Victoria Stanhope, PhD, MSW, is an Associate Professor at the NYU Silver School of Social Work. Her areas of specialization are person-centered care, mental health recovery, and primary and behavioral health care integration. Her research is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, PhD, MSW, is full Professor and Director of the Post-Master's Certificate Program in the Clinical Approaches to Addictions at NYU Silver School of Social Work. She is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions and author/editor of 20 books and numerous book chapters and peer reviewed articles. She is the recipient of several Fulbright Fellowships and has a private supervisory and therapeutic practice in NYC.