The Organisation –
Our Officers and staff
IUPS is driven by its elected leadership, committees, and dedicated staff, working together to guide the organization, support physiology worldwide, and foster scientific exchange.
IUPS activities are based on teamwork
The General Assembly, consisting of delegates nominated by adhering bodies and their supporting societies, convenes every four years at the IUPS Congress to elect the leadership and to decide about the aims and actions of IUPS. It elects the members of the IUPS Council as well as the President, two Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, and the Secretary General, who form the Executive Committee (supported by the IUPS Manager). The Board of the General Assembly is a 15-person group authorized by the GA to act on its behalf between meetings of the full GA. It is also tasked with producing a report to the GA detailing the current status of the field of physiology world-wide, emphasizing major challenges, opportunities, and problems.
Together, these active physiologists work on promoting and representing physiology on the international scene, enable communication between physiologists and with the public worldwide, and (co-)organizing scientific meetings publications and events.
Executive Committee
The President of IUPS, together with the two Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, and the Secretary General constitute the Executive Committee (ExCo) . It conducts the day-to-day business of the Union. In this task, it is assisted by the IUPS Manager. ExCo meets monthly by teleconference
Wray, Susan
United Kindom
University of Liverpool
Institute of Translational Medicine
Institutional Website
Barmann, Sue
USA
Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology
1355 Bogue St
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824
United States
Institutional Website
Kubo, Yoshihiro
Japan
Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Nishigohnaka38, Myodaiji, Okazaki,
Aichi 444-8585
Japan
Institutional Website
Pohl, Ulrich
Germany
Walter-Brendel Centre
LMU Munich
Marchioninistraße 27
81377 Munich
Sieck, Gary
USA
Council
The Council is composed of twenty individuals elected by the General Assembly. Five of the twenty individuals shall be the current officers of the Union. Eleven shall be the chairpersons of Commissions and Committees. Four shall be representatives of geographic regions, as defined by the Board of the General Assembly. The council is the legal representative of the Union and acts as its administrative body between meetings of the General Assembly. Semi-annually, Council meets with the Executive Committee by teleconference. More details on Council can be found in article V of the Constitution & Bylaws
Bennet, Laura
New Zealand
Boron, Walter
USA
Calkovska, Andrea
Slovakia
Carroll, Robert
USA
Dept of Physiology,
Brody School of Medicine,
East Carolina University,
600 Moye Blvd.
Greenville, North Carolina 27834
United States
Institutional Website
Chan, Ying Shing
Hong Kong, China
Chun, Yang-Sook
South Korea
Seoul National University College of Medicine
28 Yongon-dong Chongno-gu,
Seoul 110-799
Korea
Institutional Website
Csernoch, László
Hungary
Department of Physiology
University of Debrecen
Nagyerdei krt. 98
Debrecen
4012
Hungary
Institutional Website
Essop, M. Faadiel
South Africa
Stellenbosch University
Mike De Vries Building
Merriman Avenue
Stellenbosch 7600
South Africa
Institutional Website
Filaretova, Ludmila
Russia, now USA
former director of Pavlov Institute of Physiology
nab. Makarova, 6
St. Petersburg 199034
Russia
Institutional Website
Fuller, Andrea
South Africa
Jackson, William F
USA
Leftheriotis, Georges
France
McCulloch, Andrew
USA
Cardiac Biomedical Science and Engineering Center,
University of California San Diego,
9500 Gilman Drive,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0412,
United States
Institutional Website
Okamura, Yasushi
Japan
Sobrevia, Luis
Chile
Yu, Linda Chia-Hui
Taiwan
Board of the General Assembly
The Board of the General Assembly (BGA) is a group of 15 members who act as the main communication channel between member societies and the Executive Committee and Council. BGA increases and expands the ability of the GA to play continuing, active roles in the management and operation of IUPS during the periods between the quadrennial full meetings of the GA that take place at IUPS Congresses and plays an important role in the nomination of candidates for the Executive Committee and Council.
Banal, Rose Anna
Philiipines
Professor Rose Anna Banal
Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila College of Medicine
Department of Medical Physiology &
Medical Research Section,
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Institutional Website
Brown, Colin
New Zealand
Otago School of Medical Sciences
University of Otago
PO Box 913
Dunedin
New Zealand
Institutional Website
Buravkova, Ludmila
Russia
Deputy Director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems,
Russian Academy of Sciences,
Head of Cell Physiology Lab.
Professor, Faculty of Basic Medicine,
Moscow State University.
Institutional Website
Chandran, Dinu Santha
India
Dinu Santha Chandran,
Additional Professor
Department of Physiology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India.
Institutional Website
Clichici, Simona
Romania
Prof. Simona Clichici
Physiology Department,
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca
Romania,
Institutional Website
Elias, Simiat
Nigeria
Cardiovascular/Renal Unit
Department of Physiology
Lagos State University College of Medicine
(LASUCOM)
PMB 21266, Ikeja
Nigeria
Institutional Website
Fabbri, Elena
Italy
Prof. Elena Fabbri
Department of Biological, geological and environmental sciences
University of Bologna, Italy.
Institutional Website
Formenti, Federico
United Kingdom
King’s College London,
United Kingdom
Institutional Website
Kim, Sung Joon
Korea
rof. Sung Joon Kim (김성준) M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul 03080, KOREA
Institutional Website
Kurtz, Armin
Germany
Prof. Armin Kurtz
Institut für Physiologie
Universität Regensburg
Universitätsstraße 31
D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
Institutional Website
Mello Carpes, Pamela
Brazil
Pâmela Billig Mello Carpes
Head of Memory and Behavior Lab
Federal University of Pampa – Unipampa
Uruguaiana/RS/Brazil
Institutional Website
Moorhouse, Andrew
Australia
Prof of Physiology
Associate Director of Teaching
Head Neurobiology Lab
School of Biomedical Sciences
UNSW Sydney, Australia
Institutional Website
Samuelson, Linda
USA
Linda C. Samuelson, PhD, FAPS, FAAAS
John A. Williams Collegiate Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director, Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design
University of Michigan
Institutional Website
Wang, Yun
China
School of Basic Medical Sciences
Neuroscience Research Institute,
Peking University Health Science Center
38 Xue-Yuan Road, Beijing 100191
China
Institutional Website
Yessoufou, Akadiri
Benin
Professor Akadiri YESSOUFOU, PhD
Lecturer of Cell physiology and Immunology,
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques,
Université d’Abomey-Calavi,
Cotonou, Bénin
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The IUPS Secretariat
To contact the IUPS office , please email to iupsmanager@iups.org or send an email to laura.davies@iups.org
Laura Davies
Laura Davies, located near Liverpool, UK, works part time for IUPS. She is in charge for several of our new IUPS initiatives such as IUPS Academy and for the maintenance of our Web page. She is also responsible for IUPS’s communication with academy members and, together with April Larson, national societies.
Contact information: Laura.Davies@iups.org
April Larson
April Larson, located near Rochester, MN, USA, works part time for IUPS. April is responsible for facilitating communication with National Societies, managing the social media platforms, providing administrative support to the Executive Committee, and supports the preparation for the Congress
Contact information: alarson@iups.org
Shirley Kingsley-Berg
Shirley Kingsley-Berg, located at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA works part time for IUPS, supporting the treasurer, Prof. Gary Sieck. She is responsible for communication with regard to membership dues, applications for financial support to activities of member societies and IUPS projects.
Contact information: KingsleyBerg.shirley@mayo.edu