We thank the sponsors of SEAN—the National Science Foundation—and of the Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats—the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. Special thanks go to members of the SEAN executive committee, who dedicated time and thought to this project: Maria Carmen Lemos (chair), University of Michigan; Dolores Albarracín, University of Pennsylvania; Sonia Y. Angell, Johns Hopkins University; Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Emily K. Brunson, Brigham Young University; Jevay Grooms, Howard University; Michael Hout, New York University; Linda Langston, Langston Strategies Group; Brooke Liu, University of Maryland; and Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan.
We extend gratitude to the staff of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine—in particular Malvern T. Chiweshe, Chelsea Fowler, Jennifer Gootman, Emily Backes, and Sean O’Connor—who contributed research, editing, and writing assistance. We thank Ron Warnick, who led the communication and dissemination of the project. Thanks are also due to Annie DiRenzo, who managed the administrative aspects of the project and assisted with report production. From the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, we thank Kirsten Sampson Snyder, who shepherded the report through the review process. We thank Rona Briere, Allison Boman, and Danielle Nasenbeny as well for their skillful editing.
To supplement their own expertise, the authors received input from several external sources, whose willingness to share their perspectives and expertise was essential to this work. We thank Archana Chatterjee, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science; Robert McKeever, University of Alabama; Sophia Newcomer, University of Montana; Johanna Richlin, University of Maine; and Kristin Lunz Trujillo, University of South Carolina.
We also thank the following individuals for their review of this rapid expert consultation: Sarah Edelson, Human Ecology, Cornell University; Rachel K. Herlihy, Deputy Chief Medical Officer & State Epidemiologist, Colorado Department of Health & Environment; Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication and Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director, University of Pennsylvania; Grace M. Lee, Chief Quality Officer and Christopher G. Dawes Endowed Directorship in Quality, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and Associate Dean for Maternal and Child Health (Quality and Safety) and Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Stanford University School of Medicine; Valerie F. Reyna, Director, Human Neuroscience Institute and Co-Director, Center for Behavioral Economics and Decision Research, Cornell University; and Elisa Sobo, Professor of Anthropology and Director of Undergraduate Research, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions of this document, nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this document was overseen by Alicia L. Carriquiry, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, and Robert A. Moffitt, Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this rapid expert consultation was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authors, and this document has been reviewed and approved for release by the National Academies.
MARIA CARMEN LEMOS (Chair), University of Michigan
DOLORES ALBARRACÍN, University of Pennsylvania
SONIA Y. ANGELL, Johns Hopkins University
DOMINIQUE BROSSARD, University of Wisconsin–Madison
EMILY K. BRUNSON, Brigham Young University
JEVAY GROOMS, Howard University
MICHAEL HOUT, New York University
LINDA LANGSTON, Langston Strategies Group
BROOKE LIU, University of Maryland
ARTHUR LUPIA, University of Michigan.
MALVERN T. CHIWESHE, Senior Program Officer
CHELSEA FOWLER, Program Officer
SEAN O’CONNOR, Associate Program Officer
AARON WARNICK, Communications Specialist
ANNIE DIRENZO, Senior Program Assistant
JONATHAN TODRES (Chair), Georgia State University College of Law
TAMMY CHANG, University of Michigan
DEBRA M. FURR-HOLDEN, New York University
ANDREA GONZALEZ, McMaster University
NIA HEARD-GARRIS, Northwestern University
NANCY E. HILL, Harvard University
CHARLES J. HOMER, Economic Mobility Pathways
MARGARET KUKLINSKI, University of Washington
MICHAEL C. LU, University of California, Berkeley
STEPHEN W. PATRICK, Vanderbilt University
JENNY S. RADESKY, University of Michigan
STEPHEN T. RUSSELL, University of Texas at Austin
JANE WALDFOGEL, Columbia University
JOANNA L. WILLIAMS, Rutgers University
NATACHA BLAIN, Senior Board Director
EMILY P. BACKES, Deputy Board Director
JENNIFER GOOTMAN, Senior Program Officer