Neil J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., FCSHP, is Associate Director of Research, College of Pharmacy, and Professor, School of Health Administration and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax. A Ph.D.-trained pharmacist, he has published more than 150 papers in pharmacy and medical literature and has given more than 140 presentations at health-care and scientific meetings on the safety and effectiveness of the medication-use system. He has been the lead investigator of several studies in this area, and heads the largest research program in Canada that addresses the issue of medication errors. Neil is currently president of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists.