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From Teaching and Research to Helping Students Discover Physiology William (Bill) R Galey, Jr., was born in Boise, Idaho. He grew up on a small farm in the pacific northwest and was fascinated by the birth, growth, and death of the farm animals about him. He always wanted to know “how and why” things, such as plants and animals, and even machines, work the way they do. He decided to study science because of his interest in understanding how things work.
Finding Physiology
Being a Physiologist
He also taught medical, graduate, and undergraduate students during that time, and received the Outstanding Teacher of the Year award in 1993. It was during his last 10 years there that he became involved in graduate education and research administration. He also became very involved in helping middle school and high school teachers develop new ways to teach science. Changing CareersAs he began to be more involved in working with students, researchers, and teachers, he became more interested in improving the way the medical sciences are taught and learned. He also recognized the increasing need to encourage medical students to learn how to do research so that they would understand how new drugs and treatments are developed. As a result of his involvement in graduate and medical education, not only at his own institution, but nationally and internationally as well, and through lecturing and consulting with schools on how to improve their educational programs, he was approached by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to consider applying for a position with them. HHMI is the world’s largest private foundation conducting biomedical research. He decided it was the right time in his life to change the focus of his career and so he accepted the position and moved across the country from New Mexico to Maryland. Dr. Galey is currently working as the Director of Graduate Education Programs for HHMI in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The group he leads supports graduate biomedical research education through fellowships to graduate students, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows or through grants to institutions that provide training to such individuals. He also directs a partnership program between HHMI and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that provides one year of research training experience for medical students at the NIH. Because of his knowledge and expertise, Dr. Galey has been asked by many organizations, including APS, to serve on local and national committees and boards. He is very active within APS in the Teaching of Physiology Section. In addition, he was just selected to be the Chair of the APS Career Opportunities in Physiology Committee, which develops materials and programs to encourage students to consider a career in science and especially physiology. For FunDr. Galey has four children. He likes to be with them and read, hike, and camp. He also enjoys growing gardens, listening to music, and attending plays and movies. Until recently he was a pilot and flew his own airplane around the country for business or pleasure. Dr. Galey remains very involved in volunteer work. He worked with teachers in their classrooms, kids in alternative education programs and volunteered for many years as a science fair judge. He’s also worked with Boy Scouts and has volunteered with a group feeding the homeless. Advice for Postdoctoral FellowsHelp your mentor to mentor you by making sure he or she knows what you want as a career and what you want to gain from your postdoctoral experience.
Representative Publications
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