Carole M. Liedtke, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Case Western University
I thank the Cell and Molecular Physiology Steering
Committee for their request that I run for Chair of the Section in
this election. It is an honor, a special honor for me, for the
American Physiological Society and CaMP Section are a home
for my research, an opportunity to meet and network with fellow
cell physiologists, and a remarkable continuing education vehicle
to move. The relevance of the APS itself goes beyond these
benefits, for Physiology itself has changed considerably over the
last few decades. The APS and, in particular, CaMP section
have extended the principles of Cell Physiology into every
physiological system. Teaching in a new Masters Program in
Medical Physiology here at CWRU has impressed me with role
of cell physiology in understanding how hundreds of proteins
regulate specialized, physiological functions of cells. CaMP must meet the challenge to keep up
with new advances, both for research and for teaching. As Chair, I will challenge the section in
planning and organizing symposia, poster sessions, and workshops to reflect the current state
of knowledge. One challenge our members face today is expanding our research and teaching
into translational research. But this also presents opportunity. As Chair, I will engage the
CaMP Section to interact with other APS Sections to support translational research and to teach
these principles to our graduate and medical students, research and teaching faculty, clinicians,
and other interested EB attendees. The EB meeting itself is a well-planned multidisciplinary
event, rich with opportunities to see how our research relates to other disciplines. With the
current stress on translational components to research, the CaMP Section can assist its
members to learn new approaches to the study of cell physiology, including genomics,
proteomics, and other aspects of computational biology.