Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN has been in the media for decades.

As a researcher, she published a series of studies on managed care arrangements with nurse practitioners. Since 1986, she has been one of the Producers and Moderators of "Healthstyles", a weekly, live radio program in New York City on personal health, health care, and health policy. The program has received media awards from the State of New York, Public Health Association of New York City, American Academy of Nursing, and the National Association of Childbirthing Centers.

She was the project director for the WBAI-Global Kids' Sound Partners for Community Health Initiative, a program funded by the Benton and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations to train New York City youth in producing radio programs on preventing teen substance abuse.

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