The new members were announced today (Oct. 11). With this latest election of 65 new members, there are a total of 1,649 active institute members, more than 150 of them affiliated with UC. Five foreign associates also were elected.
Membership in the Institute of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors bestowed to professionals in the fields of medicine and health. Chosen by current active members, candidates undergo a highly selective process and are nominated based on their professional achievements and commitment to service.
The Institute of Medicine includes a diversity of talent, as its charter requires that at least one quarter of the membership selected be from outside the health professions, in fields such as the social sciences, law, engineering and the humanities.
The newly elected UC members are:
-- Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cellular biology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
UC Davis
-- Nathan Kuppermann, M.D., UC Davis professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine.
-- Susan Desmond-Hellmann, M.D. M.P.H., UC San Francisco chancellor.
-- Elena Fuentes-Afflick, M.D., M.P.H., UC San Francisco professor in the departments of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics and San Francisco General Hospital chief of pediatrics.
-- Neil Risch, Ph.D., UC San Francisco Lamond Family Foundation Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, Institute for Human Genetics director and professor of epidemiology and biostatistics.
-- Kevan Shokat, Ph.D., UC San Francisco professor and chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC Berkeley professor of chemistry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
The Institute of Medicine is unique for its structure as both an honorific membership organization and an advisory organization. Established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, the institute has become recognized as a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on human health issues.
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