Oncology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Internal Medicine and General Medicine, Implant Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Dental Implantology, Trauma, Databases, Periodontics and Oral Pathology, Neuroblastoma

Nursing, Health Care, Pediatrics, Bioethics, Palliative Care, Critical Care Nursing, Intensive Care, Mindfulness, Clinical Ethics

Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University, with a joint appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. A founding member of the Berman Institute, Dr. Rushton co-chairs the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Ethics Consultation Service.

An international leader in nursing ethics, in 2014 Dr. Rushton co-led the first National Nursing Ethics Summit, convened by the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and School of Nursing. The Summit, supported by strategic partners from 9 national nursing organizations and 7 collaborating organizations, developed a Blueprint for 21st Century Nursing Ethics. The Blueprint highlights recommendations for clinical practice, education, policy and research and has been a catalyst for strategic action coinciding with the American Nurses Association 2015 designation of the “Year of Ethics”. Dr. Rushton’s current scholarship in clinical ethics focuses on moral distress and suffering of clinicians, the development of moral resilience, designing a culture of ethical practice, and conceptual foundations of integrity, respect, trust and compassion.

Pediatrics, Infectious Disease, Microbiology, Medicine, Neurosurgery, Herpes Simplex Virus, Human, Cytomegalovirus, Antiviral Drugs, Herpes Virus

Richard Whitley, M.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Microbiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery; Loeb Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatrics; Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Senior Scientist, Department of Gene Therapy; Scientist, Cancer Research and Training Center; Faculty, Gene Therapy Center; Associate Director for Drug Discovery and Development and Senior Leader, Pediatric Oncology Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Co-Founder and Co-Director, Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance.

Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS, Antiviral Therapy, HIV Infection, Pathology, Microbiology, Clinical Trials

Dr John W. Mellors is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr Mellors serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Gilead Sciences Inc. and the HIV Scientific Advisory Board of Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. He also serves as a Member of the US Public Health Service Panel on Clinical Practices for the Treatment of HIV Infection and the International AIDS Society-USA Panel on HIV drug resistance. Dr Mellors serves as an Executive Director of the HIV Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), which provides comprehensive primary care and access to clinical trials for HIV-infected individuals. Dr. Mellors also served as a Members of Clinical Advisory Board at Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Oncology, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Biotechnology, Clinical Development, Immunology, Protein Chemistry, Clinical Trials, Biopharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical Industry