Dr. Howard Farkas is a licensed clinical health psychologist who has been working and teaching in the field for over 20 years. Dr. Farkas is on the medical staff of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and is on the faculty of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He also serves as a consultant to the hospital's Division of Cardiology, is on the advisory board of Segmedica, Inc., a medical market research firm, and has served as a business psychology consultant to several Fortune 500 companies. Dr. Farkas specializes in emotional eating, and helping people who have difficulty maintaining consistency with their motivation and follow-through in their efforts at behavioral change.
Dr. Kelly Baron is the associate director of the comprehensive
insomnia program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is on the faculty in the
Department of Neurology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Baron focuses on sleep disorders, general health psychology as well as cognitive
behavioral therapy for depression and anxiety. She received her PhD in Clinical Health Psychology at the University
of Utah in 2007 and completed her residency in Clinical Health
Psychology at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Baron received the dissertation award from the
American Psychological Association, division of health psychology in 2005. She
has also been honored for meritorious abstracts by the Society for Behavioral
Medicine in 2002 and 2009.
Dawn Jackson Blatner is a registered and licensed dietitian. She is a National Media Spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association and has been quoted widely in local and national media. She has appeared on television programs such as Chicago Tonight,NBC Nightly News, Dateline, Today Show and CNN, and has a regular Healthy Eating segment on Chicago’s FOX News in the Morning. Dawn is the Lifetimetv.com dietitian with a weekly column and recipe of the week. She has written health and wellness articles for magazines such as Health and Fitness Magazine and contributed to several books including the American Medical Association Guide to Weight Management. Her website is www.dawnjacksonblatner.com.
Dr. Kelly Baron is the associate director of the comprehensive
insomnia program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is on the faculty in the
Department of Neurology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Baron focuses on sleep disorders, general health psychology as well as cognitive
behavioral therapy for depression and anxiety. She received her PhD in Clinical Health Psychology at the University
of Utah in 2007 and completed her residency in Clinical Health
Psychology at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Baron received the dissertation award from the
American Psychological Association, division of health psychology in 2005. She
has also been honored for meritorious abstracts by the Society for Behavioral
Medicine in 2002 and 2009.
