People & Places

As originally published in The Physiologist
Volume 45, Number 3, June 2002, page 164-165

APS Members Elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences
Churchill Elected to NSBRI Board of Directors  

APS Members Elected to the Academy of Arts and Sciences
    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of 117 new fellows and 30 foreign honorary members for 2002. The fellows and honorary members are being recognized for “preeminent contributions to all scholarly fields and professions,” Patricia Meyer Spacks, the organization’s president, said in a statement. Among those elected are four APS members, John A. Clements, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, Nicholas C. Spitzer, and Michael P. Stryker.

    Clements is a professor in the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Georgopoulos is a professor in the Brain Science Center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Spitzer is a professor of biology, at the University of California, San Diego. Stryker is a professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco. 

Churchill Elected to NSBRI Board of Directors

    Susanne E. Churchill, associate dean for research at Harvard Medical School and APS member, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).

    “Dr. Churchill’s experience with various NASA Life Sciences’ groups, the International Space University (ISU) and the research community make her a welcome addition to the board,” said Dr. Bobby R. Alford, NSBRI board chairman and chief executive officer.

    Churchill has been a member of a variety of NASA working groups and committees, served as the chairman of the Department of Life Science at the ISU and was the principal investigator on several NASA-funded projects studying the effects of weightlessness on cardiovascular function, including two flight experiments developed for the Space Shuttle. She is the editor of the textbook Fundamentals of Space Life Sciences.
Besides her administrative duties, Churchill is a senior research fellow in the Peabody Society at Harvard and chairs the External Advisory Committee for the Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program at Morehouse School of Medicine. 

Abu-Bakr Al-Mehdi is currently with the Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. Al-Mehdi had been affiliated with the Department of Environmental Medicine and Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. 

Evangelos T. Angelakos has accepted the position of Provost, Ross University School of Medicine, Cherry Hill, NJ. Prior to his new post, Angelakos was Director of the Medical Science Track Program, Beaver College, Glenside, PA. 

Kenneth C. Beck recently joined the Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA. Beck previously was affiliated with the Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN. 

Joseph N. Benoit has accepted a position as Dean of the Graduate School, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. Prior to his new post, Benoit was with the Department of Physiology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, AL.

Richard D. Bland has joined the Department of Pediatrics, SUNY, Buffalo, Amherst, NY. Prior to his new position, Bland was with the Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Ignatio G. Camarillo has accepted a position as Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Previously, Camarillo was a Postdoctoral Fellow associated with the Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. 

Kristin Leigh Campbell has affiliated with the Faculty of Physical Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Formerly, Campbell was associated with the Allan McGavin Sports Medical Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Sylvain Cardin joined the Department of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, Pro-Neuron Inc., Gaithersburg, MD. Cardin had been affiliated with the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN. 

John Anthony Delyani recently joined Pharmacia, Technology Acqui-sitions, Peapak, NJ. Prior to his new appointment, Delyani was affiliated with Pharmacia Corporation, Cardio-vascular Discovery Research, Skokie, IL. 

Susan DeMesquita has affiliated with the Department of Physiology, Ross University School of Medicine, Roseau, West Indies. Prior to her new assignment, DeMesquita was associated with the Department of Physiology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV. 

Christine M. Donmoyer recently moved to the Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY. Formerly, Donmoyer was with the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Mark D. Grabiner originally was affiliated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Grabiner is presently associated with the School of Kinesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. 

John Joseph Haddad has affiliated with Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Haddad was formerly with the Tayside Institute of Child Health, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland. 

Paul M. L. Janssen joined the department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Previously, Janssen was with the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD. 

Edward J. Johns has accepted a position with the Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Prior to his new appointment, Johns was affiliated with the Department of Physiology, University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, England. 

Tomio Kanno moved from the Yannaihara Institute Inc., Fujinomiya, Japan and accepted a position with Hokkaido University, Minamiku, Sapporo, Japan. 

Philip R. Kastner accepted a position as Associate Director, In Vivo Pharmaceuticals, Department of Research and Development, Alcon Laboratories Inc., Fort Worth, TX. Kastner had been with Drug Regulatory Affairs, Quintiles Inc., Kansas City, MO. 

Stephen James Kinzey recently joined the Department of Kinesiology, California State University, San Bernardino, CA. Previously, Kinzey had been affiliated with the Depart-ment of Exercise Science and Leisure Management, The University of Mississippi, University, MS.

Shannon T. Knuth is currently with the Department of Biology and Customer Support, Gene Tools, LLC, Philomath, OR. Prior to her new position, Knuth was with the Department of Biology, Western Oregon University, Philomath, OR. 

Grant Bryce McClelland has transferred to the Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. McClelland formerly was with the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA. 

William E. Mitch recently became Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Prior to his new position, Mitch was with the Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

Niall Michael Moyna has changed his location from the Department of Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT and has affiliated with the Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. 

David Robertshaw has accepted the position of Associate Dean for Premedical Education, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar. Prior to his new post, Robertshaw was associated with the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 

Kurt W. Saupe has moved from the Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, to join the Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 

Wei Sun has affiliated with the Department of Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD. Prior to his new position, Sun had been associated with the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

Ann Margaret Swartz recently affiliated with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Swartz was formerly with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Ken-tucky, Lexington, KY.

Jamie Ian Vandenberg joined the Department of Electrophysiology & Biophysics, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia. Vandenberg had been affiliated with the Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.

Oliver Zeitz has moved from the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Goettingen, Germany to the Universitátsklinik, Hamburg, Germany.

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