James A. Blumenthal, Ph.D.
Dr. Blumenthal is a Professor of Medical Psychology at Duke University and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. He is also a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences at Duke University. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington and completed a pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University. Among his honors include his being awarded fellowship status in the American Psychological Association in Divisions 38 (Health), 20 (Aging), and 12 (Clinical) as well as in the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He is one of the founding fellows of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and is past president of the American Psychosomatic Society and president of Division 38 (Health Psychology) in the American Psychological Association. His research focuses on psychosocial factors and health and behavioral interventions in primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease. Dr. Blumenthal is Principal Investigator for the Smart Heart, INSPIRE, and SMILE studies.

Paul J. Rosch, M.D.
Dr. Rosch is President of The American Institute of Stress, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at New York Medical College, and Honorary Vice President of the International Stress Management Association. He completed his internship and residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and subsequently at the Walter Reed Army Hospital and Institute of Research, where he was Director of the Endocrine Section in the Department of Metabolism. He had a Fellowship at the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Surgery at the University of Montreal under the supervision of Dr. Hans Selye, the founder of the Stress Concept, and has co-authored works with Dr. Selye as well as Dr. Flanders Dunbar, who introduced the term, "psychosomatic" into American medicine.

Dr. Rosch is Editor of Stress Medicine, published by John Wiley & Sons in England, Associate Editor of The International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, and International Journal of Stress Management, and has served or serves on the Editorial Board of many publications including the Journal of Human Stress, International Journal of Psychosomatics, Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports, Comprehensive Therapy, Journal of Human Behavior, and Health Inform; Essential Information on Alternative Health Care. Dr. Rosch authors the Wellsprings of Health section of Creative Living and Health and Stress, the monthly Newsletter of the American Institute of Stress. He is co-author of The Doctors Guide To Instant Stress Relief.

Rear Admiral (U.S. Public Health Service) Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.A.
Dr. Blumenthal serves as U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Rear Admiral, and Senior Science Advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services, where her work focuses on a broad range of public health and science issue. Additionally, Dr. Blumenthal currently serves as Senior Advisor on Public Health to the White House Council on Youth Violence Prevention and to the Secretary, US Department of Agriculture. She is also a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center and this year serves as the Visiting Professor of Women's Studies at Brandeis University.

In April 1994, Dr. Blumenthal was appointed the country's first Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services. For the 12 years prior to this appointment, she directed major national research programs at the National Institutes of Health on mental health, behavioral medicine and suicide. In this capacity, she developed and coordinated research and education initiatives on these health issues making important contributions to shaping and expanding these fields within the Federal government and nationally. From the mid 1980's through 1994, during her tenure at the NIH and NIMH, she was a leader in exposing the inequities in women's health research and in fostering studies and initiatives on gender differences in health and disease. She has also been a major force in advancing other public health issues including disease and violence prevention and mental illness.