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9 unusual facts about American Physiological Society


Biophysical Society

The Biophysical Society was founded in response to the growth of the field of biophysics after World War Two, as well as concerns that the American Physiological Society had become too large to serve the community of biophysicists.

Denis Noble

He was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1988 and an Honorary Fellow in 1994, an Honorary Member of the American Physiological Society in 1996 and of the Japanese Physiological Society in 1998.

Jane Anne Russell

She then did post-doctoral research on a Porter fellowship from the American Physiological Society.

John B. West

After election to membership in American Physiological Society in 1970 and to Council in 1981, in 1983 he became president elect, and became the 57th APS President for 1984-85.

Joseph A. Bonanno

Currently he is a fellow at the American Academy of Optometry and a member at both the Association for Research in vision and ophthalmology and the American Physiological Society.

Russell Henry Chittenden

He was a founding member of the American Physiological Society in 1887 and served as its president from 1895 to 1904.

The Physiological Society

The Physiological Society publishes the academic journals The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology, and with the American Physiological Society publishes the open access journal Physiological Reports.

Wallace O. Fenn

He was also the president of the American Physiological Society, the president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and the president of the International Union of Physiological Science.

William Alcott

He also founded The American Physiological Society in 1837, the world's first physiological society.


Alberto Carlos Taquini

A member of the Buenos Aires National Academy of Medicine, he received around 100 national and international awards and was named an Honorary Member of the American College of Physicians, the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology.

George Karreman

Karreman was also a member of several prestigious scientific societies, including the American Physiological Society, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Franklin Institute, the Society for Supramolecular Biology, Sigma Xi, the Physiological Society of Philadelphia, and the Society for Vascular System Dynamics.


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