Dr Douglas Steinke is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacoepidemiology at the Manchester Pharmacy School, University of Manchester UK. He is a pharmacist (registered in Canada) and teaches in the Master of Pharmacy and postgraduate taught programmes. Prior to his present position, Dr Steinke was an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy (USA). He is an established pharmacoepidemiology researcher and has worked in the research field in Scotland, Canada, USA and the UK. His research area is the pharmacoepidemiology and drug utilisation of medications used in chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, chronic cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease.