The Young Investigator Award in Regulatory and Integrative Physiology was established by the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section of the American Physiological Society to encourage young investigators to continue research careers in regulatory and integrative physiology. This award is presented annually at Experimental Biology by the Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section to a young investigator (less than 40 years old) who has made important contributions to our understanding of the integrative aspects of cardiovascular, renal, and neuroendocrine physiology in health and disease. In years past, the recipient of this award has presented a lecture on his/her research during the scientific sessions at Experimental Biology. The Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis Section is pleased to announce that as of Experimental Biology 2001, this awardee will be invited to publish a manuscript on this presentation in the American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory and Integrative Physiology. We thank the current Editor Pontus Persson for supporting this initiative. The following invited review by Christine Schnackenberg, last year's recipient of this award, is the first publication of this lecture. We congratulate Christine and all previous recipients of this award.

Recipients of the Young Investigator Award in Regulatory and Integrative Physiology

  1993 Joey P. Granger

  1994 Mark L. Zeidel

  1995 Ali A. Khraibi

  1996 John W. Osborn, Lori L. Woods

  1997 Michael W. Brands

  1998 Pontus B. Persson

  1999 J. Thomas Cunningham

  2000 Carolyn A. Ecelbarger

  2001 Christine G. Schnackenberg