Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bijen Filiz graduated in physical education ve sport teacher at Uludağ University/ Bursa. She completed her master's education with hidden program study in physical education at Inonu University/Malatya. She received her PhD degree by studying personal and social responsibility models in physical education at Hacettepe University/ Ankara. She was found as a visiting scholar at the Northern Illinois University/Chicago for 4 months to learn personal and social responsibility models and to complete her doctoral education. Her areas of interest are instructional, curriculum, and hidden programs on physical education, physical education and teacher education, evaluation and measurement in physical education, and sports sociology. She has been working as an Assoc. Prof. in the Department of Coaching Education at Afyon Kocatepe University since 2021.
She has applied the teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) model with middle and high school students in Turkey; has aimed to provide responsibility values and leadership behaviors to the students through physical activity and with family cooperation. She has academic studies on this model.
In order to be implemented in physical education classes of the TPSR model in Turkey, Bijen made the translation editor of the book titled “Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity” and translated four chapters of the book into the Turkish language in 2014. She presented her works related to this model at the FIEP Congress in 2015/Rabat and 2018/Istanbul, and various international congress in Turkey
Bijen is a member of the Young People’s Leisure Network and joins various camps and World Leisure Congress in project scope. At the end of these camps, chapters in the book were written related to leisure. She joined the third camp and World Leisure Congress in Mobile/Alabama-2014 for the first book. They completed the book titled “Youth Leisure around the World” in 2015. She joined the first camp and World Leisure Congress in Sao Paulo/Brazil-2018 and the second camp in Hungary for the second book. They wrote the book titled “Safety and Leisure”. Nowadays, they work on this topic. The book will be completed at the end of the third camp. Through this program, she now understands new cultures and people, gains new experiences, and improves relationships.
She joined the International Cultural Festival organized on behalf of the World Leisure Organization by World Leisure Expo and Young People’s Leisure Network with young folk dancers from Turkey as a Turkey coordinator in China/Hangzhou-2017. She provided that the young people communicated and socialized with people in other cultures.
She joined the congress in 1st WCFLV/ South Africa/ Cape Town- 2019 and the congress in 6th ICPESS/ Jakarta/ Indonesia- 2021. She will join the congress in BRICSCESS/ New Delhi/ India- 2023 as a GCHFL. Bijen, like the other members, is committed to promote GCH in her country and in other countries in Europe, and to work with group members and colleagues to promote health and wellness for children and society.
Bijen is a volleyball coach. While she is training with students, she applies the TPSR model and wants students to gain some responsible behaviors.
Ms Vandana Garg is currently pursuing her Phd in Nutrition, working full-time as assistant professor at Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies while concurrently working as a collaborative research fellow at Juntendo University Japan on the project “Digitally Inclusive Healthy Ageing Communities (DIHAC) (https://digital-ageing.com/): A cross-cultural study” under the Supervisor Dr. Myo Nyein Aung. Ms Garg is a life time member of the Nutrition Society of India since 2005 (Reg No: 125/1966). Her focus areas of research are Nutrition Epidemiology, Non-communicable diseases and Implementation Science Research for Healthy Ageing.
Ms Vandana Garg worked on various multicenter cohort and intervention studies conducted in the area of non-communicable diseases sponsored by NIH and welcome trust funded. She worked on “Changes in Dietary Behaviors and Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Outbreak Confinement in the Adult Population,” collaborating with the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Granada. Study Link: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04449731. Her work focuses on nutrition epidemiology and non-communicable diseases. She has more than 15 publications in peer reviewed journals & conferences with H-index as 7. These publications have earned more than 160 citations. She has organized national and international conferences in the field of public health nutrition. She has achieved second best presentation award at 5 the International Course in Nutrition Research Methods sponsored by Bangalore Boston Nutrition Collaborative (BBNC) held in January 2015 at St. John’s Research Institute, Bangalore. She was also awarded with a senior research fellowship on the project Effect of once weekly IFA supplementation on hemoglobin levels in primary school children by ICMR in 2008-2010.
Community Health Camp, volunteering with Dr OP Bhalla Foundation
Awarded with collaborative researcher certificate 2024, Juntendo University, Japan
DIHAC study collaboration with Primary Health Care Centre, rural village Faridabad Haryana
Pre-conference workshop, BRICECSS conference 2024
50th ISCEP International Teaching course team 2018
Awarded the certificate of Leadership and Management.
Awarded Best Presentation Award, St John College, Banglore.
Mingming Guo is a Ph.D student in the College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University. His research interests focus on integrating information technology into physical education and health promotion.
Guo Mingming obtained his master's degree in 2018, and then worked as a FAE Engineer in a science and technology company serving school sports. During his tenure as FAE engineer, his main work is to help primary and secondary schools to make school physical education work more information-based, such as using heart rate monitoring equipment in physical education teaching, using AI in students' physical fitness testing work, so as to make physical education teachers' work more intelligent.
In 2019, Guo Mingming returned to East China Normal University as a research assistant. Under the guidance of Professor Wang xiaozan, he was mainly responsible for the overall work of the research on the Construction of China Children's and Adolescents' Sports Fitness Big Data Platform, a major project of China's Social Science Fund. The main purpose of the project is to build a big data platform related to sports and health of children and adolescents in China, so as to prepare for the reform of sports and health work for children and adolescents.
In 2020, Guo Mingming began to carry out independent research under the guidance of Professor Wang xiaozan. At present, his two projects have been funded by China Social Science Foundation and Shanghai Education Commission. The main purpose of the two projects is to integrate information technology, especially new information technology, such as AI, IOT, 5G, etc., into the physical education of children and adolescents health promotion work.
Since 2015, Guo Mingming, as a core member of the team, has successfully held a number of domestic or international conferences related to children's and adolescents' health, such as the World Congress on Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum in Physical Education in 2019.
In addition, he also actively participated in international conferences related to children's and adolescents' health, and shared his research in the form of poster or oral, such as SHAPE America, ICDCPE, ICSPAH, APCESS etc..
Dr. Agata Korcz is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Didactics of Physical Activity at the Poznan University of Physical Education (Poland). Her research interests focus on the didactics of Physical education (process and quality of Physical education, effective teaching in Physical education, Olympic education at schools), determinants of physical activity, interventions to promote physical activity together with a healthy lifestyle, mental health and well-being. Dr. Korcz is particularly focused on children and young people. Fitness and traditional sports and games are also something she is passionate about. She attended the International Seminar on Olympic Studies for Postgraduate Students at International Olympic Academy in Olympia (Greece). She is also a member of the National Olympic Academy of Poland.
Her research interests focus on didactics of physical education (process and quality of physical education, effective teaching in physical education, Olympic education at schools), determinants of physical activity, mental health and well-being. She is particularly focused on children and adolescents.
For the very first time, she will be representing Poland (under the supervision of Prof. Michal Bronikowski) as a member of the Future Leader Program (FLV) at the BRICSCESS 2017 conference in Brazil.
For many years she was associated with the Sports Rehabilitation Association “START” (2007-2013) where she gained amazing experience during work with disabled children and adults as a staff member on summer camps and others sport events.
In years 2005-2009 she worked as a research assistant in the Comenius Regio Project “Olympic and youth integration through education”. The aim of this project, in both its partner regions (Poland and Bulgaria), was to use the Olympism for the social integration of both the able-bodied and physically and mentally disabled youth, as well as to improve the general health of the youth through physical activity.
Dr. Agata Glapa has experience in organizing international, national and local workshops and events. For example, she organized two conferences combined with workshops with world-renowned yoga teachers. The first one with Dr. Mukund V. Bhole from India (2013) entitled: “The importance of working with the breath and breathing movements in traditional yoga in the light of modern neuro-psycho-physiology”. The second one with Dr. Norman E. Sjoman from Canada (2014) entitled „An overview of over 40 years of research and practice in the field of yoga”.
In 2015 she took a part in the Grant project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the Academic Centre of the Creativity - “Active not only on-line” led by Prof. Michal Bronikowski, where Dr. Glapa was working as a research assistant and coordinator of the workshops and training. On 2015 she co-organized the International IT Workshop “Physical Education and modern technologies” where Prof. Dr. Ming-kai Chin (President and Founder of the Foundation of Global Community Health (GCH)) and Prof. Dr. Elke Knisel (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg) were invited as keynote presenters.
Fitness, Polish and foreign traditional plays and games, working at schools with children and with disabled people is also something Dr. Agata Glapa is passionate about. During her work in Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, she was involved in different events for children and adolescents from the city of Poznan and other areas.
Dr. Zornitza Mladenova is a Senior Young Leader included in the program of the Foundation for Global Community Health, Las Vegas, USA, which is an organization with experts from 70 countries working for the public health and wellbeing (since 2014). Dr. Miadenova was the representative for Bulgaria for the First Global School Educational Program based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals supported by the Foundation for Global Community Health, Brain Breaks ® ️ and the Global Sustainable Index Institute Foundation. She was also a member of the International Advisory Board “Securing Digital Future – 21”, holds a Ph.D. degree in Sport Sciences, Physical Education, and Sports Tourism from the National Sports Academy “Vassil Levski”. She has completed her postgraduate education in Economy and Management of Tourism at the University National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria. Dr. Miadenova majored in German literature for 2 years at the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. As a President of the Commission for the Development of Student Sport in the Republic of Bulgaria, she has been a Chair of the Organizing Committee (OC) and Founder of the First National Student Summer and Winter Games (since 2008). She has over 20 years of experience organizing and conducting research and practical implementation in sports tourism, special events, and digital marketing and communications, wellness, and public health. Special emphasis in her practical and scientific work is given to: implementation of the digital platform of HOPSports Brain Breaks® Physical Activity Solutions and investigation of the impact of digital learning and teaching in the area of physical activities, mental health, and wellbeing. She is the author of more than 20 scientific papers published in international journals. She holds key positions in many international projects with the partnerships of the Foundation for Global Community Health, Hopsports Inc. with its Brain Breaks®, the Global Sustainable Index Institute Foundation, BRICS Council of Sports Science and Physical Education, International Federation for Fitness, Health, Physical Education & Iron Games, etc. Generalizing the joint successful study on the effects of COVID-19 pandemic to psychological multimodal responses a resulting book publication “Psychological Responses, Coping Strategies, and Physical Activity during the COVID – 19 Pandemic.”
As a member of the “Future Leader Program,” Dr. Mladenova was a part of the Organizing committees in ICPESS 2015 – Indonesia, ACPESS 2015 - India, GoFPEP 2016 – Turkey, ICSPHW 2016 – Philippines, BRICSCESS 2017, Brazil, ICPESS 2018 – Turkey, BRICSCESS & WCFLV, Cape Town, South Africa, 2019 , WWSSSM, 2020 – India & Saudi Arabia, All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation on sports science, Moskow, Russia, 2020, ICPESS 2021 – Indonesia, RASCON 2022 – Pakistan, IECSES 2022 – Turkey. She participated as a keynote speaker and lecturer in more than 30 international scientific conferences around the world.
GoFPEP 2016 – Ankara, Turkey
The Memorandum developing cooperation for presenting and implementing the Global School Educational Program based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals between the Foundation for Global Community Health and Sofia Metropolitan Municipality - Vazrazhdane District, 2018.
Chair of the 60th Anniversary of Africa Day, 2023
With the Ambassadors of Brazil and USA Co-Founders of the international project: Women in Diplomacy, 2023
Interview with the Ambassador of Kuwait regarding the establishment of the Kuwaiti Book Corner in the National Library, 2023
Filming moments of the interview “The Power of Women in 21st Century” in 2023 Women in Diplomacy – movie
Filming moments of the interview “The Power of Women in 21st Century” with the representative of UNICEF, 2023
With the President and the Vice president of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2023
Ashwini Patlolla is presently working as Assistant Professor in Physical Education in Govt. Degree College and is a Research Scholar from Osmania University. She is conducting research pertaining to menstrual cycle and sports performance. She spends significant time and effort in the field of Physical Education with special focus on kids and women. She is a certified coach in Athletics.
Ashwini Patlolla is an active athlete from the age of 13 years and has participated in competitions at various levels with state medals to her credit.
She is a university gold medalist in Masters of Physical Education. She used to take various initiatives in university to promote Physical Education. She was in charge of certain sports facilities such as the swimming pool and badminton court at the university.
Ashwini Patlolla has presented several papers in international and national conferences and has published papers in peer reviewed journals. She was a guest speaker in some of the conferences. She has also received the best presenter award a few times. She is a member of NAPESS (National Association of Physical Education and Sports Science) and IFPESSA (International Federation of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports Science Association). She was a chairperson in the World Conference on Exercise and Sports Medicine (WECM 2023).
Being an Asst Professor in Physical Education, she takes great pride in promoting Physical Education and Sports. She loves training and spending time with school children. She coaches, encourages and motivates her students to participate in various events. Some of her students have participated at the National level in several sports. She is a Federation Technical Official in Athletics. She was the only woman timekeeper in the 2012 Nationals held in Hyderabad. Being a sports person and being in the profession of physical education, she works with great passion and commitment to elevate Physical Education to the next level.
Ms Patlolla is a certified Yoga and Wellness Instructor from the Ministry of Ayush and is also a member of Indian Yoga Council. She is also a certified Prenatal Yoga Expert. She promotes Yoga in her college, family as well as in the community. She has hosted an international webinar on Yoga and wellness during the pandemic. She takes active participation in the Govt of India initiatives pertaining to Yoga.
She spends a significant amount of time with female students and helps them in improving their physical, mental and menstrual health.
Dr Susannah STEVENS (Susie) is currently the lead subject advisor for Physical Education New Zealand (PENZ). PENZ is the national, professional organisation for physical educators in New Zealand. Susie leads a team of advisors working at the community level with school teachers, and at a political level with government organisations such as Sport New Zealand, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. She is the Project Manager for the UC Child Well-being Research Institute in the College of Education, Health and Human Development at the University of Canterbury. Susie has been awarded multiple educational awards, including an International Olympic Literary Prize, First Class Honours for her MEd and a UC Doctoral Scholarship.
Susie is a registered secondary school physical education and health educator, researcher and academic. Her areas of interest are child well-being, holistic development, physical education pedagogy, Olympism, physical activity and the joy of movement. Susie’s Master of Education was a study on the educative value of sport; and her PhD in Health Sciences focused on the joy of movement, well-being and pedagogy in secondary school physical education. Her research combines philosophical, sociological and pedagogical elements.
Susie has also represented New Zealand at numerous educational programmes at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece and is an active member of the New Zealand Centre for Olympic Studies. She represents New Zealand and Oceania as a member of the Future Leader/Volunteer (FLV) Programme under the leadership of Professor Ian Culpan.
Prof. Dr. Fatma Saçlı Uzunöz is Head of GCHA and is currently working at the Department of Coaching Education and the Founding Director of the School of Sports Science and Technology at Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Cappadocia, Turkey. She earned her master’s and PhD degrees in sport sciences and technology from Hacettepe University, Ankara. She is a member of international and national scientific associations. Her research interests include teaching models and methods, teacher qualities, critical thinking in sport sciences, initiatives in physical activity and health promotion, and creative drama in education. She has published in this area in national and international peer review journals and presented scientific papers at various national and international conferences. She has contributed to chapters in scientific books and also completed scientific projects in the field of sport sciences.
Dr. Saçlı Uzunöz has been conducting collaborative projects for promoting physical activity using technology since 2014 in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. At the beginning, she started with two schools by participating in the Brain Breaks®️Global Project. After collaborating with administrators of the city, university, and all primary and secondary schools all over the city, she expanded the study throughout the schools of the Cappadocia region. Not only that, but also she encouraged students from her faculty to create Brain Breaks® videos representing Turkish culture. She has also been regularly using Brain Breaks®️ videos while teaching her classes to promote the health and wellness of university students. She brought all the stakeholders together in a short time and she included technology supported physical activity programs into higher education to promote physical activity at her university. Dr. Saçlı Uzunöz continues to work on expanding cooperation and studies to promote a culture of movement worldwide.
Meeting with the principal and teacher from the first primary school of the Brain Breaks®️ Project, Nevşehir, 2014
Students at primary school started to be physically active with Brain Breaks®️ in their classrooms, Nevşehir, 2014
Meeting with Director of Provincial Education, Principals and Teachers to expand the project throughout the primary and secondary schools all over the city in Nevşehir, 2015 Our motto was: “Active schools…Healthy Kids… with Brain Breaks®️ Exercises”
Principals and teachers from all over the schools in Nevşehir are doing physical activity at the meetings by using Brain Breaks®️ videos, 2015
Student teachers from Faculty of Sport Sciences are dancing for creating “Fire-Fly Dance” video for Brain Breaks®️ in Zelve town of Cappadocia, 2015
Presentation was made on motives for physical activity participation 4th ICPESS 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia
Traditional costumes were represented by FLVs from each country 4th ICPESS 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia
The results of the best Brain Breaks®️ practices from all over the Cappadocia was presented GoFPEP 2016, Ankara, Türkiye
Traditional costumes were represented by FLVs from each country GoFPEP 2016, Ankara, Türkiye
She, with her 4-month-old daughter, Alpin, participated in BRICSCESS 2017, Santos, Brazil
Inclusion of technology supported physical activity programs into the higher education was presented, 5th ICPESS 2018, Capadocia, Türkiye
My deepest respect and appreciations to Professor Mingkai Chin 5th ICPESS 2018, Capadocia, Türkiye
Dr. Kalkidan Zegeye, MD is a physician who received her degree of doctor of medicine at Hayat Medical College, currently pursuing her Msc in public health nutrition at St. Paul’s hospital Millennium Medical College.
She is currently working as a valued member of the medical team for the Olympics 2024 in Paris. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and expertise gained from her previous engagement with the TOKYO 2020 medical team Ethiopian national team, her passion for her profession led to joining the Ethiopia Football Federation as a dedicated medical member over the past 6 years. She travels to various competitions, catering to the needs of athletes of different age categories. Her expertise extends beyond injury management, encompassing areas such as nutrition, sports psychology, and performance enhancement. Aside from her engagement with the field of sports medicine, she works as a General practitioner in one of the governmental hospitals in the capital city of Ethiopia.
TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020 MEN’S 10,000M WINNER SELEMON BAREGA AND HIS SQUAD
WITH CECAFA U-18 WOMEN’S ETHIOPIA TEAM IN 2023 TANZANIA
WITH TOKYO 2020 ELITE ATHLETES AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE
CECAFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIERS,UGANDA 2023
Dr. Kalkidan loves participating and volunteering in many activities. Aware of the constant need for blood and the life saving potential of each donation, she has become a regular blood donor. She initiated a program with her colleagues to donate exercise books to orphanages as well.
At ART & HEALTH EVENT DONATING BLOOD & EXERCISE BOOKS IN ADDIS ABABA
