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the interface between religious belief systems and psychological processes.
She conducts community outreach to educate clergy regarding mental ill-
ness to foster continuity of care between clinicians and clergy.

Glen Milstein, Ph.D., received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from
Teachers College, Columbia University. He is an assistant professor of psy-
chology at the City College of the City University of New York (CUNY),
is on the doctoral faculty of the clinical psychology subprogram of the
Graduate Center of CUNY, and is an adjunct assistant professor of psy-
chology in psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
The foundation of his work is the study of how beliefs are imbued in peo-
ple through their cultural milieus. The focus of his bilingual research is
on responses to emotional distress and mental disorders by clergy and
religious congregations. He is a licensed clinical psychologist.

Joshua Moses is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the Graduate Center
of the City University of New York and a National Institute of Mental
Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellow. For the past five years he has been
studying the role of religious and spiritual care in disaster response recov-
ery. As a former research associate with the Nathan Kline Institute for
Psychiatric Research, he conducted research on the role of religious leaders
in the mental health system and authored policy reports for the New York
City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Other areas of research
include cross-cultural issues in mental health, mind/body medicine,
end-of-life care, health and inequality, the emerging role of Buddhism in
American healthcare, and religious responses to climate change.

Carol S. North, M.D., M.P.E., is a professor of Psychiatry and the Nancy
and Ray L. Hunt Professor of Crisis Psychiatry at University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. North holds a joint appoint-
ment in surgery/emergency medicine in the Division of Homeland
Security. She is also director of the program in Trauma and Disaster at
the VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas. Dr. North has been
an international leader in shaping the science of disaster mental health
epidemiology. Dr. North and her research team have studied nearly 3,000
survivors of major disasters, including the bombings in Oklahoma City
and the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Capitol Hill anthrax attacks, the 9/11
terrorist attacks, and Hurricane Katrina.