APS Publications Podcast

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, Dr. Farheen Fatima (ESIC Medical College, India) discusses the recently published Letter to the Editor by Fatima et al. about the role of physiologists during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as potential future collaborations between physiologists and other medical, engineering, and technology departments for more fruitful results. One...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we bring you Dr. Stephen DiCarlo (Michigan State University) discussing his Personal View co-authored with Dr. Heidi L. Lujan. According to the authors, physiology educators should be preparing future physicians to deliver the care we want to receive as patients. This requires training in communication, collaboration, inquiry, discovery, and innovat...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we feature Monalisa Hota of Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore highlighting the recently published research “Omics-driven investigation of the biology underlying intrinsic submaximal working capacity and its trainability.”   NEW & NOTEWORTHY Multi-omics and in silico explorations of the genes and underlying biology o...

In this podcast  Kasey M. Schalich and Vimal Selvaraj (both of Cornell University) discuss the recently published research titled “The uterine secretory cycle: recurring physiology of endometrial outputs that setup the uterine luminal microenvironment.”   NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study unravels the recurring sequence of changes within the uterus that supports vital functions (sperm transit and de...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we shine a spotlight on Dr. Roberto Zatz (University of São Paulo) summarizing the recent study by Haydar et al. The authors were able to make a rare direct comparison of face-to-face and remote strategies for the teaching of undergraduate medical students in renal pathophysiology. Unexpectedly, students who attended the remote course had significan...

In this new episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we spotlight Dr. Megan Shiroda (CREATE for STEM, Michigan State University) about Education Research by Shiroda et al. published in the Call for Papers on Physiology Core Concepts. This article builds on previous research to quantitatively examine student language in written explanations of mass balance across six contexts using constructed resp...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we feature Dr. Brian Leary, Dr. Miriam Leary, and Dr. Daniel Bonner (all at West Virginia University) discussing their Illuminations article published recently in Advances in Physiology Education. By fostering social integration, improving mood and mental well-being, and increasing university retention rates, this pilot project confirmed the feasibi...

In this episode, authors Elliott W. Dirr (University of Toledo), Christopher J. Martyniuk (University of Florida), Kevin J. Otto (University of Florida), and Jasenka Zubcevic (University of Toledo) discuss their recently published paper titled “Subdiaphragmatic vagal nerve stimulation attenuates the development of hypertension and alters nucleus of the solitary tract transcriptional networks in th...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we feature Dr. Erik P. Silldorff, and Dr. Gerald D. Robinson (both at Towson University) discussing their recently published Personal View of critical thinking skills as essential to the effective performance of many careers, particularly those involving healthcare. To aid the development of these skills in physiology, the formation of logical cogni...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we highlight Education Research published by Leary et al. In this study, the authors proposed several potential avenues by which to support first-generation freshmen’s academic success in physiology programs, including early identification of at-risk students, setting realistic expectations, educating students early and often about evidence-based st...

In this podcast authors Ramón A. Lorca and Colleen G. Julian of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, discuss the recently published manuscript titled "Altered placental ion channel gene expression in preeclamptic high-altitude pregnancies."   Article Citation:  Altered placental ion channel gene expression in preeclamptic high-altitude pregnancies Colleen G. Julian, Julie A. Houck, ...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we feature Dr. Ravindran Revand and Dr. Simran Kaur (both at All India Institute of Medical Sciences) discussing their Education Research published recently in Advances in Physiology Education. The study by Revand et al. incorporates an innovative approach to inculcate the basic skills of “research methodology” through three goal-oriented participan...

In our latest episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we feature Dr. Lara K. Goudsouzian (DeSales University) and Dr. Stanley M. Lo (University of California at San Diego) discussing their Illuminations article published in Advances in Physiology Education. The authors noted that students often struggle with the concept of genomic imprinting, in part because it violates Mendelian rules of inherit...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we highlight the study by Dr. Angela L. Mahaffey (Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago) published in Advances in Physiology Education. This article outlines prelicensure nursing and exercise sciences student perspective examinations of the 2011 Michael-McFarland (M-M 2011) core principles in physiology through an anonymous o...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we feature Dr. Scott Medler (St. Bonaventure University), discussing his article about Dr. Graham Hoyle published recently in Advances in Physiology Education. Hoyle was an important neuroscientist, muscle biologist, and zoologist throughout much of the second half of the twentieth century. He was trained by Bernard Katz at University College London...

In this podcast Dr. Giulia Protti and Prof. Matteo Pellegrini of the University of California discuss the recently published manuscript titled “The methylome of buccal epithelial cells is influenced by age, sex, and physiological properties”. The authors have developed a quantitative model to assess how the human methylome is associated with several factors and to identify the genomic loci signifi...

In this episode of The APS Publications Podcast, we feature Dr. Himel Mondal (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, India), discussing his recently published article by Mondal et al. in Advances in Physiology Education.   The study presents the participation of medical students in Twitter poll-based formative assessment in a rural medical college in India. Despite low participation rat...

The American Physiological Society celebrates and discusses the theme of Peer Review Week 2023, which is Peer Review and the Future of Publishing. Peer Review Week is an annual global event which shines a spotlight on the role of peer review in scholarly publishing, and brings together individuals, institutions and organizations committed to sharing the central message that good peer review is cri...