Congratulations to Dr. Anita Layton, who has received the Ernest H. Starling Distinguished Lecture of the American Physiological Society (APS) Water & Electrolyte Homeostasis (WEH) Section for her research mathematically modeling kidney function.
Layton, a University Professor and professor of applied mathematics, computer science, pharmacy and biology, has been working on mathematical models of kidneys for more than twenty years. “I’m thrilled,” she says. “Truly honored and grateful to the APS WEH community.”
The Starling Lecture is APS WEH’s most prestigious award. It “recognizes an APS member for exceptional contributions and lifelong dedication to water and electrolyte homeostasis research.”
“Having my contributions recognized by the renal physiology community is truly special, because that means the kidney folks consider me one of their own,” Layton says. “And it means that they recognize the importance and usefulness of mathematical modeling. This has been my dream since I started tinkering with models more than two decades ago.”
In addition to the APS WEH community, Layton wishes to thank her nominators: Dr. Alicia McDonough (professor of physiology and neuroscience, University of Southern California); Dr. Volker Vallon (professor of medicine, University of California at San Diego) and Aurelie Edwards (research professor of biomedical engineering, Boston University). She is also grateful to “my very supportive department chair Dr. Hans de Sterck and Dean Jochen Koenemann, who understand and appreciate truly interdisciplinary research – and don’t mind that sometimes I talk more like a physiologist than your stereotypical mathematician!”
To learn more about Layton’s work, visit her research site.