MORTOLA, Jacopo P(rospero A.) 1949-

PERSONAL: Born November 7, 1949, in Milan, Italy; son of Cazzaro (an economist) and Gloria (a teacher of classical languages; maiden name, Salvini) Mortola; married; wife's name Irene A. L. (marriage ended); companion of Erminia Ricci (a psychologist); children: Cosimo L., Ginevra G., Giuditta L. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Milan, M.D. (magna cum laude), 1973.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Department of Physiology, McGill University, 3655 Drummond St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1Y6. E-mail—jacopo.mortola@ mcgill.ca.

CAREER: Physician and educator. University of Texas—Medical Branch, Galveston, research associate in neurosurgery, 1976, research associate in physiology and biophysics, 1976-78; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, assistant professor, 1978-94, associate professor, 1984-91, professor of physiology, 1992—. Visiting scientist at University of Milan, 1980, 1984-85, Dartmouth College, 1985, University of Manitoba, 1993, University of Tasmania, 1996, and La Trobe University, 1997, 1998; guest lecturer at other institutions, including University of Toronto, University of London, University of Picardie, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Harvard University, University of Miami, Cornell University, University of Århus, University of Chile, and Johns Hopkins University. Meakins Christie Laboratories, associate member, 1993—. Medical Research Council of Canada, chair of respiratory system committee, 1994-97; Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, panel member, 1991-94. Military service: Italian Army, medical officer, 1975-76.

MEMBER: Canadian Physiological Society, Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation, American Physiological Society, Italian Physiological Society, Quebec Lung Association.

WRITINGS:

Respiratory Physiology of Newborn Mammals: A Comparative Perspective, Johns Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, MD), 2001.

Contributor to books, including Respiratory Function of the Upper Airways, edited by G. Sant'Ambrogio and O. Mathew, Marcel Dekker (New York, NY), 1988; Fetus and Neonate: Physiology and Clinical Application, Volume 2: Breathing, edited by M. A. Hanson, J. A. D. Spencer, and others, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 1994; Regulation of Breathing, 2nd edition, edited by J. A. Dempsey and A. I. Pack, Marcel Dekker (New York, NY), 1995; and Tissue Oxygen Deprivation: Developmental, Molecular, and Integrated Function, edited by G. G. Haddad and G. Lister, Marcel Dekker (New York, NY), 1996. Contributor of articles to medical journals. Associate editor, Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 1985-93; member of editorial board, Journal of Applied Physiology, 1989-99, and Respiration Physiology, 2002—.