Jay Winsten

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Jay Winsten is a molecular biologist and an associate dean at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was the co-editor with Nobel laureate James Watson and Howard Hiatt of a three-volume work, Origins of Human Cancer.

Winsten has also been praised by the Columbia Journalism Review for his study of health science journalism. Winsten was also the driving force behind the Harvard Alcohol Project, which promoted the concept of a "designated driver", and is credited for lowering rates of driving under the influence.