Procter & Gamble Professional Opportunity Awardees

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Receive
Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards


Procter & Gamble Professional Opportunity Awardees
    Once again, the APS has been able to recognize the valuable contributions of nine pre-doctoral students to the science of physiology as a result of a generous contribution provided by the Procter & Gamble Company. Students who were first authors on an abstract submitted to EB 2003 in San Diego, CA were eligible to apply for the Procter & Gamble Professional Opportunity Award through one of the 12 sections of the Society. Award recipient selection was made by the sections. Each awardee received $500, a certificate of recognition, and complimentary registration for the Experimental Biology meeting. They were presented their awards at the APS Business Meeting at EB 2003. Awardees were:
Cardiovascular Section
Lynda M. Ludwig, Medical College of Wisconsin
Cell & Molecular Physiology Section
Melissa Palmer-Densmore, University of Minnesota
Comparative Physiology Section
Anthony R. Cammarato, Boston University
Endocrinology & Metabolism Section
Raul Camacho, Vanderbilt University
Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section
Scott Spier, University of Texas, Tyler
Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section
Matthew C. Zimmerman, University of Iowa
Renal Section
Wendell J. Lu, Vanderbilt University
Respiration Section
Dominic D’Agostino, R.W. Johnson Medical School
Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
Elizabeth D. Loomis, Medical College of Georgia
The following sections did not make an award in 2003: Central Nervous System Section, Gastrointestinal Section, and Teaching of Physiology Section.

Procter & Gamble Professional Opportunity Awardees.

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Receive
Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards

    Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who were first authors on an abstract submitted to Experimental Biology 2003 in San Deigo, CA were eligible to apply for the Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award. The APS Women in Physiology Committee, chaired by Carole M. Liedtke, Case Western Reserve University, selected 36 awardees from a pool of 101 applicants. Applicants were chosen based on the quality and novelty of their abstracts, and letters written by the candidates describing their career goals, research, and why they were particularly deserving of the award. Each awardee received $500, a certificate of recognition, and complimentary registration for the EB 2003 meeting. Awards were presented during the APS Business Meeting at EB 2003. Awardees were:

Amit Badhwar, Univ. of Western Ontario
Zsolt Bagi, New York Medical College
Tracy Baker-Herman, Univ. of Wisconsin
Ryan W. Bavis, Univ. of Wisconsin
Jason R. Carter, Michigan Technological Univ.
Qi Che, Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center
Anna Csiszar, New York Medical College
Xuelin Cui, New Jersey Medical School
Michael J. Cutler, Univ. of North Texas
Alison A. Dungey, Univ. of Western Ontario
Tasmia Duza, Univ. of Rochester Medical Center
Scott Earley, Univ. of New Mexico
Carie Facemire, Univ. of North Carolina
Angela J. Grippo, Univ. of Iowa
Bryan C. Hains, Yale Univ.
Thomas J. Hawke, Univ. of Texas
Hantz Hercule, Texas Southern Univ.
Shawn D. Hingtgen, Univ. of Iowa
Darren S. Hoffman, Univ. of Iowa
Troy A. Hornberger, Univ. of Illinois
John F. LaDisa, Medical College of Wisconsin
Lila P. LaGrange, Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr., San Antonio
Eric Lazartigues, Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine
Zhenbo Li, Univ. of Iowa
Timothy E. Lindley, Univ. of Iowa
Maria T. Llinas, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center
Sarah D. McCarter, Univ. of Western Ontario
Joe T. McDonald, Univ. of Kansas School of Medicine
Brett M. Mitchell, Medical College of Georgia
Niwanthi Rajapakse, Monash Univ.
Shubha Shastry, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Jamie T. Stark, Univ. of Illinois
Jena J. Steinle, Texas A&M Univ.
Mark K. Todd, Univ. of Southern California
Pierre Turini, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Johana Vallejo, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia

Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awardees.

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