WHO WE ARE

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The Octagon at Life University enjoys the involvement of many staff members, several consultants and a task-specific faculty who collectively address issues, problems, and needs flowing from the eight areas of inquiry adopted by the Board of Trustees of Life University.

For information regarding Octagon contact:
Rob Scott DC., Ph.D.
Associate Vice President of Institutional Initiatives
rscott@life.edu
770-426-2603

The Octagon enjoys consultancy relationships with a range of persons. Most notably among them are Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Ph.D. of Emory University. Dr. Ozawa-de Silva was formerly a member of the graduate school faculty of Life University and played a central role in the development and growth of The Octagon during his Life University tenure. In addition, Tom Flores, Ph.D. and Thomas Fabisiak, Ph.D., members of the undergraduate faculty of Life University, who also provide assistance and support to The Octagon.

Among the approximately 100 faculty who have been a part of the annual conferences of The Octagon have been Clem Bezold, Ph.D., Founder and President of the Institute for Alternative Futures, Raymond Damadian, M.D., Founder and President of Fonar Corporation, a radiologist and Nobel Prize nominee for the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for health-related applications, Monica Greco, Ph.D. Goldsmiths, University of Bath, Researcher in the Sociology Department with expertise in Social Theory, Philosophy of Science and the role of vitalism in health processes, Heidi Haavik, D.C. Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Centre for Chiropractic Research at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic.