Published by the American Physiological Society – Integrating the Life Sciences from Molecule to Organism THEPHYSIOLOGIST 90th President of APS March 2017 • Vol. 60/No. 2 Dennis Brown A Matter of Opinion In my role as the Director of the Office of Research Career Development (ORCD) at the The Times They Are Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), I find myself giving individualized advice to A-Changin’ scientists ranging from postdoctoral fellows First, let me apologize to Bob Dylan right up to the full professor level. One of for using the title of his classic song for my recommendations is that a person should this article. However, it is important to continually challenge him-/herself to do note that the “Times Are A-Changin” something new to avoid stagnation and to open for APS and physiology. Change is Dennis Brown up new areas of opportunity. So, despite some important, and it serves to challenge us misgivings (see below), I listened to my own as individuals and forces organizations advice and agreed to have my name placed on the ballot for the APS to adapt in order to move forward. In Presidency. I sincerely thank the APS membership and leadership for the case of the Society, change will help their confidence in me, and it goes without saying that I will do my us to revise and restructure our efforts very best to help the society increase its influence and standing as real in order to strengthen the Society and science struggles to be heard and respected in this “post-truth” era. (If the discipline. you have not heard this phrase before, Google it.) Change was the driving force in our So, given the opportunity to be the President of such an important decision in 1995 to work to convert the and eminent society, what went through my mind, and why did I have FASEB meeting into the Experimental some hesitation before accepting? I have been a member of the APS Biology (Duling B. The Experimental for over two decades and had been active in various aspects of the Biology Meeting: it’s our meeting. Society, most notably in publications, for several years even before The Physiologist 38: 3-4, 1995). paying my annual dues. My first appointment was as an Editorial Board Member of AJP-Renal in 1987, soon after coming to the U.S. from Geneva, Switzerland, where I had worked for 10 years. Because the Continued on page 76 next year promises to be very interesting as I juggle my last year as Editor-in-Chief of Physiological Reviews with the Presidency after the EB meeting in April, I sought opinions on the potential work load from THIS ISSUE: colleagues who were past presidents not only of the APS but also of 67 On Mentorship, Perseverance, other societies. One of my Presidential colleagues here at MGH told me and Generosity that it all depends on the quality of the staff. Well, as we all know, the APS staff is outstanding, and their directors are second to none in any 78 Report from the Bodil professional society. This insight, therefore, went a long way toward Schmidt-Nielsen Honorary assuring me that my task would be possible. In addition, I suspected Symposium that at some time in the not-so-distant future – perhaps as I sat in my rocking chair sipping a glass of Ensure through a straw – I would very 110 A. Clifford Barger much regret not stepping up to the plate to assume this leadership Underrepresented Minority position in a society that has been very much a home for me for most Mentorship Awardee of my professional life. Serving on Council for 3 years from 2011-2014 FASEB Launches Model helped to show me how the Society worked, what issues it dealt with, 125 Organism Database and the many ways in which it supported not only the discipline of Continued on page 70 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 Contents ISSN 0031-9376 90th President of APS .............................65 Education Martin Frank – Editor and Executive Director 2017 Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen The Times They Are A-Changin’ ..............65 Distinguished Mentor and Jane Reckelhoff – President Scientists Awardee ................................... 110 Patricia E. Molina – Past President 2017 A. Clifford Barger Mentoring Forum Dennis Brown – President-Elect Underrepresented Minority On Mentorship, Perseverance, and Mentorship Awardee ............................... 110 Generosity ................................................... 67 Councillors National Research Mentoring Barbara T. Alexander, David D. Gutterman, Network Professional Development Lisa R. Leon, Rudy M. Ortiz, Jennifer Pollock, APS News Offerings ................................................... 111 Willis Samson, Harold Schultz, Irene C. Solomon, Report from the Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen APS Undergraduate Sessions at Bill J. 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MacDougald John A Faulkner Collegiate Professor of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan My approach to mentorship, How to mentor is a more difficult question to address, lab management, and career and what follows are a few of my thoughts on this development reflects not only subject, some of which I hope will resonate with you. my ideals but also the influence Although I’ve written this essay in the context of of many individuals during my running a lab, most of the suggestions are applicable training, and lessons learned to broader contexts. When I think about the skills and from my trainees. The most habits associated with mentoring, many of these can be significant figure in this regard attributed to common sense; however, it’s a little like my was my postdoctoral advisor, experience reading books on financial planning or time Ormond A. MacDougald M. Daniel Lane. As detailed in management – simply reading about them periodically an In Memoriam written by Lane and having them in mind helps to keep me doing the lab trainees (Mandrup et al. In memoriam: M. Daniel right thing and from slipping into bad habits such as Lane, 1930-2014. Trends Endocrinol Metab 25: 437-439, getting “too busy” to spend time with my trainees. 2014.), “Dan was a fantastic mentor who set a great and inspiring