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The American Physiological Society's "Living History Project"
BETHESDA, Md. (Mar. 4, 2011) - The American Physiological Society (The-APS.org), has announced updates to its "Living History Project." The program, initiated in 2005, was designed to create an archival video record of senior members of the APS who have made outstanding contributions to the science of physiology, as well as the profession. To view more information about our "Living History" participants and to watch the corresponding videos, please visit our Living History page.
With the addition of three new videos, the APS has interviewed the following 27 accomplished men and women:
Dr. Beverly Bishop, (Deceased) was a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Buffalo, having taught for more than 50 years. Her research focused on understanding how the nervous system controls muscle activity in humans and animals with an emphasis on the respiratory control of muscles.
Dr. Clark Blatteis, a Professor of Physiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, had an outstanding career of more than 50 years which focused on the pathophysiology of fever and how the body's physiological processes respond to the noxious effects of infectious agents.
Dr. Felix Bronner, retired Professor of Physiology in Biophysics, and current editor of Topics of Bone Biology, has had a career of more than 50 years working on the physiology of calcium and bone metabolism, as well as nutrition. He officially retired in 1989, but is still active in research, writing, and editing, in addition to organizing talks and seminars at the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Maurice Burg, Principle Investigator at the Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, has had a career that spans nearly 50 years in the field of renal physiology. He is known for his development of critical technology that led to new pathways of discovery of physiological principles involved in renal function and osmotic regulation.
Dr. Elsworth Buskirk, (Deceased) formerly Emeritus Professor of Applied Physiology and Human Nutrition at Penn State University, focused his research on many areas of applied physiology and human nutrition, including a study on the physiological effects of high altitude on athletes.
Dr. Shu Chien, University Professor of Bioengineering and Medicine at the University of California San Diego, was the 63rd president of the APS from 1990 to 1991. During his almost 50-year career, he authored more than 500 peer-reviewed articles and edited 11 books.
Dr. Helen Cooke, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Ohio State, has focused on identifying the enteric neural reflex pathways that control neurogenic chloride secretion in the gastrointestinal tract. She has published more than 113 peer-reviewed research articles, 21 book chapters, and 155 abstracts.
Dr. Robert Kellogg Crane (Deceased) explained active transport in the intestine, and he played a central role in testing the sodium cotransport hypothesis. This discovery led to the development of oral rehydration therapy, which replaces the loss of water with electrolytes by adding glucose to a salt solution that helps accelerate the absorption of water and electrolytes.
Dr. John A Faulkner, Professor of Physiology at the University of Michigan, has focused on altitude acclimation of athletes, and he coached the Canadian Olympic Swim Team in 1960. Much of his work at Michigan concentrated on the changes that occur in the contractile properties of skeletal muscle fibers during and following injury, fatigue, and regeneration.
Dr. G. Edgar Folk, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Physiology at the University of Iowa, has concentrated his efforts on hibernation and circadian rhythm/biological clocks. He was one of the first to identify that bears do indeed hibernate during the winter.
Dr. Gerhard Giebisch, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the Yale University School of Medicine, is one of the best known researchers in the field of renal physiology. His studies in this area focus on the mechanisms of renal electrolyte transport and their regulation. He was instrumental in the use of patch-clamp methods.
Dr. John E. Greenleaf, former research physiologist at the NASA Ames Research Center, established and directed the Laboratory for Human Environmental Physiology in the Life Sciences Division at the research center. Over his 40-year career, he has contributed 181 published research articles, 127 abstracts, 23 book chapters, and 75 other publications, and received numerous awards.
Dr. Gabor Kaley, former professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology at New York Medical College, directed his research efforts on microcirculation, and he largely helped in the discovery of non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Dr. Samuel Leonard, (Deceased) former Professor Emeritus of Reproductive Physiology at Cornell University, was a pioneer in the fields of endocrinology and reproductive physiology. His research focused on hormones of the pituitary gland and thyroid gland, and by 1931, he proved that estrogen could be used as a contraceptive agent, and that the ovaries and testes were regulated by two pituitary hormones - follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).
Dr. Richard Malvin, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, has been a member of the APS since 1960, and a faculty member at the University of Michigan since 1956. He has had an illustrious research career, and he is probably best known for his development of the stop-flow technique to measure renal function.
Dr. Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, is best known for her work in the field of comparative physiology of fluid and solid balance. She made groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of secretion of urea by the mammalian kidney. Dr. Schmidt-Nielsen was the 48th president of the APS (and the first female president of the Society) from 1975 to 1976.
Dr. Charles "Rollo" Park, former Chair of the Department of Physiology at Vanderbilt University, has made many contributions to endocrine and metabolic physiology. He has showed how the human body regulates its temperature in relation to the environment; described the transport of glucose in muscle tissue; and indicated that there is a transport system for fatty acids in cells.
Dr. Robert W. Phillips, Professor Emeritus at Colorado State University, has had a career that has spanned numerous professions, including cowboy, soldier, teacher, scientist, administrator, author, and astronaut.
Dr. Loring Rowell, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington, focused on how the cardiovascular system responds to the stresses that humans must contend with. He has written two comprehensive monographs on cardiovascular physiology.
Dr. Rafael Rubio, professor at Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi in Mexico, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Virginia, has published almost 200 articles and book chapters in his life, 25 of those coming before he obtained a bachelor's degree. His research focuses on the mechanism of coupling cardiac function and coronary blood flow.
Dr. Novera Herbert Spector, founder of the International Society of NeuroImmunoModulation, has led a very exciting life as a union organizer, a physiologist, and as an avid fencer. He has pursued careers in physiology, immunology, gerontology, and neuroscience, both as a researcher and administrator, the latter at the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Aubrey Taylor, Distinguished University Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of South Alabama, is probably best known for his work in pulmonary circulation and in pulmonary edema. He served as the 61st president of the APS from 1988 to 1989.
Dr. Charles M. Tipton, Professor Emeritus of physiology at the University of Arizona, is an exercise physiologist who has worked in a wide variety of areas, having published more than 150 manuscripts, and edited and contributed to numerous books. He is a past president of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Dr. Mario Vassalle, Professor Emeritus of physiology and pharmacology at SUNY, is presently researching cardiac electrophysiology. He has published 176 papers, 165 abstracts, 56 reviews and has edited four books. Dr. Vassalle is also very interested in poetry and philosophical essays, having published five books of poetry and three of philosophy.
Dr. Karlman Wasserman, Professor Emeritus on Recall at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, is considered the grandfather of clinical exercise testing. He has been involved in a variety of physiological fields including renal, respiratory, circulatory, and exercise physiology.
Dr. John B. West, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the UCSD School of Medicine, has spent his career studying respiratory physiology in various areas, focusing his research efforts in the highest places on earth, and in space, literally. He joined Sir Edmund Hillary on an expedition to Himalayas to study pulmonary physiology, and he even led his own expedition in 1981 to the summit of Mt. Everest.
Dr. F. Eugene Yates, Science Advisor to the John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation, is a 50+ year member of the APS. His career has included investigations in areas of congestive heart failure, feedback systems, computer modeling of endocrine and metabolic systems, self-organizing systems of biology, aging, and temporal organization of living systems. He updated Walter B. Cannon's theory of homeostasis, now called homeodynamics.
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