Why integrative physiology is winning

Physiology

Michael Joyner, Mayo Clinic

April 18, 2012 @ 05:00 pm to 06:00 pm

100 Life Sciences Building, Berg Auditorium; Hershey Medical Center, Room C4702

The IDGP in Physiology presents a lecture in honor of the life and legacy of Elsworth R. Buskirk, Ph.D. Michael Joyner Michael J. Joyner, M.D., is the Caywood Professor of Anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic where he was named Distinguished Investigator in 2010. His interests include: cardiovascular regulation in humans, the physiology of world records, and autonomic regulation of blood glucose. His undergraduate (1981) and medical (1987) degrees are from the University of Arizona with residency and research training at Mayo. He has held leadership positions at the Mayo Clinic, in the extramural research community, and with leading journals. His lab has been funded continuously by the NIH since 1993, and former fellows have established independent research programs at leading institutions throughout the world. Dr. Joyner is a researcher, practicing physician and advocate for the use of exercise interventions to ameliorate lifestyle-related diseases. Elsworth Buskirk Elsworth R. Buskirk received a B.A. in biology and physical education from St. Olaf College, and a master's degree in physical education from the University of Minnesota. In 1954, he earned a Ph.D. in physiology, also from the University of Minnesota under the mentorship of Henry L. Taylor. After holding positions as chief of the Environmental Physiology Section at the Quartermaster Research and Development Center in Natick, Massachusetts (1954-1957) and research physiologist at the National Institutes of Health (1957-1963) he moved to Penn State where he stayed for the remainder of his career as professor of applied physiology and human nutrition. At Penn State, Buz founded the Intercollege Graduate Program in Physiology (1966) and constructed The Noll Laboratory for Human Performance Research (1974), the nation s first freestanding research institute devoted to the study of human adaptation to exercise and environmental stress. In 1988 he was awarded the Marie Underhill Noll Endowed Chair in Human Performance and four years later earned emeritus status. During his tenure Dr. Buskirk trained 28 doctoral students and 27 post-doctoral fellows and visiting scholars. He remained an active scholar until his death (2010). He was author or co-author on over 250 publications, chapters, and review articles funded largely by the National Institutes of Health. He also served as president of the American College of Sports Medicine and was very active in the American Physiological Society (APS). He received the Honor Award from the APS Section on Environmental and Exercise Physiology and the prestigious Daggs Award for service to the society in 2002. Dr. Buskirk s research spanned a broad range of physiological topics. Some of his best known contributions include the following: Body composition methodology, particularly underwater weighing and urinary markers of protein degradation. Characterization of the ramifications of obesity on energy expenditure, pulmonary function, physical work capacity and thermoregulation. Field studies describing the physiological effects of performance at altitude; a seminal series of investigations that helped define sports medicine practice at the 1968 Olympic Games. Pioneering demonstrations that maximal oxygen uptake is an objective measurement of physical fitness, a precursor to modern exercise testing. Foundational research linking levels of physical activity to cardiovascular health.

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