About us

AchieveTogether is project to help people solve complicated health problems, using two main functions: First, it will help people to identify and adopt "habits" that have helped people like them to change a behavior (e.g., weight loss) or to better control an illness (e.g., diabetes). Second, it will allow patients to become part of a small group of similar individuals who support each other, provide each other accountability, help each other solve problems and who are supported by a successful volunteer "coach" who provides the same support. The intervention is being developed for weight loss and asthma and a grant is under review to extend this to diabetes. Current grant funding for the project is from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Penn State University, the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. For any inquiries, please email Dr. Heather Stuckey (hls119@psu.edu).

Researchers and staff members involved in the project include, in alphabetical order:

Dr. Alan Adelman (Penn State University)
Aja Binette (Penn State University)
Dr. Elliot Coups (Fox Chase Cancer Center)
Dr. Timothy Craig (Penn State University)
Dr. William Curry (Penn State University)
Dr. Cheryl Dellasega (Penn State University)
Dr. James Dillard (Penn State University)
Jolene Esposito (Penn State University)
Dr. Marta Funnel (University of Michigan)
Dr. Robert Gabbay (Penn State University)
Dr. William Gerin (Penn State University)
Dr. Jim Jansen (Penn State University)
Donna Kephart (Penn State University)
Danielle Loos (Penn State University)
Dr. Carla Miller (Ohio State University)
Dr. Albert Nezu (Drexel University)
Jennifer M. Poger (Penn State University)
Dheepak Ramaswamy (Penn State University)
Dr. Madhu Reddy (Penn State University)
Dr. Christopher Sciamanna (Penn State University)
Dr. Heather Stuckey(Penn State University)