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Three APS Members Elected to the Institute of Medicine

Motley-Johnson Appointed Associate Dean

Three APS Members Elected to the Institute of Medicine

The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science announced 69 new inductees in October. New members to this esteemed organization are elected by current members from candidates nominated for their professional achievement and commitment to service.
“As the Institute of Medicine celebrates this milestone, it is a great pleasure to welcome these distinguished individuals as members,” said IOM President Harvey V. Fineberg. “Election recognizes those who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health. It is considered one of the highest honors in these fields.”

APS extends sincere congratulations to its three member inductees:
Peter Agre, Duke University Medical Center; Emilio Bizzi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gerald Shulman, Yale University School of Medicine.

Motley-Johnson Appointed Associate Dean

The School of Graduate Studies and Research of Meharry Medical College is pleased to announce the appointment of Evangeline Motley-Johnson, an APS member, as the Associate Dean, effective January 1, 2006. Motley-Johnson currently is the Chair of the Division of Cardiovascular Biology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, a post she will retain until the end of 2005.  

She received a BA degree in Biology from the University of Virginia and her doctorate in Physiology and Biophysics from Howard University. She joined Meharry Medical College as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology in 1993 after completing her postdoctoral training at the University of Cincinnati.  

While at Meharry, Motley-Johnson has significantly contributed to the training of graduate, medical, and dental students. She has received several awards for excellence in mentoring and teaching students in the graduate school, including the Mentorship Award in 1999, 2003 and 2005; the Graduate Teaching Excellence Award in 2003; and the Faculty Scholar Award in 2000. She has trained seven PhD students in her laboratory, served on the Committee of Instruction (COI) of a significant number of PhD graduates, and served to assist them to attain travel awards to national meetings.

Motley-Johnson’s student advocacy has been evident nationally as well as locally. She served on the American Physiological Society (APS) Porter Development Committee from 1998 to 2003 and her efforts were instrumental to secure three pre-doctoral fellowships for Meharry graduate students. She is currently a member of the APS-Cardiovascular Trainee Committee. Motley-Johnson also is a member of the Minority Affairs Committee of the Endocrine Society and serves as a mentor for minority students who attend national scientific meetings. As a member of the Endocrine Society’s Student Affairs Committee, she has visited several HBCUs as a lecturer for the short course, “Program in Endocrinology,” which encourages students to pursue careers in the health sciences.  

In addition to her involvement with students, Motley-Johnson has sustained an active research program in the area of cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis and hypertension. She has 41 peer-reviewed publications in her field. She has received funding from the American Heart Association, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute as well as the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

Motley-Johnson is a member of the Network of Minority Research Investigators sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. She is a member of several societies, including the American Heart Association, American Physiological Society, Endocrine Society, and Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, and she has served as a member of a peer-review committee for funding by the American Heart Association.

Robert Andrew Augustyniak has accepted the position of Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. Augustyniak formerly was a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hypertension, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

Harold J. Bell a Postdoctoral Fellow, has joined the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Canada. Bell was formerly a Research Associate, affiliated with the Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Neil Albert Bradbury recently affiliated with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, N. Chicago, IL, as Professor. Bradbury formerly was an Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.

Robert J. Bridges is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL. Bridges had previously been Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.

Miriam Yvette Cortez-Cooper has accepted the position of Assistant Professor, Medical College of Georgia, Physical Therapy Department, Augusta, GA. Cortez-Cooper had been affiliated with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Paul L. Dudas, a Research Scientist, has joined Centocor/Johnson & Johnson, Radnor, PA. Dudas was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

David G. Edwards has been appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Edwards was formerly associated with the Department of Kinesiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Paul Joseph Fadel, an Assistant Professor, is currently affiliated with the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Fadel had been a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

Janie M. Fouke recently accepted the position of Provost and Senior Vice President, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Fouke had been Associate Professor, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Linda C. Giudice is currently Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Formerly, Giudice was Professor, Department Obstetrics/Gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA.

Roxann Diez Gross, an Assistant Professor, has joined the Eye & Ear Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA. Gross was formerly with the Audiology and Speech Pathology Department, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pitts-burgh, PA.

Thomas N. Hansen accepted the position of President and CEO, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Hansen was formerly Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Yoshihiro Ishikawa has accepted the position of Professor, Department of Physiology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. Ishikawa was formerly an Adjunct Associate Professor, affiliated with the Department of Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine, and Medical Cardiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ.

Ole Johan Kemi, an Assistant Professor, has affiliated with the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Prior to his new assignment, Kemi was with the Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Kwang Chul Kim recently affiliated with the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM. Kim was formerly associated with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

David Douglas Kline, an Assistant Professor, joined the Department of Biomedical Science/Dalton Cardiovascular, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO. Kline was formerly a Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Thomas A. Knight, a Postdoctoral Fellow, has affiliated with the Pharmacology Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Knight was previously with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Gregory Thomas Knipp, an Assistant Professor, has accepted a position at the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Knipp was formerly associated with the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.

Osun Kwon, an Associate Professor of Medicine, has affiliated with the Hershey Medical Center, Division of Nephrology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA. Kwon was formerly an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.

Courtney C. Lane, a Research Scientist, has joined Advanced Bionics, Oxnard, CA. Prior to her new affiliation, Lane was affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Jane Leopold has joined the Faculty of the Cardiovascular and Medicine Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Leopold was formerly a Member of the Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Peter Lindholm, a Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Physiology joined the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Lindholm was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for Research & Education in Special Education, Buffalo, NY.

Yanping Liu, is a Health Scientist Administrator, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Formerly, Liu was associated with the Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

William Joseph Martin joined the Department of Pharmacology, Theravance, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, as a Senior Director. Prior to his new assignment, Martin was Director, Department of Pharmacology, Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, NJ.

Luis A. Martinez-Lemus has accepted the position of Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Columbia, MO. Formerly, Martinez-Lemus was Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

Shizue Masuki has associated with the Department of Sports Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan, as an Assistant Professor. Prior to her new assignment, Masuki was formerly a Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Julia Ann Moffitt, is currently an Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. Formerly, Moffitt was a Senior Research Scientist, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, MN.

Eleni Mylona-Lagoudaki, a Postdoctoral Fellow, has affiliated with the Foundation for Research and Technology, FORTH: Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Heraklion Crete, Greece. Mylona-Lagoudaki was previously associated with the Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins Research Center, Atlanta, GA.

Kazunobu Okazaki, a Postdoctoral Fellow, has affiliated with the Department of Sports Medical Science, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. Okazaki had formerly been with the Institute for Exercise Environmental Medicine, Department of Exercise Physiology, Dallas, TX.

Kenneth R. Olson, a Professor, has joined the Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, IN. Olson was previously affiliated with the Center for Medical Education, Indiana University School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.

Steven John Prior has affiliated with the Department of Geriatrics, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Prior was previously associated with the Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Pascale M. Rabbah is a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences and Math, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ. Rabbah was formerly a Postdoctoral Student, associated with the Department of Biology, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.

Gordon Reid has moved to the Department of Physiology, University College, Cork, Ireland. Reid was previously associated with the Department of Animal Physiology and Biophysics, University of Bucharest Faculty of Biology, Bucharest, Romania.

Carol D. Rodgers, an Associate Professor, is currently affiliated with the College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Formerly, Rodgers was with the Department of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

John G. Semmler, a Lecturer, has recently joined the School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. Semmler was previously associated with the Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood Victoria, Australia.

Galia K. Soukhova-O’Hare, a Research Associate, has associated with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Soukhova-O’Hare was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, KY.

Katalin Szaszi has accepted the position of Assistant Professor, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Szaszi was formerly a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Transplantation Research, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

Hirofumi Tanaka has moved to Austin, TX, as an Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin. Tanaka was previously affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Kinesiology, Madison, WI.

Bunyen Teng has accepted the position of Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. Previously, Teng had been a Research Instructor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.

Jason J. Villarin, a Postdoctoral Fellow, has affiliated with the University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology, Calgary, Canada. Villarin was formerly a Graduate Student, Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, CA.

Saeed Zeinoaldini is currently affiliated with the Animal Science Group and Agriculture Faculty, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran. Zeinoaldini was previously associated with the Department of Animal Science, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Peng Zhao, a Postdoctoral Associate, has joined the Department of Neurology/VA Connecticut House Care System, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT. Zhao was previously affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics/ Section of Respiratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

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