About the Authors

Mary E. Tinetti

mary.tinetti@yale.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Ling Han

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Gail J. McAvay

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

David S. H. Lee

Affiliation Oregon State University/Oregon Health and Science University, College of Pharmacy, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Peter Peduzzi

Affiliation Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

John A. Dodson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cary P. Gross

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Bingqing Zhou

Affiliation Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Haiqun Lin

Affiliation Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: MT GM. Analyzed the data: LH GM BZ HL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH BZ. Wrote the paper: MT LH GM DL PP JD CG BZ HL. Supervision: MT PP HL.