Hazzard, W.R., Blass, J.P. Ettinger, W.H., Halter, J.B. and Ouslander, J.G.: Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology , 5th edition, McGraw-Hill , New York , 2003.
Chang, A.M., and Halter, J.B.: Aging and insulin secretion. Am. J. Physiol. (Endo. Metabol.). 2003;284:E7-E12.
Larkin, L.M., Kuzon, W.M., and Halter, J.B.: Age and nerve-repair grafts on reinnervation and fiber type distribution of rat medial gastrocnemius muscles. Mechanisms of Aging Dev. 2003;124:653-661.
Chang, A.M., Jakobsen, G., Sturis, J., Smith, M.J., Bloem, C.J., Lyness, W., An, B., Galecki, A., and Halter, J.B.: The GLP-1 derivative, NN2211, restores beta cell sensitivity to glucose in type 2 diabetes patients after a single dose. Diabetes 2003;52:1786-1791.
Chang, A.M., Smith, M.J., Bloem, C.J., Galecki, A.T., and Halter, J.B.: Effect of lowering postprandial hyperglycemia on insulin secretion in older people with impaired glucose tolerance. Am. J. Physiol. (Endo. Metabol.) 2004;287:E906-E911.
Kasa-Vubu, J.Z., Lee, C.C., Rosenthal, A., Singer, K., and Halter, J.B.: Cardiovascular fitness is a predictor of insulin resistance in active adolescent girls. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2005;90:849-854.
Herman, W.H., Ilag, L.L., Johnson, S.L., Martin, C.L., Sinding, J, Al-Harthi, A., Plunkett, C.D., LaPorte, F.B., Burke, R., Brown M.B., Halter, J.B., and Raskin, P.: A clinical trial of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion versus multiple daily injections in older adults with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2005:28:1568-1573.
Dr. Halter is Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, and Director of the Geriatrics Center at the University of Michigan Medical School, and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan 's Institute of Gerontology . After internal medicine residency, he completed fellowship training in metabolism, endocrinology and gerontology at the University of Washington , where he subsequently joined the faculty of the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine and established the Geriatrics Section at the Seattle VA Medical Center. He moved to his current position in 1984, and was the founding Director of the GRECC at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System in 1989. Dr. Halter's research interests include neuroendocrine regulation of metabolism in aging and in diabetes mellitus, and regulation of autonomic nervous system function. He is an author of over 200 research papers and book chapters, and is a Co-editor of the 5th edition of Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology published by McGraw-Hill in 2003.
Dr. Halter is a past President (1998-99) and Chairman of the Board of Directors (1999-2000) of the American Geriatrics Society; he is a past Chair of the Clinical Medicine Section of the Gerontological Society of America, and served as Chair of its Publications Committee 2000-2002. He is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and is a member of several national organization advisory panels on aging and geriatrics research. He has been elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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