American Physiological Society Renal Section Research Articles

2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2024 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2017 Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2017 Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2016 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

Announcements2016 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal SectionPublished Online:15 Apr 2016https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00105.2016This is the final version - click for previous versionMoreSectionsPDF (158 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat The American Physiological Society (APS) Renal Section has selected David H. Ellison, M.D. as the recipient of the 2016 Carl Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship. Dr. Ellison is Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Pharmacology, Director of the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and Associate Vice President for Clinical and Translational Research at Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. David H. EllisonDownload figureDownload PowerPoint Dr. Ellison graduated from Stanford University with distinction and Departmental Honors in Biology. After receiving his Medical Degree with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from Rush Medical College (Chicago, IL), he trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center (Portland, OR) and Nephrology at Yale University. Following a Nephrology Fellowship and postdoctoral training in renal physiology with Dr. Fred Wright, Dr. Ellison joined the faculty at Yale. He then moved to the University of Colorado (Denver, CO), where he was Chief of the Renal Section at the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Prior to taking his new position, he was Head of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Oregon Health and Science University for the last 13 years.Dr. Ellison's research centers on the molecular target of thiazide diuretics, drugs recommended as first-line antihypertensive agents. A model physician-scientist, all of his work beautifully combines basic and clinical approaches. His early studies showed that the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl transporter (NCC) is the dominant salt transport pathway along the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and helped define the physiological and clinical importance of the nephron segment. This work was later translated to provide insights into the mechanisms of loop-diuretic resistance. Dr. Ellison has been a leader in defining how mutations in the NCC cause Gitelman syndrome, a hypokalemic salt-wasting disease in humans and how mutations in the WNK kinase cascade activate the NCC and cause familial hyperkalemic hypertension. His group demonstrated that the immunosuppressive drug tacrolimus causes hyperkalemia and hypertension by activating the NCC. Recently, his studies revealed how the NCC is regulated by dietary potassium, providing new insights to explain the deleterious effects of dietary potassium deficiency on blood pressure. This work also promises to rewrite the textbooks on the mechanisms of altered renal sodium handling in primary aldosteronism and Addison disease.Dr. Ellison has served on many important committees for the American Physiological Society, American Society of Nephrology, and American Heart Association. He was Chair of the Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, American Heart Association. He is presently an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. He has also served on numerous national peer review groups. Currently, he is Chair of the Kidney Molecular Biology and Development Study Section for the National Institutes of Health.Dr. Ellison continues to make important contributions to explain the effects of diet on blood pressure, the mechanisms of salt transport by the kidney, the genetic basis of human blood pressure variation, and on diuretic treatment of edema. The Renal Section is honored to have him present the 2016 Carl Gottschalk Distinguished Lecture.This article has no references to display. Download PDF Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 310Issue 8April 2016Pages F802-F802 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00105.2016PubMed26911847History Published online 15 April 2016 Published in print 15 April 2016 Metrics

2016 Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

Minolfa Prieto, M.D., PhD, Associate Professor at Tulane University ([Fig. 1][1]), is the recipient of the Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society (APS) Renal Section for 2016. Dr. Prieto is an exceptionally talented scientist in renal physiology working in the Department of

Emerging concept: bringing our trainees into focus

EditorialEmerging concept: bringing our trainees into focusJennifer C. SullivanJennifer C. SullivanDepartment of Physiology, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GeorgiaPublished Online:15 Jul 2015https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00179.2015This is the final version - click for previous versionMoreSectionsPDF (28 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations the american journal of physiology-Renal Physiology is pleased to announce a new series of articles named Mini-Review: Emerging Concepts. The goal of this series of articles is to focus on current topics and emerging areas of research that trainees in renal physiology are addressing. These reviews will be no longer than 1,500 words, are limited to one figure, and consistent with the goals of the journal, will address a broad range of physiological and pathophysiological subjects relating to the kidney and urinary tract including both basic science and clinical studies. Since these mini-reviews will often cover emerging or developing areas of research, they will have a much narrower scope than traditional, full-length review articles and will typically focus on a single question. Therefore, while the primary purpose of full-length review articles remains to educate readers by providing a comprehensive view of completed works in a concise, unified format, the mini-reviews will provide our readers with an introduction to an area that is still evolving with the potential to shape the direction of the field in the future. As with all manuscripts considered for publication in the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, all mini-reviews will undergo peer review, however, the review criteria will reflect the focused nature and space constraints of this article series.This is an invitation-based series of articles. Initial invitations were extended to all of the trainee and early career finalists and awardees selected by the American Physiological Society Renal Section Awards committee for acknowledgment at Experimental Biology 2014. This included all finalists for the 2014 Renal Section Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Excellence in Renal Research Awards and the Renal Section Research Recognition Awardees. As such, a secondary goal of this series of mini-reviews is to more fully engage our trainees in helping to lead the field of renal physiology. The first of these mini-reviews has been published in a recent issue of the journal (2).There is an ever-expanding literature base implicating immune cells in the development of hypertension and the related renal injury (for recent reviews, see Refs. 3–5) and the authors of our first published mini-review are pioneers in this field. Guzik et al. (1) were the first to demonstrate that Rag-1−/− mice, which lack B and T lymphocytes, have a blunted hypertensive response to ANG II infusion. Adoptive transfer of T lymphocytes into male Rag−/− mice restored the hypertensive response to ANG II; adoptive transfer of B lymphocytes did not alter the blood pressure response.An emerging area of research related to immune cells in hypertension is immunological memory. Immunological memory allows for protection against an antigen that has previously been encountered. While the formation of memory T cells is critical for the ability of the immune system to respond to pathogens, Itani and Harrison (2) suggest that memory T cells may also be important in maintaining T cell activation in sustained hypertension. Better understanding of the activation of specific T cell subtypes in hypertension holds the potential to provide novel methods to treat and hypertension and the related end-organ damage.DISCLOSURESNo conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the author.AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONSAuthor contributions: J.C.S. drafted manuscript; J.C.S. edited and revised manuscript; J.C.S. approved final version of manuscript.REFERENCES1. Guzik TJ, Hoch NE, Brown KA, McCann LA, Rahman A, Dikalov S, Goronzy J, Weyand C, Harrison DG. Role of the T cell in the genesis of angiotensin II induced hypertension and vascular dysfunction. J Exp Med 204: 2449–2460, 2007.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google Scholar2. Itani HA, Harrison DG. Memories that last in hypertension. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 308: F1197–F1199, 2015.Link | ISI | Google Scholar3. Mattson DL. Infiltrating immune cells in the kidney in salt-sensitive hypertension and renal injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 307: F499–F508, 2014.Link | ISI | Google Scholar4. Trott DW, Harrison DG. The immune system in hypertension. Adv Physiol Educ 38: 20–24, 2014.Link | ISI | Google Scholar5. Zhang J, Crowley SD. Role of T lymphocytes in hypertension. Curr Opin Pharmacol 21: 14–19, 2015.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google ScholarAUTHOR NOTESAddress for reprint requests and other correspondence: J. C. Sullivan, 1459 Laney Walker Blvd., Georgia Regents Univ., Augusta, GA 30912 (e-mail: [email protected]edu). Download PDF Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 309Issue 2July 2015Pages F89-F89 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00179.2015History Published online 15 July 2015 Published in print 15 July 2015 Metrics

2015 Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2015 Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2015 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2015 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Renal Section.

2014 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2014 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2014 Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2014 Young Investigator Award of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2013 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2013 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2012 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecture of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

AnnouncementsCarl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecture of the American Physiological Society Renal SectionPublished Online:01 Apr 2011https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00098.2011This is the final version - click for previous versionMoreSectionsPDF (140 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail Jeff Garvin, PhD, will present the Carl W. Gottschalk Lectureship at the annual Experimental Biology meeting on April 11, 2011, in Washington, DC. Dr. Garvin is a well-respected leader in renal physiology and hypertension, whose work has gained recognition over his career.Dr. Jeff. GarvinDownload figureDownload PowerPointDr. Garvin earned his PhD at Duke University under the mentorship of Dr. Lazlo Mandel. There he began his interest in ion transport, identifying sodium channels in the toad bladder and tongue. He then joined the lab of Mark Knepper, PhD at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a postdoctoral fellow. During this period, he carried out a series of very influential studies on ammonium transport in proximal tubules and thick ascending limbs. These studies established beyond any doubt that both renal tubule segments are capable of significant transport of ammonium ions. This was an extremely important set of observations, which added substantially to our understanding of renal acid base transport in the mammalian kidney.At NIH, he developed a myriad of technical skills, which provided a solid basis for his research career. However, his work generated from the perfusion of isolated rat proximal tubules in vitro has led to his most novel findings. In his first faculty position at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, he focused on the regulation of solute and fluid transport in proximal tubule, thick ascending limb and collecting duct using the isolated, perfused tubule technique and cultured cell techniques. He has shown convincingly that angiotensin II stimulates salt and fluid absorption from the rat proximal tubule and that atrial natriuretic factor inhibits angiotensin II stimulated fluid absorption. Later, he focused on the roles of nitric oxide and superoxide in regulation of solute transport in the thick ascending limb (TAL). One of his most important discoveries was the novel observation that superoxide stimulates salt transport in the TAL. Subsequent studies have tested function in other nephron segments and have explored the regulation of tubuloglomerular feedback. All of these studies have derived from unique applications of difficult techniques to further understanding of salt and water handling by the nephron and how it affects systemic blood pressure.Dr. Garvin has published more than 110 studies and his work has been supported by numerous NIH grants. He presented the Dahl Lecture at the Council for High Blood Pressure Research meeting in 2005. He is currently an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology and was Chair of the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Renal Hemodynamics in 2010. In addition, Dr. Garvin has mentored a productive group of trainees now working as independent scientists.Dr. Garvin is an outstanding scientist who continues to make important and novel discoveries in how the kidney regulates salt and water balance. The Renal Section is honored to have Dr. Garvin present the Gottschalk Distinguished Lecture for 2011.The Carl W. Gottschalk Lecture selection committee was composed of Bill Welch (Chair), Tom Kleyman, and David Pollock.This article has no references to display. Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 300Issue 4April 2011Pages F1044-F1044 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2011 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00098.2011History Published online 1 April 2011 Published in print 1 April 2011 PDF download Metrics Downloaded 76 times

Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2008 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

ANNOUNCEMENTS2008 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal SectionPublished Online:01 Mar 2008https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00005.2008This is the final version - click for previous versionMoreSectionsPDF (62 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail Peter S. Aronson has been named the 2008 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section. Dr. Aronson will deliver the lecture, entitled “Roles of Ion Exchangers in Renal NaCl Transport and Pathogenesis of Kidney Stones,” on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 2:00 PM during a Plenary Lecture session at the Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego, CA. Dr. Aronson will also be honored during the Renal Dinner that evening.Dr. Aronson was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Rochester, earning his A.B. degree in 1967. He attended medical school at New York University, earning the M.D. degree in 1970. After internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he completed a two-year fellowship at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institutes of Health. In 1974, he was recruited to the Yale University School of Medicine as a nephrology fellow, and he was subsequently appointed to the faculty as Assistant Professor in 1977. Dr. Aronson has risen through the ranks at Yale, where he has held dual academic appointments as Professor of Medicine and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology since 1987. He served for 15 years as Chief of the Section of Nephrology in the Department of Internal Medicine (1987–2002), and he was named the C. N. H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine in 1995. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts and review articles, as well as 14 book chapters. Dr. Aronson has served on multiple study sections, editorial boards, and advisory committees, and he is the current President of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). He has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the American Heart Association (AHA) Established Investigator Award, the ASN/AHA Young Investigator Award, the ASN Homer W. Smith Award, and the Borelli Medal for Achievements in the Field of Acid-Base and Renal Medicine.Dr. Aronson's research efforts, begun during his fellowship training with Dr. Bertram Sacktor, initially focused on the mechanisms and kinetics of sodium-linked glucose transport in proximal tubule cell membranes. During the ensuing years, he has produced an impressive body of work focusing on sodium-hydrogen exchangers. These investigations have provided valuable insight into the relationship between the molecular structure of the various sodium-hydrogen exchangers, their localization within renal tubule cells, their function, and their regulation. His studies of renal chloride, urate, and oxalate transport established that an array of complex and interactive anion exchange processes in the brush-border membrane contributes to the net transport of these ions. Moreover, his recent work has revealed that a chloride-oxalate exchanger plays essential roles both in proximal tubule NaCl transport and in the prevention of hyperoxaluria and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis. His cutting-edge investigations of renal transport physiology have firmly established Dr. Aronson as a world-renowned leader in the field.The APS Renal Section's Distinguished Lectureship Committee was composed of Pamela K. Carmines (Renal Section Chair), Jeff M. Sands (Editor, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology), and James A. Schafer (APS President, 1996–1997).Download figureDownload PowerPointThis article has no references to display. Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 294Issue 3March 2008Pages F683-F683 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2008 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00005.2008PubMed18160487History Published online 1 March 2008 Published in print 1 March 2008 PDF download Metrics Downloaded 79 times

2008 Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology

ANNOUNCEMENTS2008 Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal PhysiologyPublished Online:01 Mar 2008https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00010.2008This is the final version - click for previous versionMoreSectionsPDF (63 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Dr. Gerald F. DiBona has been named the 2008 recipient of the Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology, sponsored by Abbott Laboratories and presented by the Renal Section of the American Physiological Society (APS). Established in 1993, with Carl W. Gottschalk as the first recipient, the Berliner Award is the most prestigious award of the Renal Section. The award annually honors a US citizen who has achieved world renown as a distinguished scientist through major contributions to the field of renal physiology over a lifetime, including accomplishments in research, teaching, training, and activities within the APS. Dr. DiBona will receive the award at the Renal Dinner on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, during the Experimental Biology Meeting in San Diego, CA.A 1964 graduate of the Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. DiBona completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he completed a two-year fellowship in Medicine and Nephrology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In 1969, he accepted an Assistant Professor appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, where he quickly rose through the ranks to the level of Professor in 1975. He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine in 1977, serving in that position for 24 years, and has held a joint appointment as Professor of Physiology and Biophysics since 1997. In 2004, he was named Professor Emeritus in these departments. Over the years, Dr. DiBona completed sabbaticals as Visiting Professor at the University of Oslo, the University of Göteborg, and the Karolinska Institute. He continues his scientific ties to Scandinavia by spending 4–5 months annually as Foreign Adjunct Professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and 1 month each year as Visiting Adjunct Professor at the University of Copenhagen.Dr. DiBona is a renowned renal physiologist who is best known for his research on neural control of renal function, with these efforts contributing greatly to key concepts of renal fluid and electrolyte homeostasis in health and disease. Dr. DiBona has published more than 270 peer-reviewed manuscripts and review articles, as well as 48 book chapters. He has garnered numerous awards in recognition of his research accomplishments, including an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Göteborg in 1993, the Starling Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section in 2000, the APS Walter B. Cannon Memorial Lecture in 2005, and the 2002 Novartis Award for Hypertension Research from the American Heart Association.Dr. DiBona has not only made major scientific advancements in the field of renal physiology but has also made major contributions in the areas of teaching and mentoring young scientists. A number of outstanding scientists trained in his laboratory over the past 30 years, with the list including supervision of 24 postdoctoral fellows and the hosting of 16 sabbaticals by other scientists. His dedication to training a new generation of scientists was best summed up by one of his nominators, who noted, “Even to this day, he is one of the few senior investigators who will take the time to get to know the young investigators in the field. He knows the names of young post-docs in various labs and is keen to do what he can to help them enter the field.”In addition to his research and mentoring accomplishments, Dr. DiBona has been tireless in his service to the scientific community. He has served on numerous study sections, editorial boards, and advisory committees and has held leadership positions in the American Federation for Clinical Research and the American Society of Hypertension. Dr. DiBona has been an active member of the APS since 1971, serving as a program representative for the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section, as a member of the Publication Committee, and as Chair of the Committee on Committees. In addition, he served a 3-year term as Councillor and was the 73rd President of the Society.The APS Renal Section's Berliner Award Committee was composed of John D. Imig (Renal Section Awards Committee Chair), Pamela K. Carmines (Renal Section Chair), and Thomas R. Kleyman (Editor, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology). Dr. Gerald DiBonaDownload figureDownload PowerPointThis article has no references to display. Download PDF Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 294Issue 3March 2008Pages F682-F682 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2008 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00010.2008History Published online 1 March 2008 Published in print 1 March 2008 Metrics

2007 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2007 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society Renal Section

2007 Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology

ANNOUNCEMENTS2007 Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal PhysiologyPublished Online:01 Mar 2007https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00015.2007MoreSectionsPDF (34 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail Dr. L. Gabriel Navar has been named the 2007 recipient of the Robert W. Berliner Award for Excellence in Renal Physiology, sponsored by Abbott Laboratories and presented by the Renal Section of the American Physiological Society (APS). Established in 1993, with Carl W. Gottschalk as the first recipient, the Berliner Award is the most prestigious award of the Renal Section. The award annually honors a U.S. citizen who has achieved world renown as a distinguished scientist through major contributions to the field of renal physiology over a lifetime, including accomplishments in research, teaching, training, and activities within the APS. Dr. Navar will receive the award at the Renal Dinner on Monday, May 1, 2007, during the Experimental Biology Meeting in Washington, DC.Dr. Navar completed his undergraduate studies at Texas A&M University and earned the PhD degree in 1966 from the University of Mississippi under the tutelage of Dr. Author C. Guyton. He then accepted an Instructor position at Mississippi, quickly rising through the ranks to the level of Associate Professor by 1971. He spent a year as a Visiting Scientist at Duke University, where he learned micropuncture under the guidance of Drs. Ike Robinson and Jim Clapp. In 1974, he accepted a position as Associate Professor (and was soon promoted to Professor) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he was affiliated with both the Nephrology Research and Training Center and the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. He moved to Tulane University School of Medicine in 1988, where he is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology.Fueled by his PhD research on renal autoregulation, Dr. Navar's long-term research efforts have significantly advanced our understanding of pressure-natriuresis, regulation of glomerular filtration dynamics in the dog, arterial pressure regulation, autoregulatory mechanisms, the tubuloglomerular feedback response, angiotensin II influences on renal hemodynamic and excretory function, and mechanisms of angiotensin II-dependent hypertension. He has published 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 123 book chapters and review articles. Dr. Navar has garnered numerous awards in recognition of his research accomplishments, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control, the American Society of Hypertension's Richard Bright Award, and the Arthur C. Corcoran Award from the American Heart Association. In 1997, he was the Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the APS Renal Section.Dr. Navar's research efforts have been inexorably linked to training young scientists. He excels in teaching at the advanced graduate student and postdoctoral levels, helping these individuals with complex concepts of renal physiology, as well as the design, execution, and interpretation of experimental studies. Indeed, Dr. Navar's mentorship has contributed to the success of numerous individuals who have been named Established Investigators of the American Heart Association, who have had long-term National Institutes of Health grant support, and who are now producing another generation of students and fellows pursuing research in the field of renal physiology. In recognition of his mentoring efforts, he was named the 2005 recipient of the Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award of the APS.In addition to his research and mentorship accomplishments, Dr. Navar is a tireless servant to the scientific community, having held leadership positions in the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research, the American Society of Hypertension, the Association of Chairs of the Departments of Physiology, and others. His service and dedication to the APS include his election to the APS Council (1991–1994), his service as President of the Society (1998–1999), and his current position as chair of the Long Range Planning Committee.The APS Renal Section's Berliner Award Committee was composed of John D. Imig (Renal Section Awards Chair), Pamela K. Carmines (Renal Section Chair), and Jeff M. Sands (Editor, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology).Dr. L. Gabriel NavarDownload figureDownload PowerPointThis article has no references to display. Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 292Issue 3March 2007Pages F1103-F1103 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2007 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00015.2007PubMed17020931History Published online 1 March 2007 Published in print 1 March 2007 PDF download Metrics Downloaded 52 times

Announcement

ANNOUNCEMENTSAnnouncementPublished Online:01 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00005.2006MoreSectionsPDF (40 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailWeChat Dr. Peter Igarashi has been named the 2006 Carl W. Gottschalk Distinguished Lecturer of the American Physiological Society (APS) Renal Section. Dr. Igarashi will deliver the lecture, entitled “Transcriptional mechanisms of renal cystogenesis,” on Sunday, April 2, 2006, during the Experimental Biology Meeting in San Francisco, California. Dr. Igarashi will also be honored during the Renal Dinner on Tuesday, April 4, 2006.Dr. Igarashi received his B.S. degree with Highest Honors from the University of California, Riverside, in 1978. He attended medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles, earning the M.D. degree in 1981. After internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, he completed a nephrology fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine (1984–1987). During this period, he received research training in the laboratory of Dr. Peter S. Aronson. Dr. Igarashi accepted a faculty position as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1987 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1992. He moved to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1999 as Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology. In 2000, he was named the Robert Tucker Hayes Distinguished Chair in Nephrology, in Honor of Dr. Floyd C. Rector, Jr. He has published more that 45 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 5 book chapters, and 9 review articles. Dr. Igarashi has served on several study sections, advisory committees, and editorial boards, including the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, and he is currently Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.Dr. Igarashi's research focuses on kidney development, kidney-specific gene regulation, and polycystic kidney disease. He has been working to define the genetic pathways that regulate normal kidney development and to identify alterations in the pathways that are responsible for cyst formation in polycystic kidney disease. In particular, his studies are probing the roles of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β and renal cilia in the pathogenesis of cyst formation. This work uses a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches in transgenic, knockout, and conditional knockout mice to identify and characterize the transcription factors that regulate clinically relevant genes.The APS Renal Section's Distinguished Lectureship Committee was composed of Pamela K. Carmines (Renal Section Chair), P. Darwin Bell (Renal Section representative to the APS Joint Program Committee), Jeff M. Sands (Editor, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology), and Douglas C. Eaton (APS President). Download figureDownload PowerPointThis article has no references to display. Download PDF Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 290Issue 4April 2006Pages F946-F946 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2006 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00005.2006History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 April 2006 Metrics Downloaded 61 times

Announcement

ANNOUNCEMENTAnnouncementPublished Online:01 Oct 2001https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.2001.281.4.F778MoreSectionsPDF (38 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat The Renal Section of the American Physiological Society is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph S. Handler has been selected as the 2001 Robert W. Berliner/Abbott Laboratories awardee. Dr. Handler received his Berliner/Abbott Award during the Renal Dinner on Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at the Experimental Biology 2001 meeting held in Orlando, Florida.Dr. Handler, who was born and raised in New York City, received his BA and MD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to New York for his internship in Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1954–1955. After serving in the Army for 2 years, he returned to Penn to complete his Medicine residency and fellowship in nephrology. In 1960, he moved to the Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He was promoted to Unit Chief in 1966 and to Chief of the Section on Membrane Metabolism in 1971. Dr. Handler had many seminal publications at the NIH, including the initial study showing that cAMP was the second messenger for adenosine dehydrogenase in the toad bladder. He next made major contributions to the development of cultured cells for the study of renal transport mechanisms, including studies establishing the A6 cell as a model of the cortical collecting duct. In 1988, he moved to Johns Hopkins as Director of Nephrology, where he has made pioneering discoveries regarding the molecular basis for the regulation of renal osmolytes and how cells respond to changes in osmolality. Dr. Handler has published numerous original publications and review papers.Among the other honors that Dr. Handler has received are the Peter Curran Lecturer (1980), the Homer Smith Award (1987), the A. N. Richards Distinguished Achievement Award (1998), and the Distinguished Professor's Award from Nanjing University (2000). He has been an Associate Editor of AJP-Cell, served on the editorial board of several journals, and served on NIH study sections.The American Physiological Society Renal Section's Berliner/Abbott Award Committee, a subcommittee of the Renal Section Steering Committee, included Steven Hebert (Editor, AJP-Renal); Susan Mulroney (Renal Section Student Awards Chairman); Glenn Reinhart (Abbott Laboratories and Renal Section Liaison with Industry Representative); and Jeff Sands (Renal Section Chairman).This article has no references to display. Download PDF Previous Back to Top FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 281Issue 4October 2001Pages F778-F778 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2001 the American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.2001.281.4.F778History Published online 1 October 2001 Published in print 1 October 2001 Metrics