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Dr. Christina Lienen is a highly educated and experienced legal professional with a strong background in academia. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law from University College London, where she focused on constitutional law, judicial reasoning and human rights. Prior to this, she completed a Magister Juris (MJur) from the University of Oxford (2nd Best Results in Year) and a Bachelor of Law from Maastricht University (Best Results in Year). In addition to her academic achievements, Dr. Lienen is a qualified barrister, having been called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2019. She worked as a public law and data protection barrister in London for almost 4 years prior to joining academia full-time, regularly representing clients in court and offering litigation related advice. Dr. Lienen has extensive teaching experience, having held positions as an Assistant Professor at the British University in Dubai, as a Teaching Fellow at SOAS University of London, as a Visiting Lecturer at The University of Law, and as a Teaching Fellow at University College London. Dr. Lienen's research interests include public law, public international law, human rights, and legal theory. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on these topics and has presented her research at international conferences. With her strong academic background and practical experience, Dr. Lienen is a highly skilled and knowledgeable legal professional who is dedicated to advancing the field of law through her teaching and research.

Senior academic and policy advisor. Public and private sector consultant with remit ranging from health ministries and public organizations to insurance and pharmaceutical companies. Cross-institutional leader in research and admin roles focusing on excellence, efficiency, innovation, and community. Strategic and proactive thinker with clear vision and plan, approaching challenges with creativity and adaptability. Highly motivational manager with strong communication skills and impeccable project management track-record.   Expert scholar and educator in health economics, discrete choice experiments, research study design and observational epidemiology. Long experience setting-up and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams into delivering high quality research.

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Dr Nora S Vyas is an Associate Professor in Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Kingston University. She joined Kingston University in 2012, and previously held a Senior Lecturer position at Middlesex University. Dr Vyas completed her PhD in psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), University of London in 2008. Following her PhD, she worked at the Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institutes of Health (Washington DC, USA) as a Lindemann Trust Fellow (English-Speaking Union), preceded by a Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship in 2010. Dr Vyas teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level in child/adolescent and adult mental health, health psychology, and clinical/cognitive neuroscience. Her research focuses on using clinical, cognitive, and imaging techniques to study individuals with serious mental health problems such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. She applies these skills in other fields such as oncology and mindfulness. Her research specialism is early-onset psychosis, and she has published her work widely.