About the Authors

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He has earned a BA in Chemistry from Amherst College, an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a master’s degree in Health Services from the University of Washington. He loves to read, ski, watch TV, collect comic books, build Legos, play video games, blog, talk on the radio, eat good food, drink good alcohol, and lose to his children at Monopoly. He lives with his wife and three children in Carmel, Indiana.

Rachel C. Vreeman, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Children’s Health Services Research Group at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Co-Director of Pediatric Research for the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) in Kenya. She has earned a BA in English from Cornell University, an MD from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and a master’s degree in Clinical Research from Indiana University. She is a voracious reader who occasionally relinquishes her bookworm ways to explore new cities, play the piano, blog, ride her bicycle, take photographs, and laugh with the people she loves. She divides her time between Indianapolis, Indiana, and Eldoret, Kenya.

Aaron and Rachel are the co-authors of Don’t Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health.