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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Christine Guilfoy
301-634-7253
cguilfoy@the-aps.org
American Physiological
Society Taps 16 Scientists for Top Awards
Honorees to give lectures at Experimental Biology conference in April
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- Jo Rae Wright, Duke,
receives Cannon lifetime achievement award
- Ulrich Hans Von Andrian,
Harvard, cited for early-career achievement
- L. Gabriel Navar, Tulane,
honored for combining research and mentoring
- Randall S. Prather,
University of Missouri, receives biomedical ethics award
BETHESDA, Md. (Dec. 15, 2005) – Sixteen scientists
singled out for their exemplary research by the American Physiological
Society (APS) will receive awards and highlight their work in lectures to
the Experimental Biology 2006 conference April 1-5 in San Francisco.
The awards include the Society’s two highest: The
Walter B. Cannon Award for lifetime achievement, to Jo Rae Wright of Duke
University Medical Center, and the Henry Pickering Bowditch Award, to Ulrich
Hans Von Andrian for early-career achievement.
Editor’s Note: APS welcomes members of the press
to cover these distinguished researchers and other leading physiologists who
will present the latest research at 100 workshops and symposia, and during
more than 2,000 individual presentations. For the full program at the
Moscone Convention Center, go to
www.the-aps.org/meetings/EB06.
The APS award winners, the subjects of their lectures,
and the dates of presentation are as follows:
Award Lectures
- Jo Rae Wright – Duke University Medical Center
- Physiology in Perspective: The Walter B. Cannon Award
Lecture
- APS gives this award for lifetime achievement to an
outstanding physiological scientist.
- Lecture: “The Wisdom of Lung Surfactant: Balancing Host
Defense and Surface Tension Reducing Functions.” Saturday, April 1, 5:45
p.m.
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- Ulrich Hans Von Andrian – Harvard Medical School
- Henry Pickering Bowditch Award Lecture
- The Society presents this award to a scientist younger than
42 years of age whose accomplishments are both original and outstanding.
- Lecture: “Migrants on a Single-minded Mission: How T-Cells
Find Their Antigen.”
- Sunday, April 2, 5:45 p.m.
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- Randall S. Prather – National Swine Research and
Resource Center, University of
Missouri-Columbia
- Walter C. Randall Lecturer in Biomedical Ethics
- This award promotes integrity in science, particularly to
students in training, and fosters the highest ethical standards in
biomedical research, publication, teaching, and interaction with the
public.
- Lecture: “Transgenic Animals for Medicine and Agriculture:
Do the Ends Justify the Means?” Tuesday, April 4, 2 p.m.
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Award Talk and Reception
- L. Gabriel Navar - Tulane
University School of Medicine
- The Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and
Scientist Award
- This APS award goes to a scientist who combines excellent
research with dedication to training and guiding young physiologists.
- Talk: “From Mentee to Mentor: Lessons Learned Along the
Way.” Monday, April 3, noon.
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Distinguished Lectureships
- These awards are given to scientists who have done
noteworthy work within one of 12 physiological disciplines represented by
APS sections.
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- Thomas Coffman – Duke University Medical Center
- Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section
- Lecture: “The Critical Role of the Kidney in Hypertension:
Implications for Pathogenesis and Therapy.” Sunday, April 2, 8 a.m.
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- Gunnar Wallin – University of Göteborg
- Carl Ludwig Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Neural Control and Autonomic Regulation Section
- Lecture: “Interindividual Differences in Sympathetic
Activity: A Key to new Insight into Cardiovascular Regulation?” Sunday,
April 2, 10:30 a.m.
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- Kim Barrett – University of California, San Diego,
School of Medicine
- Horace W. Davenport Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Gastrointestinal & Liver Section
- Lecture: “Friends and Foes: The Physiology of Gut
Epithelial Interactions with Luminal Bacteria.” Sunday, April 2, 2 p.m.
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- Dee Silverthorn – University of Texas
- Claude Bernard Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Teaching of Physiology Section
- Lecture: “Teaching and Learning in the Interactive
Classroom.” Sunday, April 2, 2 p.m.
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- Peter Igarashi – University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center
- Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Renal Section
- Lecture: “Transcriptional Mechanisms of Renal Cystogenesis.”
Sunday, April 2, 3:15 p.m.
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- Michael J. Welsh – University of Iowa
- Hugh Davson Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
- Lecture: “Pursuing Cystic Fibrosis.” Monday, April 3, 9
a.m.
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- Thomas Hintze – New York Medical College
- Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Cardiovascular Section
- Lecture: “The Other Action of NO: Control of Cardiac
Mitochondrial Oxygen Consumption and Substrate Use in Health and in
Disease.” Monday, April 3, 10:30 a.m.
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- Paul Sawchenko – The Salk Institute
- Joseph Erlanger Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Central Nervous System Section
- Lecture: “Circuits and Mechanisms Providing for Adaptive
Responses to Stress.”
- Monday, April 3, 2 p.m.
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- Frank W. Booth – University of Missouri
- Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section
- Lecture: “Fundamental Question of Biology: How Does the
Body Adapt to Physical Inactivity?” Monday, April 3, 3:15 p.m.
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- Hiroko Nishimura – University of Tennessee HSC
- August Krogh Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Comparative & Evolutionary Physiology Section
- Lecture: “Urine Concentration and Aquaporin Water Channels
– Evolution and Development.” Tuesday, April 4, 9 a.m.
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- Richard N. Bergman – University of Southern California
School of Medicine
- Solomon A. Berson Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
- Lecture: “Confessions of a Supermodel.” Tuesday, April 4,
10:30 a.m.
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- Joe G.N. Garcia – University of Chicago Medical Center
- Julius H. Comroe Jr. Distinguished Lectureship
- APS Respiration Section
- Lecture: “Genomic Insights into Inflammatory Lung Injury.”
Tuesday, April 4, 2 p.m.
The awards carry the following honoraria:
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Walter B. Cannon, $4,000
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Henry Pickering Bowditch, $2,500
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Walter C. Randall for Biomedical Ethics, $1,000
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Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist,
$1,000
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The 12 distinguished lectureships, $1,000 each
Note: Members of the press interested in
attending one or more of the APS lectures and to register for the
Experimental Biology 2006 conference, may contact Communications Officer
Donna Krupa at (301) 634-7209 (office), (703) 967-2751 (cell),
dkrupa@the-aps.org or Communications Specialist Christine Guilfoy
301.634.7253 office or
cguilfoy@the-aps.org.
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The
American Physiological Society was founded in 1887 to foster scientific
research, education, and the dissemination of scientific information. The
Bethesda, Maryland-based society has more than 10,000 members and publishes
14 peer-reviewed journals containing 4,000 articles annually.
APS
provides a wide range of research, educational and career support and
programming to further the contributions of physiology to understanding the
mechanisms of diseased and healthy states. In May 2004, APS received
the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM).
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