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originally printed in The Physiologist,
April 2001, Volume 44, Number 2
Page 88
Introducing Robert G.
Carroll
Introducing John Stallone
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On January 1, 2001, Robert G. Carroll succeeded Barbara A. Goodman as Chair of the APS Education Committee. As Chair, Carroll will also serve ex officio on the APS Council. He is active in the APS Teaching Section and held positions of Councilor and, most recently, Chair of the section. While Chair of the Teaching Section, Carroll worked with APS President L. Gabriel Navar and Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology (ACDP) President Mordecai Blaustein to compile the Medical Physiology Learning Objectives,
(http://www.the-aps.org/education/MedPhysObj/medcor.htm) a joint project of the APS and the ACDP.
Carroll is a Professor in the Department of Physiology at the Brody School of Medicine-East Carolina University. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1976, and received his PhD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Newark in 1981. His research, directed by David Opdyke, examined the role of catecholamines and angiotensin II in blood pressure regulation in sharks. He received an individual NRSA, co-sponsored by Thomas Lohmeier and Arthur Guyton, to continue work on blood pressure regulation at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In 1984, he joined the Physiology Department at East Carolina University, where he also holds adjunct appointments in Emergency Medicine and in the Cardiovascular Center.
His research centers on trauma and resuscitation. Currently, his laboratory is studying the altered body temperature regulation that accompanies severe hemorrhage. Interesting findings include a downward shift in the body temperature “set point” in the hours after hemorrhage. This set point alteration causes rats, who are already hypothermic, to use behavioral mechanisms to further decrease their body core temperature in the post-hemorrhage period.
In addition to bench research, Rob has a strong interest in teaching. He serves on the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) Commission on Teaching Physiology and has participated in IUPS-sponsored teaching workshops in Finland, Scotland, Russia, Pakistan, and South Africa. He is an Associate Editor of Advances in Physiology Education, and has 10 publications on teaching and learning. He is secretary for the International Association of Medical Science Educators and a regular participant in meetings of HAPS, the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society.
The Education Committee is charged with advancing physiology as a discipline and serving the educational needs of APS members. The Committee, which recently expanded to 12 members, coordinates activities with Marsha Matyas and the Education Office at the APS headquarters to accomplish this charge.
The continuing health of the APS requires that the Society serves the needs of its members. Members’ educational needs include aspects of continuing professional (research) education and improvement of APS members’ teaching skills. The Education Committee is particularly committed to the development and expansion of the archive of teaching resources, incorporating video, slide, clinical correlation, test banks, and simulation options for faculty to review and, if appropriate, adopt. These activities should be coordinated with the IUPS, and other professional societies, to increase their impact.
Separate from the teaching archive, the Education Committee seeks to develop resources for physiology course directors. In an era of continuing curricular change, course directors must understand the significance of the curriculum options and learn how to effectively champion the continuing role of physiology as a core component of pre-clinical education.
The continuing health of the discipline of physiology requires the development of a scientifically literate public. The Education Committee and APS Education Office support outreach activities, particularly to K-12 and to under-represented groups, that create a public that understands (and supports) science. Physiology, as the essential human life science, should lead in this effort. This activity is particularly important in schools receiving a significant portion of “state” funds. A closely related activity involves promoting research opportunities in both the pre-college and the college/university areas.
These activities require significant participation by the APS membership. We look forward to working with you on these and other topics in the upcoming years. Consider this your invitation, and contact me or any member of the Committee (listed on the APS web site) if you would like to join our efforts.
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originally printed in The Physiologist,
April 2001, Volume 44, Number 2
Page 89
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On January 1, 2001, John N. Stallone succeeded C. Terrance Hawk as Chair of the APS Animal Care and Experimentation Committee. Stallone has served on this Committee for three years before becoming Chair and also served as liaison to the APS Education Committee. As Chair of the Animal Care and Experimentation Committee, he will also be an ex officio member of the APS Public Affairs Committee.
Stallone has been an Associate Professor in the Department of
Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine since 1998. Prior to that, he was an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Physiology at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine for 10 years. While at Northeastern Ohio, Stallone served on and then chaired the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC); he currently serves on the University Laboratory Animal Care Committee at Texas A&M. Stallone received his PhD in Physiology from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1984 under the direction of Eldon J. Braun and William H. Dantzler. He then completed a four-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, working with Hiroko Nishimura and then with Leonard Share.
Stallone’s primary research focus has been on the humoral regulation of renal and vascular function, particularly by the posterior pituitary hormone vasopressin. In recent years, his research has focused on the acute (nongenomic) and long-term (genomic) effects of the gonadal steroid hormones in the regulation of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle function. Recent exciting findings from the laboratory relate to the importance of estrogen and testosterone as regulators of endothelial nitric oxide and prostanoid pathways and the resulting influence of these sex steroids on the maintenance of vascular tone by vasopressin and other vasoconstrictor hormones.
The APS Animal Care and Experimentation Committee is charged with overseeing all matters and policies related to the procurement, use, and care of animals for research and teaching and activities involving public or private agencies concerned with such matters and advising the Council of actions to be taken or recommended. A particularly important aspect of these duties is keeping abreast of legislation as well as the activities of other groups involved with animal care and experimentation and keeping Council
apprised of changes by means of regular reports. Other duties of the Committee include keeping the Guiding Principles of the Care and Use of Animals and the Sourcebook for the Use of Animals in Physiological Research and Teaching up-to-date, acting as arbiter for the Publications Committee relative to publication of papers involving questionable experimental procedures and care of animals, and keeping abreast of new developments in animal models for student teaching and alternatives for animal use in research and making recommendations to Council concerning these matters.
The next several years promise to be very challenging for the Committee, not only because of the upcoming regulation of rats, mice, and birds by the USDA, but also because of the proposed redefinition and regulation of pain and distress in research animals. Nevertheless, Stallone looks forward to the opportunity to serve the members of APS and to assist in the development of APS policies to deal with these challenges to the important use of animals in biomedical research and teaching.
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