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May 12, 2004

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American Physiological Society

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2004 APS Leaders Take Office

APS Welcomes Four New Additions to Its Governance

Bethesda, Md. – Five members of the American Physiological Society’s (APS) governing body will be installed in Washington, D.C., at the 117^th annual meeting of the APS.

New 2004 APS Officers:

D. Neil Granger, Ph.D. - President, 2004-2005

Granger will serve as the 77^th President of the APS.  He is the Boyd Professor and head of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport.  The focus of Dr. Granger's research is the responses of the microcirculation to ischemia (low blood flow) and to risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as elevated blood cholesterol. 

Since he joined APS in 1978, Granger has been a member of several editorial boards including the Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology and Cell Physiology sections of the American Journal of Physiology on which he currently serves.  An active member of the Society, he has also worked on a wide range of APS committees.

Douglas C. Eaton, Ph.D. – President-Elect, 2004-2005

Eaton is a distinguished professor of physiology at Emory University School of Medicine.  He is director of Emory's Center for Cell and Molecular Signaling.  Eaton’s research focuses on the process cells use to recognize and respond to external events, and how abnormalities in cellular signaling are associated with specific disease processes.  Prior to his designation as President-Elect, he served on the APS Council.  Eaton has been an APS member since 1981.

Carole M. Liedtke, Ph.D. – APS Councilor, 2004-2007

Liedtke is a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology & Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University.  The focus of her research is how the lungs handle fluids, how this function is altered by genetic diseases and how to correct this mistake so that the lungs can function normally.  Active on several APS editorial boards and committees, Liedkte has been a member since 1982.

Thomas E. Lohmeier, Ph.D. – APS Councilor, 2004-2007

Lohmeier is a professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.  His research focuses on understanding the neurohormonal mechanisms that are causal in the progression of hypertension, and salt and water retention in heart failure.  Since joining APS in 1978, Lohmeier has served on seven APS committees, the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism, and is currently an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 

Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D. – APS Councilor, 2004-2007

Zucker is the Theodore F. Hubbard Professor of Cardiovascular Research Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.  His research focuses on autonomic regulation in experimental heart failure with emphasis on the roles played by various cardiovascular reflexes and alterations in central mediators of autonomic outflow.  Zucker serves on the editorial boards of nine journals including American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology and American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.  He also has served on several APS committees and has been a member since 1975.

For more information about the APS, contact Stacy Brooks (301-634-7253 or sbrooks@the-aps.org) or go to http://www.the-aps.org/about.htm.

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