Volume Editor, John R. White Jr., is chair of the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the Washington State University College of Pharmacy. White is a licensed pharmacist and has a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from Mercer University in Atlanta, GA, and completed a residency and a fellowship in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics at the University of California, San Francisco. He has been affiliated with the WSU College of Pharmacy for more than 20 years. Extensively involved in diabetes research and education since 1987. He is a sought after lecturer on pharmocological research for the treatment of diabetes. In 1998 while a pharmacy professor at WSU, Dr. White completed the University of Washington's physician assistant training.