Medical College of Wisconsin Hypertension Researcher Receives Prestigious Award
William B. Campbell Receives 2010 Paul M. Vanhoutte Award in Vascular Pharmacology
William B. Campbell, Ph.D., professor and chairman of the department of pharmacology and toxicology at The Medical College of Wisconsin is the recipient of the 2010 Paul M. Vanhoutte Award in Vascular Pharmacology. The award was established by the American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) to recognize scientific contributions that help understanding and appreciation of the importance of endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle function in health and disease. Dr. Campbell receives this honor in recognition of his substantial lifelong scientific achievements and commitment to the identification of local hormones that are produced in the wall of blood vessels and cause dilation of arteries, decrease inflammation, maintain blood flow and decrease blood pressure.
Each year, ASPET recognizes contributions to cardiovascular pharmacology, alternating between the Vanhouette Award for Vascular Pharmacology and the Lucchesi Award in Cardiac Pharmacology. The Medical College is the only institution to have received both awards. Garrett Gross, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology, received the Lucchesi award in 2007.
Dr. Campbell will be presented the 2010 Paul M. Vanhoutte Award in Vascular Pharmacology on April 24 at the awards ceremony of the annual 2010 meeting of the ASPET/Experimental Biology in Anaheim at the Anaheim Hilton. His lecture is titled “Arachidonic acid metabolites as endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factors,” and will be delivered on Monday, April 26.
Dr. Campbell has received numerous awards for his research including the Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health. In 2006, he received the Novartis Award for Hypertension Research, the most prestigious award in the world in the area of hypertension research, from the American Heart Association. He has received the Outstanding Mentor and Teaching Award from the Medical College.
For the past 30 years, Dr. Campbell has been investigating the contribution of various vasoactive agents that regulate blood pressure. His studies have identified a series of endothelium-derived factors that regulate blood pressure by decreasing vascular tone and stimulating the synthesis of aldosterone, a hormone that regulates salt and water balance. He has consistently made major contributions in research, teaching and service to various institutions and to the scientific community in general.
Dr. Campbell received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. After post-doctoral work and another year as an instructor at the Medical College of Wisconsin he moved to the department of pharmacology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he would eventually become full professor of pharmacology. In 1992 he became chair of pharmacology at the Medical College.
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