t’s no surprise that Paul Territo has dedicated much of his personal and professional life to physiology. Since childhood, Territo has been fascinated with biology, and while other boys might have been drawing trucks and trains, Territo was drawing anatomically accurate cardiovascular systems. “I’ve always loved biology. Even at an early age, just for fun I would study the heart, lungs, and circulation system, ” said Territo, Associate Professor of Research and Director of Preclinical Research at Indiana University, School of Medicine (IUSM.) “ As a kid, I could draw a four-chambered heart, freehand from memory. ” After Territo earned his doctorate in cardio- respiratory physiology, he was awarded a prestigious IRTA fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institu

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