Pfizer Animal Health Award for Excellence in
Research by Faculty Member
Dr. Philine Wangemann receives the award from Dr. Fred
Oehme, Professor of Toxicology, Pathobiology, Medicine and Physiology.
Dr. Philine Wangemann received her Diploma in Biology
from the Justus-Liebig University in Geissen, Germany in 1985 and the Dr. rer. nat (PhD)
in physiology from the Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany in 1987. She was a
post-doctoral fellow in the Institute for Physiology, Albert-Ludwigs University in
1987-1988 and the Biophysics Laboratory, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE
from 1988 to 1990. In 1990 and 1991 respectively, Dr. Wangemann accepted positions as
Assistant Professor in the Otolaryngology and Physiology Departments, Creighton University
School of Medicine, Omaha, NE. She was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in both
departments in 1996 and appointed as Associate Professor in the Pharmacology Department.
In 1998 she joined the faculty in the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, College of
Medicine, Kansas State University and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2000.
Dr. Wangemann's research is on the physiological and pathophysiological states of the
inner ear. It is estimated that more than 28 million people in the United States are
either deaf or hard of hearing and about two million suffer from dizziness and/or
difficulties with balance. Dr. Wangemann's studies are focused on regulation cochlear
blood flow and inner ear ion transport by neurogenic and paracrine mediators, which must
be understood in order to find cures for auditory disorders in humans and animals. She has
performed seminal studies on regulation of potassium ion levels and sensory transduction
in the inner ear. Other studies have focused on the role(s) of endothelins, which cause
vasoconstriction of arteries through a complex series of cascade reactions that mobilize
calcium ions and regulate blood flow.
Dr. Wangemann has published 45 articles in high quality peer-reviewed journals and a total
of over 120 publications in the form of book chapters and abstracts of proceedings and
symposia. In addition, she has been an invited speaker more than 30 times at research
seminars and national and international conferences and symposia. Her studies are
currently funded by two awards from the National Institutes of Health that amount to more
than $500,000 per year. She has been awarded a total of over 3.3 million dollars in
research funding. Eleven post-doctoral fellows, one PhD student, two MS students and
several veterinary and undergraduate students have trained in her laboratory. She serves
on the editorial board of the journal Hearing Research and as an ad hoc reviewer for
numerous journals in field of expertise. Dr. Wangemann teaches the first course in
Veterinary Physiology and receives high teaching evaluation scores from her students.
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