Douglas C. Eaton, PhD, distinguished professor
of physiology in Emory University School of Medicine, has been named chair
of the Department of Physiology. Eaton has served as acting chair of the
department since 2007 and as deputy chair since 1987. He also is a professor
in the Department of Pediatrics. Eaton also served the APS as its 78th
President from 2005-2006.
Eaton directs the Center for Cell and Molecular Signaling, and his research
focuses on ion transport across cell membranes; cellular signal
transduction; cellular and molecular biology of membrane transport; and
nanosensor methods applied to clinical samples. He has been a principal
investigator or co-principal investigator for more than 15 NIH grants. In
2001 he was the recipient of a Merit Award from the National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Eaton has directed the Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching (FIRST)
program since 2005. FIRST is an NIH-funded fellowship program that trains
postgraduate students to become researchers and teachers in the biological
sciences. The program is a collaboration among Emory University and four
historically minority-serving institutions within the Atlanta University
Center.
Eaton received a BS degree from the California Institute of Technology and
an MS degree in marine biology from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
He received a PhD in neuroscience in 1971 from the University of California,
San Diego and completed postdoctoral training at the University of
California, Los Angeles.
Kayode Adeniyi, a Professor, recently affiliated with Stace College,
Narangba Australia. Adeniyi had been associated with the Massey University
Institute of Food Nutrition and Human Healing New Zealand.
Peter Agre is currently Director, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD. Prior to his new position, Agre was Vice-Chancellor at Duke
University Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, Durham NC.
Markus Amann is currently a Senior Scientist at the University Zurich,
Institute of Physiology, Zurich, Switzerland. Previously, Amann was a
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI.
Frank C. Barone has taken the position of Professor, Director of Basic
Research, at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Neurology,
Brooklyn, NY. Prior to this position Barone was a Consultant, Wyeth
Research, Discovery Translational Medicine, King of Pussia, PA.
Ben T. Chen has moved to Merck & Co, Department of Imaging, Rahway, NJ.
Prior to this position Chen was at Merck Frosst Canada & Co., London,
Canada.
Farhad R Danesh is currently an Associate Professor at Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston TX. Prior to his new position, Danesh was at Northwestern
University, Department of Medicine and Nephrology Chicago, IL.
Mark G. Davies, Professor, is now at The Methodist Hospital, Department of
Cardiovascular Surgery, Houston, TX. Prior to this position, Davies was
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of
Vascular Surgery, Rochester, NY.
Claire M. Doerschuk is now affiliated with the Director Center for Airways
Disease, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Previsouly, Doerschuk
was Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Pediatrics,
Cleveland, OH.
Yasser Mohamed El-Wazir, an Associate Professor at the Suez Canal
University, Faculty of Medicine, Ismailia, Egypt, was previously an
Associate Professor at the King Khaled University, Depart-ment of
Physiology, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Andreas Fahlman has joined Global Diving Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
as a Postdoc Fellow, having moved from the University of British Columbia
Marine Mammal Research Unit in Vancouver, Canada.
Bryan G. Helwig is now a Research Physiologist at USAREM, Natick, MA. Prior
to this position Helwig was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kansas State
University, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Manhattan.
Kenneth Hoekstra, a volunteer pathologist with the American Society for
Clinical Pathology, is traveling to Maseru, Lesotho (Africa) as part of
the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to
develop laboratory training and education programs to assist in combating
the AIDS epidemic.
John D. Imig is now Professor of Phar-macology & Toxicology, Medical College
of Wisconsin, Cardiovascular Research Center, Milwaukee, WI. Imig had been
Associate Professor, Medical College of Georgia, Department of Physiology
and Vascular Biology Center, Augusta, GA.
Flavia Jung, Associate Professor, recently affiliated with the University of
Mary-land, Department of Pediatrics, Balti-more, MD. Prior to this position
Jung was at the Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New
Orleans.
Mikito Kawamata has taken the position of Professor, Shinshu University
School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. Previously, Kawamata was Assistant
Professor, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
David M. Keller Assistant Professor recently affiliated with University of
Texas at Arlington. He had been associated with the Presbyterian Hospital of
Dallas as a Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Exercise and Environmen-tal
Medicine, Dallas, TX.
Andrew R. La Barbera has moved to Birmingham, AL as a Professor at the
American Society of Reproductive Med., Birmingham, AL. Prior to this
position La Barbara was Professor, University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine, Department of Obstetrics/Gyn, Cincin-nati, OH.
Jonathan Ledoux has joined the Montreal Heart Institute Research Center,
Montreal, Canada as an Assistant Professor. Prior to his new position Ledoux
was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Pharmacology at the
University of Vermont, Burlington.
Christine Maric is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of
Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Maric had been a Research Fellow at Georgetown University Medical Center,
Washington DC.
Jasna Maronovic, a Senior Instructor at the University of Split Medical
School, Split, Croatia, has moved from being a Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Satoshi Matsunaga is currently a Professor Faculty of Education and Culture
at the Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan. Prior to his new position,
Matsunaga was an Assistant Professor Research Center Urban Health Sports,
Osaka City University.
Dmitry N. Mayorov has affiliated with the University of Melbourne,
Department of Pharmacology, Parkville, Australia as a Senior Research
Fellow. Previously, Mayorov was at the Baker Heart Research Institution,
Department of Cardiovascular Neurosciences, Melbourne, Australia.
Jeremiah J. Morrissey has affiliated with the Washington University School
of Medicine, Department of Anesthesi-ology, St. Louis, MO as a Research
Professor of Anesthesiology. Prior to this position, Morrissey was Research
Professor of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital North Campus, St. Louis, MO.
Koichi Nakayama has moved to the Iwate Medical University, Department of
Molceular/Cellular Pharmacology, Yahaba, Japan as a Professor Head. Prior to
this position Nakayama was Professor Head, University of Sizuoka, Department
of Pharmacology, Shizukoa, Japan.
Tadahiro Oonishi is currently, CEO, Medical Consultation Office, Yokohama,
Japan. Prior to this position Oonishi, was Research Director, Research
Institution, Tokyo, Japan.
Ana M. Patois is currently a Professor at the University of California San
Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy in La Jolla, CA. Previously, she was at
the University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Galveston TX.
Sergio Ray, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, has moved from being an Associate Instructor,
Pontificia University Catolica De Chile, Santiago, Chile.
William M. Selig is now Senior Director of Preclinical Development, Magen
Biosciences, Groveland, MA. Prior to this position, Selig was Senior
Directory Pharmacology and Toxicology, CombinatoRX Incorporated, Cambridge,
MA.
Douglas H. Sweet is an Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Virginia
Commonwealth University Richmond, VA having moved from the position of
Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston,
SC.
Douglas G. Whyte has taken the position of Lecturer at the Charles Sturt
University, School Biomedical Sciences, Bathurst, Australia. Prior to this
position Whyte was Research Officer, University Melbourne, Howard Florey
Institute, Parkville, Australia.
Xiao Qiu Xiao is now a Research Scientist and Group Leader at the lab of
Metabolic Medicine, Singapore. Prior to this position Xiao was a
Postdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton.
Weimin Yang has affiliated with the Kunming Medical College, Yunnan
Pharmacological Lab, Kunming, Peoples Republic of China as a Vise
Researcher. Prior to this position, Yang was at the East Carolina
University, Department of Physiology, Greenville, NC.
Cuicua Zhang has taken the position of Associate Professor at the University
of Missouri, Cardiovascular Research Center, Columbia, MO. Prior to this
position, Zhang was Assistant Professor, Texas A & M University, Department
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