Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (3 November 1918 – 27 April 2015) was a Danish-born American physiologist, who became the first woman president of the American Physiological Society in 1975. Throughout her life, Schmidt-Nielsen conducted extensive research on the mechanisms of urea transport, paving the way for many other physiological discoveries.[1]

Biography

Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1918, the youngest of four children of two eminent physiologists, the Nobel Laureate August Krogh and Marie Krogh.[2]

In 1939, Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen married Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, a fellow physiologist, and received doctoral degrees in Dentistry, Odontology, and Physiology from the University of Copenhagen. Knut and Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen became a prominent physiology team at Duke University but divorced in 1966. Bodil became Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University and later devoted her career full-time to research at MDI Biological Laboratory in Maine.[3][4]

Schmidt-Nielsen died in April 2015 at the age of 96.[5]

Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award

The Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award honors a member of the American Physiological Society who is judged to have made outstanding contributions to physiological research and demonstrated dedication and commitment to excellence in training of young physiologists.[6]

Selected works

  • The Solubility of tooth substance in relation to the composition of saliva (Supplementum; v.2, 1946)
  • The resourcefulness of nature in physiological adaptation to the environment (Physiologist 1(2): 4-20, 1958)
  • August and Marie Krogh: Lives in Science (1995)

References

  1. ^ Kokko, Juha P.; Sands, Jeff M. (December 2006). "Significance of urea transport: the pioneering studies of Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen". American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 291 (6): F1109 – F1112. doi:10.1152/classicessays.00311.2006. ISSN 1931-857X.
  2. ^ Dantzler, William H. (July 2015). "Obituary Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) 48th APS President". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Living history of physiology: Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (Prof. William Dantzler. Department of Physiology College of Medicine. University of Arizona) [1] Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 48th APS President (1975-1976)Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen (American Physiological Society) "© the American Physiological Society - Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen". Archived from the original on 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  5. ^ "American Physiological Society > Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918-2015) 48th APS President". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  6. ^ Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award (American Physiological Society)"© the American Physiological Society - Bodil M. Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist Award". Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
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