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Gastrointestinal Pharmacology

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Mark Donowitz - F1000 Section Head (since 18 January 2005)

Departments of Medicine/GI/Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA

BIOGRAPHY

LeBoff Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Physiology; Director, Hopkins Center for Epithelial Disorders.

EDUCATION:
- Brandeis Un, 1964; Johns Hopkins Un Sch of Med, 1968.

MEMBERSHIPS/ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Horace Davenport Career Achievement Award, GI Section, American Physiological Society, 2007
- President, American Gastroenterological Association, 2006-2007
- Fellow, AAAS, 2003
- American Physiology Society, Distinguished Achievement Award, 1997
- President, Interurban Clinical Club, 1996-1997
- President, Gastrointestinal Research Group, 1991-1993
- AAP, 1991
- Chief, Gastroenterology Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1988-1996
- ASCI, 1983

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Molecular Physiology. Structure function, protein-protein interactions and regulation of epithelial brush border Na/H antiporter NHE3. Signaling complexes which scaffold on the NHE3 C-terminus to dynamically regulate its transport activity, association with the cytoskeleton and cellular localization.

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