Education & Certifications:
D.V.M.: National Taiwan University, 1969.
Ph.D.: University of North Carolina, 1975.


Teaching:
General Pharmacology -- BMS 354/554, Tox 554
Pharmacology and Therapeutics -- BMS 443/543
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Literature Discussion -- BMS 544
Advanced Vertebrate Physiology I -- BMS 549, An S 549
Advanced Vertebrate Physiology II -- BMS 552, An S 552
Advanced Vertebrate Physiology Laboratory -- BMS 552L, An S 552L
Physiology and Pharmacology of Autonomic Nervous System -- BMS 565
Study of Veterinary Acupuncture in China -- V Med 403X
Pre-departure Orientation -- V Med 404X


Selected Publications:
Cheng, H., Yibchok-anun, S., Park, S.-C., and Hsu, W. H. Somatostatin-induced paradoxical increase in intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration and insulin release in the presence of arginine vasopressin in clonal HIT-T15 b-cells. Biochem. J. 364:33-39, 2002.

Park, S.-C., Yibchok-anun, S., Cheng, H., Young, T. F., Thacker, E. L., Minion, F. C., Ross, R. F., and Hsu, W. H. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae increases intracellular calcium release in porcine ciliated tracheal cells. Infect. Immun. 70:502-2506, 2002.

Abu-Basha, E. A., Yibchok-anun, S., and Hsu, W. H. Glucose-dependency of arginine vasopressin-induced insulin and glucagon release from the perfused rat pancreas. Metabolism 178:115-123, 2002.

Cheng, H., Yibchok-anun, S., Coy, D. H., and Hsu, W. H. SSTR2 mediates the somatostatin-induced increase in intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration and insulin secretion in the presence of arginine vasopressin in clonal b-cells HIT-15T. Life Sci. 71:927-936, 2002.

Yibchok-anun, S., Cheng, H., Abu-Basha, E. A., Ding, J., Ioudina, M., and Hsu, W. H. Mechanisms of bradykinin-induced glucagon release in clonal a-cells In-R1-G9: involvement of Ca²⁺-dependent and -independent pathways. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 192:27-36, 2002.

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Leadership:
Reviewer for: American Journal of Physiology, American Journal of Veterinary Research, Biochemical and Biophyscial Methods, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Endocrinology, Environmental Health Perspectives, European Journal of Pharmacology, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association , Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Life Sciences, Metabolism, Pharmacological Research Communications, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, and Vaccine.

President, Phi Zeta, Gamma Chapter, 1985-1986.


Honors & Awards:
Featured Speaker, The 39th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Veterinary Science, Chonpuk, Korea, October 20, 1995. "a₂-Adrenergic Receptor-Mediated Porcine Myometrial Contraction and Its Clinical Application for Farrowing Synchronization".

Invited Speaker, Symposium "Animal Pain and Its Control", Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., June 25-28, 1990. "Antagonism of Pharmacological Effects of Xylazine".

Ralston Purina's Small Animal Research Award, 1987.

Featured Speaker, The Second Veterinary Midwest Anesthesia Conference, Urbana, IL. May 1, 1986. "Overview of Adrenoreceptors". "Yohimbine, an a₂ Adrenoreceptor Antagonist, Makes Xylazine a Safer Sedative".

Invited Speaker, Colloquium on Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Rolling Meadows, IL., Dec. 4 6, 1979. "Toxicity and Drug Interactions of Levamisole"


Memberships:
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
American Society for Microbiology
Phi Zeta