Education
APS Archive of Teaching Resources
Awards Presented at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students
However, more material is still needed. Please consider submitting material that you have developed to use to make your teaching more effective. These can be
- lecture or course outlines or PowerPoint slides from a lecture that is particularly effective with your students
- problems or cases you’ve written for your classes
- diagram(s) that you’ve created to illustrate a specific pathway or process that seems to clarify it for your students
- simulations or videos you have developed
- web sites you have discovered that have valuable information for your teaching
- teaching tools/materials that you are developing that would benefit from feedback from your colleagues
- anything educational related to physiology, pathophysiology, or clinical physiology
By submitting learning objects that you have developed, you can help your colleagues in their efforts to find the best tools for introducing their students to the exciting discipline of physiology.
Here are some new items in the Archive contributed by APS and its first Archive Partner, the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS). Take a moment and check out those that are most relevant to your teaching. Don’t forget that you can comment on any of these items through the comment section attached to each item, which can be found on its Fact Sheet.
| APS Additions Reading Primary Literature in Biology (web site) Christopher M. Gillen Understanding Feedback Loops (Analogy) Barbara E. Goodman CFTR: Where It Is Found and What It SHOULD Do (PowerPoint) Barbara E. Goodman An Educational Tool for Understanding the Cardiovascular Adjustments to Upright Posture (text) Michelle M. Masterson Mass and Heat Flow (simulation) Harold I. Modell How to tell heart rate from an ECG? (PowerPoint and notes) E.S. Prakash Temperature Regulation (PowerPoint, lecture outline, and handout) Thomas A. Pressley In addition, the “Physiology in Medicine” articles, published jointly by APS and Annals of Internal Medicine, have been catalogued in the Archive. The Physiologic Basis of High-Altitude Diseases John B. West The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Claude A. Piantadosi and David A. Schwartz Alzheimer Disease: Mechanistic Understanding Predicts Novel Therapies Dennis J. Selkoe Pain: Moving from Symptom Control toward Mechanism-Specific Pharmacologic Management Clifford J. Woolf Following the Molecular Pathways toward an Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis Sergio A. Jimenez and Chris T. Derk Pathogenesis of Hypertension Suzanne Oparil, M. Amin Zaman, and David A. Calhoun How Do Corticosteroids Work in Asthma? Peter J. Barnes and Ian M. Adcock The Thermogenic Effect of Thyroid Hormone and Its Clinical Implications J. Enrique Silva A Physiologic Approach to Diagnosis of the Cushing Syndrome Hershel Raff and James W. Findling Malignant Glioma Physiology: Cellular Response to Hypoxia and Its Role in Tumor Progression Daniel J. Brat and Timothy B. Mapstone |
Awards Presented at Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students
The APS, represented by Education Office staff member Brooke Bruthers, was pleased to present $250 awards to eight undergraduate students for the best poster presentations in physiology during the conference. Thirty judges, including APS members, Margaret Colden-Stanfield, Morehouse School of Medicine, Cary Cooper, University of Texas Medical Branch, and Barbara Horwitz, University of California-Davis, selected the winners:
Best Sophomore Poster Presentations
Christopher Hamm, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Abstract Title: “Induction of CYP3A4 by Herbal Components in Human Hepatocytes Cultures;”
Qwan Michelle Turton, Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC; Abstract Title: “The Effects of 17ß-estradiol on Zebrafish Angiogenesis.”
Best Junior Poster Presentations
Garrett Mann, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; Abstract Title: “Effect of Eplerenone on Salt-Induced Hypertension in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats;”
Latoya Poole, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC; Abstract Title: “Paraquat Sensitivity Assay of MnSOD and Cu/ZnSOD Double Mutant.”
Best Senior Poster Presentations
Mario Ball, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA; Abstract Title: “The Use of Orthogonal Images to Measure In-vivo Knee Joint Kinematics;”
Jose Figueroa, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Abstract Title: “Pharmacological Manipulation of the Pupillary Light Response in the Syrian Hamster;”
Mario Penzo, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, PR; Abstract Title: “Neuroprotection by 4R-cembratriene-diol through the x4ß2 Nicotinic Receptor is mediated by Activation of the Akt/PKB Pathway;”
Sheryl Sands, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA; Abstract Title: “Hista-mine H2 Receptors Mediate the Histamine Response in Cultured Guinea Pig Gallbladder Epithelial Cells.”
The APS congratulates the students on a job well done and wishes them the best in their academic pursuits.
The APS Education office also staffed an exhibit booth, highlighting the following awards, programs and resources for minority groups underrepresented in science:
APS/NIDDK Minority Travel Fellowship, providing travel support for 50-70 students annually. This fellowship provides funds to attend Experimental Biology and the fall APS conferences. Awardees also are paired with a mentor, an APS member, in their area of research. The intent of this program is to increase participation of pre- and postdoctoral minority students in the physiological sciences.
Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, supporting up to 12 fellowships each year. Fellow-ships support full-time undergraduate students to work in the laboratory of an APS member. The goal of this program is to excite and encourage students to pursue a career as a basic research scientist.
Explorations in Biomedicine Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, which immerses Native American undergraduates from across the nation in the world of cutting-edge physiology and biomedical research for 8-10 weeks during the summer. The Fellowship also provides the student an opportunity to participate in a major scientific meeting to experience the different ways science is communicated.
Porter Physiology Fellowship Program, supporting minority students pursuing full-time studies toward a PhD in the physiological sciences.
The new Career brochure and updated Career web site, the Archive of Teaching Resources, the new Timeline of Physiology, free membership for students, and IUPS 2005 also were provided for participants.
The ABRCMS meeting is sponsored by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) and is coordinated by the American Society for Microbiology. For more information see http://www.abrcms.org. For more information regarding the awards, programs and fellowships administered by the APS Education Office, please visit http://www.the-aps.org/education/index.htm or contact the office at education@the-aps.org or 301-634-7132.
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| APS staff member Brooke Bruthers presents awards to the best poster presentation awardees. |
Developing and Implementing a Communications Strategy:
The Basics for the Basic Scientist
Four Views on Getting Attention for Your Research
3:15-3:20 – Hannah Carey, Univ. of Wisconsin School of
Veterinary Medicine
Part 1 – Identifying and Refining Your Research Message
3:20-3:40 – Speaker TBA
Part 2 – Disseminating Your Research Message
3:40-4:00 – Gale Davy, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research and Education
4:00-4:20 – Robert Nellis, Research Communications Director at the Mayo Clinic
4:20-4:40 – Mayer Resnick,APS Communications Officer
Q&A Session
4:40-5:10
Wrap-Up
5:10-5:15 – Hannah Carey, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
For its third symposium, the Communications Committee will address how basic scientists can be proactive in promoting their research. The first part of the discussion centers on the definition of newsworthiness and how scientist can frame their research in a way that will pique reporter interest. The second section involves working with organizations that can assist researchers in promoting their science.
Part 1 will feature a health and medical journalist who will discuss what reporters look for in research studies and how they define newsworthiness. This section will increase understanding of what qualifies as newsworthy, and will ideally assist scientists in framing their research in a way that will attract media attention.
Part 2 will feature representatives from organizations that can help basic scientists to promote their research. State societies for biomedical research, institutional public relations departments and scientific societies have a vested interest in publicizing science news. They are also likely to have standing media contacts and science distribution outlets that look to them as a regular information source. The speakers will discuss how they work with their membership to publicize scientific research and the methods they have found particularly effective to spark media interest in science news.
The goal of this symposium is to equip scientists with the ability to craft messages about their research and identify vehicles to help with research dissemination. The symposium is open to all members and will be held on Monday, April 4, 2005 from 3:15 – 5:15 pm in San Diego Convention Center Room 29C.
Participants must be registered EB/IUPS attendees and are asked to submit their name, institution, email, mailing address and past experiences with the media to commoff@the-aps.org. Questions can be directed to Stacy Brooks in the APS Communications Office (301-634-7253; sbrooks@the-aps.org).