is a healthy-living community aimed toward enabling individuals to improve their quality of life by using comprehensive personalized programs to create sustainable change in the areas of Stress Management, Healthy Eating, and Weight Management. Program Directors:
DR. JAY SEGAL
Dr. Jay Segal is currently a Professor in the Department of Public Health at Temple University, where he provides leader
ship through his teaching, training and research. Dr. Segal’s expertise encompass a variety of contemporary health issues, including initiatives relating to obesity, stress management and lifestyle assessment. As an internationally recognized author and researcher on Stress Management and Health Promotion, Dr. Segal is best known for his Personalized Stress & Fitness Profile (PSFP). DR. DOMINIQUE RUGGIERI
Dominique Ruggieri works in the Department of Public Health at Temple University, where her teaching and research specialties focus on healthy eating interventions, health communication and obesity. She has also had significant work and professional experiences at CORE (Temple University Center for Obesity Research and Education), the Risk Communication Laboratory at Temple University, and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. DR. MELISSA NAPOLITANO
Dr. Napolitano is a licensed psychologist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and serves as the primary clinical supervisor for predoctoral psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows delivering behavioral weight control treatment at the Center for Obesity Research and Education.
