People & Places
Agre Wins 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
APS Members Elected to Institute of Medicine
Robert Carter, III Receives National Alumnus Award at Minority
Access’ Fourth Annual
Role Models Awards Banquet
Agre Wins 2003 Nobel
Prize in Chemistry
APS member Peter Agre, has won the 2003 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for isolating the membrane protein that acts as the water channel in
cells. Agre shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Roderick MacKinnon for his
work on structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels.
In 1988, Peter Agre succeeded in isolating a membrane protein
that, a year or so later, he realized must be the long-sought-after water
channel. This decisive discovery opened the door to a whole series of
biochemical, physiological and genetic studies of water channels in bacteria,
plants and mammals.
Agre has been an active participant in the Society’s meetings
since his selection as the inaugural Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer
of the APS Renal Section in 1994. In 2004, Agre will be the Hugh Davson
Distinguished Lecturer of the APS Cell & Molecular Physiology Section. His
lecture, entitled, “Aquaporin Water Channels at the Convergence of Physiology
and Medicine” is scheduled for presentation on Monday, April 19, 2004, at the
Experimental Biology meeting in Washington, DC.
Agre is professor in the department of biological chemistry
at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. He has been an
APS member since 1998 and has been active in several of the Society’s
disciplinary sections including Renal and Cell and Molecular Physiology.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Augsburg College in 1970,
Agre received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1974. He
completed post-graduate medical training and a fellowship at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill before returning to John Hopkins in 1981. He has
served as a faculty member in the departments of medicine and cell biology. In
1993, Agre was appointed to his current position as a professor in the
department of biological chemistry.
The APS would like to congratulate Dr. Agre on his
prestigious achievement.
APS Members Elected
to Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies announced
the names of its 65 newly elected members, raising the Institute’s total active
membership to 1,382. In addition, the Institute honored five individuals by
election to foreign associate membership, bringing the total members in that
category to 71. Among the newly elected members are two APS members, Robert
H. Bartlett, MD, professor of surgery, University of Michigan Medical
Center, Ann Arbor and Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD, editor in chief, New England
Journal of Medicine, Boston.
Robert Carter, III Receives National Alumnus Award at Minority Access’ Fourth Annual Role Models Awards Banquet
APS Member Robert Carter, III, a graduate of
North Texas Health Science Center (NTHSC) received a Minority Access Alumnus
Role Model Award at the Fourth Annual Role Models Awards Banquet at the Hilton
Washington Hotel in September.
Carter received both the PhD in biomedical sciences and the
MPH in epidemiology from NTHSC. He is currently a principal investigator in the
Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division at the US Army Research Institute of
Environmental Medicine. He has had 12 papers published in peer reviewed journals
during the first five years of his career as a graduate and post-graduate
scientist, and a like number of abstracts presented at scientific meetings.
“Dr. Carter symbolizes Minority Access’ ideal alumnus role
model—a graduate who has made significant contributions in biomedical research
and can be held up as a role model to minority students,” stated Andrea Mickle,
president and chief executive officer of Minority Access, Inc.
The Fourth National Role Models conference united over 200
representatives from major research universities, community colleges and
historically black colleges and universities to address the health disparity
issue—illnesses that disproportionately affect minorities.
One of the highlights of the annual conference is the awards
banquet, which focuses the national spotlight on institutions and the
accomplishments of individuals who have excelled in producing and/or supporting
minority researchers, particularly in the biomedical sciences and related
fields.
Corrie Brian Allen is currently the Director, Lone Wolf
Research, Mount Vernon, WA. Allen was formerly Assistant Professor, Department
of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO.
Harry L. Anderson recently joined the University of Massachusetts
Memorial Medical Center as Associate Professor of Surgery, Boylston, MA. Prior
to his new appointment, Anderson was associated with the Department of Surgery,
St. Luke’s Hospital, Coopersburg, PA.
Aaron Barchowsky has associated with the Department of Environmental and
Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health,
Pittsburgh, PA. Barchowsky had been affiliated with the Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Jonathan Samuel Beck affiliated with Anthemis Consulting located in
Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom. Previously, Beck had been associated
with Unilever Research, Port Sunlight Laboratory, Bebington, England, UK.
Klaus Bielefeldt is presently associated with the Department of Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, PA. Bielefeldt had been affiliated with
the Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Edward Michael Blumenthal has affiliated with the Department of
Biological Science, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Blumenthal had been
associated with the Department of Biology, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA.
Meredith Bond joined the Department of Physiology as Professor and Chair,
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Bond was formerly with
the Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Research Institute,
Cleveland, OH.
Pamela Janet Boyd has associated with the Laboratory of Medicine and
Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Previously, Boyd
was associated with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science, York
University, North York, Ontario, Canada.
Louis G. Chicoine accepted an assignment with the Center for Gene
Therapy, Columbus Children’s Re-search Institute, Columbus, OH. Chicoine was
previously associated with the Department of Pediatrics, University of New
Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM.
Leslie Anne Cornick has accepted a position as Assistant Professor,
Department of Zoology, Connecticut College, New London, CT. Cornick had been
associated with the Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska School of
Fisheries and Ocean Science, Fairbanks, AK.
John H. Durham is currently a member of Nephrology Associates of
Orangeburg, The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC. Durham previously
served in the Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Winthrop University
Hospital, Mineola, NY.
Amy Halseth has joined the Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic
Diseases, Amylin Pharmaceutical Inc., San Diego, CA. Halseth was formerly with
the Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Pharmacia Corporation,
St. Louis, MO.
Sandra K. Hunter accepted a position with the Exercise Science Pro-gram,
Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Hunter had
been with the Department of Kinesiology and Ap-plied Physiology, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Walter H. Massion, Professor Emeritus has moved to Carmel, CA. Massion
previously held the position of Professor of Anesthesiology, University of
Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK.
Nichole Karine McDaniel joined the Department of Biology and Medical Lab
Technology, Bronx Community College, CUNY, Bronx, NY. McDaniel was previously
with the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Medicine &
Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ.
James Douglas McLister recently affiliated with the Department of
Biology, Indiana University, South Bend, IN. Prior to his new position, McLister
had been associated with the Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT.
Fred L. Minnear associated with the Department of Physiology and
Pharmacology, West Virginia University Health Science Center, Morgantown, WV.
Minnear had been affiliated with the Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany
Medical College, Albany, NY.
Jeffrey L. Osborn has affiliated with the Department of Biology,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Prior to his new association, Osborn was
with the Department of Biology and Neuroscience, Greater Hartford Academy of
Math and Science, Hartford, CT.
Richard A. Parisi is now Associate Professor, Department of Medicine,
UMDNJ-RW Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ. Parisi had previously been
Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Center of Virginia, Richmond, VA.
Pamela Reinagel moved to the Department of Neurobiology, University of
California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA. Reinagel was formerly with the Department
of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
David W. Russ is presently affiliated with the Department of Physical
Therapy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. Russ was previously associated
with the Department of Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA.
Michael A. Steinmetz is currently a member of the Center for Scientific
Review as Scientific Review Administrator, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD. Prior to his new position, Steinmetz was affiliated with the
Krieger Mind and Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Christopher Michael Tan recently affiliated with the Department of
Pharmacology, Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, Kirkland, PQ,
Canada. Tan was previously associated with the Department of Pharmacology,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Volker Vallon is currently with the Department of Medicine and
Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego & VAMC, San Diego, CA.
Formerly, Vallon was associated with the Department of Pharmacology, University
of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany.
Christian Wegener has affiliated with the Department of Biology, Animal
Physiology, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany. Wegener was formerly with the
Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
David A. Wilson is presently the Scientific Review Administrator,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Division of Extramural Affairs,
Bethesda, MD. Wilson was formerly with the Department of Anesthesiology, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Richard P. Wyeth has affiliated with the Department of Biology, Virginia
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA. Wyeth was previously associated
with the Department of Biology, Radford University, Radford, VA.
Qing-Hua Zeng recently joined the Department of Biology, Northeast Normal
University School of Life Science, Chang Chun JiLin, Peoples Republic of China.
Prior to her present affiliation, Zeng was associated with the Department of
Pharmacology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Adrienne Stevens Zion has accepted the position of Associate Medical
Director, Cardinal Health, Wayne, NJ. Zion had been affiliated with the
Biobehavioral Sciences, Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY.
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