Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine and the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a geriatric health services researcher and pharmacist with expertise in pharmacoepidemiology. Dr. Niznik’s program of research is focused on evaluating quality of prescribing and deprescribing in older nursing home residents with dementia. In 2018, he was awarded the American Geriatrics Society’s Scientist-in-Training Award for his early career contributions to aging research. He has been recognized as a prominent contributor to the field of deprescribing research, having authored more than 10 peer-reviewed publications on the topic and being appointed to the US Deprescribing Research Network’s Junior Investigator Program. Dr. Niznik’s work has been supported by several awards funded through the National Institutes on Aging and the Donaghue Medical Research Foundation. Most recently, he was awarded a career development award by the NIA to continue his work evaluating perceptions and outcomes of deprescribing chronic medications in older nursing home residents with dementia.