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36 Early-Career Researchers
Earn APS tum Suden/Hellebrandt Awards
Awardees to present research at EB 2006 conference April 1-5
BETHESDA, Md (Feb. 27, 2006) Thirty six men and women
who have done exemplary research will receive the Caroline tum Suden/Frances
A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American
Physiological Society (APS).
The APS Women in Physiology Committee selected the
awardees from among 134 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are
the first author of a study they will present at the Experimental Biology (EB)
2006 conference, April 1-5 in San Francisco.
The APS selection committee makes the tum Suden/Hellebrandt
award with an eye to the awardees research, which must state a clear
hypothesis, have a solid experimental design, and a clearly stated
conclusion that includes a statement of the researchs significance to the
researchers scientific field.
The award, which carries a $500 prize and complimentary
EB registration, is named for Caroline tum Suden and Frances A. Hellebrandt,
physiologists and researchers born at the beginning of the 20th
century who mentored young researchers during lengthy academic careers.
Tum Suden (1900-1976) did much of her early research on
the function of the adrenal gland. Frances A. Hellebrandt (1901-1992) was a
pioneer in exercise physiology and rehabilitation and served on the
editorial board of the Journal of Applied Physiology published by APS.
The 2006 Caroline
tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt award winners are as follows:
- Dartmouth Medical
School Jennifer M.
Bomberger and Emily Cordas
- Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center Jeffrey R. Scott
- Henry Ford Hospital Guillermo Silva
- Kansas State
University Bryan G.
Helwig and Rebecca R. Quesnell
- Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Paul A. Rogers
- Michigan State University Carrie A. Northcott
- New York Medical College Zsuzsanna Orosz, Janos
Toth
- Pennsylvania State University Lacy A. Holowatz
- St. Louis University School of Medicine Madelyn
Stumpf
- Stanford University
Chin Chen
- University of California-Los Angeles Johana
Vallejo-Rodriguez
- University of Cincinnati Stella A. Nicolaou
- University College (Cork, Ireland) Belinda L.
Houghton
- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Melissa A. Burmeister, Darren
Hoffmann and Patricia Westmoreland
- University of Michigan James C. Hunter
- University of Mississippi Medical Center Wei Tan
- University of
Missouri F. Spencer
Gaskin
- University of Nebraska Medical Center Tarek M.
Mousa
- University of New
Mexico Kyan J. Allahdadi,
Brad Broughton, Tom Cherng and Paulette Yamada
- University of South
Alabama Diego F. Alvarez
- University of South
Florida Lavanya
Balasubramanian
- University of Southern California Karen R. Kelly
and Marcella Raney
- University of Tennessee Medical Center Sherry
Kasper
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio Wook Song and Weirong Zhang
- University of Wisconsin Julia E.R. Wilkerson
- York University (Toronto) Eric Ispanovic
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The
American Physiological Society was founded in 1887 to foster basic and
applied bioscience. The Bethesda, Maryland-based society has more than
10,000 members and publishes 14 peer-reviewed journals containing almost
4,000 articles annually.
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APS
provides a wide range of research, educational and career support and
programming to further the contributions of physiology to understanding the
mechanisms of diseased and healthy states. In May 2004, APS received
the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).
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