Brian J. Piper is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience with Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. He completed an MS in experimental psychology from Northern Michigan University; a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oregon and Oregon Health and Science University. His current research interests include pharmacoepidemiology of controlled substances and quantitative bioethics. He is on the editorial boards of Frontiers of Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and the Guthrie Journal.