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. 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.
IUPS Bodies at a Glance
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. ExCo usually meets monthly by teleconference
Kubo, Yoshihiro
Japan
Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Nishigohnaka38, Myodaiji, Okazaki,
Aichi 444-8585
Japan
Institutional Website
Mattiazzi, Alicia
Shiels, Holly
United Kingdom
The University of Manchester, UK
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
https://www.shiels-lab.com/holly-shiels
Sieck, Gary
USA
Mayo Clinic , Rochester Minnesota
https://www.mayo.edu/research/faculty/sieck-gary-c-ph-d/bio-00083569
Pohl, Ulrich
Germany
Walter-Brendel Centre
LMU Munich
Marchioninistraße 27
81377 Munich
https://www.med.lmu.de/bmc/en/research/former-research-groups/
Louch, William Edward
Norway
Institute for Experimental Medical Research
University of Oslo, Norway
Council
The Council is composed of twenty one individuals elected by the General Assembly. Five of the twenty one individuals shall be the current officers of the Union (ExCo) . 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
Chan, Ying Shing
HONG KONG, CHINA
Csernoch, László
HUNGARY
Department of Physiology
University of Debrecen
Nagyerdei krt. 98
Debrecen
El Wazir, Yasser
EGYPT
Jackson, William F
USA
Klein Marcondes, Fernanda
Lefevre Nilsson, Sjannie
NORWAY
Section for Physiology and Cell Biology , Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 31, 0371 Oslo
Leftheriotis, Georges
FRANCE
Malaivijitnond, Suchinda
THAILAND
Department of Biology Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330 THAILAND
Morisson, Janna
AUSTRALIA
Head, Early Origins of Adult Health Research Group & Deputy Director, UniSA: Clinical and Health Sciences | Building HB5-28 North Terrace | City West Campus | Adelaide SA 5000
Okamura, Yasushi
JAPAN
Sobrevia, Luis
CHILE
Tawhai, Merryn
NEW ZEALAND
Manutaki | Director, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Waipapa Taumata Rau, | University of Auckland
Yu, Linda Chia-Hui
TAIWAN
Board of the General Assembly
The Board of the General Assembly (BGA) is a group of 15 individuals, elected by council, who act as communication channel between member societies and the Executive Committee and Council in the years between the IUPS congresses. It compiles the quadrennial status report on global physiology 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
Institutional Website
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