Aaron Temkin Beck was an American psychiatrist who was a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is regarded as the father of cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). His pioneering methods are widely used in the treatment of clinical depression and various anxiety disorders. Beck also developed self-report measures for depression and anxiety,notably the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI),which became one of the most widely used instruments for measuring the severity of depression. In 1994 he and his daughter,psychologist Judith S. Beck,founded the nonprofit Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy,which provides CBT treatment and training,as well as research. Beck served as President Emeritus of the organization up until his death.
The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) is the center for health services research,health policy,and health care management education at the University of Pennsylvania. It is based in the Colonial Penn Center on Locust Walk,at the heart of Penn's campus.
Brian Mustanski is an American psychologist noted for his research on the health of LGBT youth,HIV and substance use in young gay and bisexual men,and the use of new media and technology for sexual health promotion and HIV prevention. He is a Professor of Medical Social Sciences,Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,and Psychology and Director of the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern University,Chicago,IL.
Roy Hamilton is professor in the departments of Neurology,Psychiatry,and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He is the Director of Penn's Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation (LCNS),and launched the Brain Stimulation,Translation,Innovation,and Modulation Center (brainSTIM) at the University of Pennsylvania in 2020.
Rebekah D. Fenton is an American pediatrician and adolescent health advocate. Fenton is an Adolescent Medicine Fellow in The Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Lurie Children's Hospital at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago,Illinois. Fenton's clinical work is centered around providing healthcare for marginalized youth populations with a focus on cultural humility and health equity. After the police murder of George Floyd,Fenton provided medical care to protestors and has created virtual grieving spaces for Black and brown people in her medical community. As an avid writer,Fenton uses writing as a platform for advocacy to communicate topics such as public health,adolescent medicine,and diversity in medicine.
Daniel Elias Polsky is an American health economist. He is the 40th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Economics at Johns Hopkins University.
Dianne Lynn Chambless is an American clinical psychologist.
Karen Glanz is an American behavioral epidemiologist. She is the George A. Weiss University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Glanz is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has been recognized as one of the world's most influential scientific minds.
Janet Alma Deatrick is a Professor Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing.
Mary Kathryn "Katie" Haltiwanger Schmitz is an American exercise physiologist. She is the Associate Director of Population Sciences at Penn State University College of Medicine and a Full Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Katrina Alison Armstrong is an American internist. She is the chief executive officer of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Armstrong is the first woman to lead Columbia's medical school and medical center. Previously,she was the first woman to hold the position of Physician-in-Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2013 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.
Raina Martha Merchant is an American emergency medicine specialist,a member of the National Academy of Medicine.. She is the associate vice president and director of the Center for Digital Health in Penn Medicine and associate professor of emergency medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mary McGrae McDermott is the Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics and of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Her studies focus on interventions for peripheral artery disease. She is a deputy editor at the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),specializing in clinical reviews and education.
Melina R. Kibbe is an American clinician and researcher in the field of vascular surgery. She currently serves as Dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She previously held the Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professorship and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UNC School of Medicine.
Rachel Michele Werner is an American physician-economist. She is the first woman and first physician-economist executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. In 2018,Werner was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine for her investigation into the unintended consequences of quality improvement incentives.
Carolyn Cannuscio is an American epidemiologist who is an associate professor at the Perelman School of Medicine. She serves as Director of Research for the Center for Public Health Initiatives. Cannuscio works to improve public health with a specific focus on disadvantaged urban populations.
Kevin G. Volpp is an American behavioral economist and Mark V. Pauly President's Distinguished Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School. He is the Director of the Penn Center for Health Incentives &Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)..
Katie A. McLaughlin a clinical psychologist and expert on how stress,trauma,and other adverse events,such as natural disorders or pandemics,affect behavioral and brain development during childhood and adolescence. McLaughlin is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.
Linda A. Teplin is an American behavioral scientist and public health researcher. Her research focuses on the intersection between mental health and the criminal justice systems,criminalization of the mentally ill,and epidemiological characteristics of jail detainees. Many of her published papers investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders,mortality,patterns of crime victimization,health service utilization,disproportionate incarceration of minorities,and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors. Her research has provided the empirical basis for several changes in public policy.
