Chandra M. Mehrotra received his Ph.D. in Psychology from The Ohio State University and worked as a research psychologist at Educational Testing Service before joining St. Scholastica faculty in 1970. He teaches graduate courses related to research methodology, adult learning, and program evaluation, has designed a series of educational programs for family caregivers, and has directed NSF-supported institutes in psychology of aging for college teachers. He has served as a reviewer for Psychology and Aging, Research on Aging, and Teaching of Psychology. He has edited four instructional manuals, a book entitled Teaching and Aging, and the January 1996 theme issue of Educational Gerontology devoted to faculty enhancement in aging. He is co-author of Diversity and Aging (1998) and senior author of Distance Learning (2001). He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 2 and 20) and of The Gerontological Society of America. His work related to development and evaluation of new programs and services related to aging has been supported by major grants from the National Science Foundation, Administration on Aging, The Bush Foundation, The Kellogg Foundation, the AARP Foundation, and Otto Bremer Foundation.

Barbara Berkman is the Helen Rehr / Ruth Fizdale Professor of Health and Mental Health at Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW) and Adjunct Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She was formerly the Director of the Ruth D. and Archie A. Abrams Interdisciplinary Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the Associate Director of the Geriatric Education Center in the Division on Aging at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Berkman received her DSW in Social Work from CUSSW, an MA from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, and her BA with distinction in Philosophy from the University of Michigan. Following her doctorate, she was awarded a Kellogg fellowship to study the outcome of geriatric social work health care service delivery. She has directed 23 federally and foundation supported research projects focusing on issues in geriatric care, and is currently Principal Investigator and Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation's Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program. She is a former President of the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR).

Dr. Berkman has received many awards and honors primarily because of her research and policy efforts in gerontology. In 1986, she became the first recipient of the Edith Abbott Distinguished Alumni Award of the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. In 1987, she received the "Greatest Contribution to Practice" Award from the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, and the Hyman J. Weiner Award for "Distinguished Scholarship Contributing to Health Care Practice and Administration," from the Society for Hospital Social Work Directors of the American Hospital Association. In 1994, Dr. Berkman was honored by the National Association of Social Workers when she received the Ruth Knee / Milton Wittman Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Health/Mental Health Policy.
Dr. Berkman received the "Career Achievement Award" from the Association for Geriatric Education in Social Work (AGE-SW) in 2002.

Dr. Berkman's professional contribution to the knowledge base of social work in geriatric health care is evidenced in her publications, which include books, chapters, and over 100 articles. In recognition of her research and practice in social work and geriatric health care, she has been named a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and of the New York Academy of Medicine and is a Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice in Social Work.