People & Places

Shu Chien Receives Honorary Membership from The Chinese Association
for Physiological Sciences
   
The Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences (CAPS) elected Dr. Shu Chien, a Past President of APS and Chair of the 2005 IUPS Congress, as an Honorary Member. A ceremony was held in Beijing on October 17, 2003 at which CAPS President Tai Yao presented the certificate of Honorary Membership to Chien, who gave a speech on “Past, Present and Future of Physiological Sciences.” Chien is University Professor of Bioengineering and Medicine, Chair of Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Director of the Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering at UCSD.
    The goals of CAPS are to promote and disseminate physiological sciences, facilitate and enhance the training of Chinese physiological scientists, advance physiological science and technology to improve the economy and society, and strengthen international exchange and cooperation. The Association was formed in 1926 in Beijing by 17 physiologists under the leadership of the late Robert K.S. Lim, and it published the first issue of Chinese Journal of Physiology in 1927. By 1937, CPS had held 10 Annual Meetings and elected seven world leaders in physiological sciences as Honorary Members, including J.J. Abel, A.J. Carson and F.G. Hopkins from USA and E. Abderhalden, J. Barcroft and E. Sharpey-Schafer from UK. Ivan Pavlov of USSR was the last Honorary Member installed by CAPS in 1937. Thus, Chien is the first Honorary Member elected by CAPS in 2/3 of a century and the only living Honorary Member. Several outstanding American physiologists, including Walter B. Cannon, were regular members of CAPS because they were working at the Peking Union Medical College in the 1930s.
    The nationwide scientific activities of CAPS were disrupted from 1937 to 1948 due to WWII and again from 1957 to 1977 due to the “Cultural Revolution.” In 1977 CAPS re-initiated its activities, including annual meetings and journal publication, and have made significant progresses during the intervening 26 years. The membership of the Association has increased to 3,000. CAPS is now an official adhering body of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) and the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies (FAOPS).
    CAPS, in collaboration with the Peking University Health Science Center will hold the First International Conference of Chinese Physiological Scientists (ICCPS) in Beijing from July 14-17, 2004, with a focus on Physiological Sciences in the Postgenomic Era. CAPS President Tai Yao and Professor Shu Chien will be Conference Co-Presidents. IUPS President Allen Cowley and Vice Presidents Akimichi Kaneko and Irene Schulz will be Conference Advisors and give plenary lectures. The website of the meeting can be found on http://www.caps-china.org/ICCPS.html.


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Jennifer L. Bornkamp is presently affiliated with PsychoGenics Inc., Institute for Cancer Prevention, Valhalla, NY. Bornkamp was formerly associated with the Department of General Toxicology, Schering Plough Research, Lafayette, NJ.

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