People & Places
Tomohiko Ai, Research Fellow, recently joined the Cardiac Electrophysiology Research Laboratory, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX Prior to his current position, Ai was associated with the Department of Physiology, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

James F. Amend is currently Professor and Chairman, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, CA. Amend was previously associated with the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Esther M. Brooks-Asplund is presently a Scientist with Cato Research, Rockville, MD. Brooks-Asplund was formerly a Scientist with Clinical Development, Cato Research Ltd., Lake Villa, IL.

Anthony C. Chao has affiliated with Amphora Discovery Corporation as Senior Scientist, Mt. View, CA. Chao was formerly associated with Eli Lilly & Co., as a Research Scientist, Division of BioPharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, Indianapolis, IN.

William H. Cooke is presently with the US Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, TX. Cooke was previously an Associate Professor of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI.

Brian Cummings recently moved to Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Cummings was previously associated with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC.

Frank A. Dinenno has joined the Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Prior to his new affiliation, Dinenno was with the Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN.

Tasmia Duza is currently with The Burnham Institute, San Diego, CA. Previously, Duza was associated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.

Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld recently became Director, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience and Presbyterian Health Foundation Chair in Neuroscience, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Greenwood-Van Meerveld was previously Scientific Director, Oklahoma Foundation for Digestive Research, Oklahoma City, OK.

Omar D. Hottenstein recently moved to the Division of Cardiovascular Devices, US FDA-Center Devices and Radiological Health, Gettysburg, PA. Hottenstein was previously affiliated with the US Army Medical Research and Material Command as Program Project Officer, Combat Casualty Care Research Program, Frederick, MD.

Daniel B. Ornt has affiliated with Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH as Professor, Dean’s Office. Prior to his new position, Ornt was associated with the Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.

Bo Skaaning Jensen is presently Chief Scientific Director, Department of Molecular Anatomy and Physiology, Frederiksberg, Denmark. Jensen was formerly with the Department of Molecular Anatomy and Physiology, NeuroSearch, Ballerup, Denmark.

Sandrine V. Pierre is currently with the Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, as Research Assistant Professor. Pierre was formerly with the Department of Physiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.

Peipei Ping presently holds the position of Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Ping was previously affiliated with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Louisville Health Sciences Center, Louisville, KY.

Ilka Pinz has recently affiliated with the Department of Pharmacology, University of New England, Biddeford, ME. Formerly, Pinz was associated with the NMR Lab for Physiological Chemistry, Brigham & Young Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Jason E. Podrabsky moved to the Biology Department, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Prior to his new position, Podrabsky was associated with the Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA.

Patangi K. Rangachari has joined the O’Brien Center for the Bachelor Health Sciences Programme, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. Rangachari was formerly associated with the Department of Medicine-Intestinal Disease Research Program, McMaster University Health Science Center, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Qi Shi recently affiliated with the Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic Foundation-Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH. Formerly, Shi was associated with the Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Craig S. Stump has moved to the Department of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Stump was previously affiliated with the Department of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

M.A. Hassan Talukder is currently affiliated with the Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Talukder was formerly associated with the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Yanggan Wang is presently Assistant Professor with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Prior to his new assignment, Wang was affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Ming Yu currently has joined BMS Medical Imaging as a Research Investigator II, North Billerica, MA. Yu was previously with the Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Edward J. Zambraski has been appointed Division Chief, Military Performance Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA. Zambraski had been affiliated with Rutgers University, Nelson Labs, Piscataway, NJ.
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