1 Betty M. Drees, MD, FACP, FACE, MSMA member since 2000 and Missouri Medicine Contributing Editor, is Professor of Medicine and Dean Emerita at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri.
2 Shumei Yun, MD, PhD, is a State Chronic Disease Epidemiologist, Office of Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Jefferson City, Missouri.