James A. Fain, Ph.D., RN, BC-ADM, FAAN, associate dean for academic affairs at the Graduate School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass. Fain is editor-in-chief of The Diabetes Educator, and his professional memberships include the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the American Diabetes Association, the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau International. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.