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 Dr.
Richard M. Schwartzstein is a graduate of Princeton University
and Harvard Medical School. He completed a medical residency at
Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, and a fellowship in Pulmonary
and Critical Care Medicine
at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Dr. Schwartzstein has
been a member of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston since 1986, and is now
the Clinical Director of the Division and Associate Professor
of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. While pursuing his research
interest in the physiology of dyspnea and the qualitative aspects
of respiratory sensations for the past 20 years, Dr. Schwartzstein
initiated the Asthma and Dyspnea Center, a clinical unit devoted
to the evaluation and treatment of patients with shortness of
breath. The recipient of many teaching awards, Dr. Schwartzstein
is also course director for Integrated Human Physiology at Harvard
Medical School.
 Andrew
Harver, PhD, was recently appointed as Chair of the newly established
Department of Health Behavior and Administration at The University
North Carolina Charlotte. He joined the UNC Charlotte faculty
in 1991 as a member of the Department of Psychology where he achieved
the rank of full professor in 2001. Before moving to Charlotte,
he held teaching and research positions at Ohio University and
the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He also served
as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Physiology
at Dartmouth Medical School. He holds a bachelor's degree from
the University of Washington in Seattle, and master's and doctoral
degrees from Ohio University in Athens.
Harver's
research program results from a blend of interests and training
in experimental psychology, respiratory physiology, and pulmonary
medicine. His work examines factors that affect the perception
of dyspnea in patients with obstructive lung disease, as well
as the impact of these factors on the management of disease. He
is the author or co-author of 45 book chapters and journal articles.
Dr. Harver was a member of the American Thoracic Society Committee
on Dyspnea (1995-1998) and served as President of the International
Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology (1999-2000).
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