Ayerst, Sankyo, Solvay, and Texas Biotechnology
Corporation; she has served as a consultant/advi-
sor for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer,
Sanofi, Novartis, The Salt Institute, and Wyeth-
Ayerst; she is also on the Board of Directors for
the Texas Biotechnology Corporation.
Dr. Sowers has received honoraria for serving as a
speaker from Med Com Vascular Biology
Working Group and Joslin Clinic Foundation; he
has received funding/grant support for research
projects from Novartis and Astra-Zeneca.
Dr. Wright has received honoraria for serving as a
speaker from Astra, Aventis, Bayer, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, Forest, Merck, Norvartis, Pfizer, Phoenix
Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, and
Solvay/Unimed; he has received funding/grant
support for research projects from Astra, Aventis,
Bayer, Biovail, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Forest,
Merck, Norvartis, Pfizer, Phoenix
Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, and
Solvay/Unimed.
National High Blood Pressure Education Program
Coordinating Committee
Claude Lenfant, M.D. (National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD); George L.
Bakris, M.D. (Rush University Medical Center,
Chicago, IL); Henry R. Black, M.D. (Rush
University Medical Center, Chicago, IL);
Vicki Burt, Sc.M., R.N. (National Center for
Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD); Barry L.
Carter, Pharm.D., F.C.C.P. (University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA); Francis D. Chesley, Jr., M.D.
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
Rockville, MD); Jerome D. Cohen, M.D. (Saint
Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis,
MO); Pamela J. Colman, D.P.M. (American
Podiatric Medical Association, Bethesda, MD);
William C. Cushman, M.D. (Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Memphis, TN); Mark J.
Cziraky, Pharm.D., F.A.H.A. (Health Core, Inc.,
Newark, DE); John J. Davis, P.A.-C. (American
Academy of Physician Assistants, Memphis,
TN); Keith Copelin Ferdinand, M.D., F.A.C.C.
(Heartbeats Life Center, New Orleans, LA);
Ray W. Gifford, Jr., M.D., M.S. (Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, Fountain Hills, AZ);
Michael Glick, D.M.D. (New Jersey Dental
School, Newark, NJ); Lee A. Green, M.D.,
M.P.H. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI); Stephen Havas, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
(University of Maryland School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD); Thomas H. Hostetter, M.D.
(National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD); Joseph L.
Izzo, Jr., M.D. (State University of New York
at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY);
Daniel W. Jones, M.D. (University of Mississippi
Medical Center, Jackson, MS); Lynn Kirby,
R.N., N.P., C.O.H.N. (Sanofi-Synthelabo
Research, Malvern, PA); Kathryn M. Kolasa,
Ph.D., R.D., L.D.N. (Brody School of Medicine
at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC);
Stuart Linas, M.D. (University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO); William
M. Manger, M.D., Ph.D. (New York University
Medical Center, New York, NY); Edwin C.
Marshall, O.D., M.S., M.P.H. (Indiana
University School of Optometry, Bloomington,
IN); Barry J. Materson, M.D., M.B.A.
(University of Miami, Miami, FL); Jay
Merchant, M.H.A. (Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Washington, DC); Nancy
Houston Miller, R.N., B.S.N. (Stanford
University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA);
Marvin Moser, M.D. (Yale University School of
Medicine, Scarsdale, NY); William A. Nickey,
D.O. (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine, Philadelphia, PA); Suzanne Oparil,
M.D. (University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL); Otelio S. Randall, M.D.,
F.A.C.C. (Howard University Hospital,
Washington, DC); James W. Reed, M.D.,
F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E. (Morehouse School of
Medicine, Atlanta, GA); Edward J. Roccella,
Ph.D., M.P.H. (National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD); Lee Shaughnessy
(National Stroke Association, Englewood, CO);
Sheldon G. Sheps, M.D. (Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN); David B. Snyder, R.Ph., D.D.S.
(Health Resources and Services Administration,
Rockville, MD); James R. Sowers, M.D.,
F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E. (SUNY Health Science Center
at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY); Leonard M.
Steiner, M.S., O.D. (Eye Group, Oakhurst, NJ);
Ronald Stout, M.D., M.P.H. (Procter and
Gamble, Mason, OH); Rita D. Strickland,
Ed.D., R.N. (New York Institute of Technology,
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