Gary A. Puckrein, PhD is a preeminent authority on health information products. He is currently the Executive Director of the National Minority Health Month Foundation (NMHMF), which he founded in 1998. With support from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, under his leadership NMHMF launched the Zip code Analysis Project (ZCAP). ZCAP is a database that links vital statistics, demographic, environmental, claims, prescription drug, clinical laboratory values, health care access points (for example, hospitals or physicians offices) and other data elements into one centralized data warehouse, organized around Zip codes. Dr. Puckrein serves as the Executive Director of the Alliance of Minority Medical Associations. He graduated from Brown University where he received his doctorate (1978) and masters degree (1974)