Speakers

COURSE CO DIRECTORS:

DENNIS H. SULLIVAN, M.D.
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 College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

RONNI CHERNOFF, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.D.A.
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
Little Rock, AR

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

PLANNING COMMITTEE

GLENDA F. BROWN, Ed.D., Arkansas Geriatric Education Center
RONNI CHERNOFF, Ph.D., R.D., Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; Arkansas Geriatric Education Center
KAY GUTHRIE, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
DENNIS H. SULLIVAN , M.D., Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
JEAN K. ZEHLER, M.S.E., R.N., B.C., C.N.A., Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

FACULTY

DONALD L. BODENNER, MD, PhD
Staff Physician/Researcher
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Assistant Professor
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
College of Medicine
Chief, Endocrine Oncology
Arkansas Cancer Research Center
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR 

EILEEN M. CRIMMINS, PhD
Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology
University of Southern California
Pasadena, CA 

WILLIAM B. ERSHLER, MD
Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging
Washington, DC
Senior Investigator, Clinical Research Branch
National Institute on Aging
Baltimore, MD  

KEVIN P. HIGH, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Section
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC  

ARUN S. KARLAMANGLA, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor in Geriatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA  

JOEL D. KOPPLE, MD
Professor of Medicine and Public Health, UCLA
Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA  

LYLE L. MOLDAWER, PhD
Professor and Vice Chairman (Research)
Laboratory of Inflammation Biology and Surgical Science
Department of Surgery
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL 

TODD E. MORGAN, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
School of Gerontology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA  

JOHN E. MORLEY, MB, B Ch
Director, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
St. Louis VA Medical Center
Dammert Professor of Gerontology
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center
Saint Louis, MO  

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
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

RUSSELL P. TRACY, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Academic Affairs
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Burlington, VT

JEANNE Y. WEI, MD, PhD
Staff Physician/Researcher
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Professor and Executive Vice Chair
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR  

RICHARD WEINDRUCH, PhD
Investigator
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
VA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI