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
Kay Guthrie, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Patrick Kortebein, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; UAMS
Rebecca M. Reach, MSN, RN, BC, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS
Mary E. Watson, MSN, APRN.BC, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

FACULTY

James A. Ashton-Miller, PhD
Research Professor
Dept of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Research Scientist, College of Engineering
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology Director
Biomechanics Research Laboratory
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Jonathan Bean, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Director, Research Training & Education
Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, MA

Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH
Medical Director, GRECC Fall Prevention and Mobility Clinic
Atlanta/Birmingham GRECC
Assistant Profession
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Kimberly Faulkner, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Stephanie Hart-Hughes, PT, NCS
Director, Gait and Balance Laboratory
VISN 8 Patient Safety Center
James A. Haley VA Medical Center
Tampa, FL

Roee Holtzer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Yeshiva University
Ferkauf and the Department of Neurology
Bronx, NY

Laurence Z. Rubenstein, MD, MPH
Director, GRECC
Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Judy A. Stevens, PhD
Epidemiologist
CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Atlanta, GA

Mary E. Watson, MSN, APRN.BC
Falls Nurse/Patient Safety Practitioner
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Little Rock, AR