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2004 Teacher and Research Host
Awards
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APS is pleased
to announce the recipients of the 2004 Frontiers in Physiology and
Explorations in Biomedicine Professional Develop-ment Fellowship
awards. These nationwide fellowship programs pair a middle or high
school teacher with an APS member to conduct research during the
summer. Other components of the fellowships include a weeklong
teaching forum during which the teachers explore inquiry-based
teaching, physiology lessons, the use of the Internet in the classroom
and equity issues in science education. The fellowships continues
after the summer as the teachers participate in online professional
development units and field-test their own inquiry-based classroom
activity and concludes when the teachers attend IUPS 2005.
The new
Frontiers in Physiology grant also provides funding for local sites to
select teacher/research host teams. These new Local Site Teams, one at
Indiana University School of Medicine lead by C. Subah Packer and one
at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio lead
by Duane Proppe, selected seven teacher/researcher teams.
Additionally, George Tempel from the Medical University of South
Carolina is sponsoring three teams of teachers/research hosts as part
of an NSF GK-12 grant program. In addition to funding from the APS, a
grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the
National Institutes of Health supports the Explorations in Biomedicine
program. The Frontiers in Physiology program receives funding from the
National Center for Research Resources Science Education Partnership
Awards (SEPA) and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health.
In total, the APS will have 26 Professional Development Fellows this
year. Please join us in congratulating and welcoming the 2004 teacher
and research host teams. More information about these fellowship
programs is available at the Frontiers in Physiology (http://www.the-aps.org/education/frontiers/index.htm)
and the Explorations in Biomedicine (http://www.the-aps.org/education/expl/index.htm)
websites. |
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2004 Explorations
in Biomedicine
Professional Development Fellows & Research Hosts |
Jesse Andres
St. Labre Indian School, Ashland, MT
Hosts: J. Joe Ford, USDA/US Meat Animal Research Center,
and Andrea S. Cupp, Univ. of Nebraska |
John Hall
Kayenta Middle School, Kayenta, AZ
Host: Cheryl A. Dyer, Northern Arizona Univ. |
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2004 Frontiers in
Physiology
Professional Development Fellows & Research Hosts
San Antonio Local Site Team Awards |
Sandra Apolinar
Thomas Jefferson High School, San Antonio, TX
Host: Jeremiah Herlihy
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Dustin Graves
S.J. Davis Middle School, San Antonio, TX
Host: Dean Kellogg, Jr.,
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Megan Hollingsworth
Fox Tech High School, San Antonio, TX
Host: John Johnson
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Martha S. Jimenez
John F. Kennedy High School, San Antonio, TX
Host: Walter F. Ward,
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Amy Nichols
O’Conner High School, San Antonio, TX
Host: James D. Stockand
Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio |
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2004 Frontiers in Physiology
Professional Development Fellows & Research Hosts
Indianapolis Local Site Team Awards |
Rachel Pearce
Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, IN
Host: David A. Suzuki
Indiana University School of Medicine
William White
Arsenal Tech High School, Indianapolis, IN
Host: C. Subah Packer
Indiana University School of Medicine |
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2004 Frontiers in Physiology
Professional Development Fellows & Research Hosts
Charleston Local Site Team Awards |
Angelica Herron
West Ashley Intermediate School, Charleston, SC
Hosts: Charles Hossler/Carolyn Jenkins
Medical University of South Carolina
Kaci May
North Charleston Elementary at McNair,
North Charleston, SC
Hosts: Joe Rafalowski/Mark R. Collins
College of Charleston
Blondelle Tolliver
James Island Elementary School, Charleston, SC
Hosts: Jennifer Schepp/Dr. Jian-yun Dong
Medical University of South Carolina |
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2004 Frontiers in Physiology
Professional Development Fellows & Research Hosts—National Awards |
Charles Allen
Custer High School, Milwaukee, WI
Host: Michael B. Dwinell
Medical College of Wisconsin
Felicia Benson
Osborn High School, Detroit, MI
Host: Joseph C. Dunbar
Wayne State University
Brendan Callahan
Dunedin High School, Dunedin, FL
Host: Bruce G. Lindsey
University of South Florida
David Craymer
Muskegon High School, Muskegon, MI
Host: Christopher C. Barney
Hope College
Suzanne Goedeken
Silver Lake High School, Roseland, NE
Host: Janet E. Steele
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Jessica Kos
Cutler Ridge Middle School, Miami, FL
Host: John N. Barrett
University of Miami
Aurora Merry
Salem High School, Salem, NH
Host: Darlene A. Dartt
Schepens Eye Research Inst., Harvard Medical School
Leone Rochelle
Ridge View High School, Columbia, SC
Host: Janet L. Fisher
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Betsy Scarborough
Crayton Middle School, Columbia, SC
Host: James A. Carson
University of South Carolina
Tammie Schrader
Cheney Middle School, Cheney, WA
Host: Dona F. Boggs
Eastern Washington University
Christopher Schrenk
Green Brook Middle School, Green Brook, NJ
Host: Nicola C. Partridge
UMDNJ-Robert Woods Johnson Medical School
Tonya Smith
Southeast Middle School, Hopkins, SC
Host: L. Britt Wilson
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Adrienne Tavelinsky
Dobbs Ferry High School, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Host: John G. Edwards
New York Medical College
Elizabeth Zdrojewski
West Allis Central High School, West Allis, WI
Host: John B. Buckwalter
Medical College of Wisconsin/VA Medical Center |
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2004 Undergraduate Summer
Research Fellows and Hosts
Announced
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The American
Physiological Society’s Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships
program is sponsored by the APS Career Opportunities in Physiology
Committee and funded by the APS Council. Up to 12 fellowships are
funded each summer. The program was established in 2000, making this
the fifth year of the program.
These fellowships are to support full-time undergraduate students to
work in the laboratory of an established investigator. The intent of
this program is to excite and encourage students to pursue a career as
a basic research scientist. Faculty sponsors/advisors must be active
members of the APS in good standing but do not have to be US
residents. Past awardees include students from Canada and South
America.
These
Fellowships provide a $2,000 summer stipend to the student (10 weeks
of support), a $500 grant to the faculty sponsor/advisor, and up to
$1,000 to the student so that he/she may attend and present their data
at the APS annual meeting (Experimental Biology) or an APS fall
Conference.
This year 29 applicants vied for the 12 fellowships. |
Student/Student Institution
Patrick J. Brown
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Kelly N. Bulman
Univ. of New England, Biddeford, ME
Marisol Chang
Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Elizabeth F. Gluck
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Sarah Jean Hemauer
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Bryan P. Lloyd
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Dewan S. A. Majid
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Kavita M. Ponnappa
Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte
Lyndsay K. Roberts
Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS
Brian F. Sadacca
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Alison A. Staton
Univ. of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Florence Wu
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT |
Research Host/Host Institution
Gregory L. Stahl
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
David J. Mokler
Univ. of New England, Biddeford, ME
Malgosia Wilk-Blaszczak
Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Steven J. Swoap
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Jerome A. Dempsey
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Frank van Breukelen
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Robert A. Johnson
Tulane Univ. Hlth. Sci. Ctr., New Orleans, LA
Mark G. Clemens, Inna Sokolova
Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte
Joey P. Granger
Univ. of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Bill J. Yates
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Carissa M. Krane
Univ. of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Peter S. Aronson
Yale Univ. School of Medicine, New Haven, CT |
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Charles Geach, 1994 Frontiers in Physiology Summer Research Teacher and 2001
Curriculum Development Fellow, was recently honored with The Alan Shepard
Technology in Education Award. Named after Alan Shepard, one of the original
seven Mercury astronauts, this national award recognizes the educator who
demonstrates excellence in the development and delivery of educational
technology programs.
Geach is an administrator of instructional technology for the El Paso
Independent School District (EPISD) in El Paso, TX. Inspired by NASA
CONNECT™, an Emmy®-award-winning series of free integrated math, science and
technology instructional programs for students in grades 6-8, Geach
developed NASA Connects to EPISD Live, integrating interactive
videoconferencing to deepen student learning. It was this contribution to
the field of K-12 educational technology that caught the attention of the
AMF awards committee.
The Alan
Shepard Technology in Education Award ceremony took place on May 2 at the
Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, in which astronaut Robert
Crippen and Alan Shepard’s daughter, Laura Shepard Churchley, presented the
award. The AMF is a private not-for-profit organization founded in 1986 to
honor all US astronauts who lost their lives on missions or while in
training for missions.
As an APS Frontiers in Physiology Summer Research Teacher, Geach worked in
the Human Performance Lab at The William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El
Paso with R. Jorge Zeballos investigating anaerobic power. When he returned
to teaching at Irvin High School, Geach expanded on his APS research
experience by developing “Demonstrating and Predicting Aerobic Power,” a
classroom laboratory activity. In 2001, Geach was selected as an APS
Curriculum Development Fellow. Working with Lisa Bidelspach, a 1995 Summer
Research Teacher, he developed an online unit for high school students
exploring the physiology of the sense of touch.
Frontiers in
Physiology is a program of the American Physiological Society and is
sponsored by APS, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), Science
Education Partner-ship Awards (SEPA Grant #RR15251), and the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK Grant #DK
39306) at the National Institutes of Health. For more information about
Frontiers in Physiology, see the program web site (http://www.the-aps.org/education/frontiers/index.htm).
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