Index of Medicine

Blake Cothron is a life-long organic agriculturist, activist, educator and consultant from Louisville, KY. He spent years living within intentional communities, eco-villages and organic farms. He is developing agricultural programs, educational opportunities and organic farming projects in KY.

Nicole Sandler started out as a molecular biologist and then switched gears to become a freelance writer and editor. She has written feature articles for magazines and newspapers around the Midwest and has contributed as a writer to numerous biotech companies, universities and research initiatives.

Travel, Hawaiiana, Biography, Poetry, Wildlife, Children's writer. Living in Hawaii with M.S. degree in Creative Writing from Denver University.

B.S. Chemistry UCLA 1960; M.D. UCSF 1965; I work part-time as Professor of Medicine and spend most of my time working in continued research projects, writing manuscripts and book chapters, peer-reviewing manuscripts and serving on UCSF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute's Support Center.

Gina Spadafori is a syndicated columnist on pets and their care and the author of more than a dozen best-selling books. She shares her life and her with dogs, cats, horses, goats, chickens and ducks, and works to advance and support sustainable, local and humane small-scale agriculture.

Cheryl Kemp took her first yoga class in 1998 while studying at the University of Cincinnati where she obtained a B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Addictions Studies and graduate training in Clinical Psychology. She felt an immediate connection to yoga and began practicing regularly.

Victoria Byron, studied at Newcastle University BA Psychology. For health reasons found a lot of experience with alternative medicine, phytotherapy, and recently opened a blog on the theme of phytotherapy - www.phytoguide.com.

For 35 years, Dr. Cima was the CEO of several MH agencies for children in California. He is a vocal opponent of psychotropics for kids. In his last agency, 26 of 30 children were medicated. In 3 years the number was 6 when he retired. He now writes and lectures on the subject.

Dr. Jacques Bradwejn is a psychiatrist who is Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at University of Ottawa, Canada. His interests are psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, alternative medicines, leadership and personal development. He has developed a method of psychotherapy called Intrinsic Psychotherapy.

Professor Dr. Francisco G Alencar Jr, DDS, received his MS and PhD degrees from the Bauru School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and his Certificate in the Advanced Clinical Trainnin Program and another MS degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.

I am a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with over 30 years experience. I am a senior fellow at Melbourne University, Australia. I am interested in the area of spirituality and mental health.

Dr. Sian Lawson specialises in movement (musculo-skeletal biomechanics), working in academia, visual effects and forensics. She holds a PhD in Orthopaedic Engineering (Clinical Gait Analysis) from the University of Oxford and a first class degree in Anatomy from the University of Bristol, U.K.

Dr. J. T. Efird completed his Doctorate in Epidemiology (Biostatistics Concentration) at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of cancer research and biostatistics, having worked at Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School), UCSF Scho

Dr Graham Basten is Associate Head: School of Allied Health Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, England. He gained a Ph.D. from the UK Government's Institute of Food Research and is interested in health from molecule to policy. He is also a University Teacher Fellow and an educationalist.

BS Univ. of Florida in Physical Therapy, MBA Northeastern Univ. Spent 25 years in PT field primarily specializing in Head Injury Rehabilitation. Midlife career change to CFO of software company, Time Matters Software. When this company was sold, stayed with acquiring company, LexisNexis.