1. Scott D. Halpern ( ) is the director of the Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science Program, University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
2. George Loewenstein is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
3. Kevin G. Volpp is the director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania.
4. Elizabeth Cooney is the assistant director of the Fostering Improvement in End-of-Life Decision Science Program.
5. Kelly Vranas is a hospitalist in the medical intensive care unit at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Pennsylvania.
6. Caroline M. Quill is a fellow in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
7. Mary S. Mckenzie is a fellow in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
8. Michael O. Harhay is a doctoral student in epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania.
9. Nicole B. Gabler is a biostatistician in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania.
10. Tatiana Silva is a doctoral student in economics, University of Mannheim, in Germany.
11. Robert Arnold is the director of the Institute for Doctor-Patient Communication, University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania.
12. Derek C. Angus is the director of the Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illnesses Center, University of Pittsburgh.
13. Cindy Bryce is an associate professor of health policy and management and of medicine, University of Pittsburgh.