People & Places

People & Places

AAAS Elects APS Members as Fellows
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of fellows and foreign honorary members. The following APS members were among the individuals so honored:
Maurice B. Burg, NIH
Sid Gilman, University of Michigan
John D. Hildebrand, University ofArizona
Jon Kass, Vanderbilt University
Eve Marder, Brandeis University
John B. West, University of California, San Diego

Jordi Altimiras has joined the Department of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal. Prior to his new assignment, Altimiras was with the Department of Biology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Having joined Global Research Development, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Evansville, IN, Joshua C. Anthony has left the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.

Jaques Belik has accepted a position with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Prior to his new appointment, Belik was with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Moving from the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington VA Medical, Seattle, WA, John Towsend Berg has joined the Department of Pharmacolo-gy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.

Joining the Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Gerda E. Breitwieser recently moved from the Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Stanley Paul Brown was previously affiliated with the Department of Physical Therapy, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO. Brown is presently Department Head, Department of Kinesiology, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.

Jon A. Buras has joined the Department of Emergency Medicine as Principal Investigator, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Buras formerly was with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

Affiliating with the School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Dennis J. Cheek has moved from the School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Peter J.S. Chiu has joined Discovery & Preclinical Department of MDS Pharma Services, Bothell, WA. Chiu was formerly with General Pharmaceutical and Groton Labs, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT.

Scott Francis Davis has joined the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Previously, Davis was with the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA.

Gregory E. Demas has moved from the Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA to the Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Harveen Dhillon has affiliated with the Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Previously, Dhillon was associated with the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Recently, Daniel I. Edelstone has joined the Department of OB/GYN, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Prior to his new position, Edelstone was with the Department of OB/GYN, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY.

Daniel P. Ferris has moved to the Department of Movement Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Previously, Ferris was with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Appointed Lundell Professor and Head of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas, Dallas, Richardson, TX, Steven R. Goodman recently moved from the Department of Cell Biology and Neuro-science, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.

Joining the Department of Physiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, Pingnian He was previously affiliated with the Department of Human Physiology, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA.

Affiliating with the Department of Exercise Sciences & Physical Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Kimberly Ann Huey has moved from the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, CA.

Formerly Mutsuhiro Ikuma was with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Recently, Ikuma joined the Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.

Appointed Director of the NMR Laboratory and Physiological Chemistry, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Joanne S. Ingwall has moved from the NMR Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

James Eric Jordan has joined the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for Experimental Therapy and Repair, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC. Prior to his new assignment, Jordan was with the Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Experimental Therapy and Repair, Boston, MA.

Affiliating with Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc., La Jolla, CA, Robert S. Kellar has moved from the Department of Physiology, University of Arizona Health Science Center, Tucson, AZ.

Lewis B. Kinter has recently been appointed Senior Director with the Department of Preclinical Science, Astra Zeneca LP, Wilmington, DE. Kinter has moved from the Department of Medical and Scientific Affairs, Astra Zeneca, Wayne, PA.

Accepting the position of Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, CT, William J. Kraemer has moved from the Department of Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

Affiliating with the Department of Zoology of the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Hsinyu Lee has moved from the Department of Medicine, University California, San Francisco, CA.

Joining the Department of Medical Education, Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services, Basking Ridge, NJ, Alex L. Loeb recently moved from the Advanced Technology Group, Cytometrics, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Recently, Wenjun Z. Martini joined the Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Martini had been affiliated with the Metabolic Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston, TX.

Joining the Department of Physiology, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, Joseph Gary Meszaros has moved from the Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

Affiliating with the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Janna Leigh Morrison has moved from the Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Recently, Surya M. Nauli joined the Department of Medicine Renal Division, Harvard Institute of Medicine, Boston, MA. Nauli previously was affiliated with the Department of Pharmacology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA.

Timothy R. Nurkiewicz has joined the Department of Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Prior to his new position, Nurkiewicz was associated with the Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, TX.

Formerly associated with Hypertension and Vascular Research Department, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, Craig Frederick Plato is currently Senior Research Pharmacologist, Department of Cardiovascular Safety and Integrative Pharmacology, Abbott Labs, Abbott Park, IL.

Accepting a position as with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Rick G. Schnellmann has moved from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas Medical Science, Little Rock, AR.

Margaret Arlene Schwartz has joined the Department of Surgical Sciences, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. Schwartz was previously with the Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles, CA.

Previously connected with the Department of Medicine and Physiology, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, OH, Uma Sundaram has affiliated with the Gastroenterology Department, Univer-sity of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

Sheila J. Thornton has joined the Department of Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Prior to her new assignment, Thornton was affiliated with the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Accepting an appointment with the Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Jerrold R. Turner has moved from the Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.

Formerly Professor of the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Tony G. Waldrop is presently Vice Chancellor, Research and Graduate Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Timothy Cragin Wang has joined the Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. Prior to his new appointment, Wang was with the Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.