David L. Katz MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP
Associate Professor
Public Health Practice

Dr. David Katz is a nationally renowned authority on nutrition, weight control, and the prevention of chronic disease. He is an Associate Professor (adjunct) of Public Health Practice, and formerly the Director of Medical Studies in Public Health, at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Katz directs the Yale Prevention Research Center which he co-founded in 1998. As director of this clinical research laboratory dedicated to chronic disease prevention, Katz has served as Principal Investigator for numerous community and clinical trials, and has acquired and managed over $20 million in research funds.

Dr. Katz earned his BA from Dartmouth College, his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health. He is boardcertified in Internal Medicine, and Preventive Medicine/Public Health. He has practiced primary care/Internal Medicine for over 15 years, and early in his career worked part-time as an emergency physician during a 6-year period.

Dr. Katz has published nearly 100 scientific articles and chapters; innumerable abstracts, newsletter articles, health columns, essays, poems; and 9 books to date. His 9th and most recent book, "The Flavor Point Diet," (Rodale: January, 2006) introduces a groundbreaking strategy for weight control based on the principle of sensory specific satiety, and the thoughtful distribution of flavors; it is in bookstores nationwide as of January, 2006, and in Europe as of April, 2006.

Elected to the governing board of the American College of Preventive Medicine in 2002, and elected President of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine in 2004, Katz has twice been recognized as one of America's top physicians in Preventive Medicine by the Consumers' Research Council of America.

In 2005, Dr. Katz became a Medical Contributor for ABC News, with regular appearances on Good Morning America, 20/20, World News Tonight, and other ABC programming. Also in 2005, Dr. Katz became a syndicated health/nutrition columnist for The New York Times. He is the nutrition columnist to 'O,' the Oprah Magazine (his column, entitled 'The Way to Eat,' appears in every issue), and a frequent contributor of expert opinion on nutrition and obesity to the news media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, HealthDay News, The Associated Press, and others.

He is currently an advisor on weight control policy to the National Governors Association, and gave the opening plenary address at a meeting of the nation's governors in Washington, D.C., in February, 2006. Katz lectures on effective strategies for weight control and better nutritional health to audiences ranging from elementary school children, to academic colleagues and public health leaders, and has speaking engagements booked a year in advance, or more.

Pamela M. Peeke MD, MPH, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University Of Maryland School of Medicine

Dr. Pamela Peeke is a nationally recognized expert in the fields of nutrition, fitness and integrative medicine. Dr. Peeke is a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University Of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Peeke has been recognized as one of the leading women physicians in America by the National Institutes of Health where she was the recipient of the Intramural Research Training and National Research Science Awards. Dr. Peeke was the first senior research fellow at the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine. Dr. Peeke is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Sports Medicine and an expert on the newly emerging field of gender specific science.

Dr. Peeke is the author of the national bestseller Fight Fat After Forty which is considered the seminal consumer book describing the science behind the stress-fat connection. Her PBS special Fight Fat After Forty is in national syndication. Dr. Peeke's book, Body for Life for Women is a New York Times bestseller and, along with the companion Body for Life for Women Workout DVD has been launched in twenty countries. Her next book will be released in April '07.

Dr. Peeke is Chief Medical Correspondent for Nutrition and Fitness for Discovery Health Television. Her show, The National Body Challenge, is their highest rated lifestyle series. Dr. Peeke's web component on discoveryhealth.com as well as her companion guide The National Body Challenge Success Guide for the Whole Family, is used by over 1 million Americans and their families.

Dr. Peeke is a regular in-studio medical commentator for the national networks, including CNN's American Morning and the NBC Today Show. Dr. Peeke is a regular medical expert and contributor for numerous national magazines, including Ladies Home Journal, Shape, O magazine, Fitness, and Prevention. Dr. Peeke is a member of Oprah Winfrey's O Team of nationally recognized experts in women's health. Dr. Peeke is Medical Advisor and Health columnist for the National Women's Health Resource Center. Dr. Peeke is the 2007 keynote speaker for the Speaking for Women's Health national campaign.

An avid athlete, Dr. Peeke and her team conduct outdoor adventure Peeke Week Retreats at Red Mountain Spa in St. Georges, Utah. Dr. Peeke uses the Zion and Bryce parks as well as the Grand Canyon to teach mental and physical fitness to women and those who love them.

Audrey Sheppard
President and CEO
National Women's Health Resource Center

Audrey Sheppard became President & CEO of the National Women's Health Resource Center, the leading non-profit, independent health information source for women, in July 2006. She is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the organization, and leading its efforts to help women to be more knowledgeable about diseases and conditions across ages and stages of their lives, and that of their family members.

From 1996-99, directing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Women's Health, Ms. Sheppard and staff advocated women's best interests in agency regulatory decisions. She also created a program to raise public awareness about safe medicine use. Called "Women's Health: Take Time to Care," it involved partnering with 85 women's and health professional organizations, and the National Association of Chain Drugstores, to reach millions of women with tips on taking medicines smartly.

After the FDA, as a women's health consultant, one of Sheppard's specialties was outreach and coalition building within the health professional and women's health communities. Clients included patient advocacy and health professional organizations, health care and education companies. In 2004, she stepped in as Interim Executive Director of The Jacobs Institute on Women's Health, a Washington-based women's health non-profit think tank.

She has been a Director of the not-for-profit Sewall-Belmont House and Museum for six years, and is currently voluntary President. A women's history museum located on Capitol Hill, SBHM owns and exhibits a priceless collection of women's suffrage papers, art, artifacts and textiles and maintains a calendar of lectures and programs.