Lynn G. Underwood, PhD
Dr. Underwood received her PhD in Epidemiology from Queens University School of Medicine in the United Kingdom following medical studies at the University of Iowa. She spent 10 years in cancer epidemiology doing work in pathogenesis, prevention, and early detection. In addition to journal publications and chapter contributions, she has co-edited two methodology text books, Measuring Stress and Social Supposrt Measurement and Intervention, both published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Underwood has developed an initiative on scientific research on altruistic and compassionate love. She recently co-edited and contributed chapters to the text Altruism and Altruistic Love - Science, Religion and Philosophy in Dialogue, and has contributed to the McMillan Encyclopedia of Bio-Ethics. Current personal research interests include various aspects of spirituality and the interface of art, science and spirituality.

Elizabeth Balsam Hart, MD
Dr. Hart received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School and her BA from Harvard-Radcliffe with a special concentration in psychobiology and extensive studies in humanities. Dr. Hart is a family physician, now completing a fellowship in geriatrics at Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency. Her practice interests are primarily in home care, long-term care, end-of-life and palliative care. She is involved in the Maine Humanities Council's literature and medicine program and serves on the board of the Maine Rural Health Association. Dr. Hart's career also involves academic appointments as medical director and project director at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine.