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  • Angela M Sexton, PharmD

    Angela M Sexton, PharmD, is a licensed pharmacist and freelance medical writer with experience in clinical pharmacy, retail pharmacy, and pharmacovigilance in both the United States and Europe. She is an honors graduate of The Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and also earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Alabama. Her professional interests include traditional pharmaceutical therapies, immunizations, and preventative health initiatives.

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    • Drug Disposal – to Flush or Not to Flush?
    • Pass the Salt - Risks Linked to Low Salt Diet?

    Angel Desai

    Mr. Desai is a graduate of Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. As President of Cultural Outreach, he coordinated cultural education programs with rural elementary schools in surrounding areas of New Hampshire. Moreover, he serves as an Editorial Assistant for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.

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    • Implications of War in Northern Uganda on Mental Health
    • Curb Domestic Violence/Abuse and Slash the Incidence of Mental Disorders
    • WHO Calls for Community Health Services to Address Mental Health Issues

    Aditya Basu, MPH

    Aditya Basu, MPH, is researcher, focusing on a variety of topics- including public health issues, health management and informatics, biomedicine and other such topics. He completed a Masters in Public Health, specializing in Population Health, at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently working as a business analyst in a multinational consulting firm.

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    • Telecommunication in Healthcare
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    Alex Kadner, PhD

    Alex Kadner, PhD is a scientist and medical writer with 10 years of clinical experience as a psychiatric nurse's aide, over 10 years of academic and 2 years of agency experience. His strengths are in writing and editing peer reviewed manuscripts and grant applications, developing power point slide sets and scripts for video recordings. He has written in both English and German for a broad range of audiences, ranging from scientists and clinicians to the lay public. His peer-reviewed papers have appeared in Neuroscience and the Journal of Neurophysiology among others.

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    • Diabetes Impairs Cognition
    • Major Depression in the Real World - The STAR*D Trial

    Amie Martin, MSW, LMSW

    Amie Martin, MSW, LMSW, attended Truman State University where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and minored in Philosophy & Religion. Martin later received a Master's Degree in Social Work Planning & Administration from the University of Missouri at Columbia before spending time as a Peace Corps Business Volunteer working with battered women in Kyrgyzstan. She returned and has worked in the non-profit, behavioral health sector for more than ten years. She specializes in the areas of maternal & child behavioral health and acute psychiatry. Martin has been writing academically and professionally for a combined eighteen years. She lives in Missouri with her husband and three children.

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    • BED-head and Obesity - Food for Thought
    • Hard Economic Times and Increased Suicide

    Amy Wong, MS

    Amy Wong, MS, is a medical writer and conducts traumatic brain injury research in a large academic institution. She holds a Master’s of Science from the University of Toronto under the department of Pharmacology. Her studies pertained to the selective field of neuropsychopharmacology examining the biological implications of post-stroke depression.

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    • Blood Pressure and Accelerated Brain Aging
    • Statins Against Alzheimer's Disease
    • Music Therapy for the Alzheimer’s Disease Patient
    • Depressed About Wrinkles? BOTOX Can Help
    • Retain Your Memory with a Brighter Smile

    Ann Reitan, PsyD

    Ann Reitan, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and well published essayist of fiction and creative nonfiction. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of Washington, Master of Arts in Psychology from Pepperdine University, and Doctorate of Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University. Her post-doctoral research at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, involved personality theory, idiodynamics and creativity in literature.

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    • Tackling Schizophrenia Using the Eriksonian Stages
    • Cognitive Dissonance and Psychosis - Understanding Inconsistency
    • Child IQ - Why Confidence Matters
    • Humanistic Theory and Therapy, Applied to the Psychotic Individual
    • Psychosis and Psychological Theory

    Bulbul Bahuguna, MD

    Bulbul Bahuguna, MD, is author of the novel, The Ghosts That Come Between Us. She is a psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience treating victims of abuse. Dr. Bahuguna is on staff at NorthShore University Health Systems, which is affiliated with The University of Chicago and Mayo Clinic. She is a National Trustee of American India Foundation -- a leading charity involved in accelerating social change in India.

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    • Horror on Seymour Avenue

    Thomas Hartmann, PhD

    Thomas Hartmann, PhD, is a cell biologist with a specific interest in the regulation of cell proliferation. He worked as a scientist at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University School of Medicine. He also held research and management positions in the pharmaceutical industry.

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    • Psychopharmacological Drug Development in A Depression?

    Rubeena Shamsudheen, MS, MA, PhD student

    Rubeena Shamsudheen, MS, MA, is currently enrolled in a PhD program at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. She holds a Masters in Applied Psychology from University of Kerala, India and a Masters in Neuroscience from National Brain Research Centre, Delhi, India.

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    • Out-Group Discrimination Fuels Anger, Risk-Taking and Vigilance
    • Obama Says "BAM" - The Brain Activity Map

    Bikki Gautam, MD

    Bikki Gautam, MD, is a medical doctor from Nepal specializing in headache disorders. He is currently in the US practicing internal medicine.

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    • Real Life Medicine in Nepal - The Headache Phenomenon

    Meghan Meyer, PhD student

    Meghan Meyer, PhD student, studies social cognitive neuroscience at University of California-Los Angeles. Prior to joining UCLA, she worked on behavioral and brain imaging studies in the Stanford University Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Lab and the Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at the University of Chicago, and completed her M.A. in cognitive science, with a specialty in cognitive neuroscience, from Ecole Normale Superieur, in Paris, France. When she is not in the lab designing studies and analyzing data, she enjoys writing about scientific findings and their broader impact for general audiences.

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    • A Thin Line Between Love And Hate... In Your Brain
    • "I Feel Your Pain" - The Neural Basis of Empathy
    • White Bears - The Paradox of Mental Suppression
    • How Culture Shapes Our Mind and Brain
    • The Neural Basis of the Self

    Brian Dean, MS, RD

    Brian Dean, MS, RD, is a Registered Dietitian who specializes in translating the latest science into valuable and practical health information. You can find his writing at some of the web's top health portals, including Metabolism.com and HolisticOption.com.

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    • Omega-3s and Depression - Treatment Miracle or Fishy Connection?
    • Can a Tan Stave Off Dementia? Vitamin D and Cognitive Decline

    Ben Ullmann

    Ben Ullmann is a Research Fellow in the Crime & Justice Unit at Policy Exchange. He graduated with joint honors in Mathematics & Philosophy from the University of Bristol in 2006 and served as President of its Students Union for a year before joining Policy Exchange. His previous work includes Unlocking the prison estate, an economic analysis of rebuilding the prison estate. He also takes a keen interest in the world of behavioral economics.

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    • The State of Mental Healthcare in Prison

    Zaid Ahsan, MSc

    Mr. Zaid Ahsan holds a commercial pilot license in India and Philippines. He earned a MSc from Jamia Millia Islamia in biotechnology. Although a published scholar in molecular biology, his present research interest is aviation medicine.

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    • Prions - The Killer Proteins

    Colleen Bridget Farrell

    Colleen Bridget Farrell discusses her experience of living with AIDS and depression.

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    • Prisoner of the Mind: Living with Depression

    Carolyn Starner, RN, BSN

    Carolyn Starner, RN, BSN, is a freelance researcher, registered nurse, and writer, focusing on medicine and health-related topics. Her main areas of interest are geriatrics and public health education.

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    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – A Medical Mystery
    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - An Inside Look
    • Neglecting Unilateral Neglect

    Courtney Sherman, BA

    Courtney Sherman, BA, is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (History). She is a writer living in Los Angeles.

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    • Psychotropics and Youth, Part 3 - Equip Teachers with Prescription Pads?
    • Psychotropics and Youth, Part 2 - The Solutions
    • Psychotropics and Youth, Part 1 - The Five Myths

    Ronald Clary, JD

    Ronald Clary, JD, is an attorney with a private practice in Canoga Park, California. He is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles Law School (JD). He is currently also on the staff of Biola University, La Mirada, California.

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    • Pulling The Plug Too Soon?
    • You Have a Right to Choose if we Agree

    Cristiano Batista, PhD

    Cristiano Batista, PhD, is a Portuguese lecturer and researcher with more than 10 years of experience. He hold s a PhD in Public Health from the University of Porto, Portugal. Additionally, he is the author and reviewer of several peer-reviewed publications within health issues. He is an expert in the epidemiology field, particularly focused on its relationship with physical activity or inactivity. When he is not lecturing or researching, he enjoys writing about distinct health related findings. He has written both in English and Portuguese. He is now developing an investigation on the association between exercise and psychological and neurological disorders.

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    • Exercise for Depression - A Gold Standard Therapy
    • On the Path to Preventing Alzheimer's Disease

    Chalita Thanyakoop, PhD

    Chalita Thanyakoop, PhD, currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in a microbiology laboratory at University of California, Berkeley. She holds a PhD in biochemistry.

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    • Reading between the Blogs
    • Daytime Napping Improves Memory
    • The Psychology of Poker

    Chadwick Royal, PhD, NCC, LPC, ACS

    Chadwick Royal, PhD, NCC, LPC, ACS, is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at North Carolina Central University. He is a nationally certified counselor, a licensed professional counselor in North Carolina, and an approved clinical supervisor.

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    • Anti-Aging - The Fountain of Youth - Part I
    • Therapy and Medication - Where's the Breaking News?
    • Work and Mental Health
    • Suicide Rates Could Rise

    Daniel Vargas Gomez, PhD

    Daniel Vargas Gomez, PhD, is a researcher in economics and sociology. He holds a PhD in economics and philosophy and a research masters in philosophy and economics from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands and a bachelors in economics from Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia.

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    • Neuroeconomics - Hype or Hope?

    Dario Dieguez, Jr, PhD

    Dario Dieguez, Jr, PhD, spent over 10 years writing about, obtaining funding for, and conducting neuroscience research. He has worked as a Science Writer at NIH's Center for Scientific Review and the Office of the NIH Director. For several years, he worked as an educational consultant and freelance science writer, with multiple clients in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Germany. He has taught multiple courses in biology and psychology and currently runs a national research program at a non-profit organization.

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    • Drug-Induced Mystical Experience
    • The NeuroSocial Network
    • Imaging the Musical Brain
    • The Neuroscience of Fear and Loathing
    • Love Can Alleviate Pain

    Dan Abshear

    Dan Abshear recently divorced himself from "big pharma" after working for three of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world for over a decade. He continues to write primarily opinion pieces regarding what may be little known facts about the health care system- particularly the pharmaceutical industry, and his writings also include responses to the related writings of others as well on various internet sites. Before his pharmaceutical career, he was a patient caregiver for over a decade, which included being a medic (hospital corpsman) in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

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    • Are Drug Reps Really Necessary?
    • A Television As Your Doctor?
    • A Failed Attempt to Improve Perceived Greatness: The ENHANCE Trial
    • The Human Injury of Lost Objectivity: An Insider's Look into the Corruption of Clinical Trials
    • Pharmaceutical Industry Exposed: Desire for an Ethical Resurrection

    Dirk Hanson, MA

    Dirk Hanson, MA, is a freelance science writer and the author of "The Chemical Carousel: What Science Tells Us About Beating Addiction." He is also the author of ''The New Alchemists: Silicon Valley and the Microelectronics Revolution.'' He has worked as a business and science reporter for numerous magazines and trade publications. He currently edits the Addiction Inbox blog, and is senior contributing editor for the addiction and recovery website, The Fix.

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    • Ambien, Sonata, and Lunesta - The Morning After
    • Does This Light Make Me Fat?
    • When Bipolar Patients Abuse Drugs - The Dual Diagnosis Dilemma
    • Drugs for Bulimia
    • Trick of the Light - Optical Illusions Can’t be Beat

    Donna Reish

    Donna Reish is a freelancer who blogs about best universities. She loves to write education, career, frugal living, finance, health, parenting relating articles.

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    • Female Orgasm - Unlocking the Neuroscientific Mysteries

    Sandra Reichstetter, PhD

    Sandra Reichstetter, PhD, studied Biology at the Technical University in Darmstadt with a major focus on Zoology and Biochemistry and earned her PhD in Immunology and Genetics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. After a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Benaroya Research Insitute in Seattle that focused on the immune response seen in Type 1 Diabetes, she started working in a biotech startup, where she is still working today.

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    • What Stem Cells Need to Survive in the Brain
    • Genetics Clues May Lead New Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
    • How Prozac works
    • Instant Antidepressants on the Horizon

    Ajay Rajaram, MBBS, MTech

    Ajay Rajaram, MBBS, MTech, is a general physician currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. His research interests include peripheral nerve regeneration, biofabrication of tissue-engineered scaffolds, artificial organs, and surgery. He earned his medical degree from PSG Medical College, India, and masters in technology specializing in biomedical engineering from VIT University, India.

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    • The Tongue - A Portal for Neuromodulation

    Daniel Albright, MA

    Daniel Albright, MA, is a PhD student at Newcastle University, studying the lateralization of linguistically mediated event perception. He received his masters in linguistics from the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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    • Understanding How Color Is Perceived in the Brain

    Donna Schwontkowski, MS, DC

    Donna Schwontkowski, MS, DC, has been a professional writer for the last 20 years and authored the book "Million Dollar Memory for Names & Faces" released in 2006. She also has been the editor of a local health and fitness magazine in California for the past 12 years. She holds a doctorate in chiropractic medicine, a master's and bachelor's in nutrition, and a master's in herbology.

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    • Gingko Study Proves Nothing

    Sajid Surve, DO

    Sajid Surve, DO, is a physiatrist, acupuncturist, and osteopath who specializes in musculoskeletal medicine and integrative medicine.

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    • What is Proprioception?
    • Reflections on Plasticity
    • Medical Controversy - When Does Life Begin?
    • Are Humans Hard-Wired to Torture?
    • Curry in a Hurry - The Health Benefits of Turmeric

    Erin Falconer, MS, PhD student

    Erin Falconer, MS, PhD student, has published several refereed journal articles that have a neuroscience/psychology focus. He is currently in marketing and communications for a 'brain biotech' company that offers brain medicine and health solutions to clinicians, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and US managed care. He holds MS degree (Neuroscience) where he investigated the role of stress and hormones on the growth of new neurons in the adult brain (neurogenesis). He has since wrote and designed studies investigating the Placebo Effect in Parkinson's Disease and PTSD. He recently completed his PhD dissertation, for which he delineated a brain model of PTSD using behavioral assessments, functional and structural neuroimaging and electrophysiological brain measurements.

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    • Look Me in the Eyes - From Eye Contact to "Fear Blindness"

    Eileen Jones, RN, MPH

    Eileen Jones, RN, MPH, is an experienced registered nurse from Anchorage, Alaska. She holds a Master in Public Health with specialty in health promotion and education. Over the years, she researched and written over 40 hospital policies, as well as student modules, school papers, and a public information brochure.

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    • Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation: A Non-Drug Neuromedical Treatment

    Elise Stobbe

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    • The Future of Psychiatry with Alternative Treatments
    • Psychiatry Discriminates Against People with Borderline Personality Disorder
    • Family Doctor or Psychiatrist?
    • Stigmatization: Myths and Minds

    Emily Haines, MSc, PhD student

    Emily Haines, MSc, PhD student, is an expert on the cellular aspects of neuroimmunology and neurodegeneration. She holds a MSc in neuroscience from University College London. She is currently PhD candidate at Charite Medical University in Berlin and has worked as a biotechnology financial analyst researching and writing investment reports on companies developing and commercialising new therapies.

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    • Shifting Paradigms of White Matter Diseases
    • The Many Emerging Roles of Astrocytes
    • The Brain's Border Patrol - Blood Brain Barrier
    • Mighty Microglia - The Brain's Immune Cells Key to Treating Brain Diseases

    Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPC

    Elizabeth Roberts, MA, CPC, holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Philosophy, and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. She is a freelance writer who enjoys sharing her love of history with others. She also enjoys writing as a way to get out of the boring gray cubicle that she occupies in her full time day job. She spends what time she has left with her two daughters and husband, family, and friends, cooking, reading, and creating just about anything with her hands. She also hopes to one day get her PhD in History, and finish one of the many books that she has been writing. Elizabeth has recently been credentialed as a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) by the American Academy of Professional Coders.

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    • Human Dissection, Part 2 - Murderers, Body Snatchers and Burkers
    • Human Dissection - From Galen to the Great Revelations of Andreas Vesalius
    • Extracting the Stone of Madness - The Search for the Cure to Insanity
    • The Strangling Angel of Children - Birth of Endotracheal Intubation
    • From Haircuts to Hangnails - The Barber-Surgeon

    Frank MacHovec, MA, PhD

    Frank MacHovec, MA, PhD, is a retired clinical psychologist who worked 30 years in mental health clinics and hospitals and in private practice. In addition to BA, MA, and PhD degrees, he earned two post-PhD diplomates and was a certified forensics examiner who testified as expert witness in civil and criminal cases.

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    • Cults and Terrorism, Part 6 - Leader-Follower Traits
    • Cults and Terrorism, Part 5 - Features of Destructive Cults
    • Cults and Terrorism, Part 4 - Destructive Cult-Like Groups
    • Cults and Terrorism, Part 3 - "Good" Cult-Like Groups
    • Cults and Terrorism, Part 2 - Lessons from History

    Frank Partnoy, JD

    Frank Partnoy, JD, is the author of F.I.A.S.C.O., Infectious Greed, The Match King, and -- most recently -- WAIT: The Art and Science of Delay. Formerly an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and a practicing corporate lawyer, he is one of the world’s leading experts on market regulation and is a frequent commentator for the Financial Times, the New York Times, NPR, and CBS’s 60 Minutes. Partnoy is a graduate of Yale Law School and is the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance and the founding director of the Center for Corporate and Securities Law at the University of San Diego.

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    • Hearts and Minds - The Art and Science of Delay

    Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS

    Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, is executive director of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF). He is a published scholar in protein biomarkers, bioethics, biotechnology, education technology, and neurology. He serves on the editorial board of several scholarly publications and has been honored by the U.S. President and Congress.

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    • Cartoon - Alcohol and Aggression
    • Cartoon - Hormone Therapy and Dementia
    • Interview with the Psychotherapist from VH1's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew

    Maria Goddard, MD

    Maria Goddard, MD, is a medical doctor who has worked in research for the last three years. Her interests include traditional and alternative medicine as well as the sociological implications of certain diseases in particular populations.

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    • Hope for Future Treatment Options for Lou Gehrig's Disease
    • How Many Babies Is Too Many?
    • The Memory of an Elephant
    • New Year, New Resolutions - How Long Will They Last?

    Brett Huffman, MS

    Brett Huffman, MS, holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology, and soon, a Master of Science in Space Studies (Astrophysics). He is a full-time writer with over ten years experience in Biology and research in Psychology.

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    • Health Care Market Equilibrium in a Changing Environment

    India Bohanna, PhD

    India Bohanna, PhD, earned her Bachelor of Science from Monash University and Doctor of Philosophy from University of Melbourne. She is currently a mental health research fellow.

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    • What is Creativity? Art as a Symptom of Brain Disease
    • The Neuroscience of Belonging
    • How Does the Brain Recover After Stroke?
    • Cannabis and the Adolescent Brain

    Jo Ivey Boufford, MD

    Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, serves as President of The New York Academy of Medicine. She is one of the nation's foremost experts in the field of urban health. She previously served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization. She holds a BA in psychology and MD from the University of Michigan and is board certified in pediatrics.

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    • High Court's Decision - Focus on Prevention and the Elimination of Disparities

    Jake Cunningham, BA

    Jake Cunningham, BA, holds a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Anthropology and Social Theory. He has been thinking about the deeper issues of life since his early teens. He enjoys reading questions, occasionally answering them, and trying to discuss and write about the real questions facing humanity.

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    Jennifer Green, MS

    Jennifer Green, MS, is a freelance health care writer. A former nurse and college professor, she now writes about health care for clients around the world. She's particularly interested in research into the mind-body connection.

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    • HIV-Positive? Start Meditating
    • There Is No Sham In Acupuncture
    • A Fatal Lack of Data
    • Are Placebos A Betrayal?

    John Galbraith Simmons

    John Galbraith Simmons writes about science and medicine for both general and professional audiences and is the author, most recently, of "tPA for Stroke: The Story of a Controversial Drug" (Oxford Univ Press), written in collaboration with Justin A. Zivin MD, PhD.

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    • Into the Looking Glass - Stroke, tPA, and Avoiding a Fate Worse Than Death

    Jennifer Gibson, PharmD

    Jennifer Gibson, PharmD, is a practicing clinical pharmacist and medical writer/editor with experience in researching and preparing scientific publications, developing public relations materials, creating educational resources and presentations, and editing technical manuscripts. She is the owner of Excalibur Scientific, LLC.

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    • Neuroticism is Good for Your Health
    • Joy to the World - Empathy and Positive Emotions
    • Caring for Our Greatest Generations
    • Long-lasting Effects of Meditation

    John Panos, PhD

    John Panos, PhD, holds a PhD in psychology from Western Michigan University. He completed post-doctoral training Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and is currently researching at Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His research areas of interest include schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, behavioral pharmacology, neuropharmacology, neurochemistry and environmental toxicology.

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    Jordan Gaines, PhD student

    Jordan Gaines, PhD student, is a graduate student and science writer pursuing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Penn State. She maintains the blog "Gaines, on Brains," which introduces recent discoveries in neuroscience to science lovers and non-lovers, the literate to the laymen.

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    • Bad Christmas Gifts - A Neuroscientific Gifting Guide

    Juliette Siegfried, MPH

    Juliette Siegfried, MPH, is an American health and medical writer with degrees in biology and public health, and a passion for living, working and playing in Europe. She holds a bachelors in biology from University of South Carolina, Columbia and a masters in public health with specialization in health education from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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    • The Brain's Stopwatch - Emotions and Time Perception
    • Bilingualism May Be Neuroprotective

    Julnar Issa, BS

    Julnar Issa, BS, is a former scientific researcher now focused on bringing the knowledge of research to the general public as a freelance writer. She holds a Bachelors degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in psychology.

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    • The Personality of Chronic Fatigue

    Joseph Zeni, PT, PhD

    Joseph Zeni, PT, PhD, is a research faculty member at the University of Delaware. In addition to performing research in the area of rehabilitation science, he is a freelance scientific editor and writer and a regular contributor to multiple scientific websites.

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    • The Reality of the Brain-Computer Interface
    • The Slow-Developing Human - Rationale for a Species of Newborn Motor Morons

    Karen Vieira, MBA, PhD

    Karen Vieira, MBA, PhD, has written about medical research, medical procedures, food ingredients, herbal remedies, pharmaceutical drugs, condo construction, real estate and computer consulting to mention a few.

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    • New Technology for Intracranial Aneurysms
    • More Reasons To Eat Blueberries
    • Adult Attention Deficit Disorder: A Real Concern
    • Cell Transplants for Parkinson's Disease
    • Generalized Anxiety Disorder: The Mind/Body Connection

    Katie Pratt, PhD

    Katie Pratt, PhD, is a science communicator based in Providence, RI. She holds a PhD in molecular biology from Brown University.

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    • Cord Blood-Derived Stem Cells - a New Therapeutic Option for Brain Disorders?
    • Vaccine for Parkinson’s Disease Enters Phase 1 Clinical Trial
    • New Hope for Alzheimer's Treatment - iPS Cells to the Rescue?

    Karen Flummerfelt, MS

    Karen Flummerfelt, MS, has been a lab instructor in microbiology at UCLA for the past four years with a nephew who is a neurological marvel. Currently, she is a lab instructor for UCLA Extension and an online faculty member at the University of Phoenix. She holds a master's degree in Microbiology from UCLA.

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    Kohitij Kar, PhD candidate

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    Larry McCleary, MD

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    Kara Lefevre, PhD, MSc

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    Joseph Kim, MD, MPH

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    Paris Williams, PhD

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    Nisha Kumar, BS

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    Sandra Tosta, PhD

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    T. A. McNamee, MD

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    Veronica Pamoukaghlian, MA

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