About the Authors

Christine Miaskowski

chris.miaskowski@nursing.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Marylin Dodd

Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Steven M. Paul

Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Claudia West

Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Deborah Hamolsky

Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Gary Abrams

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bruce A. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Community Health Systems, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Charles Elboim

Affiliation Redwood Regional Medical Group, Santa Rosa, California, United States of America

John Neuhaus

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Brian L. Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Betty Smoot

Affiliation Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Bradley E. Aouizerat

Affiliation Department of Physiological Nursing, Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM MD CW GA BS BEA. Performed the experiments: CW BS BEA. Analyzed the data: CM MD SMP CW DH GA BAC CE JN BLS BS BEA. Wrote the paper: CM MD SMP CW DH GA BAC CE JN BLS BS BEA.