Brian Chih-Hung Chiu, assistant professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. He earned a Ph.D. in preventive medicine in 1997, studying in an area which is now the Department of Epidemiology. Chiu is an expert in the area of non-Hodgkin lymphoma with an interest in diet and lifestyle factors. At Northwestern, he also is a co-investigator on a breast cancer SPORE grant and he serves as co-chair of the Diet and Lifestyle subgroup of the International Consortium of Lymphoma Epidemiology Investigators.

Sister Mary Corita Heid, health care trustee, Iowa Region of Trinity Health, Mason City, IA. She earned an M.A. in hospital and health administration in 1970. She also holds a B.A. in nursing from Mercy College of Detroit. A member of the Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Detroit, Sister Heid has had a distinguished career in health management and continues to be active in governance of health care organizations. She is the former president of the Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation and executive vice president of Mercy Health Services, now Trinity Health, one of the largest health systems in the United States. She is a past chair of the board of trustees of the Iowa Hospital Association and has served on the National Advisory Council of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania as well as many other national boards and advisory committees.

Chad Roy, principal investigator, Center for Aerobiological Sciences, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, MD. Roy earned a Ph.D. in preventive medicine in 1999, studying in an area which is now the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. Since graduation, he has established a national reputation in inhalation toxicology and infectious disease aerobiology research. During his tenure with USAMRIID, he has been promoted to team leader in his research division. He also developed an automated bioaerosol exposure system, which has been subsequently patented by the U.S. Army. In addition to running his research laboratory at USAMRIID, Roy founded and operates Biaera Technologies, a small biotechnology company specializing in consulting and supplying equipment for toxicological and infectious disease research.

MaryFran Sowers (d. 2011) was a professor in the Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health. Sowers also had appointments with the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. Sowers earned a Ph.D. in preventive medicine from the UI in 1984, studying in an area that is now the Department of Epidemiology. An international expert in bone health, her research contributed greatly to understanding bone development, maintenance and loss around menopause. Her work in metabolism, inflammation and osteoarthritis biomarkers was widely recognized. Sowers was a consultant to the National Arthritis Foundation and the Federal Trade Commission. She also served as director of the Center of Integrated Approach to Complex Diseases and was appointed the John G. Searle Professor of Public Health at the University of Michigan.