Dr. RICHARD S. ABENDAN

• Chief of Party, STRIDE Program of the USAID
• He is with RTI International, a nonprofit research and technical services company situated in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
• Previously an adjunct chemistry professor at Ateneo de Manila University
• Education:
  • PhD in Organic Chemistry from Georgetown University, Washington DC

Dr. RAUL CALDERON

• International Health and Well-being professional
• Visiting Professor, Faculty of Sports Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand
• Previous Positions:

Visiting Research Scholar, Maejo University, Thailand

Visiting Professor, University of Suwon, South Korea

• Education & Experience
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Health Risk Behaviors, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Epidemiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
  • Ph.D., Health Psychology, Psychology Department, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA.
• Areas of Research and Interest
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Psychology
  • Health Risk Behaviors
  • Meditation
  • Mind and Brain Development
  • Sport Psychology
  • Statistics and Research Methods
  • Well-being