AUTHORS
Editor: Gwen Yeo, PhD
MODULES:
Health and Health Care for African American
Elders
Veronica J. Scott, MD, MPH, Sharon Gordon,PhD, Margaret Hargreaves, PhD, Vyjeyanthi
S. Periyakoil, MBBS, MD, Elyse A. Perweiler, RN, MPP, Janet Lieto, DO, Mary
P. Williams, EdD, PA-C, Wilbur Watson, PhD (deceased), Gwen Yeo, PhD, &
Motisola Zulu, BA
Health and Health Care for American Indian/Alaska
Native Elders
Levanne Hendrix, GNP, PhD
Health and Health Care for Hispanic/Latino
American Elders
Melissa Talamantes, MS, Robert Lindeman, MD, & Charles Mouton, MD, MS
Health and Health Care for Asian and Pacific
Islander American Elders
Patricia Lanoie Blanchette, MD, MPH, Chair
Asian Indian American Elders
Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan, MD, & Anita Chopra, MD, FACP
Chinese American Elders
Linda Ann S. H. Tom, MD
Filipino American Elders
Melen McBride, RN, PhD
Japanese American Elders
Marianne K.G. Tanabe, M.D
Korean American Elders
Kyung Rim Shin, RN, EdD, Chol Shin, MD, PhD, & Patricia L. Blanchette, MD,
MPH
Elders from Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific
Islander Backgrounds
Gilbert Wergowske, MD & Patricia L. Blanchette, MD, MPH
Pakistani American Elders
Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, MBBS, MD, Jennifer Mendez, PhD, & Amna Buttar,
MD, MS
Southeast Asian American Elders: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, & Laotion
Barbara W. K. Yee, PhD