1. Michele C. Balas, a recent recipient of the John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholarship, is pursuing a doctorate in nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pa. The focus of her investigation is variables that influence disparate outcomes of critically ill older adults.
2. Melissa Gale practices as a clinical faculty member, specializing in nursing care of older adults, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
3. Sarah H. Kagan is an associate professor of gerontological nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She teaches nursing of older adults and practices as gerontological clinical nurse specialist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery in the School of Medicine and collaborates with the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center.