John M. Auerbach, MBA, is the commissioner the
Massachusetts Department of Public Health. As commissioner, he
heads a department that includes four public health hospitals, the
State Laboratory, several regulatory bodies, and numerous
pro-grammatic units that address chronic and infectious disease,
substance abuse, environmental health, tobacco control, child and
adolescent health, and emergency preparedness. He is the chair of
the Public Health Council, the state's health policy board, and a
member of the Governor's Anti-Crime Council. Mr. Auerbach received
his master's in business administration with a concentration in
health care administration from the Boston University School of
Management.
Michael J. Barry, MD, is chief of the General
Medicine Unit, director of primary care operations improvement,
medical director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care
Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a professor of
medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Barry is also a medical
editor for the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision-Making (www.FIMDM.org). Dr. Barry's
research interests include defining the outcomes of strategies for
the evaluation and treatment of prostate disease, decision
analysis, health status measurement, technology assessment,
clinical quality improvement, and the use of decision aids to
facilitate patient participation in decision-making.
Paulette D. Chandler, MD, MPH, is an associate
physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in
Boston and a clinical instructor in the Department of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School. She is also the founder and director of
Natural Healing Pathways, a holistic lifestyle-coaching
organization committed to educating individuals about the benefits
of a plant-based diet, exercise, stress management, and other
lifestyle habits that unite mind, body, and spirit to prevent
disease and enhance wellness. Dr. Chandler received her master's in
public health in clinical effectiveness from the Harvard School of
Public Health and her medical degree from Duke Medical School.
David C. Dodson, MD, is an assistant clinical
professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and a
primary care internist at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He is board
certified in internal medicine. A graduate of the University of
Ottawa Medical School, Dr. Dodson completed his residency and
fellowship at Boston University Medical Center (formerly University
Hospital). He is chair of the MMS Committee on Men's Health and
president of the Charles River District Medical Society.
James B. Maas, PhD, is a Weiss Presidential
Fellow, professor, and past chair of the Department of Psychology
at Cornell University and a member of the faculty of Weill-Cornell
Medical College. Professor Maas conducts research on the
relationship between sleep and performance and has produced nine
prime-time national television specials for PBS. He is the
recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished
Educator Award, and his book Power Sleep is a New York
Times bestseller that has been translated into 11
languages.
Abraham Morgentaler, MD, a urologist
specializing in male reproductive and sexual health, is an
associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School and director
of Men's Health Boston (MensHealthBoston.com). His books include
Testosterone for Life, The Male Body: A Physician's Guide to
What Every Man Should Know About His Sexual Health, and
The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and
Relationships. Dr. Morgentaler has appeared on numerous news
programs, and his opinions about men's medical issues are regularly
sought after by many clinical and patient publications.
Mario E. Motta, MD, is president of the
Massachusetts Medical Society. A physician at North Shore
Cardiovascular Associates in Salem, Massachusetts, Dr. Motta is
board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and nuclear
cardiology. Dr. Motta is also the director of the Nuclear
Laboratory and a member of the Committees on Cardiac Care, Pharmacy
and Therapeutics, and Radiation Safety at Salem Hospital.
Arnold Robbins, MD, is a practicing
psychiatrist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is an active member of
the Massachusetts Chapter of the Men's Health Network and has
served on the board of advisors to the National Men's Health
Network. Dr. Robbins has also served as an associate editor of the
International Journal of Men's Health and Gender (now the
Journal of Men's Health) and is a Distinguished Fellow of
the American Psychiatric Society. He is an associate professor of
clinical psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and
Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Robbins lectures frequently on a variety
of psychiatric issues and is a forensic consultant for the
Common-wealth of Massachusetts.
April M. W. Young, PhD, is a cultural
anthropologist and director of community development for the Growth
Partnership, an initiative of the Florida-based Collins Center for
Public Policy, Inc. The mission of the Growth Partnership is to
bring new and improved living opportunities to residents by
revitalizing older urban core neighborhoods. Dr. Young has worked
extensively on questions of community change in urban areas. Prior
to joining the Overtown Civic Partnership and Design Center in
2003, she ran the Community-University Roundtables Project at
Stanford University. Ms. Young has a PhD in social anthropology
from Harvard University.
