Health care for the whole person: Research update.

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NADINE J. KASLOW, PhD, ABPP, earned her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Houston. She is professor and chief psychologist at Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her research and clinical work are focused on women’s mental health, family violence, depression and suicide, and family systems medicine. She is active in predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship education and training. ANNIE M. BOLLINI received her PhD in clinical psychology from Emory University, completed her postdoctoral training at Emory School of Medicine, and is a licensed clinical psychologist in Georgia. Her main research areas have included schizophrenia and spectrum disorders, cognitive functioning, and stress. Currently, she is a behavioral scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. She conducts research and develops and evaluates programs on HIV/AIDS prevention on international projects, mainly in African countries. BENJAMIN DRUSS received his MD degree from New York University in 1989. He is the Rosalynn Carter Chair in Mental Health at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. His work focuses on improving care on the interface between mental health and primary care. ROBERT L. GLUECKAUF, MD, is a professor in the Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from Florida State University in 1981. His current research interests lie in the areas of telehealth, program evaluation, and family intervention for persons with chronic illnesses. LEWIS R. GOLDFRANK received his medical degrees from the University of Brussels Medical School in 1970. He is chair and professor of the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York University and Medical Director of New York City Health Department’s Poison Center. His work focuses on preparedness and medical toxicology. KELLY J. KELLEHER received his MD degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine and his MPH from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. He currently is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry, The Ohio State University Colleges of Medicine and Public Health. His research interests focus on accessibility, effectiveness, and quality of health care services for children and their families, especially those affected by mental disorders, substance abuse, or violence. ANNETTE MARIE LA GRECA received her PhD in clinical psychology from Purdue University. A professor of psychology and pediatrics, she is director of clinical training at the University of Miami. Her research addresses peer influences in the physical health and emotional adjustment of children and adolescents, risk and resilience factors in children’s reactions to natural disasters and other traumatic events, and family and peer support in the management of childhood chronic disease. R. ENRIQUE VARELA, PhD, received his doctorate from the University of Kansas. He is an assistant professor of psychology at Tulane University. His main research interests are in the areas of cross-cultural manifestations of childhood anxiety and parenting practices in Latin American families. He is also interested in adherence issues in chronically ill children. SAMUEL S.-H. WANG received his PhD in neuroscience from Stanford University. He currently is in the Department of Molecular Biology and Program in Neuroscience at Princeton University. His areas of research are neuroscience, synaptic plasticity, and in vivo and in vitro physiology. LINDA WEINREB received her MD in 1982 from Pennsylvania State University Medical School. She is vice chair and professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has expertise in developing innovative models of integrated behavioral health care and mental health care for vulnerable populations, including homeless populations. LONNIE ZELTZER received her MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is a professor of pediatrics, anesthesiology, psychiatry, and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the Pediatric Pain Program at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Her interests lie in gender differences in pain and pathways to pain and pediatric pain. CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS ARTICLE should be addressed to Nadine J. Kaslow, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Grady Health System, 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30303. E-mail: nkaslow@emory.edu Professional Psychology: Research and Practice Copyright 2007 by the American Psychological Association 2007, Vol. 38, No. 3, 278–289 0735-7028/07/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.38.3.278