Pharm/Tox Faculty to be honored at 2008 Experimental Biology Meeting
Two Pharmacology & Toxicology faculty members will be honored at the Experimental Biology meeting April 5-9, 2008 in San Diego, California. Congratulations to Dr. Watts and Dr. Hegg!
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Dr. Stephanie Watts is the 2008 American Physiological Society's (APS) Bowditch Award winner. The Bowditch Lectureship is awarded to a regular member, under 42 years of age, for original and outstanding accomplishments in the field of physiology. Selected by the APS President, the recipient presents a lecture at the Experimental Biology meeting, which is considered for publication in the Society journal of their choosing.
View Dr. Watts' faculty profile page.
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Dr. Colleen Cosgrove Hegg is the 2008 APS Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award recipient. The Shih-Chun Wang Memorial Fund was established in 1998 in memory of Shih-Chun Wang, the Pfeiffer Professor of Pharmacology at Columbia University and a long-standing APS member. Wang was internationally recognized for his research contributions in the areas of neurophysiology and neuropharmacology with an emphasis on brain stem control mechanisms. The Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award is given annually to an individual demonstrating outstanding promise based on his/her research program in the physiological sciences.
View Dr. Hegg's faculty profile page.