THE AUTHORS
Peter Anderson, MD, MPH, PhD, FRCP, is Professor, Substance Use, Policy and Practice, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, England, and Professor, Alcohol and Health, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands. He was the international coordinator of the AMPHORA project. He has been Regional advisor for alcohol with the World Health Organization, where he was responsible for the WHO European Alcohol Action Plan.
Allaman Allamani, M.D., Psychiatrist; Family Therapist; Researcher. He has been coordinator of the Alcohol Centre, Florence Health Agency (1993–2009); since 2009 he has been consultant to the Region of Tuscany Health Agency for research on social epidemiology and prevention policy First non-alcoholic trustee of Italian Alcoholics Anonymous (1997–2003). He is a member of the editorial board of “Substance Use and Misuse.” Coordinator of a number of Italian projects on alcohol drinking prevention and policies, he has co-led work package 3 of the European Commission-funded AMPHORA project. Author and co-author of many articles, editor and co-editor of 16 books.