{{short description|American physiologist}} {{infobox scientist | name = | image = | citizenship = US | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age|}}--> | death_place = | education = {{hlist|Michigan State University| University of Chicago}} | workplaces = University of Michigan | partner = Joel Howell | children = }}
'''Linda Carol Samuelson''' (born 1954) is an American physiologist who researches the role of stem cells in the gastrointestinal tract. She is the John A. Williams Collegiate Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology at the University of Michigan, president of the American Physiological Society, and fellow of the American Physiological Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
==Early life and education== Linda Carol Samuelson was born to parents Bonnie {{nee|Ruble}} and Roy Samuelson.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lsj/obituary.aspx?n=bonnie-jean-samuelson&pid=187405311| title=Bonnie Jean Samuelson| date=2 December 2017| access-date=4 February 2021| work=Lansing State Journal| location=Lansing Michigan}}</ref> She grew up in East Lansing, Michigan with three siblings.<ref name="Briggs">{{cite magazine|url=https://lbc.msu.edu/_assets/briggantine/16SpringNewsletter1.pdf| title=Alumni Joel Howell and Linda Samuelson chosen as Spring Commencement speakers| magazine= Briggantine| publisher=Lyman Briggs College| volume=48| issue=1| date=Spring 2016}}</ref> She had an early interest in science and math, and would help her high school chemistry teacher facilitate lab sessions.<ref name="GI"/> She attended Michigan State University for her bachelor's degree in biochemistry (1976) and the University of Chicago for her PhD in microbiology (1984) under the advisorship of Rosann Farber.<ref name="profile"/><ref name="cv">{{cite web|url=https://medicine.umich.edu/sites/default/files/content/downloads/LS-CV%206-19.pdf| title=Linda C. Samuelson, PhD| website=University of Michigan Medical School| access-date=4 February 2021| year=2019}}</ref>
==Career== She worked as an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan from 1988 to 1991, at which point she became an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology. She was promoted to associate professor in 1998 and full professor in 2003. In 2011, she became the John A. Williams Collegiate Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology.<ref name="cv"/>
Samuelson researches the role of stem cells in the gastrointestinal tract.<ref name="GI"/> She has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including the ''Annual Review of Physiology'', ''Physiological Genomics'', ''Gastroenterology'', and ''AJP-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology''.<ref name="cv"/>
==Awards and honors== In 2015 she was elected as an inaugural fellow of the American Physiological Society.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/molecular-integrative-physiology/linda-c-samuelson-phd| title=Linda C. Samuelson, PhD| website=University of Michigan Medical School| access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref> She was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medicineatmichigan.org/faculty/2020/winter/14-medical-school-faculty-named-aaas-fellows| title=14 Medical School Faculty Named AAAS Fellows| date=Winter 2020| access-date=4 February 2021| website=Medicine at Michigan}}</ref> In 2020 she became the 93rd president of the American Physiological Society.<ref name="GI">{{cite magazine| url=https://medicine.umich.edu/sites/default/files/GI%20Success-Linda%20Samuelson-%20TPM%20July%202020.pdf| magazine=The Physiologist Magazine| date=July 2020| access-date=4 February 2021| first=Melanie| last=Padgett Powers| pages=35–39| title=GI Success}}</ref>
==Personal life== Her interests include the opera and cycling.<ref name="GI"/> She is married to Joel Howell, who is also a faculty member at the University of Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ums.org/2020/12/15/donor-spotlight-joel-howell-and-linda-samuelson/| title=Donor Spotlight: Joel Howell and Linda Samuelson| date=15 December 2020| access-date=4 February 2021| website=University Musical Society}}</ref> They met while studying at Michigan State University.<ref name="Briggs"/> They have two sons.<ref name="GI"/>
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