Andrea Maddox-Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, an organization that she has led since 2016. Andrea has more than 25 years of experience within the voluntary health space and 30 years as a non-profit impact leader.
Adriana Mathews is a child psychologist who loves helping parents solve typical growing-up problems and teach them how to help their kids deal with difficult situations and changes in life. She also enjoys writing and has written several short stories for her kids. Adriana’s big dream is to publish a book with stories for children.
Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, is Executive Director at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). She is a cardiologist and health services researcher with a distinguished career leading key scientific initiatives engaging patients, clinicians, and other healthcare stakeholders at one of the nation’s largest public health research funders.
Throughout her career, Cook has worked to enhance diversity and equity in research and care delivery and been a leader in efforts to reduce disparities in health access and outcomes. She has received numerous awards for her excellence in clinical teaching and mentorship as well as her leadership of complex scientific initiatives and programs.
Denise A. Hines, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert in intimate partner violence against men. Over the past 20 years, she has directed several national and international studies aimed at understanding the relationships of men who are victims of partner violence, the health consequences of being in these relationships to both the men and their children, and the help-seeking experiences of male partner violence victims. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.
Dr. Stephen Sinatra is one of the most highly respected and sought-after cardiologists whose integrative approach to treating cardiovascular disease has revitalized patients with even the most advanced forms of illness. He has more than 40 years of clinical practice, research and study, starting his career as an attending physician at Manchester Memorial Hospital in Connecticut. Here, he then went on to serve as chief of cardiology, director of medical education, director of echocardiography, director of cardiac rehabilitation and director of the weight-reducing program. He is known as one of America’s top integrative cardiologists, combining conventional medical treatments for heart disease with complementary nutritional, anti-aging and psychological therapies. He is an author, speaker and adviser for the research and development of nutritional supplements with Healthy Directions. Sinatra is a best-selling author of more than a dozen books, including, “Heartbreak and Heart Disease,” “The Great Cholesterol Myth,” “Reversing Heart Disease Now,” “The CoQ10 Phenomenon,” “Heart Sense for Women,” “The Sinatra Solution,” and “Metabolic Cardiology.”
Caleigh Findley is a fourth-year doctoral student in pharmacology and neuroscience and a regular contributor to Talking About Men's Health and Healthy Men, Inc. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in health communications
Dr. Bethany Cook is the author of For What It’s Worth: A Perspective on How to Thrive and Survive Parenting Ages 0 – 2. She has been called in as an “expert” for Parade Magazine, Today, WGN-Morning News, PureWow, and more. She is “officially” a full-time parent of two, a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Health Service Psychologist, and a Board Certified Music Therapist. Currently, she is working on developing and producing TV shows centered on families and mental health among other things. The goal of these endeavors are to help others build strong family systems and encourage them to live their truth in order to strengthen their human connections through self-awareness and positive communication. Bethany is also a freelance writer and provides parenting articles on her own blog, https://doctorbethanycook.com/, posts and interacts daily with followers on her Facebook group – A Perspective on Parenting and enjoys making fun and engaging content on her TikTok account (@DrBCook