The End of Stress As We Know It

Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., is a professor and Head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University in New York City. He is a pioneer in tracking the specific ways in which the brain influences the glands and the immune system and has appeared on major network programs in the United States, England, France, and Japan to discuss brain science and stress. McEwen lives in New York City.

Elizabeth Norton Lasley is a science writer with a specialization in neuroscience. Formerly a senior editor at The Dana Press, her freelance articles have appeared in numerous publications including Science. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and daughter.