Speakers

COURSE CO DIRECTORS:

Dennis H. Sullivan, MD
Director, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Professor of Geriatrics, Vice-Chair for Clinical Research
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, FADA
Associate Director for Education and Evaluation
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Director, Arkansas Geriatric Education Center (AGEC)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

Kay Guthrie
Administrative Officer
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, AR

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Ronni Chernoff, PhD, RD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; AGEC
W. Sue T. Griffin, PhD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS
Kay Guthrie, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Kathleen L. Maddox, RN, BSN, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS

FACULTY

Catherine S. Cole, PhD, APRN, BC
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

Stephen DeArmond, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology)
Department of Pathology
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Samuel E. Gandy, MD, PhD
Mt. Sinai Professor of Alzheimer's Research
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Chair, National Medical and Scientific Advisory Council
Alzheimer's Association
New York, NY

W. Sue T. Griffin, PhD
Associate Director for Research
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Professor and Vice Chairman
Donald W. Reynolds Dept. of Geriatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

James W. Simpkins, PhD
Professor & Chair
Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

Edward Tobinick, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles 
Director, Institute for Neurological Research
Los Angeles, CA

Linda Van Eldik, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology
Associate Director, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center
Professor, Dept. of Cell & Molecular Biology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL