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Published by the American Physiological Society – Integrating the Life Sciences from Molecule to Organism THEPHYSIOLOGIST January 2014 • Vol. 57/No. 1 Discipuli Supra Omni Praeferuntur: Above All, the Students Come First Change Timothy I. Musch • Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas The Society’s publications program has undergone significant change in the last 15 years. Printed journals went digital, “Once you have learned how to ask questions – enabling easy access to their content. relevant and appropriate and substantial questions Online access was provided to everyone – you have learned how to learn and no one can 12 months after publication, well before the NIH introduced its Public Access keep you from learning whatever you want or need mandate. Author Choice provided to know.” authors with an open-access option Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner (4) to meet the needs of their funding agencies, and, indeed, the APS launched its first exclusively open-access journal I am honored and humbled to accept Physiological Reports in partnership this accolade and do so only with the with The Physiological Society, our sister understanding that it represents an society in the UK. And as you can read achievement shared by my colleagues in this issue of The Physiologist, APS is and students at Kansas State University launching APSselect, a virtual journal that (KSU) and beyond. In this essay, I would will highlight the “best of the best” of the like to address some of the challenges and some 250 papers published each month opportunities facing university teachers by the Society’s 10 research journals. in the 21st century and how we have Continued on page 50 approached them programmatically and in the classroom here at KSU. Timothy Musch THIS ISSUE: In these days of distance education and computer and electronic technology, there may be many impediments to actually getting students 3 Moving from Trainee to to class, including expense, available classrooms, and a wealth of free Junior Faculty: A Brief Guide information (e.g., MOOCs, massive open online courses) that is more readily at hand than ever before. So, I pose the question: What might be 10 APS Members Tell Congress the compelling rationale for retaining the time-honored tradition of the to Invest in Research, professor-student interaction in the university classroom? Regulate Sensibly When I arrived at KSU in 1993, I accepted one of the first interdepartmental 15 APS Participates in Congress positions on campus in the Departments of Kinesiology (College of of SBFis Arts and Sciences) and Anatomy & Physiology (College of Veterinary Medicine). This appointment matched an undergraduate and graduate 17 XXXVII IUPS Congress-- student body (Kinesiology) with first-rate laboratories and animal Birmingham, UK facilities incorporating a superb range of candidate species from humans to mice, hamsters, rats, dogs, horses, and even elephants! There was also the mandate to teach from undergraduate up to the doctorate (PhD) and 18 Experimental Biology 2014 professional levels (DVM). Continued on page 48 the-aps.org Published by the American Physiological Society – Integrating the Life Sciences from Molecule to Organism THEPHYSIOLOGIST Published bimonthly and distributed by The American Physiological Society 9650 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3991 ISSN 0031-9376 Contents Martin Frank – Editor and Executive Director Discipuli Supra Omni Education Praeferuntur: Above All, Call for Undergraduate Kim E. Barrett – President the Students Come First ........................1 Summer Research Fellowship Susan M. Barman – Past President Applications and Research Hosts ............31 David M. Pollock – President-Elect Change ..................................................1 APS Online Interviewing Skills and Writing for Scientific Moving from Trainee to Journals Courses Help Trainees Councillors Junior Faculty: A Brief Guide .................3 Prepare for Future Careers .......................32 John C. Chatham, Dennis Brown, Pamela K. Update: Collaborative Effort Carmines, M. Harold Laughlin, Marilyn P. Merker, Publications to Broaden Participation...........................33 Patricia E. Molina, Marshall H. Montrose, APSselect ...................................................8 Jane F. Reckelhoff, William T. Talman Calls for Papers ..........................................9 Membership New Regular Members .............................34 Ex Officio Science Policy New Graduate Student Members ...........35 Robert L. Hester, Kevin C. Kregel, Hershel Raff, APS Members Tell Congress New Undergraduate Jeff M. Sands, Ann Schreihofer, to Invest in Research, Student Members .....................................35 J. Michael Wyss Regulate Sensibly ......................................10 New Affiliate Members .............................35 APS Peer Review Fact Sheet Recently Deceased Members ..................35 Publications Committee: and Resource Guide Available .................12 Chair: Hershel Raff; Members: Susan J. Gunst, People and Places Alicia A. McDonough, Joseph Mark Metzger, APS News Gunter-Smith Inaugurated as Linda C. Samuelson, Susan M. 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Please notify the APS Membership Department as soon as possible if you change your address or telephone number. Headquarters phone: 301-634-7118 Fax: 301-634-7241 Email: [email protected] http://www.the-aps.org Printed in the USA 2 • Vol. 57/No. 1 | January 2014 THEPHYSIOLOGIST Moving from Trainee to Junior Faculty: A Brief Guide Donald E. Kohan • University of Utah Health Sciences Center The transition from student guidelines that are almost universally applicable. They to independent research are listed in no particular order of importance; each topic investigator is challenging, is important to consider when planning for a successful to say the least, but does research career. A lot of the advice is rather terse; it would not have to be painful. be easy to write a book on this subject. The idea is to view This article is intended what follows as the big picture – it will be up to you to fill to help PhD postdoctoral in the details. trainees, MD fellows, and junior faculty plan for the Having the Right Attitude successes, and cope with I think a research career involves three main mental the challenges, associated attitudes: passion, acceptance of risk, and perspective. I Donald E. Kohan with a career in research. love the process of discovery and the scientific interactions At the outset, I need to make a few disclaimers. I do not along the way. I can’t explain why, but this drive has been claim to have special insights – I am just like scientists there as long as I can remember. Ultimately, we pursue you encounter regularly, many of whom likely could a career in research because, without a doubt, we are have written this article. I have had the good fortune highly motivated, whether it is for science and discovery, of a successful research career, including a variety of for teaching, for helping to build programs, or some leadership positions that allowed me to facilitate the combination of each. Be honest with yourself. If you don’t career development of others, and to have guided trainee feel the hunger, reevaluate your career choice. Second, development on a national level. Hence, although I have research requires risk. I guarantee you will fail – with the background to offer some useful advice, it comes from experiments, techniques, grant funding, and manuscript long experience, not some unique, inherent ability. Second, acceptance. Know that your struggles are typical. Even even all the best-laid plans do not guarantee success. I the most successful

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