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APS Member Joseph Kemnitz
Receives Knox Award Terrie Williams Honored as Scientist-Explorer M. Ian Phillips Named Norris Professor at Keck Institute |
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APS Member and University of California
researcher Terrie Williams is one of five women to win the Women of
Discovery award from Wings WorldQuest this year. As The Physiologist went to
press, actress Uma Thurman was slated to present the awards on March 1 to
Jane Goodall, Erin Petit, Constanza Ceruti, Grace Gobbo and Williams. |
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| M. Ian Phillips, a professor at the Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont California, has been named the Norris Professor of Applied Life Sciences at the institute. His research focuses on using stem cells to address chronic diseases including hypertension and failing hearts. He recently pioneered the Vigilant Vectors system that can regulate stem cell homing factors to repair and regenerate cells in damaged hearts and blood vessels. | |||
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Khalil N. Bitar, a Research Professor has also
added American Gastroenterology Association Fellow to his title. Bitar is
affiliated with the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of
Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor. Stephanie M. Busque is currently a student at the Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Formerly, Busque was with the Department of Surgery and Gastroenterology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Yang-Ling Chou currently is a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Formerly, Chou was a Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville. Charles W. Cortes, a Postdoctoral Fellow, has joined the Center of Translational Research on Aging & Longevity, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Cortes was formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department Metabolism Unit, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. Nicholas A. Delamere, Professor and Department Head, recently affiliated with the Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson. Delamere was previously Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, University of Louisville Medical School, KY. M. Faadiel Essop has joined the Department of Physiological Sciences as a Professor, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Essop was previously affiliated as a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Medicine, Hatter Institute Cardiovascular Research, University of Cape Town Observatory, South Africa. Mohammed Z. Haque, a Postdoctoral Scholar, has associated with the Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Prior to his new assignment, Haque was a Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Trent Alan Hargens has affiliated with Ball State University as an Instructor of Physical Education, Human Performance Lab, Muncie, IN. Hargens was formerly a student with the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA. Christopher L. Kaufman is presently associated with St. Paul Heart Clinic as a Scientist, St. Paul, MN. Formerly, Kaufman was a Student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, School of Kinesiology, Minneapolis. Jonathan D. Kibble has assumed the position of Associate Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, St. John’s, Canada. Kibble was previously affiliated with St. Georgia’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, as Chair, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience. Jeong-su Kim, an Assistant Professor, has joined the Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee. Formerly, Kim was a Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama, Birmingham. Scott Edward Lankford, an Assistant Professor, has affiliated with the Department of Biology, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg. Lankford was formerly a Research Physiologist, National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Kearneysville, WV. Dwayne A. Lavoie has joined GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA, as a Principal Scientist. Lavoie previously was an Associate Research Scientist with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., East Syracuse, NY. Henry C. Lin, Chief Gastro Section and Professor of Medicine, has affiliated with the New Mexico VA Health Care System, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Lin, as an Associate Professor, was formerly with the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Manuel Martinez–Maldonado has joined the University of Louisville, Kentucky, as Executive Vice President for Research. Martinez-Maldonado was formerly President and Dean of the Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ali Mobasheri, as an Associate Professor, Mobasheri joined the School of Veterinary Medicine & Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leichestershire, UK. Mobasheri was previously a Senior Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Preclinical Science, University of Liverpool, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Liverpool, England, UK. Rolando Enrique Rumbaut is currently an Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Institution, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Rumbaut was previously an Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Institution, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Jena J. Steinle, an Assistant Professor, has moved to the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Steinle was formerly associated with the Department of Physiology, Southern Illinois University College of Medicine, Life Science III, Carbondale, IL. Robert S. Turner recently affiliated as an Associate Professor with the Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA. Turner was formerly an Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Alice Renee Villalobos is presently affiliated with Texas A&M University as an Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, College Station, TX. Villalobos was formerly an Assistant Professor with the Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, NY. Donald E. Wesson is currently the Vice Dean, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Chief Academic Officer, Scott & White, Temple, TX. Wesson was formerly Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Chief of Nephrology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX. Tadataka Yamada is presently President, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Department of Global Health, Seattle, WA. Prior to his new position, Yamada was Chairman, Research & Development, GlaxoSmith-Kline Research & Development, King of Prussia, PA. |
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