Leonard A. Jason, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at DePaul University and the Director of the Center for Community Research. He received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Rochester. Jason is a former president of the Division of Community Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a past editor of The Community Psychologist. He received the 1997 Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research Award and the 2007 Special Contribution to Public Policy award by the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the APA). Jason has published over 450 articles and 70 book chapters on chronic fatigue syndrome, preventive school based interventions; the prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse; media interventions; and program evaluation. He has served on the editorial boards of ten psychological journals and has edited or written 18 books. Jason has served on review committees of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health and has received over $24,600,000 in federal research grants. He has received three media awards from the APA, and is frequently asked to comment on policy issues for numerous media outlets.
Malcolm Taw, M.D., is Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He received his B.S. and M.D. from the Joint Biomedical Sciences program at the University of California, Riverside and the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Taw is board-certified in Internal Medicine and completed his residency at the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program, his fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine and the NIH-UCLA K30 Program in Translational Investigation. Concurrently, he is also finalizing receipt of a Master's Degree in traditional Chinese medicine. His areas of interest include clinical pharmacology and the use of integrative East-West medicine to treat functional/pain syndromes, headaches, hypertension, chronic sinusitis as well as dizziness/vertigo.
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