Stephanie Leuenroth grew up in both Smithtown and New Windsor, New York. She earned a B.S. degree in biotechnology from Rochester Institute of Technology, and then went on to earn a Ph.D. in pathobiology from Brown University. While in graduate school, she worked on the study of inflammation as it relates to the regulation and function of the human neutrophil. She was awarded an American Cancer Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship while working at Yale University. Currently, she is Associate Research Scientist at Yale University and plans to pursue a future career in disease research and drug development. She lives in Hope Valley, Rhode Island.
Alan Hecht, D.C., is a practicing chiropractor in New York. He is also an adjunct professor at Farmingdale State College, Nassau Community College, and the C. W. Post campus of Long Island University. He teaches courses in medical microbiology, health and human disease, anatomy and physiology, comparative anatomy, human physiology, human nutrition, embryology, and general biology.
Foreword by David Heymann, World Health Organization