The 17th annual meeting of the Ohio Physiological Society
(OPS) was held November 15, 2002 at the Ralph Regula Conference Center at
the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM),
Rootstown, OH. The theme of the meeting was “Cardiopulmonary Physiology –
b‑adrenoceptors – Development and Disease”. The initial announcement of
the meeting was done via e-mail. Subsequently a brochure describing the
meeting and application forms were sent by mail.
A total of 100 registered participants (including the invited speaker,
researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students) attended the meeting.
The attendees came from many institutions around the state of Ohio; NEOUCOM,
Wright State University, Bowling Green State University, Ohio University,
University of Akron, Akron General Medical Center, Ohio University College
of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve
University, University of Dayton, Cleveland Clinic, and Kent State
University. In addition, the meeting was attended by undergraduate students
and faculty from Walsh University, Hiram College, and Westminster College.
The meeting was opened by a special welcome address by NEOUCOM’s new
President and Dean Dr. Lois M. Nora, M.D., J.D. The OPS president, Hans G.
Folkesson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology at NEOUCOM, then
welcomed the audience and introduced the APS Featured Speaker and Keynote
Speaker Dr. David H. Ingbar, M.D. from the University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN. Dr. Ingbar presented a fascinating lecture and summary on
the regulation of alveolar fluid absorption. The remaining presentations
were focused on the role of b‑adrenoceptors in regulating alveolar fluid
absorption and cardiovascular functions. The presentations were designed to
appeal to the large undergraduate and graduate student presence in the
audience.
Following lunch in the Conference Center, a poster session with many
lively discussions was held in the atrium. Concomitant with the poster
session, there was a vendor display of scientific equipment and laboratory
supply solutions organized by VWR Biomarke Program and Beckman Coulter.
During the poster session, the School of Biomedical Sciences at Kent State
University and NEOUCOM provided information to the undergraduate students
about graduate studies at the School of Biomedical Sciences.
A business meeting was held at the end of the meeting in which the
locations of the next two meeting were announced, Case Western Reserve
University (2003) and University of Cincinnati (2004). The President-elect
is Nanduri R. Prabhakar, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. The
creation of the Peter K. Lauf Ohio Physiological Society Student Award was
also announced at the business meeting. The award will be given to a
promising physiology graduate student to enhance his/her education by
permitting the student to attend a major national/international physiology
meeting, such as the Experimental Biology, but not limited to.
The 17th annual meeting of the OPS would not have been
possible without the generous support from the Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine Division of Basic Medical Science and
Department of Physiology, the Graduate Program School of Biomedical
Sciences, Kent State University, VWR Biomarke Program, Beckman Coulter, and
the American Physiological Society.
- Hans G. Folkesson, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Physiology
- NEOUCOM
- President
- Ohio Physiological Society
