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The goals of the Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology (GIL) 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 GIL Section offers an environment to enhance interaction among GIL physiologists and other disciplines to foster an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach to scientific discovery.

 

 

Karen Edelblum

"I began my affiliation with the American Physiological Society (APS) Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology 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 GIL 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

 

 

  • 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