Hansten, Philip D.
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First Online: 10 April 2018
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: PDH has worked in the field of drug–drug interactions for 50 years. His books on drug interactions have sold more than 1 million copies since 1971, and have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle and has held positions in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology at Stanford University School of Medicine (working with Professor Stanley N. Cohen) and at Washington State University. He has taught philosophy of science at the University of Washington for over a decade and is currently in the process of setting up a similar class at the University of California San Francisco. He is also currently working as a consultant on grants at the University of Arizona which focus on patient-specific clinical decision support for drug interactions.
: Professor Emeritus, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.