- Living a healthy life with chronic conditions, self-management skills for heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, depression, asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and other physical and mental health conditions, Kate Lorig, DrPH, Diana Laurent, MPH, Virginia Gonzalez, MPH, David Sobel, MD, MPH, Marian Minor, PT, PhD, Maureen Gecht-Silver, OTD, MPH