Geriatric medicine. Clinical aspects of aging, geriatric syndromes, chronic diseases. Research activities in the following areas: Pharmacoepidemiology in the elderly. Prevalence and risk factors for Adverse Drug Reactions in the elderly, inappropriate prescribing in the elderly, prevalence of use and effects of antihypertensive drugs, pharmacological treatment for prevention of disability. Physical performance and disability in the elderly. Development of scales to measure physical performance in older adults, factors involvement in the development of disability, interventions to prevent decline in physical function and disability. Sarcopenia. Consequences and determinants of sarcopenia and interventions that can impact on this condition.