Portales, NM – February 10, 2025 – Eastern New Mexico University announced today that they will host the third annual Rio Grande Physiological Society Meeting March 28-29 on the ENMU campus in Portales, New Mexico.
"This is an exciting and unique opportunity to host a regional conference at ENMU. As the current president of the Rio Grande Physiological Society, it is my privilege to invite world-renowned medical scientists and their student trainees to our campus to present their most recent research findings," said Dr. Matthew Barlow, Professor and Chair of Biology. "The Rio Grande Physiological Society is a chapter affiliation of The American Physiological Society with invited research members from institutions including UNM, NMSU, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, the University of Texas at El Paso, Texas Tech University, the University of Texas at Arlington, and Fort Lewis College. We want to invite the regional students and teachers, including high school and college, also to be welcome to observe these presentations."
Friday's keynote lecture will be by Dr. Paul Fadel from the University of Texas at Arlington. Fidel is the Associate Dean for Research, the Director of Clinical Translation Science, a professor, and the Moritz Chair for Geriatrics at the University of Texas at Arlington. Fidel's work has been published in many books and journals, such as the Frontiers in Physiology, the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, and the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Incoming president Dr. Kristin Gosselink will give Saturday's keynote lecture. Gosselink is the Chair of Physiology and Pathology and Professor of Physiology and Pathology, Physiology at the Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in Las Cruces, NM.
Other events during the weekend include an opening ceremony, oral presentations, and poster viewing, a social event at Enchantment Vineyards, and an award presentation to conclude the weekend
For more information on the 2025 conference, visit https://riograndeps.org/2025_AnnualMeeting.html
About The Rio Grande Physiological Society (RGPS): The Rio Grande Physiological Society promotes the discipline of physiology by facilitating scientific research collaborations among members, providing educational resources to physiology instructors at local institutions at all academic levels, supporting students and trainees interested in physiology-related careers, and disseminating physiological knowledge related to health promotion and other topics of general interest to the public within the geographic region of the Rio Grande Valley.
