About Us
Vision
Our Department aims to promote scholarship at the highest level.
In research, fundamental discoveries are enabled by outstanding faculty, state of the art instrumentation, and great resources that exist within the Department and the institution at large. A unique collaborative spirit reinforced through graduate student and postdoctoral fellowship training and through engagement of our faculty in scientific interactions is at the core of our mission.
In education, our teaching methods help to reinforce difficult concepts and provide individualized attention that fosters training of the highest quality. A program of instruction in teaching for our junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students ensures that future teachers have the necessary tools to communicate clearly and effectively.
In administration, we strive to support our research and educational mission by utilizing the most advanced technological tools available. Our new and newly renovated space provides a modern facility for carrying out high quality research and teaching.
History
Important Dates
1837 – Medical College of Virginia is established in Richmond Virginia
1848 – Dr. Carter F. Johnson is named Professor of Anatomy and Physiology
1898 – First physiology student laboratories
1854 – Dr. Charles Edward Brown-Sequard joins faculty
1915 – Establishment of Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
1915 – Dr. Haskell appointed Chair
1924 – Dr. William R. Bond appointed Chair
1935 – Dr. Ernst Fischer appointed Chair
1947 – Dr. Robert W. Ramsey appointed Chair
1955 – Physiology becomes independent department
1963 – Dr. Ernst Fischer re-appointed Chair
1968 - Dr. Ian E. Bush appointed Chair
1971 – Dr. F. Norman Briggs appointed Chair
1989 – Dr. John A. DeSimone appointed Chair
1992 – Dr. Margaret Biber appointed Chair
2008 – Dr. Diomedes Logothetis appointed Chair of Physiology and Biophysics
