Summary
I have been blessed to have had a long and successful career in geriatric pharmacy practice/research and have enjoyed working with the many mentors, colleagues and mentees. I would like to thank my friends and family for their support over the years and in particular my wife Diane. I would also be remiss not to acknowledge the Veterans Health Administration where I practiced clinically for 30 years and UNC School of Pharmacy where I received two post graduate degrees and faculty support during my early/mid-career. I am optimistic that that geriatric pharmacy practice and research will continue to flourish and assure optimal pharmacotherapy for older adults (including me).
Funding information
VA Health Services Research and Development, Grant/Award Number: IIR 18–228
Acknowledgments
The author would like to acknowledge the contributions of all the PhD biostatisticians he has worked with, in particular Carl Pieper DrPH and Subashan Perera PhD, without whom the research described here would have been impossible.
I would also like to thank Drs. Harvey Cohen, Kenneth Schmader, Shelly Gray, and Nicole Brandt for their helpful suggestions on an earlier draft of this manuscript.
Sponsor's Role
None.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021;69(4):896-899. © 2021 Blackwell Publishing
