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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 2004 in
Washington, DC 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 115 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 2004
meeting. Awards were presented during the APS Business Meeting at EB 2004.
Awardees were:
Robert A. Augustyniak, Univ. of Texas Southwestern
Melanie G. Cree, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch
Scott Earley, Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine
Ahmed A. Elmarakby, Medical College of Georgia
Francis J. Golder, Univ. of Wisconsin
Jorge L. Gonzalez-Perez, Univ. of Puerto Rico
Maria M. Herrera, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Shawn D. Hingtgen, Univ. of Iowa
Darren S. Hoffman, Univ. of Iowa
James C. Hunter, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Eric Ispanovic, York Univ., PA
Dennis W. Koch, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Elvira L. Liclican, New York Medical College
Timothy E. Lindley, Univ. of Iowa
Elizabeth D. Loomis, Medical College of Georgia
Sean C. Newcomer, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Allison L. Opay, Tulane Univ.
Teresa A. Orth, Univ. of Kansas |
Matthew E. Patterson, Tulane Univ.
Annemarie E. Pimentel, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
Minolfa Prieto-Carrasquero, Tulane Univ.
Christine S. Rigsby, Medical College of Georgia
James G. Ryall, Univ.of Melbourne
Jennifer M. Sasser, Medical College of Georgia
Jonathan D. Schertzer, Univ. of Melbourne
Jeffrey R. Scott, Univ. of Western Ontario
Melina Silberberg, Univ. of New Mexico
Anita D. Smith, Medical College of Georgia
Sean D. Stocker, Univ. of Texas San Antonio
Michael K. Stickland, Univ. of Alberta
Shozo H. Sugiura, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey
Sebastian Thalmann, Univ. Hospital Lausanne
Caitlin S. Thompson, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Elethia A. Woolfolk, Meharry Medical College
Xiang-Qun Yang, Michigan State Univ.
Andrea G. Zabka, Univ. of Wisconsin |
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Procter & Gamble Professional Opportunity Awards
Once again, the APS has been able to recognize the
valuable contributions of 12 predoctoral 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 2004 in Washington, DC 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 2004. Awardees were:
Cardiovascular Section
Eric R. Gross, Medical College of Wisconsin
Cell & Molecular Physiology Section
April C. Carpenter, Louisiana State Univ.
Central Nervous System Section
Kimberly M. Gerecke, Univ. of Alabama
at Birmingham
Comparative Physiology Section
Vanessa I. Toney, Brown Univ.
Endocrinology & Metabolism Section
Raul Camacho, Vanderbilt Univ.
Environmental & Exercise Physiology Section
Jordan D. Miller, Univ. of Wisconsin
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Gastrointestinal Section
Robert B. Dorman, Univ. of Arkansas Medical School
Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation Section
Matthew C. Zimmerman, Univ. of Iowa
Renal Section
Jennifer L. Pluznick, Univ. of Nebraska
Respiration Section
Jamie H. Rosenblum-Lichtenstein, Harvard Univ.
Teaching of Physiology Section
Mark K. Todd, Univ. of Southern California
Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
Norman Taylor, Medical College of Wisconsin |
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