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80th APS President (2007-2008)
Hannah V. Carey
(b. 1955)
 Hannah V. Carey is a Professor of
Comparative Biosciences in the University of Wisconsin School of
Veterinary Medicine. She received a BS degree in Biological Sciences
from the State University of New York, Binghamton, and her PhD in
Zoology from the University of California, Davis. Carey was appointed as
Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin in 1989, Associated
Professor in 1991 and Full Professor in 2001. She also holds Affiliate
Faculty appointments in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the
UW-College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and in the Department of
Pediatrics in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Carey’s research interests are in the areas of gastrointestinal
physiology and hibernation biology. Her graduate research at the
University of California’s White Mountain Research Station was in
feeding and nutritional ecology of hibernating mammals. She then carried
out postdoctoral studies in intestinal transport physiology with Helen
Cooke, first at the University of Nevada-Reno and then at the Ohio State
University. Carey subsequently developed an independent research program
that uses hibernating mammals as models for intestinal adaptation to
extreme changes in nutrition and metabolism. Carey’s research has also
included studies with fetal and neonatal piglets to explore effects of
development and nutritional status on intestinal absorptive and
secretory function. Her current research continues in basic aspects of
hibernation biology including intestinal epithelial biology, immunology
and host-microbial relationships, as well as the translation of
hibernation biology to biomedicine, including organ preservation,
intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury and severe blood loss. She has
authored over 55 original articles, four invited reviews, edited one
book and contributed nine book chapters. Carey’s research has been
funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science
Foundation, the US Department of Agriculture, the US Army Research
Office and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency.
Carey has been an invited speaker at more than 70 national and
international universities or symposia, has organized five symposia at
national meetings and co-organized an international conference. She has
served as a member of panels or special study sections for the NIH, NSF,
and the National Space Biomedical Research Initiative, and has served as
an external reviewer for several national and international funding
agencies. Carey presently serves as the North American Editor of the
Journal of Comparative Physiology B and is on the editorial board of
the American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver
Physiology. She is a past member of the editorial boards of the
American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative
Physiology and Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. She has
served as an ad hoc reviewer for over 30 other scientific journals. She
is currently a member of the Faculty of 1000: Gastrointestinal
Physiology and previously served on the Staff of Contributors, Selected
Summaries section of Gastroenterology.
Carey has served on over 30 committees at the departmental, school or
campus level at the University of Wisconsin, including the Biological
Sciences Divisional Committees on Promotion on Tenure and on Strategic
Planning, the SVM Animal Care and Use Committee, the Women Faculty
Mentoring Program, several search and screen committees including the
Gastroenterology Division Chief for the UW Medical School and the Deans
of the UW Graduate School and School of Veterinary Medicine. She has
served for many years on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin
Association for Biomedical Research and Education, and currently serves
as President. Carey is an active member of the American
Gastroenterological Association, having served most recently as a member
of the AGA Council, where she was Chair of the Nutrition and Obesity
Section. She was a member of the AGA Women in Gastroenterology Committee
and chaired the task force that created the AGA Career Development
Program. She is currently a member of one of the working groups of the
National Commission on Digestive Diseases. Carey has served in several
advisory capacities at the university and national level, including an
NSF workshop on Multidisciplinary Research: Bridging the Gaps,
University of Alaska-EPSCoR Integrative Approaches to Environmental
Physiology program, and exploratory workshops for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency. Carey instructs veterinary medical students in
renal and gastrointestinal physiology, and has mentored five graduate
students, 11 undergraduates, three postdoctoral fellows, and two
veterinary students in research projects. She is a strong believer in
public outreach and frequently visits community groups and schools to
talk about her research and encourage young people to consider a career
in science. She has also served as a source for radio, print and
television reporters on stories that convey the excitement and value of
science, particularly the science of hibernation.
Carey has been an APS member since 1984. Her APS activities include
serving as Chair of the Women in Physiology Committee, during which time
she initiated the APS Women’s Mentoring Program; Chair of the Membership
Committee; Chair of the Gastrointestinal and Liver Section Steering
Committee; Chair of the Communications Committee, member of APS Council
and member of the US Scientific Programming Committee for the IUPS 2005
Congress.
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