadership in building large-scale research enterprises and fostering collaborative scientific communities.<br>Prior to joining the Charles Perkins Centre, Professor Redman was the Director of the Pennington–Louisiana Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC)—one of only 11 Centers in the United States funded by the National Institutes of Health dedicated to advancing research in nutrition and obesity. Under her leadership, the NORC supported a thriving community of 215 research scientists and fellows and stewarded a US$68.5 million research portfolio, strengthening its position as a national hub for metabolic and nutritional science.<br>Professor Redman’s scientific expertise spans human energy metabolism, weight-loss physiology, maternal and infant health, and clinical trials aimed at improving metabolic outcomes across the lifespan. Her work has contributed foundational insights into caloric restriction, pregnancy health, and lifestyle interventions, influencing both clinical practice and public health guidelines.