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Biophysics
Cardiovascular Physiology
Cell and Molecular Physiology
Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology
Developmental Biology
Drug Development
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Exercise and Environmental Physiology
Gastrointestinal Physiology
Genomics
Lung Cell Physiology
Neurophysiology
Renal Physiology
Respiratory Physiology
Science Administration and Management
Science Education
Science Policy
Science Writing
Structural Biology
Teaching
Technology Development
Translational Research
Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Physiology



Biophysics
 

Michael Romero studies cells and is married to another physiologist (read more about Dr. Romero)

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Cardiovascular Physiology

Magdalena Alonso-Galicia does research to help find new drugs for people with heart disease (read more about Dr. Alonso-Galicia)

  Susan Barman studies the brain but never imagined that she’d be a scientist (read more about Dr. Barman)
 

Robert Carter III joined the US Army Reserves in school. Now that he has his degree, he does research in the Army on how well humans work in hot and cold weather and whether they get sick more often (read more about Dr. Carter)

  Thomas Herzig is in the military and does research on exercise in extreme conditions (read more about Dr. Herzig)
  John “Wick” Johnson studied diabetes for many years. Now he helps find new drugs and works with a drug company to get them to doctors to help make people feel better (read more about Dr. Johnson)
Moxley.jpg (21062 bytes) Evangeline Motley studies high blood pressure and encourages minority students to become scientists (read more about Dr. Motley)
L. Gabriel Navar grew up learning about farming and ranching but then wanted to be a veterinarian. He became more interested in how the body functions which is called Physiology. Now he is chair of a large physiology department at a big medical school (read more about Dr. Navar)

James Norton teaches medical students all about physiology. He also does research on dinosaurs and how they breathed, trying to figure out if they were warm-blooded (read more about Dr. Norton)

Kathy O’Hagan decided that she liked teaching as much as research, so she looked for a job that would let her do both. She looks at how blood flow in the heart and kidneys works during exercise (read more about Dr. O'Hagan)
  David Pollock started out working for a drug company trying to find new drugs to fight diseases and then decided to try teaching at a college (read more about Dr. Pollock)

Irving Zucker decided studying physiology was the best way to get the answers to all the questions he had about how the body worked when healthy or sick. He is the Chair of a department at a big school in Nebraska (read more about Dr. Zucker)

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Cell and Molecular Physiology

Paco Andrade always wanted to do research even though he didn’t know anyone like that growing up. He now studies the muscles of the eyes and voice box at a major research school (read more about Dr. Andrade)

Kim Barrett loved doing chemistry experiments. But when she got to do physiology experiments studying diseases in the gut, she found her true career (read more about Dr. Barrett)

Dale Benos wanted to be a doctor until he tried research. He works with cells and what goes wrong when cells don’t work right (read more about Dr. Benos)
  Barb Goodman started out wanting to be a doctor, then decided she wanted to study the lungs, and now helps teach students and teachers about physiology (read more about Dr. Goodman)
Carole Liedtke teaches students and studies how the lungs handle fluids both in healthy and sick people. She works a lot for APS and just got elected to be on the APS Council and help run it (read more about Dr. Liedtke)
  Thomas Pressley wanted to study animals that lived in the ocean. Then he decided that learning about cells was more interesting (read more about Dr. Pressley)
  Hector Rasgado-Flores loves music, both playing and writing it. He studies how muscle cells change when you move your arm (read more about Dr. Rasgado-Flores)
  Michael Romero studies cells and is married to another physiologist (read more about Dr. Romero)

Jeff Sands wanted to do research on the kidney. He did it by getting an M.D. instead of a Ph.D. degree, so he also gets to help people who are sick (read more about Dr. Sands)

Caroline Sussman wanted to be a dancer but decided instead to find out how cells determine their identities, for example, become brain cells instead of skin or muscle cells (read more about Dr. Sussman)

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Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology

Hannah Carey wanted to be a vet. But she discovered that studying how animals hibernate (sleep all winter) was more exciting than treating sick animals (read more about Dr. Carey)

  Greg Florant studies whether animals that get fat for the winter show the same health problems as fat people (read more about Dr. Florant)

James Norton teaches medical students all about physiology. He also does research on dinosaurs and how they breathed, trying to figure out if they were warm-blooded (read more about Dr. Norton)

  Michael Romero studies cells and is married to another physiologist (read more about Dr. Romero)

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Developmental Biology
Caroline Sussman wanted to be a dancer but decided instead to find out how cells determine their identities, for example, become brain cells instead of skin or muscle cells (read more about Dr. Sussman)

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Drug Development

Magdalena Alonso-Galicia does research to help find new drugs for people with heart disease (read more about Dr. Alonso-Galicia)

  John “Wick” Johnson studied diabetes for many years. Now he helps find new drugs and works with a drug company to get them to doctors to help make people feel better (read more about Dr. Johnson)
  Scott Mittelstadt loves sports. He works for a drug company to find out how new medicines work on the heart, lungs, brain, and nerves of sick and healthy people over time (read more about Dr. Mittelstadt)

Karen Mittleman started out studying exercise and how the body keeps its temperature up even in the cold. Now she oversees medical/scientific writing for a drug company, helping them let people know about new drugs (read more about Dr. Mittleman)

 Barry Peterson.jpg (169208 bytes) Barry Peterson develops new drugs for lung diseases at a drug company after working and teaching a long time at a college (read more about Dr. Peterson)

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Endocrinology and Metabolism
  Greg Florant studies whether animals that get fat for the winter show the same health problems as fat people (read more about Dr. Florant)
  John “Wick” Johnson studied diabetes for many years. Now he helps find new drugs and works with a drug company to get them to doctors to help make people feel better (read more about Dr. Johnson)

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Exercise and Environmental Physiology

Paco Andrade always wanted to do research even though he didn’t know anyone like that growing up. He now studies the muscles of the eyes and voice box at a major research school (read more about Dr. Andrade)

 

Robert Carter III joined the US Army Reserves in school. Now that he has his degree, he does research in the Army on how well humans work in hot and cold weather and whether they get sick more often (read more about Dr. Carter)

  Greg Florant studies whether animals that get fat for the winter show the same health problems as fat people (read more about Dr. Florant)
  Thomas Herzig is in the military and does research on exercise in extreme conditions (read more about Dr. Herzig)

Karen Mittleman started out studying exercise and how the body keeps its temperature up even in the cold. Now she oversees medical/scientific writing for a drug company, helping them let people know about new drugs (read more about Dr. Mittleman)

Kathy O’Hagan decided that she liked teaching as much as research, so she looked for a job that would let her do both. She looks at how blood flow in the heart and kidneys works during exercise (read more about Dr. O'Hagan)
  Hector Rasgado-Flores loves music, both playing and writing it. He studies how muscle cells change when you move your arm (read more about Dr. Rasgado-Flores)

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Gastrointestinal Physiology

Kim Barrett loved doing chemistry experiments. But when she got to do physiology experiments studying diseases in the gut, she found her true career (read more about Dr. Barrett)

Dale Benos wanted to be a doctor until he tried research. He works with cells and what goes wrong when cells don’t work right (read more about Dr. Benos)

Hannah Carey wanted to be a vet. But she discovered that studying how animals hibernate (sleep all winter) was more exciting than treating sick animals (read more about Dr. Carey)

Keri Kles is just starting her career. She is working at Eli Lilly & Company (a drug company) as a scientific writer.  She writes about drugs for people with diabetes (read more about Dr. Kles)

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Genomics
  Michael Romero studies cells and is married to another physiologist (read more about Dr. Romero)

Jeff Sands wanted to do research on the kidney. He did it by getting an M.D. instead of a Ph.D. degree, so he also gets to help people who are sick (read more about Dr. Sands)

Caroline Sussman wanted to be a dancer but decided instead to find out how cells determine their identities, for example, become brain cells instead of skin or muscle cells (read more about Dr. Sussman)

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Lung Cell Physiology

Carole Liedtke teaches students and studies how the lungs handle fluids both in healthy and sick people. She works a lot for APS and just got elected to be on the APS Council and help run it (read more about Dr. Liedtke)

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Neurophysiology
  Susan Barman studies the brain but never imagined that she’d be a scientist (read more about Dr. Barman)
Dale Benos wanted to be a doctor until he tried research. He works with cells and what goes wrong when cells don’t work right (read more about Dr. Benos)
Kathy O’Hagan decided that she liked teaching as much as research, so she looked for a job that would let her do both. She looks at how blood flow in the heart and kidneys works during exercise (read more about Dr. O'Hagan)
  Hector Rasgado-Flores loves music, both playing and writing it. He studies how muscle cells change when you move your arm (read more about Dr. Rasgado-Flores)

Irving Zucker decided studying physiology was the best way to get the answers to all the questions he had about how the body worked when healthy or sick. He is the Chair of a department at a big school in Nebraska (read more about Dr. Zucker)

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Renal Physiology

Magdalena Alonso-Galicia does research to help find new drugs for people with heart disease (read more about Dr. Alonso-Galicia)

Dale Benos wanted to be a doctor until he tried research. He works with cells and what goes wrong when cells don’t work right (read more about Dr. Benos)
L. Gabriel Navar grew up learning about farming and ranching but then wanted to be a veterinarian. He became more interested in how the body functions which is called Physiology. Now he is chair of a large physiology department at a big medical school (read more about Dr. Navar)
  David Pollock started out working for a drug company trying to find new drugs to fight diseases and then decided to try teaching at a college (read more about Dr. Pollock)
  Michael Romero studies cells and is married to another physiologist (read more about Dr. Romero)

Jeff Sands wanted to do research on the kidney. He did it by getting an M.D. instead of a Ph.D. degree, so he also gets to help people who are sick (read more about Dr. Sands)

Irving Zucker decided studying physiology was the best way to get the answers to all the questions he had about how the body worked when healthy or sick. He is the Chair of a department at a big school in Nebraska (read more about Dr. Zucker)

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Respiratory Physiology
Dale Benos wanted to be a doctor until he tried research. He works with cells and what goes wrong when cells don’t work right (read more about Dr. Benos)
  Barb Goodman started out wanting to be a doctor, then decided she wanted to study the lungs, and now helps teach students and teachers about physiology (read more about Dr. Goodman)

James Norton teaches medical students all about physiology. He also does research on dinosaurs and how they breathed, trying to figure out if they were warm-blooded (read more about Dr. Norton)

 Barry Peterson.jpg (169208 bytes) Barry Peterson develops new drugs for lung diseases at a drug company after working and teaching a long time at a college (read more about Dr. Peterson)
  John West not only does research on the lungs on high mountains and in deep space, but also likes history, teaching, and writing books (read more about Dr. West)

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Science Administration and Management
Dale Benos wanted to be a doctor until he tried research. He works with cells and what goes wrong when cells don’t work right (read more about Dr. Benos)
  Martin Frank runs the American Physiological Society (read more about Dr. Frank)
Bill Galey was a teacher/researcher for 25 years at the University of New Mexico. Now he’s trying a new career helping to fund students and schools (read more about Dr. Galey)
  Thomas Herzig is in the military and does research on exercise in extreme conditions (read more about Dr. Herzig)
L. Gabriel Navar grew up learning about farming and ranching but then wanted to be a veterinarian. He became more interested in how the body functions which is called Physiology. Now he is chair of a large physiology department at a big medical school (read more about Dr. Navar)
  Hector Rasgado-Flores loves music, both playing and writing it. He studies how muscle cells change when you move your arm (read more about Dr. Rasgado-Flores)

Irving Zucker decided studying physiology was the best way to get the answers to all the questions he had about how the body worked when healthy or sick. He is the Chair of a department at a big school in Nebraska (read more about Dr. Zucker)

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Science Education
  Barb Goodman started out wanting to be a doctor, then decided she wanted to study the lungs, and now helps teach students and teachers about physiology (read more about Dr. Goodman)
Andrea Gwosdow did research and then started her own company to help scientists, doctors, and nurses explain what they do to reporters, teachers and other people (read more about Dr. Gwosdow)

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Science Policy
 

Hector Rasgado-Flores loves music, both playing and writing it. He studies how muscle cells change when you move your arm (read more about Dr. Rasgado-Flores)

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Science Writing
Andrea Gwosdow did research and then started her own company to help scientists, doctors, and nurses explain what they do to reporters, teachers and other people (read more about Dr. Gwosdow)

Keri Kles is just starting her career. She is working at Eli Lilly & Company (a drug company) as a scientific writer.  She writes about drugs for people with diabetes (read more about Dr. Kles)

Karen Mittleman started out studying exercise and how the body keeps its temperature up even in the cold. Now she oversees medical/scientific writing for a drug company, helping them let people know about new drugs (read more about Dr. Mittleman)

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Structural Biology

James Norton teaches medical students all about physiology. He also does research on dinosaurs and how they breathed, trying to figure out if they were warm-blooded (read more about Dr. Norton)

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Teaching

Kim Barrett loved doing chemistry experiments. But when she got to do physiology experiments studying diseases in the gut, she found her true career (read more about Dr. Barrett)

  Barb Goodman started out wanting to be a doctor, then decided she wanted to study the lungs, and now helps teach students and teachers about physiology (read more about Dr. Goodman)

James Norton teaches medical students all about physiology. He also does research on dinosaurs and how they breathed, trying to figure out if they were warm-blooded (read more about Dr. Norton)

Kathy O’Hagan decided that she liked teaching as much as research, so she looked for a job that would let her do both. She looks at how blood flow in the heart and kidneys works during exercise (read more about Dr. O'Hagan)
  Hector Rasgado-Flores loves music, both playing and writing it. He studies how muscle cells change when you move your arm (read more about Dr. Rasgado-Flores)

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Technology Development
  John “Wick” Johnson studied diabetes for many years. Now he helps find new drugs and works with a drug company to get them to doctors to help make people feel better (read more about Dr. Johnson)
 Barry Peterson.jpg (169208 bytes) Barry Peterson develops new drugs for lung diseases at a drug company after working and teaching a long time at a college (read more about Dr. Peterson)

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Translational Research

Magdalena Alonso-Galicia does research to help find new drugs for people with heart disease (read more about Dr. Alonso-Galicia)

Paco Andrade always wanted to do research even though he didn’t know anyone like that growing up. He now studies the muscles of the eyes and voice box at a major research school (read more about Dr. Andrade)

Kim Barrett loved doing chemistry experiments. But when she got to do physiology experiments studying diseases in the gut, she found her true career (read more about Dr. Barrett)

Dale Benos wanted to be a doctor until he tried research. He works with cells and what goes wrong when cells don’t work right (read more about Dr. Benos)

Hannah Carey wanted to be a vet. But she discovered that studying how animals hibernate (sleep all winter) was more exciting than treating sick animals (read more about Dr. Carey)

 

Robert Carter III joined the US Army Reserves in school. Now that he has his degree, he does research in the Army on how well humans work in hot and cold weather and whether they get sick more often (read more about Dr. Carter)

Karen Mittleman started out studying exercise and how the body keeps its temperature up even in the cold. Now she oversees medical/scientific writing for a drug company, helping them let people know about new drugs (read more about Dr. Mittleman)

Jeff Sands wanted to do research on the kidney. He did it by getting an M.D. instead of a Ph.D. degree, so he also gets to help people who are sick (read more about Dr. Sands)

Irving Zucker decided studying physiology was the best way to get the answers to all the questions he had about how the body worked when healthy or sick. He is the Chair of a department at a big school in Nebraska (read more about Dr. Zucker)

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Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Physiology

Kim Barrett loved doing chemistry experiments. But when she got to do physiology experiments studying diseases in the gut, she found her true career (read more about Dr. Barrett)

L. Gabriel Navar grew up learning about farming and ranching but then wanted to be a veterinarian. He became more interested in how the body functions which is called Physiology. Now he is chair of a large physiology department at a big medical school (read more about Dr. Navar)
  David Pollock started out working for a drug company trying to find new drugs to fight diseases and then decided to try teaching at a college (read more about Dr. Pollock)
  Hector Rasgado-Flores loves music, both playing and writing it. He studies how muscle cells change when you move your arm (read more about Dr. Rasgado-Flores)
  Michael Romero studies cells and is married to another physiologist (read more about Dr. Romero)

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