DirectorHIPPalo Alto, CaliforniaDr. Alles is the director of HIP. Before joining the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, he was a tenured associate professor at Penn State University, and before that, he was an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. While at Stanford, Dr. Alles served as the chair of the California Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Coalition and president of the South Bay Business Group on Health. He currently serves on two advisory committees for the California Department of Health Services. For the past ten years, Dr. Alles has been a group facilitator for the Meyer Friedman Institute of UCSF, an organization that conducts research providing behavior modification programs for people with Type-A behavior patterns. He has conducted research throughout his career and has co-authored four textbooks and many articles in professional journals. Dr. Alles received his B.A. degree from Westchester State University in Pennsylvania, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois.
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