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 for Medical Sciences 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 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; 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
REBECCA M. REACH, MSN, RN, BC, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
DENNIS H. SULLIVAN, MD, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

FACULTY

CONNIE W. BALES, PhD, RD, LDN
Associate Director for Education/Evaluation,
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
Durham VA Medical Center
Associate Research Professor
Division of Geriatrics, Dept. of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

SARA E. ESPINOZA, MD
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology
The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center and Research Service
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
San Antonio, TX

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 Institute on Aging
Professor, Depts. of Geriatrics, Physiology and Nutrition
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Little Rock, AR

LUIGI FERRUCCI, MD, PhD
Director, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
Chief, Longitudinal Studies Section
Clinical Research Branch
National Institute on Aging-NIH
Baltimore, MD

M. KATHLEEN FIGARO, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Staff Physician, Medicine Service
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
Nashville, TN

NICHOLAS HAYS, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Dietetics and Nutrition
College of Health Related Professions
Little Rock, AR

DENISE K. HOUSTON, PhD, RD
Instructor, Sticht Center on Aging
Department of Internal Medicine
Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, NC

ANDREA Z. LaCROIX, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

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

DOUGLAS PADDON-JONES, PhD
Associate Professor 
Departments of Physical Therapy and Internal Medicine
Director of Exercise Studies, General Clinical Research Center
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

RICHARD D. SEMBA, MD, MPH
W. Richard Green Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD 

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
Center for Human Nutrition
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO