About the Authors

Dwight Clark, MBA
Mim Landry
Kelly Munly, MS
Paula M. Jones

Dwight Clark, MBA, has 15 years of experience working with HIV/AIDS and substance abuse-related projects. For Danya International, Mr. Clark served as the Technical Assistance Coordinator for the CHHATT. A component of the CEATTC, funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, CHHATT provides expertise in addiction-related diseases to community-based organizations through technical assistance and training. Mr. Clark was instrumental in developing a national conference for researchers, clinicians, and frontline workers that addressed drug use, HIV, and hepatitis. Mr. Clark had a leadership role in developing national standards for training and increasing the skills of outreach workers who provide services to actively addicted people. Currently, Mr. Clark is the Program Manager for the HIV and Corrections Project at the National Minority AIDS Council in Washington, DC. In this capacity, Mr. Clark focuses on issues concerning AIDS and the criminal justice system, monitors HIV/AIDS health-related policy issues and legislation related to the criminal justice system, and manages technical assistance to community-based organizations involved with correctional issues.

Mim Landry is the Director of Medical and Science Communication at Danya International. As a senior-level medical writer with 20 years of experience in behavioral health, Mr. Landry's qualifications include clinical experience, medical and science writing, health communication, health education, behavioral science research analysis, and public health policy evaluation. His areas of expertise are addiction treatment, substance abuse prevention, mental health treatment, and the drugs of abuse. He has written 20 books, medical education curricula, and monographs, including his book Understanding Drugs of Abuse: The Processes of Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery. He has written 25 journal articles, 25 book or monograph chapters, and is a co-author of Living in Balance: A Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment and Relapse Prevention Manual. Most of these publications focus on substance abuse treatment and prevention interventions for physicians and other healthcare professionals. A member of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, the American Public Health Association, and the American Medical Writers Association, Mr. Landry is the former director of training and education at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics in San Francisco.

Kelly A. Munly, MS, is a Research Associate at Danya International. Ms. Munly provides research, analysis, and writing on projects for various Federal Government agencies. These include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project Peer to Peer, the goal of which is to design an effective, culture- and age-appropriate, sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention intervention for African American youth 12 to 15 years of age. Ms. Munly worked on the National Institute on Drug Abuse project called TeleCounseLink, which was designed to develop a telemedicine system to improve drug abuse treatment among American Indian and Alaskan Native youth. She also works on the International Demand Reduction Program for the U.S. State Department, which is designed to identify best practices, common (cross-cultural) program elements, and lessons learned from organizations in selected countries in Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia that have developed effective drug treatment and aftercare programs. Ms. Munly has contributed to the development of several online courses for healthcare professionals, including Brief Substance-Related Interventions: Enhancing Older Patients' Motivation to Change and Conducting Substance-Related Screenings for Older Patients.

Paula M. Jones is an independent consultant focusing on health-related writing and research. She has extensive experience in HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and health promotion and has completed projects for the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, and other nonprofit organizations. Prior to becoming a consultant, Ms. Jones was manager of Technical Assistance and Research for the U.S. Conference of Mayor Health Program. Before that, she was Assistant Director of the National Association of People with AIDS. Over the course of her career, Ms. Jones has produced numerous reports and monographs and written and edited various health-related newsletters.