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Hua Shan
Professor of Pathology
BioDr. Shan specializes in providing blood transfusion and apheresis treatment to patients with diverse medical problems. She has been practicing transfusion medicine for over twenty five years. Dr. Shan currently serves as the Medical Director of Transfusion Service at Stanford Medical Center. Dr. Shan has also been leading research and education programs in the fields of transfusion safety, optimizing clinical blood transfusion practice and blood availability.
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Kat Adams Shannon
Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychology
BioKat studies how young children adapt their attention and learning behaviors to best match different early environments, with particular focus on understanding variability and strengths in contexts of early adversity. A key aim of her research is to create and collaborate on innovative uses of technology and statistical methods to support education and developmental science.
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Peter Shannon
Affiliate, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education
BioThe Irish-American conductor Peter Shannon aspires to prove to others that orchestral music can transform lives and communities. Innovative and tireless in his outreach, Shannon embodies the new and growing role of music director.
2023/2024 is Peter Shannon s ninth year as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Jackson Symphony. From 2008 to 2019 he held the position as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Savannah Philharmonic, Georgia. Previous to this he held conducting positions in Germany and is still active as a guest conductor in Europe.
The son of a physician, Shannon hails from a long line of medical professionals. Combining the performing arts with the healing arts, he has developed performance programs for cancer center patients, including children receiving inpatient care and individuals in hospice care. Through a specially developed, evidence-based curriculum focusing on communicating with compassion, Shannon, in collaboration with physician Dr. Jacqueline Huntly, has developed programs using music to help both musicians and healthcare professionals develop new skills to work effectively in a healthcare setting. Most recently the program "Nurturing the Inner Healer" was presented to hundreds of healthcare professionals by the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Mercer University, where he is an affiliative professor.
