Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Amy Price, DPhil
Senior Research Scientist, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA
Dr. Amy Price earned her doctorate in Evidence Based Healthcare with The University of Oxford after enduring significant injury and extensive rehabilitation. She emerged with a mission to bridge research methodology, research involvement, and public engagement. She advocates for the empowerment of the public as equal partners in health research, believing that shared knowledge and evidence-based research will shape the future. Her expertise lies in building connections between interdisciplinary research collaboration, shared decision making, and patient-centered care to shape transformative healthcare practices.
Dr. Price's background in international relief work, clinical neuro--cognitive rehabilitation, service on the boards of multiple patient organizations and as a trauma survivor has equipped her with the flexible mindset to relate to all stakeholders and cultures. This experience and training has shown her that shared knowledge, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based research is the voice that will develop the future.
Shruti Kochhar, BPharm, MS, Managing Editor
Editorial Board Members
Associate Editors
Karen L. Fortuna, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA
Karen L. Fortuna holds a doctorate in Social Welfare and a master’s degree in Social Work. Her primary research interest is service delivery strategies for older adults with serious mental illnesses and chronic health conditions. Dr. Fortuna developed the Academic-Peer Support Specialists Model for Community Engagement to develop and implement peer-supported mobile health interventions. Dr. Fortuna was awarded an early career development K01 NIMH award, a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behavior Foundation and the Alvin R. Tarlov & John E. Ware Jr. Award in Patient Reported Outcomes for her work. She is Co-Investigator on a PCORI pragmatic clinical trial and leads the community engagement. Dr. Fortuna served on the International Standards Advisory Committee to develop the first-ever international accreditation standards for behavioral health care for older adults. Dr. Fortuna’s work can be seen in several book chapters on digital peer support, in peer-reviewed journal publications, and in Forbes and Innovators Magazine.
Adam C. Powell, PhD
President, Payer+Provider Syndicate, Massachusetts, USA
Adam C. Powell, Ph.D. is President of Payer+Provider Syndicate, a management advisory and operational consulting firm focused on the managed care and healthcare delivery industries. A healthcare economist and published author, Dr. Powell's specialty as a consultant is using quantitative techniques to examine issues concerning healthcare technology, quality, and operations. His peer-reviewed research has focused on improving healthcare quality in mHealth (mobile health) and in high-cost areas of medicine. He additionally is a Senior Partner at SSB Solutions, a healthcare strategic advisory firm. Due to his interest in mental health apps, he is a co-founder of the Society for Digital Mental Health. He is known for his expertise in global health informatics, and has lectured extensively in Asia. Dr. Powell holds a Doctorate and Master's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Health Care Management and Economics. He also holds Bachelor's degrees in Management Science and Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Powell is a member of the adjunct faculties of Northeastern University and Thomas Jefferson University, where he teaches Masters courses on health economics, healthcare supply chain operations, epidemiology, and global health informatics. He additionally serves on the Visiting Faculty of the Indian School of Business, where he teaches courses on health IT management in the post-graduate and executive education programs. In addition to teaching live courses, Dr. Powell is proficient in virtual instruction, and has taught asynchronous, synchronous, and hybrid-model online courses since 2013.
Jay Spitulnik, PhD, EdM
Associate Teaching Professor, Director of the Health Informatics Graduate Program, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jay Spitulnik's research has focused on how relationships between physicians and other members of the care team affects patient safety culture and the resulting patient outcomes. His current teaching focuses on project management and on general introduction to the intricacies of the American healthcare system. He has practiced as an internal and external consultant in the areas of organizational and process improvement, organizational development, individual and organizational learning, project management, and quality management and improvement. In addition to his experience in healthcare and higher education, he has worked in industries associated with electric power generation, financial services, manufacturing, and professional services. He has served on local chapter Boards for the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS), the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), and the Association for Talent Development (ATD). He is currently on the Society for Participatory Medicine Board of Directors. He received his PhD from Walden University and his EdM from Boston University.
Jonathan Wald, MD, MPH, FACMI
Data Analytics Product Manager, InterSystems HealthShare, Massachusetts, USA
Jonathan Wald is the data analytics product manager for the InterSystems HealthShare platform, where he leads design and development of population health solutions since 2018. Before that, he directed the Digital Health and Clinical Informatics program at RTI International from 2011 to 2018, focused on the design and use of health information technology (IT) by providers and patients. He has been broadly engaged in health systems improvement through health IT, and specifically at how individuals can actively and proactively self-manage their health, partner in care, and use technology effectively. Between 2000 and 2010, Dr. Wald led the design and enterprise-wide rollout of Patient Gateway, the internet patient portal at Partners HealthCare in Boston, MA, and served as Associate Director for Clinical Informatics Research and Development. Before that he worked at Cerner Corporation as a physician executive, and was formally trained in informatics at Beth Israel Hospital’s Center for Clinical Computing in Boston, MA. Dr. Wald received his BA from Dartmouth College, MD from Brown Medical School, and MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Pantelina Zourna-Hargaden MD, MPH, PhD
Chair, Department of Basic Sciences, Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, USA
Pantelina Zourna-Hargaden MD, MPH, PhD currently serves as Chair of the Department of Basic Sciences at the Roseman University’s College of Medicine, a non-profit MD program, in Las Vegas, NV. She is an experienced epidemiologist and breast cancer researcher, physician in Internal Medicine, and medical educator with more than two decades of international experience. Dr. Zourna-Hargaden is experienced in LCME accreditation processes for new medical schools in the US and curriculum development. She is adept at aligning curricula with LCME requirements and creating engaging and effective learning environment for students.
She believes that the power of collaboration, mutual respect and discipline are essential in any endeavor. Her belief stems from the observation that truly collaborative environments, where mutual respect is prioritized, naturally foster a disciplined approach to work. A significant milestone in her career was when she was pursuing her PhD from the University of Athens and was invited to join an interdisciplinary team of epidemiologists and biomedical scientists, led by internationally known cancer epidemiologist and Harvard Professor D. Trichopoulos. In that truly collaborative environment, she investigated the risk factors and etiology of breast cancer for over a decade. She was awarded the Onassis Scholarship to expand her expertise in public health. As a graduate of the
Harvard School of Public Health and a public health practitioner, Dr. Zourna-Hargaden has conducted NIH-funded biomedical and public health research with publications in peer-reviewed medical journals. As a physician in Internal Medicine, she has served primarily underserved populations, in academic and community primary care settings, and pioneered efforts to improve patient safety and performance as well as achieve health equity by improving access of underserved populations to primary, secondary, and tertiary care. Her current research interests include the etiology and risk factors of post viral conditions, as well as the optimization of community surveillance public health systems locally, nationally and worldwide.
Patient Advisory Board
Mark Eggener
Mark Eggener is a member of the Dartmouth College Class of 2027 pursuing a career as a physician-scientist focused on chronic disease care and immunology. As a former Long COVID patient, he experienced firsthand the uncertainty of navigating a poorly defined chronic illness, shaping his dedication to rigorous translational research, immune dysregulation in chronic disease, and the development of biologically informed, evidence-based treatment strategies.
Mark has conducted statistical analyses of New Hampshire public health policy and contributed to evaluations of international Long COVID guidance and interventions, with particular attention to study rigor, evidence gaps, and the clarity of global recommendations. He has also explored the use of AI tools to improve accessibility of information for individuals living with chronic disease. Clinically, he serves with Dartmouth EMS and worked for four years as a medical assistant in pain medicine where he supported patients from his hometown of Anchorage, Alaska with complex, long-term conditions and witnessed how clear communication and professional rapport directly shape patient trust and outcomes. Mark is committed to advancing accessible scholarship that integrates participatory science with patient experience and emphasizes the connection between biomedical discovery and clinical care.
Janice Tufte
Janice Tufte lives in Seattle, WA, and identifies as a patient partner in the evidence generation ecosystem where she carries forward her lived experience and subject matter expertise contributing to health services research, quality improvement and evaluation efforts, protocol and manuscript writing. Janice has served as a Co-investigator on multiple projects focused on learning health systems implementation, development of Co creation measurement activities and reporting of rapid reviews. Janice has co-authored cited papers as well as peer reviewed journal articles. More here: CVM Patient Partner
Advisory Board
Aishini Damaraju
Aishini Damaraju is an incoming MD/MPH candidate at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where she will pursue training in clinical medicine and public health with a focus on participatory, patient-centered care. She has worked as a research assistant at the University of Texas, contributing to community-engaged health outcomes research that actively incorporates patient and public stakeholders into study design, implementation, and evaluation. She has also conducted research at Stanford University, collaborating on interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of health, technology, and community partnership. Her work aligns closely with the mission of the Journal of Participatory Medicine by emphasizing shared decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and the co-production of knowledge in healthcare and research.
Editors Emeriti
Dr. Matthew F. Hudson, PhD, MPH
Director, Cancer Care Delivery Research (CCDR), Prisma Health; Professor of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Dr. Susan Woods, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Tufts School of Medicine, USA