71Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community
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Jonathan Gruber, Strategy Lead -
Building, Einhorn Collaborative.
Jonathan Haidt, PhD, Professor of
Ethical Leadership, New York University
Stern School of Business.
Hahrie Han, PhD, Stavros Niarchos
Foundation Professor of Political Science,
and Inaugural Director, SNF Agora
Institute, Johns Hopkins University.
Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Chief Medical
Officer and Deputy Director for
Program and Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Maggie Jarry, MDiv, MS, Senior
Emergency Management Specialist,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
Dilip Jeste, MD, Former Senior Associate
Dean for Healthy Aging and Senior
Care, University of California, San Diego.
David I. Leitman, PhD, Program Chief,
Social Neuroscience and Communication
in Adult Psychopathology Program,
Translational Research Division, National
Institute of Mental Health.
Peter Levine, PhD, Lincoln Filene
Professor and Associate Dean, Tisch
College of Civic Life, Tufts University.
Erin McDonald, PhD, MPP, Senior
Advisor and Lead, Equitable Long-Term
Recovery and Resilience Plan, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Health, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion.
Melissa C. Mercado, PhD, MSc, MA,
Lead Behavioral Scientist, Youth Violence
and Emerging Topics, Division of Violence
Prevention, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Christopher Mikton, PhD, Technical
lead on social connection, Department
of Social Determinants of Health, World
Health Organization.
Kathleen Mullan Harris, PhD, James
E. Haar Distinguished Professor of
Sociology, Fellow, Carolina Population
Center, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Phyllis Holditch Niolon, PhD, Senior
Scientist for Preventing Adverse
Childhood Experiences, Division of
Violence Prevention, National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, CRNP, FNAP,
FAAN, Associate Professor, tenured,
Department Chair, Partnerships,
Professional Education and Practice,
Co-Director Center for Health Equity
and Outcomes Research, University of
Maryland Baltimore.
Anthony D. Ong, PhD, Professor of
Psychology, Cornell University.
Professor of Gerontology in Medicine,
Weill Cornel Medicine.
Matthew S. Pantell, MD, MS, Assistant
Professor, Division of Pediatric Hospital
Medicine, Department of Pediatrics,
Center for Health and Community,
University of California, San Francisco.
Scientific Advisory Council Member,
Foundation for Social Connection.
Carla M. Perissinotto, MD, MHS,
Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics,
University of California, San Francisco.
Scientific Advisory Council Member,
Foundation for Social Connection.
Brian A. Primack, MD, PhD, Dean,
College of Public Health and Human
Sciences, Oregon State University.
Robert D. Putnam, PhD, Emeritus
Professor, Harvard Kennedy School.
Jillian Racoosin, MPH, Executive Director,
Foundation for Social Connection.
Harry T. Reis, PhD, Dean’s Professor
in Arts, Sciences, and Engineering,
and Professor of Psychology, University
of Rochester. Scientific Advisory
Council Member, Foundation for
Social Connection.
Joshua Seidman, PhD, Chief Research
and Knowledge Officer, Fountain House.
Christine Sinsky, MD, MACP, Vice
President, Professional Satisfaction,
American Medical Association.
Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, School
of Public Health, Texas A&M University.
Scientific Advisory Council Member,
Foundation for Social Connection.
Andrew Steptoe, DSc, Professor
of Psychology and Epidemiology,
University College London, London, UK.
Deb Stone, ScD, MSW, MPH, Lead
Behavioral Scientist, Suicide Prevention
Team, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Craig W. Thomas, PhD, Director,
Division of Population Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Bert N. Uchino, PhD, Professor,
Department of Psychology and Health
Psychology Program, University of Utah.
Mark J. Van Ryzin, PhD, Research
Associate Professor, University of Oregon.
Scientific Advisory Council Member,
Foundation for Social Connection.
Laura E. Welder, DrPH, MPH,
Behavioral Scientist, Division of Injury
Prevention, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Tia Taylor Williams, MPH, CNS, Director,
Center for Public Health Policy, Center
for School, Health and Education,
American Public Health Association.