Recipients of the Latin American Initiative Program Award
Current 2013 Awardee:
Dr. Tania Zenteno-Savin, Centro De Investgaciones Biologicas Noroeste S.C., Baja California Sur, MEXICO
Dr. Wamberto Varanda, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Dr. Tamara Zaobornyj, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Past Awardees:
2012
Dr. Anita Chatarina Aperia, Karolinska Hospital, Astrid Lindgren Children Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Fernando Pablo Dominici, IQUIFIB, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr.Nestor H. Garcia, J. Robert Cade Foundation, Cordoba, Argentina
2011
Dr. Thiago S. Moreira, Institute of Biomedical Scineces, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Dr. Javier E. Stern, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
2010
Dr. Rafael Rubio, Universidad A San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, MEXICO
Dr. Judith M. Zilberman, University of Buenos Aires - Fac De Farma, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2009
Dr. Victoria Velarde, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, CHILE
Dr. Rodrigo Iturriaga, P. Universidad Catolica De Chile, Santiago, CHILE
Dr. Willis Samson, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
2008
Dr. Tania Zenteno-Savin, Centro De Investgaciones Biologicas Noroeste S.C., Baja California Sur, MEXICO
Dr. Pablo Artigas, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbuck, TX
2007
Dr. Patricia De Paula, Department of Physiology, FOAR-UNESP, Araraquara, Sao Paulo, BARZIL
Dr. Nestor Garcia, Renal Physiology Dept, J. Robert Cade Foundation, Cordoba, ARGENTINA
Dr. Rui Curi, University of Sao Paulo- Institute Biomedical Science, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Dr. Beatriz Ramirez, University De Santiago De Chile, Santiago, CHILE
Dr. Javier Stern, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006
Dr. Jose Antunes –Rodrigues, Department of Physiology, Avenida Bandeirantes Ribeirao Preto BRAZIL
Dr. Jose E. Bicudo, University De Sao Paulo Inst., Inst De Biociensias, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Dr. Ramon Rogelio Latorre, Center of Studies Scientific of Chile, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysical, Valdivia, CHILE
Dr. Willis K. Samson, St. Louis University School of Medicine, Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, St. Louis, Missouri 63104-1083
2005
Dr. Ana M. Cardenas, Centro de Neurociencia de Valparaiso, Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile, Valparaiso, CHILE
Dr. James W. Hicks, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California
Dr. Diego A. Golombek, Universidad National De Quilmes, Departamento De Ciencia Y Tecnologia, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Dr. Hugo Gonzalez-Serrator, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland
2004
Dr. Alberto Boveris, Laboratory of Free Radical Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Elaine Aparecida Del Bel, Department of Physiology, University of San Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Benedito H. Machado, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of San Pauo, Brazil
Dr. Alicia Mattiazzi, Director, Centro de Investigaciones, Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Medicine, La Plata, Argentina
2003
Dr. Francisco Jose Barrantes, Institute of Bioquimica, Bahia Blanca, organizer of an International Training Postgraduate UNESCO Course: “Novel spectroscopic and physiological approaches to Neurobiology”, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Dr. Adolfo de Bold, University of Ottawa Heart Institute organizer of workshop on Molecular Physiology of Vasoactive Peptides, Argentinean Society for Clinical Investigation, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Dr. Hugo Gonzalez, University of Maryland, organizer of the Third Symposium on Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Muscle Research, Mexico City, Mexico
Drs. Stephen Warburton New Mexico State University and Tobias Wang, organizers of a course on the Biology of the Heart to be held in Rio Claro, Brazil
2002
Dr. Patricia E. Molina, MD, PhD; LSUHSC, New Orleans organizer of course on “Advances in Physiology; Impact on our Understanding of Health and Disease” hosted by the Medical School of Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala
Drs. Claudia Capurro, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Guillermo Whittembury, Caracas, Venezuela organizers of a workshop on “New insights in water transport across cells and membranes: Structure, function and regulation” hosted at the International Congress of Biophysics, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Mario Parisi, Buenos Aires, Argentina organizer of a workshop on “Volume regulation in animal cells and in plant vacuoles” hosted at the International Congress of Biophysics, Buenos, Aires, Argentina
2001
Dr. Mario Amzel, Johns Hopkins University organizer of a course on “Molecular Modeling of Macromolecules,” hosted by the Institute of Biotechnology, Universidad Autonoma of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Dr. Mark R. Opp, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston organizer of a symposium on “Stressor-Induced Alterations in Sleep,” hosted by Department of Psychobiology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Tania Zenteno-Savin, Center for Biological Research, Mexico organizer of a workshop on “Comparative Aspects of the Oxidative Stress in Biological Systems,” hosted by the Center for Biological Research, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Dr. Reinaldo DiPolo, Department of Biophysics, IVIC, Venezuela organizer of a course on “Mechanisms of Ion Transport Across Cell Membranes,” hosted by Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC)
2000
Dr. Rafael Rubio, Faculty of Medicine, UASLP, San Luis Potosi, Mexico organizer of a symposium entitled "Paracrine, Cytokine, and Hormonal Factors Involved in Cardiac Function and Remodeling" at the XX Latin American Physiological Society Congress, Cancun, Mexico.