Program Administration

 

Program Director

Gordon S. Mitchell, Ph.D., has been a member of the University of Wisconsin faculty since 1981, has been a trainer in this training program since 1987, and is now Professor and Chair of Comparative Biosciences and Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Mitchell has received both research and teaching awards, serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Physiology and Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology, and served on the NIH Respiratory and Applied Physiology Study-section and the Council of Scientific Advisors for the Francis Families Foundation.

Dr. Mitchell has trained 18 graduate students and 20 postdoctoral trainees, and has been a member of numerous additional thesis committees. Of his former postdoctoral trainees, 9 are currently in tenured or tenure track faculty appointments, 3 are in non-tenure track academic appointments, 1 is in industry and 6 are still in training.

His trainees have won 45 different university or national (APS or ATS) academic awards/honors for research excellence. He is a member of the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee at the University of Wisconsin, and holds appointments with the Neuroscience, Physiology and Comparative Biomedical Science Graduate Programs.

Administrative Structure

The program is under the direction of Dr. Mitchell, but is governed by a Steering Committee.

Ms. Sharon Kelly administers the grant.

Administrative support: To be named

Web support: Gail Loughridge

Mentoring Arrangements

Each pre- and post-doctoral trainee will be supervised by a primary mentor, and at least one co-mentor, chosen because they offer complementary expertise to the primary mentor.

Pre-doctoral trainees form a thesis committee as required by their respective degree programs.

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Updated 06/29/2007