Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Seria Rights Pag Copyrigh 1989 1,50 words TH MAN NAME O ROBER POZOS Writte b Jun Grayson The cal hi Docto Icebox An wit goo reason I 197 h founde th no worl-famou hypothermi laborator a th Universit o Minnesot Medica Schoo a Duluth Hi officia titl wa Rober Steve Pozos Ph D. Associat Professo o Physiolog Hea o th Departmen o Physiology an Directo o th Hypothermi Laboratory. H call himsel Chican fro California Bot o hi parent wer Mexica. H gre u i Ventur wher hi fathe worke a welde t suppor wif an fiv children. Sinc las Decembe h ha ha ne title Vic-Presiden fo Minorit Affair an Professo o Physioog an Biophysics Departmen o Physiology Schoo o Medicine Universit o Washington Seattle. Ad al o th educationa an researc attainment detaile i hi 2 page singl-space curriculu vitae Clearly Pozo i on bus an accomplishe, 4 yea ol Hispani. "T b universit professo wit tenur i t hav th bes o al possibl worlds, D Pozo says. " choos th researc wan t pursue interac wit students travel contribut t th world Thi i a excitin an fulfillin life." Onl on thin wa missin a Dulut hi ow people Few Hispanic liv i Minnesota "Ever tim returne t Californi, though i coul onl d somethin t ge Chican kid intereste i scienc an highe education." Las December th Universit o Washingto mad hi a offe h couldn' refuse "A professo i it Departmen o Physiolog, ca stil d m research I addition a th Vic-Presiden i charg o Minorit Affair wh reports directl t th Presiden o th University ca mak differenc i th live o minorit students." Pozo say tha 25 o th 35,00 student o th Seattl campu ar member o minorit Hispanics Nativ Americans an Pacifi Ri. "W hav t mak ou minorit student wan to sta in college hop t d tha b placin student i researc laboratorie wit prestigiou facult member a thei mentors Tha i wher the wil catc th excitemen o scientifi career." Fo th nex thre year h wil continu a a consultan an retur periodicall t Dulut t supervis his hypothermi research "W stud anythin yo d i th cold, Pozo explains "Ou result ca b applie t spac research oceanbe exploration an col weathe wor an travel." Governmen grant provid partia fundin fo th laborator work Th arme force nee improve surviva gea fo outsid worker i col climate an fo nav an fligh personne wh migh hav t ditc i frigi ocean. "Hypothermi experiment ar relaven t Hispanics also," Pozo says "Man ar i th arme forces Ou researc ma sav live i th mountainou region o Sout Americ wher hig altitude an col caus problems." Mor tha 50 volunteer usuall youn an health medica student hav floate i th laboratory' col wate basemen tan o i th ic water o Lak Superio t provid dat fo hi medica research Multipl electrode applie t thei bod surface measur thei physiologica responses. Th ter hypothermi refer t subnorma bod temperatur on tha i 9 degree Fahrenhei o below Norma bod temperatur i usuall quote a 98. F Exposur t col ma caus accidenta hypothermia Medically hypothermi refer t th artificia reductio o bod temperatur t slo metaboli processe a i hear surgery fo example. Alread researc a th la ha helpe emergenc roo doctor. "W no kno tha victim o col exposur ca survive muc lone tha previousl though possible, Pozo says. not o th offic doo o Dr Lorent Wittmers th ne directo o th laborator sinc Pozo left say "Yo aren' dea unti yo ar war an dead. Tha mean tha hypothermi victi canno b pronounce dea unles vita sign d no retur afte complet rewarming Froze victim ca mak miraculous recoveries. Sinc shiverin an stutterin ar som o th body' response t cold hypothermi researc ma als provid medica application fo peopl wh "shiver an "shake wit disease suc a multipl sclerosis Parkinson' Disease an speech problems. Yo migh eve cal Pozo ne medi star Col researc i trend topi now "Peopl as ho kid ca survive abou th bes rewarmin techniques an abou th effec o col o th homeless, Pozo says. A Australia televisio cre cam t Dulut las yea t fil stor o hi research Yo ma alread hav rea abou hi i newspaper an magazine suc a Goo Housekeeping Omni an Discover O yo ma hav see hi o tal show includin on segmen o th McNeill-Lehre Report. "Glasnost ha eve reache hi laboratory Las yea Professo U V Lupandi o Petrozavoda University Russia wrot Dr Pozo t propos join Russia-America researc projec int furthe aspect o hypothermia "This i wha i s excitin abou science, Pozo exclaims "Yo neve kno wher i i goin t lea yo nex o wha bridge yo ma b abl t buil i th world." Ad stil anothe nam fo Dr Pozo t thi list exper witness Lawyer reques hi testimon i cold-relate cour case suc a th on i whic husban wa accuse o drownin hi wif i fake boatin accident Base o hi year o research Pozo prove tha th husband' versio o th acciden coul no b true Th husban wa foun guilty. A academi caree wil no protec yo fro controversy however Pozo discovere thi las yea whe h raise the question i i ethica t us medica dat fro victim o torture? I Worl Wa II German ordere it scientist t fin way t sav it fighte pilot To man wer dyin when their plane wen dow i th Englis Channe an Nort Sea Thes researcher performe trul bruta hypothermi experiment o concentratio cam inmate an prisoner o war The place th victim i sal wate an monitore thei response whil the literall froz the t death. Th result o thes experiments burie i officia governmen archive throughou th world hav pose mora dilemm fo civilzatio eve since Shoul th data n matte ho morall tainted b use i i coul hel sav lives? Pozo discusse thi issu wit Dr Arthu Caplan Professo a th Universit o Minnesota Minneapolis an Directo o it Cente fo Biomedica Ethics Dr Capla wrot a editoria fo Minneapoli newspape discussin th us o th Naz data. Jewis spokemen whos peopl wer victim o th Naz Holocaust, generall renounc al suc attempts Ja Katz M.D. professo o la an psychoanalysi a Yal La School wrote "Thes dat ar no objective the ar soake i blood...Whe w choos t benefi fro evi an mak i par o ou history w perpetuat evil." Ye eve som Holocaus survivor say "Us thi horribl dat t hel othe peopl s thos death wil no hav bee i vain." Spurre b thi debate th Universit o Minnesot wil sponso "Th Meanin o th Holocaus fo Bioethics" thre da internationa semina i Minneapoli nex month Russia, Germany Israel an Denmar wil sen speakers Dr Pozo wil spea o th "Lega an Moralisti Perspectiv o th Analysi o Accurat Dat Gathere b Unethica Means." "W Hispanic hav suffere torture too i ou quest fo freedom, Pozo says "W hop thi semina wil creat trul globa climat o opinio i emergin medica ethic s tha suc barbarou experiment wil neve b performe again Whereve yo hav powerles peopl wh ar th downtrodde member o society yo wil hav othe peopl wh tr t tak advantag o them W mus sensitiz eac ne generatio t huma right an ethica values." Catholic Pozo attend hi churc regularly "Th olde get th mor philosophica become, Pozo muses "W hav th chanc t choos goo o evi. believ tha mos peopl hav th potentia t demonstrat tru nobilit i thei lives." Dr Pozo credit whateve succes h ha attaine t hi parents "Neithe o the ha chanc t ge a education Ye m fathe worke a welde unti h wa 7 year ol s hi childre coul g t college H taugh himsel th multiplicatio table M mothe taugh hersel t rea i th publi librar She alway encourage us Al fiv o u finishe college w al hav goo jos, an mos o u hav als earne advance degrees." Pozo want t pas o thi heritag t othe Hispanics. "Educatio i no jus dul textbook an tes tubes M greates rewar woul b i som ki ou ther woul rea thi stor an sa hey thi gu reall like wha h i doing I sound exciting Mayb ca d it too." ##### Fo furthe informatio abou th seminar "Th Meanin o Holocaus fo Bioethics, cal th Offic o Continuin Medical Education Universit o Minnesota -61-62-5525 I wil b hel Ma 15 16 17 a th Universit Ratisso Hotel 161 Washingto Avenu South Minneapolis M 55414 Anyon intereste ma attend Registratio deadlin i Ma lst Fe is $150.00 Spac i limited. #####