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Author Biographies: Diana Taylor & Stacey Colino Diana Taylor and Stacey Colino have been collaborating on writing about women’s health issues for the past few years. This is their first book together. She is the co-author of the book Menstruation, Health & Illness, co-author of a recently published review of women’s health research, and is the principal investigator of National Institutes of Health-funded studies of the effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatments for women's symptoms and the co-investigator of a longitudinal study of midlife women's health across three ethnic groups. With over 25 years of experience in providing women's health care, Dr. Taylor has received several awards for the advancement of primary care practice and research including the Loretta Ford Nurse Practitioner Advancement Award, and the Achievement in Research Award from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Dr. Taylor has served on numerous national committees that benefit women and their families, including the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Safety of Silicone Breast Implants and the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences Board on Children and Families. In addition, she was awarded fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1996, and the American Academy of Nursing in 1992.
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Stacey
Colino is a freelance writer, specializing in women’s
health and psychological issues. She received her B.A. from Oberlin
College in Ohio and her M.S.J. from Northwestern University in Evanston,
Illinois. She is a contributing editor to Child and was
previously a contributing editor to American Health for Women.
Her work has appeared in The Washington Post Health section
as well as dozens of national magazines, including Redbook,
Self, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie
Claire, Mademoiselle, Glamour, New Woman,
Shape, Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day,
and Ladies’ Home Journal. She has contributed to
many health and diet books, including Coach Approach: How to
Motivate the “Thin” You (Macmillan, 1997), and
is featured in The Simon & Schuster Guide to Writing
(Prentice-Hall, 1994). She has received several awards including
the 2001 American Legion Auxiliary Award for best magazine article,
the 1990 Benjamin Fine Award for best article on education, and
a 1989 William Allen White Award for a series on taking care of
aging parents.