CoEditor-in-ChiefKenneth E. Schmader, MDProfessor Department of Medicine Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development Duke University Medical Center Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center Durham VA Medical Center |
CoEditor-in-ChiefJoseph T. Hanlon, PharmD, MSProfessor, Division of Geriatric Medicine Department of Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Pharmacy University of Pittsburgh Health Scientist, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System |
Editor, Pharmacotherapy ReviewsHarold L. Kirschenbaum, PharmDArnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Long Island University |
Contributing EditorDavid R.P. Guay, PharmDCollege of Pharmacy University of Minnesota HealthPartners, Inc. |
Advisory Board
- Kevin T. Bain, PharmD, MPH
excelleRx, Inc., an Omnicare company - Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS
Ontario Womens Health Council
University of Toronto, Canada - Dan G. Blazer, MD, PhD
Duke University Medical Center - A. John Campbell, MD, FRACP
Faculty of Medicine
University of Otago Medical School
New Zealand - Nicholas G. Castle, PhD
Health Policy & Management
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh - James W. Cooper, PhD
College of Pharmacy
University of Georgia - Barry J. Cusack, MD
Geriatric Research Education
and Clinical Center
Idaho VA Medical Center - Maurice W. Dysken, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School
Geriatric Research Education
and Clinical Center
Minneapolis VA Medical Center - E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Health Service Research Center
Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine
Geriatric Research Education
and Clinical Center
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Gerda G. Fillenbaum, PhD
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Duke University Medical Center - Howard M. Fillit, MD
The Institute for the Study of Aging, New York
- Paul Gallagher, MB MRCPI
St. James’s Hospital
Ireland - Shelly L. Gray, PharmD, MS
School of Pharmacy
University of Washington
- Sarah Hilmer, BScMed (Hons), MBBS (Hons), FRACP, PhD
Royal North Shore Hospital and University of Sydney
Australia - Marie-Laure Laroche, MD, PhD
Centre Régional de Pharmacovigilance
Hôpital Dupuytren–Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
France - Kenneth W. Lyles, MD
Center for the Study of Aging
and Human Development
Duke University Medical Center
Geriatric Research Education
and Clinical Center
Durham VA Medical Center - Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles - C. Alice Oborne, PhD, MSc, Clin Pharm
Medicine Use Research
St. Thomas’ Hospital Pharmacy
United Kingdom - Subashan Perera, PhD
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Biostatistics
University of Pittsburgh - Carl F. Pieper, DrPH
Center for the Study of Aging
and Human Development
Duke University Medical Center - Bruce G. Pollock, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
University of Toronto
Canada - Paula A. Rochon, MD
Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
University of Toronto
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Canada - Todd P. Semla, PharmD, MS
Prescription Benefits Management
The Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
- Ronald I. Shorr, MD, MS
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Department of Aging & Geriatric Research
University of Florida - Patricia W. Slattum, PharmD, PhD
School of Pharmacy
Virginia Commonwealth University - Michael A. Steinman, MD
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
HSR&D Research Enhancement Award Program
San Francisco VA Medical Center - Bruce Stuart, PhD
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy
and Aging
University of Maryland - Stephanie A. Studenski, MD, MPH
Division of Geriatric Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
- Cameron Swift, PhD
Department of Health Care of the Elderly
Guys, Kings and St. Thomas School of Medicine
United Kingdom - Morris Weinberger, PhD
Health Policy and Administration
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Center for Health Services Research
in Primary Care
Durham VA Medical Center - Debra K. Weiner, MD
Older Adult Pain Management Program
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Acknowledgments
- Dr. Kevin T. Bain—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Arlene S. Bierman—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Dan G. Blazer—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. A. John Campbell—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Nicholas G. Castle—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. James W. Cooper, Jr.—Consultant: Abbott, AstraZeneca, Aventis, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ciba-Geigy, Marion-Merrell-Dow, Merck, Janssen, GlaxoSmithKline, Lederle, Pfizer-Roerig, Proctor and Gamble, Ortho-McNeill, Purdue-Pharma, Lilly-Dista, Merck, Organon, Roxane, Forest, Upjohn-Pharmacia, Watson Labs, Novartis
- Dr. Barry Cusack—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Maurce W. Dysken—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. E. Wesley Ely—Consultant, Grants, Honoraria: Pfizer, Hospira, GlaxoSmithKline, Aspect.
- Dr. Gerda G. Fillenbaum—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Howard M. Fillit—Consultant: Pfizer, Elan, Janssen AI, Avid, Bayer, sanofi-aventis.
- Dr. Paul Gallagher—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Shelly L. Gray—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. David R.P. Guay—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Joseph T. Hanlon—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Sarah Hilmer—Patent holder: Drug Burden Index.
- Dr. Harold L. Kirschenbaum—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Marie-Laure Laroche—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Kenneth W. Lyles—Consultant: Novartis, Procter & Gamble, Merck, Amgen, Kirin Pharmaceutical, GTx, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Bone Medical Ltd., Wyeth, Osteologix; Research Support: Novartis, Alliance for Better Bone Health, Amgen; Patent Inventor: “Medication Kits and Formulations for Preventing, Treating or Reducing Secondary Fractures After Previous Fracture”; Use Patent Co-Inventor: “Methods for Preventing or Reducing Secondary Fractures After Hip Fracture”, US Patent 20050272707; Provisional Patent Application Co-Inventor: “Bisphosphonates and Mortality Reduction.”
- Dr. Alison A. Moore—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. C. Alice Oborne—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Subashan Perera—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Carl F. Pieper—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Bruce G. Pollock—Research Support: Sandra A. Rotman Program and Chair, The National Institute of Health, The Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Advisory Board Member: Lundbeck Canada; Consultant: Wyeth; Faculty Member: Lundbeck International Neuroscience Foundation (LINF).
- Dr. Paula Rochon—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Kenneth E. Schmader—Consultant: GlaxoSmithKline, Merck; Grants: Pfizer, Wyeth, Merck.
- Dr. Todd P. Semla—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Ronald I. Shorr—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Patricia W. Slattum—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Michael A. Steinman—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Bruce Stuart—Grant Funding: Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline.
- Dr. Stephanie A. Studenski—Consultant: Merck, Novartis, GTx, GlaxoSmithKline.
- Dr. Cameron G. Swift—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Morris Weinberger—No financial relationships with commercial interests.
- Dr. Debra K. Weiner—No financial relationships with commercial interests.

