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Tenure-track position opening
The Department has available two tenure-track positions at the rank of assistant professor that will begin on August 17, 2009. We are searching for one individual in each of the following areas: (1) vascular aging - the adaptations that accompany advancing age in systems-, organ-, and tissue-level properties of vascular function and the underlying cellular and molecular signaling mechanisms; and (2) stress physiology - the integration of physiological adaptations (e.g., behavioral, cardiovascular, endocrine, hormonal, immunological, metabolic, and neural) evoked by exposure to stressors. Our areas of interest are broad, but candidates must emphasize a physiological approach. Applicants must have completed postdoctoral training, published in premier scientific journals, demonstrated an ability to obtain extramural funding, and be able to collaborate with other extramurally funded faculty. Review of applications will begin on November 10, 2008. For more information, contact Marsha Cook (marsha.cook@colorado.edu).

New faculty member
The Department will welcome assistant professor Alaa Ahmed to the faculty in August 2008. Dr. Ahmed received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the American University in Cairo, Egypt and a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Her dissertation, under the supervision of Professor James A. Ashton-Miller, focused on the mechanisms by which the central nervous system detects a loss of balance. After a post-doctoral fellowship in multi-scale modeling of muscle mechanics, she moved to Daniel Wolpert's lab at the University of Cambridge as a Whitaker International Scholar to investigate generalization and probabilistic decision-making when learning to move in novel dynamic environments. Dr. Ahmed will continue this work at CU in the Neuromechanics Lab.

News for Students

On September 9, 2007, The Majors Club participated in the Buffalo Bicycle Classic by hosting one of the aid stations. In 2006, the event raised $200,000 that provided 100 scholarships of $2,000 each for students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Sixteen volunteers from the Department assisted with the 2006 event.

Spring Graduation will be held on May 9, 2008 at 11:30 am in the Macky Auditorium. The ceremony will be attended by about 1000 people. Fall Graduation was held on December 20, 2007 at 3 pm.

Students are reminded to check their CU e-mail accounts regularly as this form of communication is being used more frequently by the Department and the University.

Research in the Department spans the entire discipline of physiology, from the genetics of behavioral traits to the assessment of human performance. There are 19 research laboratories in the Department and each laboratory is directed by one member of the faculty. A list of these laboratories is available at the Research link. To find out how to become involved in research, check the requirements listed on the lab web sites and refer questions to the contact person for each lab.
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