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Fard Johnmar, MA: Editor

Fard Johnmar, M.A., is founder of Enspektos, LLC, a healthcare marketing communications consultancy.  He has developed and implemented programs for numerous major global and domestic pharmaceutical companies, nonprofits, medical associations and government organizations.  Pfizer Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks are just a few of the organizations he has completed engagements with.

Mr. Johnmar has special expertise in cardiovascular disease, mental health,

infectious disease, oncology, social media communications, public health and health policy.

He holds a Master of Arts degree from New York University’s well-regarded Gallatin School of Individualized Study in communications and health policy.  He

completed his undergraduate degree at Amherst College where he earned a B.A. in jazz ethnomusicology with additional concentrations in pre-medical studies and political science.

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, MA, MHSA:
Contributing Author

Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is the founder of THINK-Health, a strategic health consultancy, a health economist and management consultant who has worked with healthcare stakeholders for over twenty years. Focusing at the nexus of healthcare and technology, her projects focus on: scenario, strategic and business planning, forecasting and health policy analysis. Sarasohn-Kahn has assisted every segment of the health care industry throughout her career including technology and medical device companies; educational institutions; pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors; healthcare providers; payers and plans; consumer products companies; non-profits; and, financial services firms.

David Harlow, Esq.: Contributing Author

David Harlow is a healthcare lawyer and consultant with over twenty years of public and private sector experience, which has given him a unique perspective on legal, policy and business issues facing the health care community. Health care providers, vendors and payors of all shapes and sizes rely on Harlow to help them navigate the maze of regulatory and business issues facing them on a daily basis.

To learn more about Harlow and his healthcare law and consulting practice, please visit The Harlow Group LLC website at http://www.harlowgroup.net.

Robin Robinson: Contributing Author

Robin Robinson is a senior editor for PharmaVOICE Magazine. Before joining the PharmaVOICE team two years ago, Robin worked five years for a healthcare publishing company,  covering pharma compliance and regulatory issues, marketing and sales techniques, and the advent of electronic media into the pharma marketing space. For three years she edited and reported a daily online subscription newsletter,  ePharm5.  Robin has been writing about something since the early 1980s, and most enjoyed her job years ago as a police beat reporter for a community newspaper. However, she has found topics in the pharma space to be as stimulating and intriguing.

Nedra Kline Weinreich, MPH: Contributing Author

Nedra Kline Weinreich, the president and founder of Weinreich Communications, is widely recognized as an expert in the field of social marketing. She is the author of the classic book Hands-On Social Marketing: A Step-by-Step Guide and a prominent blogger on social marketing issues at the Spare Change blog. Since starting Weinreich Communications in 1995, Weinreich has provided effective and innovative social marketing services for clients like the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Public Health Service, National Cancer Institute, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and numerous state, local and international organizations. Prior to her work with Weinreich Communications, she designed health education and communication programs for public and private organizations.

Sarah Ragsdale: Contributing Author

Sarah Ragsdale is currently serving an internship with Envision Solutions, LLC. She is also a Master of Public Health candidate at Boston University concentrating in health communications and intervention planning.

She is also serving an internship with  John Snow, Inc, based in Boston, MA.  She is working with the firm on new media strategy for the U.S. government’s AIDS.gov Website.

She graduated from the University of Nevada in 2008 with Bachelor of Science degree in Health Ecology.