Sergiu Pasca elected to the National Academy of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine has elected Sergiu Pasca, MD, the Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor II of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, to its membership — one of the highest honors in medicine. Pasca, who is also the Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Director of the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, was chosen “for seminal contributions to […]
Matthew Tirrell elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Matthew Tirrell, D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME), has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for pioneering the design and synthesis of self-assembling polymers to deliver peptide, protein, and nucleotide drugs in cardiovascular disease, cancer, infection, and vaccination. Election to […]
Steven Abrams elected to National Academy of Medicine
Abrams joins the eminent society of scientists and physicians providing evidence-based leadership in medicine. Steven A. Abrams, M.D., professor in Dell Medical School’s Department of Pediatrics, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for his contributions in infant and micronutrient nutrition. Membership in the National Academy of Medicine is considered one of the […]
Jennifer Lewis elected to National Academy of Medicine
Jennifer Lewis, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and a core faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. The Academy has recognized her work in 3D bioprinting of […]
Prof. Wolfgang Fink invitation-only speaker and expert-participant at Third Annual Medical & Healthcare Robotics Digital Summit
Brief: Prof. Wolfgang Fink presented at the Third Annual Medical & Healthcare Robotics Digital Summit, September 16, 2026, produced by Medical Design Briefs and SAE International/SAE Media Group: a fully online event that once again brings together leading experts, innovators, and researchers from the fields of medical robotics, healthcare technology, and medical device engineering to […]
Nanomaterials Expert Among 100 Named to National Academy of Medicine
Younan Xia elected to network of leading scientific and medical professionals worldwide Younan Xia, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. He was recognized for “the invention and rational development of myriad nanomaterials for biomedical applications, as exemplified by the successful translation of electrospun nanofibers, gold nanocages, […]
Duke’s Ashutosh Chilkoti Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Ashutosh Chilkoti, the Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. Chilkoti was […]
Paul Harris elected to National Academy of Medicine
Paul Harris, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Biomedical Engineering and Biostatistics, is among 100 newly elected members of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the organization announced Oct. 19. Formerly called the Institute of Medicine, NAM was established in 1970 as the health arm of the national academies. Both an honorific membership organization and an […]
CSU researchers examine treatments that could cure osteoarthritis
When Dr. Laurie Goodrich first heard that a newly formed federal research agency was looking to fund projects that could reverse the effects of osteoarthritis with a single treatment, she thought it sounded like an ambitious goal. It would be amazing if we could achieve that, thought Goodrich, an equine surgeon and director of Colorado […]
USC Professor Azad Madni Awarded 2026 John Fritz Medal
Established in 1902, the medal honors pioneering leaders whose work has fundamentally advanced human progress. Madni joins a distinguished group of recipients that includes Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Claude Shannon, Gordon Moore, Andrew Viterbi and Elon Musk. Madni, executive director of USC’s Systems Architecting and Engineering Program, was recognized for pioneering contributions to transdisciplinary […]