Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a physician, epidemiologist and health economist, and he currently serves as director of the National Institutes of Health of the United States.

Martin Kulldorff is an epidemiologist and biostatistician. He formerly sat on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is now chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) of HHS.