PSIO Did You Know
This UA physiology alum is the course director for PSIO 201?
Who is Dr. Allyson Roof?
During an event, someone asks how to balance research, work, and classes.
What is sharing time management tips and examples from your own experience?
Benefits of being a PSIO ambassador.
What is gaining leadership experience, connecting with faculty, supporting incoming students, representing the PSIO department, etc.?
Three locations for studying abroad with PSIO
What are UA Athens, UA London, UA Sydney?
This law that states the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume.
What is Boyle’s Law?
This faculty member teaches Endocrinology and studies Type 2 diabetes in her research lab.
Who is Dr. Coletta?
While at an event, a prospective student asks a question you don’t know the answer to.
What is connecting them with someone who has the answer (like an advisor) or guiding them to the right resource, while making sure they feel supported?
This allows first year ambassadors to connect with senior/lead ambassadors regarding all things ambassadors and PSIO.
What is mentor/mentee matching?
Four PSIO resources/opportunities offered to students
What is PSIO club, academic advising, peer mentors, PSIO honors academy (PHA), etc.?
HR x SV = ?
What is cardiac output (CO)?
This PSIO faculty member represented Romania in the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics.
Who is Dr. Claudia Stanescu?
A prospective student says: “I want to graduate in three years, double major, and work full time. Can I do that?”
What is acknowledging their ambition, sharing realistic timelines and resources, and encouraging them to meet with an advisor to discuss options?
This is where the PSIO ambassadors' office is located.
What is Gittings Room 105?
This annual scholarship is offered to one or more undergraduate students majoring in physiology and medical sciences.
What is the Anne E. (Betty) Atwater Scholarship?
This valve prevents backflow of blood from the right ventricle to the right atrium.
What is the tricuspid valve?
The year the first iteration of the undergraduate physiology program was established.
What is 1990?
A parent asks for exact statistics on graduate school placement.
What is offering to connect them to advising or faculty who can give them a better understanding, while sharing general success examples (personal or alumni)?
Something impressive to share with students and parents to highlight the program’s history and reach.
What is that the PSIO program has been around for over 30 years, has alumni around the world working in a wide variety of careers, and many faculty members in the department also teach at COM-T?
This opportunity happens every spring and allows PSIO students to present their research.
What is the Physiology Undergraduate Poster Session?
This is the is the smallest functional unit of the muscle
What is a sarcomere?
Before becoming a part of the Department of Physiology, our major was initially established under this department.
What is the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences?
A parent asks: “Is Physiology and Medical Sciences better than a BS in Medicine?”
What is explaining that we don’t claim to be “better,” but that our program prepares students for a wide range of careers (medicine, research, industry, etc.) that fits the student’s needs with strong faculty mentorship and a 6,000+ alumni network to support students?
Reasons the PSIO degree works well for students with diverse interests outside of medical school.
What is that the program’s four emphasis areas and flexible electives let students design a degree that aligns with a variety of different careers while preparing them for future applications and endeavors?
Four PSIO emphasis areas and one related course per emphasis.
What is Medical Sciences (PHCL 412 -Intro to Pharm), Exercise and Extreme Physiology (PSIO 420 - Exercise Physiology), Research (PSIO 295R - Intro to Scientific Methods and Research), and Physiology (PSIO 431 - Immuno)
The hormone that increases water reabsorption in the collecting duct by inserting aquaporins.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?