People & Places

As originally published in The Physiologist
Volume 45, Number 4, August 2002, page 228

William F. Ganong Named Endocrine Society’s 2002 Distinguished Educator Awardee

APS Member William F. Ganong, DSC, MD, former Chair of the Department of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, has been named the winner of the Endocrine Society’s 2002 Distinguished Educator Award. 

This award, which is presented in recognition of exceptional achievement as an educator in the discipline of endocrinology and metabolism, was presented at ENDO 2002, the 84th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, June 19-22, in San Francisco. 

Ganong, the Lange Professor of Physiology Emeritus at UCSF, was chairman of the department from 1970 to 1987. His research focused primarily on the neuroendocrinology of aldosterone regulation, a field to which he made major contributions. 

In 1963, Dr. Ganong published the first edition of a textbook, Review of Medical Physiology. The book has been frequently revised and updated and the 20th edition appeared in 2001. It has been translated into 17 languages and has sold over two million copies and has had a major influence on biology and medicine students internationally. 

Keren M. Abberton recently accepted a position with the Department of Microsurgery, Bernard O’Brien Institute, Fitzroy, Australia. Previously, Abberton was associated with the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. 

Jordi Altimiras has moved to Sweden to accept a position with the Biology Department, Linkopings Universitet, Linkoping, Sweden. Formerly, Altimiras was with the Department of Sciences, Saude University Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal.

Nigel M. Bagnall has affiliated with the Leicester Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. Previously, Bagnall was with the Department of Physiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

LeAnn Blomberg has joined the Department of Germplasm and Gamete Physiology, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services and the Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Beltsville, MD. Prior to her new commitment, Blomberg was associated with the Lung Biology Laboratory, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. 

Matthew J. Campen recently affiliated with the Toxicology Division, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM. Campen was with the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 

Robert Carter has affiliated with the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, Natick, MA. Prior to his new position, Carter was with the Department of Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science, Forth Worth, TX.

James Liberal Costantin has affiliated with the Department of Ion Works, Molecular Devices Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA. Costantin formerly was associated with the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. 

Kevin P. Davy has joined the Department of Physiology and Bio-physics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Davy previously was with the Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. 

Christophe Depre accepted a position with Cell Biology, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ. Previously, Depre was with the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ. 

Robert Jason Durand has moved to the Division of Health and Performance Enhancement, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. Prior to his new appointment, Durand was affiliated with the Department of Physiology, Tulane University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA. 

Anthony G. Durmowicz recently associated with the Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Prior to his new position, Durmowicz was with the Department of Pediatrics Pulmonology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Alan Gelperin recently joined Biology Computation Research, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA. Previously, Gelperin was with Biology Computation Research, Bell Labs Lucent, Murray Hill, NJ. 

Michael Paul Godard has joined the Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Formerly, Godard was associated with the Department of Sports Medicine, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME. 

Roy D. Goldfarb has a new position of Professor of Physiology and Medicine with the Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Camden, NJ. Goldfarb had been with the Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Rush Presbyterian, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL. 

Vallie Michelle Holloway accepted a position with the Burn Shock & Trauma Institute, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL. Prior to her new post, Holloway was with the Department of Pharmacology, Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Tallahassee, FL. 

Charles J. Homcy is currently the President of Research and Development, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA. Homcy formerly was Executive Vice President, Research and Development, COR Therapeutics, South San Francisco, CA.

Mika B. Jekabsons is a Postdoctoral Fellow currently affiliated with Buck Institute, Novato, CA. Previous to his new affiliation, Jekabsons was associated with the Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Cambridge, England. 

Raouf A. Khalil has joined VA Boston Healthcare-Research, Harvard Medical School, W. Roxbury, MA. Khalil was previously associated with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. 

W. Michael King moved from the Department of Neurology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. King joined the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

Anne Apperly Knowlton recently affiliated with the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA. Prior to her new position, Knowlton was with the Department of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Houston, TX.

Stephen J. Kopp has accepted the position as Provost, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Kopp was previously Dean, College of Health Professions, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. 

Gerald D. Larson has joined the Health and Exercise Science Department, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Overland Park, KS. Larson was formerly with the Department of Nursing, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO.

Ronald D. Reed has recently joined the Department of Biology, European Office Aerospace Research and Development, USAF Academy, CO. Formerly, Reed was with the US Air Force European Office of Aerospace Research & Development, London, England. 

Jose D. Rojas has moved to the Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Prior to his new position, Rojas was with the Department of Physiology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX. 

Carl Saab accepted a position with the Department of Neurology, Yale University VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT. Formerly, Saab was with the Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.

Richard C. Schaeffer is currently associated with the Department of Research Services, VA Medical Center, Tucson, AZ. Schaeffer previously had been with the Department of Vascular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, CA.

Louis Simchowitz has become Director, Fellowship Office, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD. Simchowitz was formerly with the Office of Grant & Education Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD. 

Mark Slivkoff has accepted the position of Professor of Physiology, Medical University of the Americas, San Pedro, Belize, Central America. Slivkoff had previously been associated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 

Louis C. Smith recently accepted the position as Project Leader of ADViSYS Inc, The Woodlands, TX. Smith was formerly Director, Preclinical Product Development, Valentis, Inc., The Woodlands, TX. 

Philip L. Smith was formerly the Senior Investigator, Drug Delivery Systems, Glaxo SmithKline, Collegeville, PA. Smith is currently affiliated with Venture Investments, S.R. One, Limited, Glaxo SmithKline, West Conshohocken, PA. 

Edward E. Soltis has affiliated with the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Soltis was formerly with College Pharmacy, Western University Health Science, Pomona, CA.

Arlene A. Stecenko recently moved from the Center for Lung Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, and affiliated with the Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 

Anthony Cecil Steyermark has transferred from the Department of Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles and affiliated with the Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas, St Paul, MN.

Jiping Tang has accepted a position with the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA. Prior to her new affiliation, Tang was associated with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jackson, MS. 

Michael Keith Wilkerson has affiliated with the Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. Prior to his new affiliation, Wilkerson was with the Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 

Wenliang Zhou has joined the Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA. Zhou was formerly with the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 

Adrienne Steven Zion has moved to the Biobehavioral Sciences, Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY. Prior to her new position, Zion was with the Bronx VA Medical Center, Spinal Cord Damage Research, Bronx, NY.

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