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MAJ Dennis McGurk MAJ Dennis McGurk is currently the Commander of the US Army Medical Research Unit-Europe (USAMRU-E), located in Heidelberg, Germany. He was commissioned in the Army in 1994 and received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Texas Tech University in 2001. Major McGurk is an investigator on the WRAIR Land Combat Study Project and the WRAIR Battlemind Training System Studies. MAJ McGurk was the Senior Scientist on Mental Health Advisory Teams (MHATs) in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has published in numerous peer-reviewed scientific journals and has presented at scientific and military conferences both in the United States and internationally. Dr. Laurie Slone Dr. Laurie Slone is the Associate Director for Research and Education for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology and also has a BS in Business Administration. She plays a major role in the production and maintenance of the National Center for PTSD's extensive educational Website as well as assisting with the development of other educational products and materials. She coordinates the tracking of the research, education, and consultation efforts of the National Center’s 7 Divisions across the country. She coauthored the book “After the War Zone: A Practical Guide for Returning Troops and Their Families” with Dr. Matthew Friedman.
Dr. Karen Umemoto Karen Umemoto, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. She is also the Director of Training at the Asian and Pacific Islander Youth Violence Prevention Center in the University of Hawai`i John Burns School of Medicine. She received her master’s degree in Asian American Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles and her doctorate in Urban Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. Her general area of interest is planning and governance in a multicultural society with a focus on race relations. Her areas of interest include inclusive governance in multicultural societies, race relations, youth and urban violence, and community development. Her recent book, “The Truce: Lessons from an LA Gang War” (Cornell University Press, 2006), examines government and community responses to gang violence in Los Angeles and offers lessons for the future. In addition to teaching and research, she works with various public and non-profit organizations in strategic planning and community development. |
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