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
Kathleen L. Maddox, RN, BSN, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Dennis H. Sullivan, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, UAMS

FACULTY

Diane F. Birt, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Director, Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements
Interim Director, Nutrition and Wellness Research Center
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and College of Human Sciences
Iowa State University
Ames, IA

Corjena Cheung, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Department of Nursing
College of St. Catherine
St. Paul, MN

Shira Doron, MD
Attending Physician
Division of Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Balz Frei, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Director and Endowed Chair, Linus Pauling Institute
Oregon State University at Corvallis
Corvallis, OR

Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH
Assistant Director of Integrative Medicine
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, MA

Christopher Gardner, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Francine Grodstein, ScD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Elizabeth J. Johnson, PhD
Research Scientist - Carotenoids & Health Laboratory
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Assistant Professor
Freidman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tuffs University
Boston, MA

James A. Joseph, PhD
Lead Scientist and Director, Laboratory of Neuroscience
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
Tufts University
Boston, MA

Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD
Distinguished Professor of Nutrition
Department of Nutritional Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Stephen B. Kritchevsky, PhD
Professor & Director
Department of Internal Medicine
Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Sticht Center on Aging
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

Johanna W. Lampe, PhD, RD
Full Member and Associate Division Director
Cancer Prevention Program
Division of Public Health Sciences 
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA 

Leslie Spangler, VMD, PhD
Research Associate
Center for Health Studies 
Group Health Cooperative
Seattle, WA 

Connie M. Weaver, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Department Head
Foods and Nutrition
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN