This website is built and maintained by the Wisconsin
Geriatric Education Center in partnership with Marquette University's School
of Dentistry and with financial support from GlaxoSmithKline. It is
intended to be an educational resource for faculty and students in the
health professions.
The School of Dentistry is
committed to excellence in education, scholarship and the provision
of high quality oral health care. Consistent with Marquette
University traditions and values the school recruits and educates a
diverse student body, fosters personal and professional excellence
and promotes leadership expressed in service to others.
The
Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center is a grant-funded initiative of
the US Department of Health and Human Services. It is a formal
consortium of academic and healthcare organizations, working
together to educate Wisconsin's faculty, practitioners, and students
about geriatrics and gerontology.
GlaxoSmithKline is one
of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare
companies. Its mission is to improve the quality of human life by
enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.