Dr. Afsana Habib Sheuly is a Medical Graduate from Mymensingh Medical College. She has completed her M. Phil (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) from Dhaka University in collaboration with University of Oslo, Norway and MPH (Health and Hospital Management) from North South University, Bangladesh. She had over 15 years of experience in the Public Health and Nutrition. She joined Helen Keller Intl. Bangladesh on 2018 as Project Manager and now working as Head of Nutrition and Health. Previously she worked as Epidemiologist at National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital. She had a vast experience to work with Nutrition, Eye health, Diabetic patients and their complication, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and maternal and child health. She had around twenty national and international publications. She is external reviewer for Journal of Institute of Child and Mother Health and Journal of National Institute of Ophthalmology. Her expertise in epidemiology, NTDs, community nutrition, community ophthalmology, sexual and reproductive health, adolescent health, etc.

Wan Rosli Wan Ishak is a professor of Nutrition Program at the School of Health Sciences (SHS), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Currently, he is a Dean of SHS of USM. His research theme emphasizes more on the utilization of natural agricultural by-products into popularly consumed processed foods. Various low glycemic index (GI) based on these agricultural by- products have been developed. He was selected among Top 10 Innovators for SYMBIOSIS project funded by Malaysian Technology Development of Malaysia (MTDC) to facilitate the commercialization of functional and health cookies from oyster mushroom (Nutri-Mush® Cookies). He has published more than 150 articles in various indexed journals.

Obtained a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in Food Study (2002) and Community Nutrition (2006). He graduated from PhD in Functional Food and Nutraceuticals (2014) from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA). Associate Professor at Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA). Area of interest include Functional Food, Food Chemistry, Nutraceuticals (Including Manufacturing of Nutraceuticals Products), Food Safety, Nutrition Related Chronic Diseases, Halal Products, Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment.

Dr. Leila Sacdalan Africa is a Registered Nutritionist-Dietitian, a Professor, and former Director of the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, College of Human Ecology, University of the Philippines Los Baños. She completed the Doctorate of Nutrition in 2015 at the Southeast Asian Ministry of Education Organization Regional Center on Food and Nutrition (SEAMEO-RECFON) and the Study Program on Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia. She has taught undergraduate and graduate public health nutrition and related courses since 2002. Her research and extension works were in line with establishing a food composition database; revision of Operation Timbang Plus guidelines; development and validation of research instruments; surveys on food and nutrition security; multi-level analysis; project cost analysis; BIDANI impact evaluation; anemia control and prevention; nutrition program management; monitoring and evaluation of nutrition interventions; manual development; and infant and young child feeding counseling. She served as program leader, project leader, study leader, subject matter specialist, or assistant study leader on these projects. She also served as an organizer, team leader, or resource person in numerous training and workshops, particularly those related to public health and community nutrition. She is presently the Quality Assurance Officer of the College of Human Ecology, UP Los Baños. She is married to Romeo Africa III and has two daughters, Franxezka and Zofiya.

Dr. Harit Agroia is an adjunct professor and senior public health program manager with more than 15 years of experience in the higher education, government, and non-profit industries. Her higher education experience includes teaching epidemiology, program evaluation, and applied data analysis courses to students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research and scientific interests include social and infectious disease epidemiology, food and nutrition sciences, and substance use and addiction medicine; she has been involved in and directed several research studies in related topic areas. Educational training and experience includes achieving her Doctorate and Masters in Public Health, receiving advanced certification in epidemiology for public health practice specialization, and serving as a Master Certified Health Education Specialist.