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Morris Wins
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Mariana Morris |
APS Member Mariana Morris, chair and
professor of pharmacology and toxicology, received the prestigious Fulbright
Research/Teaching Scholarship from the J. William Fulbright Foreign
Scholarship Board. The competitive program sends American scholars to
lecture and/or conduct research in more than 130 countries.
The award will provide an opportunity for Morris to conduct a research and
teaching program in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She will work at the University
Cardiology Foundation, Federal Foundation of Medical Sciences of Porto
Alegre and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul along with Brazilian
clinical and basic scientists.
The focus of her work is on translational sciences, the interface between
clinical and basic science. In this project, she will study the role of diet
in diabetes and insulin sensitivity. She will also teach translational
physiology in a small group setting with a focus on animal models for human
diseases. The research is in collaboration with other Brazilian scientists
and medical and graduate students.
Morris has a longstanding interest in international research and teaching
exchange, particularly with South America. She directed an international
exchange program supported in the US and Brazil. The Brazil consortium
provided for the exchange of students between Brazil and the US. Morris has
trained numerous international students and fellows and directed a course
for medical students, “Translational Physiology: From Bench to Bedside,” at
the University of Sao Paulo in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
A member of the inaugural class of the Executive Leadership in Academic
Medicine (ELAM), Morris has been active in science and leadership training
for women and underrepresented minorities. She has served on numerous
National Institutes of Health (NIH) review panels, has been active in the
American Heart Association and the American Society of Pharmacology and
Experimental Therapeutics and has served on the editorial board of prominent
journals in her field.
APS Member
Receives 2006 National Medal of Technology
On July 27, President Bush
presented the 2006 National Medal of Technology to APS Member Leslie A.
Geddes, Purdue Univ. In a White House ceremony, Geddes was recognized “for
his contributions to electrode design and tissue restoration, which led to
the widespread use of a wide variety of clinical devices. His discoveries
and inventions have saved and enriched thousands of lives and formed the
cornerstone of much of the modern implantable medical device field.”
President Bush recognized the 27 Laureates for 2005 and 2006 stating that
this is “the highest award a President can bestow for astounding achievement
in science and technology. They recognize work that has helped expand the
horizons of human knowledge. The National Medal of Science honors those
whose research has enhanced our understanding of life and the world around
us. And the National Medal of Technology recognizes innovators whose work
keeps America on the cutting edge with discoveries that change the way we
live.”
Stephane Baudry is
currently a Researcher in the Neurophysiology of Movement Lab at the Univ.
of Colorado. Baudry had been at the University Libre De Bruxelles Lab of
Applied Physiology in Brussels, Belgium.
Walter Boron is currently Chairman, Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Prior to his new position,
Boron was a Professor of Cell and Molecular Physiology at Yale University,
New Haven, CT.
Patrice Guy Bouyer is currently Research Associate, Department of Surgery,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Previously, Bouyer was a Postdoctoral
Fellow at Yale University, New Haven, CT.
John Buckwalter is currently a Professor, University of Texas at Arlington,
Texas, having moved from the VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.
Christie Cefaratti is currently Regional Scientific Manager at Takeda
Pharmaceuticals, Chesterland, OH. Prior to this new position Cefaratti was a
Faculty Instructor at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Darren S. DeLorey is currently Assistant Professor, Faculty Physical
Education and Recreation, University of Alberta. DeLorey had been a Postdoc
in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Michael Garrett is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of
Medicine/Kidney Disease Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Prior to
his new position, Garrett was an Assistant Professor at the University of
Toledo Health Science Campus, OH.
Jacob Haus is currently at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Shaker Heights,
OH. Previously, Haus was at Ball State University, Human Performance Lab, in
Muncie IN.
Masski Isoda is currently a Research Scientist, RIKEN Brain Science
Institute, Lab Symbolic Cognitive Development, Wako-Shi, Japan, having moved
from the National Eye Institute, NIH, Lab Senserimotor Research, Bethesda
MD.
William E. Johnson is currently a Biology Instructor in the Department of
Math, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa Fl. Prior to his new position,
Johnson was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of South
Florida College of Public Health.
Bilijana Jovov is currently an Associate Professor, Department of Medicine,
Gastroenterology-Hepatology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. Previously, Jovov was an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Medicine, Gastroenterology, at Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New
Orleans, LA.
Luis A. Juncos is currently an Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology,
at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Juncos had
previously been an Associate Professor at the Mayo Clinic College of
Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Meyer Kattan is currently a Professor in the Pediatric Pulmonary Division,
at Columbia University Medical Center New York, having moved from the
Department of Pediatrics, at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York.
Heidi Ann Kluess is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Health, Kinesiology Recreation and Dance at University of Arkansas. Kluess
was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Ashok Kumar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of
Anatomical Sciences Neurobiology at the University of Louisville School of
Medicine. Prior to new position, Kumar was a Research Scientist,
Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Loma Linda, CA.
Christoph Lossin is currently an Assistant Researcher in the Department of
Neurology School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis.
Previously, Lossin was a Research Fellow at Osaka University in Japan.
Xiuying Ma is currently an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of
Pharmacology, Merck Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ. Ma had been at the University
Iowa, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City, IA.
Michael P. Massett is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University. Prior to his new position,
Massett was a Research Assistant at the University of Rochester School of
Medicine and Dentistry, New York.
Scott Mazzetti is currently Assistant Professor Department of Health PE and
Human Performance at Salisbury University. Prior to his new position,
Mazzetti was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at
Anderson University, IN.
Marcel Miampamba is currently a Research Scientist at Ardea Biosciences,
Costa Mesa, CA. Previously, Miampamba was a Research Scientist at Ferring
Research Institute Inc. in San Diego,CA.
Walter Murfee is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, having moved
from the Department of Bioengineering, at the University of California, San
Diego.
Amanda Jean Nelson is now affiliated with the Department of Human Biology,
at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Prior to her new position, Nelson
was in the Department of Vet Biosciences at the University of Illinois,
Urbana IL.
Ralph Paxton is currently a Program Manager in the Office of Research and
Development at the Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC. Prior to
this position, Paxton was at the Auburn University College of Vet Med,
Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacy, AL.
Nancy J. Pelaez is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of
Biological Sciences at Purdue University in West Lafayette IN. Pelaez was an
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at the California State
University in Fullerton.
John K. Petrella is currently an Assistant Professor in the Exercise Science
and Sports Medicine Department of Stamford University, Birmingham, AL. Prior
to his new position, Petrella was a Research Fellow, VA Medical Center GRECC
at the University of Alabama.
Lawrence S. Prince is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of
Neonatology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Previously, Prince was an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Stacey Reading is currently an Assistant Professor on the Faculty of
Kinesiology at the University of New Brunswick. Reading was a Postdoctoral
Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Vermont.
David Russ is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Physical
Therapy at the Ohio University, Athens. Prior to his new position, Russ was
an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Donald Shaw is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Biological Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Martin. Prior to this
position, Shaw was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL.
Dinender K. Singla is currently an Associate Professor in the Biomolecular
Science Center, at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. Previously,
Singla was an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the
University of Vermont, Colchester.
Cristina Trandafir is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of
Physiology at the University of Utah. Prior to her new position, Trandafir
was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physiology at the University
of Alberta, Canada.
Lesley J. White is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of
Georgia, Athens. Prior to this, White was an Assistant Professor at the
University of Florida, Gainesville.
Mary E. Zimmer is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Biological Sciences at Ferris State University. Previously, Zimmer was a
Research Associate at Wayne State University. |
