1. Ronald Bayer ( ) is the codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, in New York City.
2. David Merritt Johns is a freelance journalist and doctoral student in the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
3. Sandro Galea is the Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and Chair of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.