The goals of the Gastrointestinal and Liver (GI & Liver) Section are to enhance and promote innovative discoveries in physiology and pathophysiology and to advance our understanding from the molecular to the organ level. To achieve these goals, we provide a forum for the dissemination of research findings and recognize scientific excellence at all career levels. The GI & Liver Section offers an environment to enhance interaction among GI & Liver physiologists and other disciplines to foster an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to scientific discovery.
"I began my affiliation with the American Physiological Society (APS) Gastrointestinal & Liver (GIL) Section as a postdoctoral fellow in 2010 when I served as the trainee representative on the GIL Steering Committee. Since then, I have held multiple roles on the committee, including councilor and banquet coordinator, Programming Committee co-chair and Programming Committee chair. I have also served on the Women in Physiology Committee and Program Working Group. Whereas other societies focusing on GI and liver physiology are more clinically focused, the APS GIL Section has become my scientific home and provides an excellent opportunity for our membership, trainees and experienced researchers alike to engage in committee service. As chair of the GI & Liver Section, I look forward to the opportunity to strengthen and grow our research community."
Karen Edelblum, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Meet our Steering Committee Members
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Karen L Edelblum, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Chair -
Pradeep K Dudeja, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Past Chair -
Brian David Gulbransen, PhD
Michigan State University
Secretary-Treasurer -
Izumi Kaji, DPhil, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Chair, Awards Committee -
Linda C Samuelson, PhD, FAPS
University of Michigan At Ann Arbor
APS Fellows Committee Rep -
Arianne Lee Theiss, PhD
University of Colorado Denver Medicine
Committee on Committees Rep -
Sarah F Andres, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University Hospital
Banquet Com Chair -
Jonathan José Lopez
Ponce Health Sciences University
Porter Fellow -
Julie In
University of New Mexico
Trainee Sub-Committee Chair -
Kristen Engevik, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Trainee Advisory Committee Rep -
Mark R Frey, PhD
University of Southern California
Editor in Chief AJP-GIL -
Nicholas Zachos, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Program Working Group Representative