Foot Soldiers
Stories From the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk
Biography
Deborah Douglas, M.D.
Retired pathologist, Deborah Douglas, M.D., is the author of two regional titles: the award-winning book, Gone for the Day: Family Fun in Central Texas, and Stirring Prose: Cooking with Texas Authors, which was cited in DLB Yearbook 1998 in "The Year in Texas Literature" and endorsed by First Lady Laura Bush. Dr. Douglas was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and retired a year later to devote all of her time to writing. She recently moved to a ranch 10 miles from Burnet, Texas, where she builds rock walls, grows organic vegetables, and tends Australorp chickens.
David Lounsbury, Ph.D.
Dr. Lounsbury received his Doctorate in Community Psychology and Urban Studies from Michigan State University in 2002. His ongoing academic work at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies of the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health is centered on the study and development of community-based systems of care for medically underserved persons affected by a chronic health condition. Dr. Lounsbury employs ecologically-grounded social science methodologies, such as participatory action research and system dynamics modeling, to study how individuals’ health and well-being can be enhanced through community involvement and organization. His current topics of research include cancer survivorship; breast and prostate cancer education and care; smoking cessation; and community-academic research ethics.
::Read the Foreword by Dr. Lounsbury::