People & Places

As originally printed in The Physiologist, 
April 2001, Volume 44, Number 2 
Page 98

Yasutada Akiba has recently joined the Department of Internal Medicine, Kelo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Previously, Akiba was with the Department of Medicine, Cure/UCLA and West LA VAMC, Los Angles, CA.

Accepting a position with Transform Pharmaceuticals Inc., Waltham, MA, Kurt Amsler has left the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ.

Joining the Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Barbara J. Ballermann has moved from the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 

Recently, Douglas E. Befroy moved from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England. Currently, Befroy is with the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Simon Berneche affiliated with the Biochemistry Department, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. Prior to his new assignment, Berneche was with the Department of Physics, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Jeffrey J. Bishop has joined the Department of Research and Development, Biosite Diagnostics, San Diego, CA. Prior to his new assignment, Bishop was with the Department of Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA. 

Associating with the Center for Human Genomics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, Eugene R. Bleecker has moved from the Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. 

James Ernest Blevins has affiliated with the Department of Metabolism, VA Puget Sound Health Care Systems, Seattle, WA. Prior to his new commitment, Blevins was with the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA. 

Gary P. Burness was formerly associated with the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Presently, Burness is affiliated with the Department of Physiology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

Accepting a position with the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Applied Human Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, L. Arthur Campfield has moved from the Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO. 

David P. Carlton has affiliated with the Center for Perinatal Care, University of Wisconsin and Meriter Hospital, Madison, WI. Carlton was with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Health Science Center, Salt Lake City, UT.

Having joined the Division of Neurosciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, Raymond A. Chitwood has left the Division of Life Science, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX.

James Liberal Costantin is now a member of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Prior to his new position, Costantin was with the Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Moving from the Department of Neurobiology, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY, Charles L. Cox has joined the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.

Brant Alan DeFanti has joined the Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Previously, DeFanti was with the Department of Animal Physiology, University of California, Davis, CA.

Formerly, Frank A. Dinenno was with the Department of Kinesiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Presently, Dinenno is affiliated with the Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN.

Ines Drenjancevic-Peric is now associated with the Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. Drenjancevic-Peric was with the Department of Physiology, University of Osijek Medical School, Croatia.

Recently, David H. Ellison joined the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Clinical Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR. Prior to his new position, Ellison was with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO. 

Lynn M. Everett is now associated with the Department of Biology, Wesley College, Dover, DE. Prior to her new affiliation, Everett was with the Department of Medicine, VA Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

Arthur N. Freed is currently affiliated with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Extramural Affairs, Review Branch, Bethesda, MD. Freed was previously affiliated with Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 

Jed E. Friedman is now associated with the Department of Pediatrics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO. Friedman was with the Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH. 

Moving to the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Stanley C. Froehner has left the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

David Robert Grimm has become a member of the Department of Physiopathology, New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY. Grimm was previously associated with the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Spinal Cord Research, Bronx, NY. 

Moving to the Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Steven C. Hand has moved from the Department of Environmental Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 

Karl M. Hermann has affiliated with the Department of Therapy Services, College Station Medical Center, College Station, TX. Hermann was formerly with the Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX. 

Carl E. Hunt has been appointed Director, National Center for Sleep Disorders Research, NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD. Formerly, Hunt was with the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH.

Joining the Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, Edward W. Inscho has recently moved from the Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Moving from the Department of Physiology, University of Otago, Hamilton, New Zealand, Juanita Kylie Jellyman has affiliated with the Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. 

Joining the Physiology Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, Richard A. Johnston has moved from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Science Center, Morgantown, WV.

Kevin M. Kelley has joined the Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA. Prior to his new position, Kelley was with the Department of Health and Human Performance, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Recently, Song-Jung Kim joined the Department of Cardiovascular Research Institute, UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ. Kim had previously been with the Weis Center for Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Danville, PA.
Accepting a position in the Department of Biochemistry, Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Emeryville, CA, Allison M. Kitten has moved from the Department of Biology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX.

Naohiro Koshiya has affiliated with the Blanchette Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, Rockville, MD. Previously, Koshiya was with the Laboratory of Neural Control, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, MD. 

Previously with the Department of Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, Carissa Marie Krane has recently joined the Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.

Joining the Department of Surgery, Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, New Zealand, Peter Donald Larsen has moved from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 

Martin J. Mangino has accepted a position with the Department of Surgery-Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI. Prior to his new assignment, Mangino was with Biomedical Research, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pearlman Biomedical Research Institute, Miami Beach, FL. 

Recently affiliating with the Department of Exercise Science and Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, Alexander V. Ng has moved form the Department of Radiology Magnetic Resonance Unit, University of California, San Francisco, CA.

Accepting a position with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, James Lee Park has moved from the Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Ann Arbor, MI.

Sharee Pepper has joined the Telemedicine Project at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI. Formerly, Pepper was affiliated with the National Library of Medicine, Extramural Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD. 
Jeffrey T. Potts has accepted a position with the Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. Previously, Potts was associated with the Department of Physiology, Harry S. Moss Heart Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. 

Robert F. Rakowski has joined the Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Previously, Rakowski was with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Finch University of Health Science, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL. 

Relocating to the Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, Radhakrishna Rao has moved from the Department of Pediatrics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. 

David T. Raphael has accepted an appointment with the Department of Anesthesiology, LAC-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Prior to his new position, Raphael was associated with the Department of Anesthesia, UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ. 

Recently affiliating with Biosupport, Redmond, WA, Keith Neu Richmond has moved from the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Associating with the Department of Cardiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Paul Schaeffer has moved from the Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. 

Joining the Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland, Solomon Silas Senok recently moved from the Department of Physiology, University of West Indies, Champs Fleurs, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Associating with the School of Human Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Andrew William Sheel has left the Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 

Lawrence L. Spriet has recently moved from the School of Health Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia. Spriet has accepted a position with the Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Accepting a position with the Division of Endocrinology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Elena Volpi has moved from the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. 

Appointed to the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY, Yong-Xiao Wang has left the Center for Cardiosciences, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY.

Philine Wangemann is currently affiliated with the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. Previously, Wangemann was the Coordinator of the Cell Physiology Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE. 

Recently accepting a position with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Summit, NJ, Xiang Wu has moved from the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Joining the Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Michael E. Zenilman has moved from the Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

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