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Perry W. Buffington, Ph.D.
Dr. Perry Buffington is an author, keynote speaker,
media
personality,
and
licensed
applied
psychologist. He is the author of numerous refereed
journal articles and 13 books, including two
bestsellers. Dr. Buffington has also penned
thousands of articles in periodicals, mainly as a
contributing editor for Delta Air Lines ' in -flight
magazine, Sky, and as a syndicated columnist with
Universal Press.
He formerly served as a visiting instructor at The Disney Institute and is
also an adjunct professor at UGA. He is now teaching psychology
courses in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the UGA Griffin
Campus. In 2014, he was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by the
psychology department at UGA.
Dr. Buffington divides his time between teaching and showcasing his
practical knowledge and well -honed wit in a series of different seminars,
including the popular The Millionaire Code: How to Unlock your
Financial Personality and Make More Money. Clients of his seminars
have included NASA, AT&T, USA Today, the Federal Reserve Banks,
and many more.
Phillip J. Brantley, Ph.D.
Dr. Phillip J. Brantley has taught and conducted
research at Louisiana State University for over 34
years, and currently serves as the associate
executive director for scientific education at
Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Dr.
Brantley developed one of the first integrated care,
clinical psychology Ph.D. training programs in the
country and has served as the primary mentor for 59
Ph.D. graduates in clinical psychology at LSU . He
has also helped train over 500 medical residents at
LSU Health Science Center and Tulane University residency programs in
Baton Rouge. Dr. Brantley has over 30 years of continuous research grant
funding, most of which came from the National Institutes of Health.
He has contributed over 250 publications to medical and psychological
literature, most of which focuses on management of chronic medical
conditions. Additionally, Dr. Brantley is a member of the Executive
Council of the Obesity Society, and a former member of the Executive
Board for the Louisiana Psychological Society and the Board of the
Directors for the United Way of Baton Rouge.
Michael Feuerstein, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Michael Feuerstein is a professor of medical
and
clinical
psychology
and
preventive
medicine/biometrics at the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda,
Maryland. He has also held faculty positions in
psychiatry and anesthesiology. In 1994, Dr.
Feuerstein moved to Washington, D.C. to develop
and direct a new Ph.D. program in clinical
psychology for the U.S. Department of Defense to
train clinical providers and military leaders in
behavioral health and behavioral medicine.
After being diagnosed with brain cancer in 2002, he dedicated his career
to improving the health of cancer patients following diagnosis and
treatment. That effort resulted in the publication of four books and the
launch of the Journal of Cancer Survivorship: Research and Practice. He
has also served on national committees to develop health care guide lines
for cancer survivors. Dr. Feuerstein is currently working on the
development of the Cancer Survivor Profile, a tool to be used by cancer
survivors and their health care providers to help improve the quality of
long-term health care, health, function , and well-being after treatment for
cancer.
Donald K. Ingram, Ph.D.
Dr. Ingram is a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center
at Louisiana State University. Dr. Ingram founded the Laboratory of
Experimental Gerontology at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and
was instrumental in establishing the Primate Aging Database and the
lnterventional Testing Program at the NIA. He is the current editor-inchief of AGE, the journal of the American Aging Association, and also
serves as the organization's treasurer.
Dr. Ingram's research has led to four Alzheimer's disease drug patents,
the discovery of several mechanisms pertaining to long-term calorie
restriction and its benefits to brain aging and function, and the
establishment of the calorie restriction mimetics research field. He has
several hundred publications and has given over one hundred invited
lectures nationally and internationally in the past twenty-five years.
Dr. Ingram received the S.T. Huang-Chan Memorial Lecture Award, the
Harman Research Award and Lecture, the Merit Award from the National
Institute on Aging, and the Zimmer Award for Research Productivity in
the psychology department at the University of Georgia. He is very
involved in his community, coaching youth soccer, teaching Sunday
school, and leading a Boy Scout troop.
Thomas L. Lyons, M.D.
Dr. Lyons, of the Center for Women's Care and Reproductive Surgery in
Atlanta, is considered a pioneer for his breakthroughs in gynecologic
surgery, which have garnered him numerous awards. Throughout his
career, he has participated in numerous academic and clinical studies and
has authored more than ISO scholarly publications, dedicating his work to
the education and training of gynecologists, particularly in the area of
minimally invasive surgery.
He is an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine
at the University of Georgia, a clinical associate professor at Emory
University Medical School, and an honorary professor at the Kulakov
Institute for Perinatology and Gynecology in Moscow. He is also director
of the Southeastern Institute for Endoscopic Laser Surgery and the
AAGLISRS Fellowship in Endoscopic Pelvic and Reconstructive Surgery.
A former UGA football player and Denver Bronco, Dr. Lyons was
inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 and won the
NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 1996. In 1999, the UGA Athletic
Association inducted him into the Circle of Honor, the highest tribute paid
to Bulldog athletes, and he received the Bill Hartman Award in 200 I.