Sally A. Shumaker, PhD, is a Tenured Full Professor in the Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, and the Department of Internal Medicine, Senior Associate Dean for Research, one of four Directors of the Translational Science Institute, and Director of the Office of Intercampus Program Development at Wake Forest University. She received her PhD in Experimental Social Psychology from the University of Michigan, and completed postdoctoral training in health and environmental psychology, and epidemiology at the University of California, Irvine and UCLA. In addition to her training in the behavioral and social sciences, Dr. Shumaker is formally trained in negotiations, executive coaching and mediation. She conducts workshops and training in these areas for the Association of American Medical College and other national groups, and is a faculty advisor to senior faculty at academic health centers in the United States and Canada.
Judith K. Ockene, PhD. MEd, MA, is a tenured Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). She holds the Barbara Helen Smith Chair in Preventive and Behavioral Medicine and is Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at UMMS.Dr. Ockene is the recipient of numerous NIH grants funding research in the prevention of illness and disability and the promotion of health and quality of life for individuals and communities. Much of her research now focuses on women's health affecting morbidity, mortality, and quality of life in older women. Dr. Ockene teaches medical and public health students, residents in training, community physicians, and a variety of other healthcare providers how to help patients make lifestyle changes for the prevention and control of disease and adaptation to illness. Dr. Ockene's work is at the intersection of clinical medicine and public health. She has over 150 publications in preventive and behavioral medicine and was a scientific editor of two Surgeon General's Reports on Smoking and Health. Dr. Ockene is a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and past President of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
Kristin A. Reikert, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Riekert received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve University where she specialized in pediatric psychology. She completed post-doctoral training in health psychology at The Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Riekert's primary areas of research interest are: psychosocial predictors of adherence in pediatric chronic illness, measurement of adherence, development of culturally and developmentally appropriate interventions to improve adherence, developmental aspects of transitioning responsibility for health behaviors and care, patient-reported outcome methodology, health care disparities, and doctor-patient communication.
