by
Barbara Kram, Editor | December 05, 2006
Six researchers from the National Institutes of Health have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
This year 449 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New Fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Saturday, February 17, 2007 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Fellows Forum during the 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
This year’s AAAS Fellows will be announced in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science on 24 November 2006.
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As part of the Section on Biological Sciences, Dr. Kyung J. (June) Kwon-Chung of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was elected as a AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions to infectious disease research, discovery of the sexual cycles of pathogenic fungi, and for transforming molecular, genetic, and genomic breakthroughs.
Dr. Philip Anfinrud of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases was elected for distinguished contributions to understanding the relationships between protein structure, dynamics, and function using ultrafast time-resolved laser spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography as part of the Section on Chemistry.
Three NIH researchers were elected as AAAS Fellows for outstanding contributions under the Section on Medical Sciences. Dr. Martin A. Cheever of the National Cancer Institute was elected for pioneering the development of anti-cancer vaccines and the characterization of tumor antigens and epitopes inducing T cell immunity to cancer.
Dr. Ronald N. Schwartz of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was elected for pioneering the understanding of T cell anergy and immune tolerance.
Dr. Thomas E. Wellems of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was elected for major contributions to our understanding of the malaria parasite, including identification of the mechanisms of drug resistance, immune evasion and protection by hemoglobin C.
As part of the Section on Statistics, Dr. Edward L. Korn of the National Cancer Institute was elected a AAAS Fellow for methods and leadership in the scientific review of clinical trials, and for developing survey methods for epidemiology and the health sciences.
