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Modernizing APS Governance (July 2023)

Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, discusses APS’ current initiative to modernize its governance with APS President Rick Samson, PhD, FAPS, and governance expert Mark Engle, CAE, FASAE, from the Association Management Center.

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Read an excerpt from this conversation in The Physiologist Magazine.

The Call of Industry (May 2023)

Increasingly, scientists are considering the transition from academia to industry. What does it take to make that move? APS Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, spoke to two APS members who recently took the plunge: Katherine Grabek, PhD, chief science officer and co-founder of Fauna Bio in Emeryville, California, and Corey Reynolds, PhD, regional medical scientific director for Merck.

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Committing to the Liberal Arts Path (March 2023)

To learn what it’s like for physiologists to teach and conduct research at a liberal arts college, APS Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, spoke to two professors about their experience: Scott D. Kirkton, PhD, FAPS, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Union College in Schenectady, New York, and Heidi Walsh, PhD, associate professor of biology and department chair at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. In their wide-ranging conversation, they discussed the advantages and challenges of working at a liberal arts college and what physiologists should consider before choosing that path.

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Taking the Military Path (January 2023)

To better understand the experience of researchers conducting science in a military context, APS Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, spoke to three esteemed civilian scientists and APS members working in the armed forces: Nisha Charkoudian, PhD, chief of the Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM); Victor A. Convertino, PhD, FAPS, senior scientist in U.S. Army Combat Casualty Care Research at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR); and Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, PhD, FAPS, a research physiologist also at ISR. In their wide-ranging conversation, they discussed the career opportunities and the areas of similarities and differences in being a researcher in academia versus the military.

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The Founding of the Black in Physiology Community (November 2022)

APS Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, spoke to Adrienne King, PhD, assistant clinical professor at Georgia State University and parliamentarian of Black in Physiology (BiP), about the creation of the BiP community and the short- and long-term effects that BiP leaders hope their work will have on physiologists of color and the discipline of physiology.

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Read an excerpt from this conversation in The Physiologist Magazine.

How APS Can Support LGBTQ Members (September 2022)

APS Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, invited Troy Roepke, PhD; Jesse Moreira, PhD; and Melissa Bates, PhD, FAPS, to discuss their recent editorial “Challenges and inclusive practices for LGBTQIA2S+ scientists in the American Physiological Society,” published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. They shared their experiences, thoughts and recommendations for how the Society and the greater scientific community can support queer scientists.

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All Physiologists Are Translational (July 2022)

APS Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, spoke with Ron Lynch, PhD, FAPS, about the evolution of physiology departments at R1 institutions and the lessons he’s learned at Arizona as their undergraduate program has grown from approximately 40 to more than 2,000 students each year.

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Read an excerpt from this conversation in The Physiologist Magazine.

The Center for Physiology Education May Change the Way You Teach (May 2022)

APS Executive Director Scott Steen, CAE, FASAE, talks to Terry Sweeney PhD, FAPS, about the encouraging trends in physiology education today, the foundations of the Center for Physiology Education and the offerings he’s most looking forward to bringing to the physiology community.

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Read an excerpt from this conversation in The Physiologist Magazine.

Sexual Harassment in Science Today (March 2022)

In this inaugural column, Steen talks to Sue Bodine, PhD, FAPS, about the progress—or lack thereof—that the scientific community has made on gender discrimination in research.

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Read an excerpt from this conversation in The Physiologist Magazine.