Dr. Marla Salmon, Dean of Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, is also a professor in nursing and public health and director of the university’s Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing.  In her former position as Director of the Division of Nursing at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Salmon led key federal programs aimed at shaping the nation’s nursing workforce.  She has served as a member of the White House Taskforce on Healthcare Reform and a consultant to the World Health Organization.  She continues to work on health care throughout the world.

Karen Kasmauski’s groundbreaking coverage on viruses, women’s issues, aging, immigrations, and other pressing social topics have been featured in some 30 articles for National Geographic.  While a Contributing Photographer-in-Residence for the Geographic, she brokered a global health initiative between the Centers for Disease Control and the Geographic’s Missions Program.  Her book, Impact: From the Frontlines of Global Health, co-authored with Peter Jaret, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2003.

Peter Jaret is an award-winning health reporter whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Health, Prevention, Vogue, Men’s Journal, Eating Well, and many other publications.  He is the author of several books about health, including In Self-Defense: the Human Immune System and Heart Healthy for Life.  He lives in Northern California.

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