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, A

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

RONNI CHERNOFF, PhD, RD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System; Arkansas Geriatric Education Center
WILLIAM J. EVANS, PhD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
KAY GUTHRIE, AO, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
DENNIS H. SULLIVAN, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
REBECCA M. REACH, MSN, RN, BC, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

FACULTY

JACOB B. BLUMENTHAL, MD
Staff Physician Researcher
Advanced Career Development Awardee
Medical Research Service
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Assistant Professor
Division of Gerontology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

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
Chief, Endocrine Oncology
Arkansas Cancer Research Center
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

WILLIAM J. EVANS, PhD, FACSM
Director, Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging
Professor, Depts of Geriatrics, Physiology and Nutrition
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

ROGER A. FIELDING, PhD
Director and Scientist
Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia Laboratory
Director of Human Studies
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University
Professor of Nutrition
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University
Boston, MA

IAN JANSSEN, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Dept of Community Health & Epidemiology
 and School of Kinesiology & Health Studies
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada

PHILIP A. KERN, MD
ACOS/Research
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Professor of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

WENDY M. KOHRT, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO

CHARLOTTE A. PETERSON, PhD 
Associate Dean for Research
College of Health Sciences
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 

JAMES M. RACZYNSKI, PhD, FAHA, FSMB
Professor and Founding Dean
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR 

KATHY RICHARDS, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Director for Health Services Research
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Diplomat American Board of Sleep Medicine
Alice Sun Professor, College of Nursing
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR

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

DENNIS T. VILLAREAL, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Center for Human Nutrition
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science
Washington University School of Medicine
St Louis, MO

ROBERT R. WOLFE, PhD
Director, Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity
Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
Professor of Geriatrics
Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR