Fit Pregnancy Advisory Board

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CHILD DEVELOPMENT
James McKenna, Ph.D. 
Director, mother/baby behavioral sleep laboratory, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind.; expert on SIDS and sleeping arrangements.

DERMATOLOGY
Diane S. Berson, M.D.,  F.A.A.D. 
Assistant clinical professor of dermatology, New York University School of Medicine and the State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn.

LACTATION
Wendy Halderman, M.N., R.N., C.L.C.,
and Corky Harvey, M.D., R.N., C.L.C.  Faculty members, University of California, Los Angeles, lactation educator and consultant programs; co-owners, The Pump Station, Santa Monica, Calif.

MENTAL HEALTH
Vivien K. Burt, MD., Ph.D. 
Professor of clinical psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine; founder and director, The Women's Life Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital; co-author, Concise Guide to Women's Mental Health.
Gayle Peterson, M.S.S.W., L.C.S.W., Ph.D.  Specialist in pregnancy, parenting and family development; author, Making Healthy Families; therapist in private practice, Berkeley, Calif.

NUTRITION
Yvonne Bronner, Sc.D., R.D. 
Director, public-health program, Morgan State University, Baltimore.
Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D.  Director of nutrition services, Sports Medicine Brookline, Brookline, Mass.; author, Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook.
Kathryn Dewey, Ph.D.  Professor of nutrition, University of California, Davis.
Miriam Erick, M.S., R.D.  High-risk obstetrical dietitian, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; author, Managing Morning Sickness:  A Survival Guide for Pregnant Women.
Jodie Shield, M.Ed., R.D.  Resource Spokeswoman, American Dietetic Association; complemental faculty member, Rush University, Chicago; senior partner, J.M. and Associates.

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Allan S. Lichtman, M.D. 
Clinical Professor, department of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
Linda J. Mayberry, Ph.D., R.N. 
Associate Professor, New York University School of Education, division of nursing.
Karen Nordahl, M.D.  Clinical Associate instructor, department of family practice, University of British Columbia faculty of medicine; co-founder, Fit to Deliver International; co-author, Fit to Deliver; in private practice, Vancouver, British Columbia.


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