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Elisa J. Sobo, Ph.D., is a research scientist with the Center for Child Health Outcomes and Trauma Services at Children's Hospital in San Diego, and is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego's School of Medicine. Dr. Sobo has edited and authored numerous books and articles regarding the socio-cultural context of health, illness, and medicine.

Paul S. Kurtin, M.D., is a pediatric nephrologist. He is vice-president for clinical innovations of the Center for Child Health Outcomes at Children's Hospital in San Diego. Dr. Kurtin is founding medical director of the Child Health Accountability Initiative a collaborative of fifteen children's hospitals working to define, measure, and improve health outcomes for hospitalized children.