William D. Linn, PharmD, is the Assistant Dean and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the Feik School of Pharmacy at the University of the Incarnate Word. He is also the senior editor of Pharmacotherapy in Primary Care, and has served as a clinical specialist in primary care for over twenty years at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System.

Robert L. Talbert, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, received his Doctor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

Dr. Talbert is the SmithKline Professor of Pharmacy in the Division of Pharmacotherapy at The College of Pharmacy, University of Texas at Austin. He is also Professor of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Dr. Talbert has published more than 120 journal articles, books, book chapters, abstracts, and letters. He is one of the editors of Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, now in its seventh edition. Dr. Talbert is a reviewer for many journals, including Diabetes Care, American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, American Journal of Managed Care, and Pharmacotherapy.

Dr. Talbert is a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Heart Association. He is a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Heart Association, American Pharmaceutical Association, Heart Failure Society of American and National Lipid Association, among others.

Dr. Talbert was named Preceptor of the Year (2005) by The University of Texas College of Pharmacy and received the Sustained Contributions to the Literature Award from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 2005. In October 2007 he received the Russell Miller Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for his contributions to the biomedical literature.