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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESSAYISTS
Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N., contributor of the essay Nurses’ Expanding Roles, is the Claire M. Fagin
Leadership Professor of Nursing and Sociology, and Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and
Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Richard L. Atkinson, M.D., contributor of the essayObesity: Worldwide Public Health Crisis, is Director
of Obesity Institute, MedStar Research Institute, Washington, D.C.; and President of the American
Obesity Association, Washington, D.C. For more information about the Obesity Institute, visit its
Web site at http://whcenter.org. For more information about the American Obesity Association, visit
its Web site at http://obesity.org.
Judith Feder, Ph.D., contributor of the essay Disability: A Risk Society Should Share, is Professor and
Dean of Public Policy at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable William H. Frist, M.D. (R-TN), contributor of the essay Federal Funding for Biomedical
Research: Commitment and Benefits, is Majority Leader of the United States Senate and former Director
of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. An expert in health care policy, Senator Frist is also board certified
in both general surgery and heart surgery.
Jessie Gruman, Ph.D., contributor of the essay Behavior Matters, is President and Executive Director
of the Center for the Advancement of Health, Washington, D.C. The Center for the Advancement
of Health is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that translates health research into
effective policies and practices. Dr. Gruman is a consumer activist who writes and speaks frequently
about how nonbiological factors influence health and illness.
Jeannette R. Ickovics, Ph.D., co-contributor of the essay Women’s Health: Gender Matters, is Associate
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and of Psychology at Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Dr. Ickovics has received numerous awards for her research, which focuses on women and HIV/AIDS,
as well as the interaction of biomedical and psychosocial factors that promote good health and recovery.
Donald W. Kemper, contributor of the essay Information Therapy, is Chairman and CEO of Healthwise,
Incorporated, Boise, Idaho. For more information about Healthwise, Incorporated, visit its Web site at
http://www.healthwise.org.
Judith Rodin, Ph.D., co-contributor of the essayWomen’s Health: Gender Matters, is President of the
University of Pennsylvania; and Professor of Psychology, Medicine and Psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ira Shoulson, M.D., contributor of the essay Genetic Privacy and Discrimination, is the Louis C. Lasagna
Professor of Experimental Therapeutics; and Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Pharmacology at the
University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.