The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Council elected 347 fellows for 2015, in recognition of their contributions to innovation, education, and scientific leadership. The tradition of electing AAAS fellows began in 1874 to recognize members for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
The new fellows will be recognized in a Fellows Forum on February 13, 2016, at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
This year saw a large election of cancer researchers and clinicians to fellow status. An abridged list of those elected is below. For a full listing of all 2015 AAAS elected fellows, please visit http://www.aaas.org/news/2015-aaas-fellows-recognized-contributions-advancing-science.
Section on Biological Sciences
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith, PhD, University of Toronto
Michelle Barton, PhD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Julie A. Brill, PhD, The Hospital for Sick Children
Andrea Califano, PhD, Columbia University
Nancy Cox, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Gerald R. Crabtree, MD, Stanford University
Frédéric J. de Sauvage, PhD, Genentech
John DiGiovanni, PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Beverly M. Emerson, PhD, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Gerald R. Fink, PhD, Whitehead Institute/Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maureen Anne Gannon, PhD, Vanderbilt University
Leonard S. Jefferson, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Hannah L. Klein, PhD, New York University School of Medicine
Alberto R. Kornblihtt, PhD, University of Buenos Aires/National Council of Research and Technology
Damian J. Krysan, MD, PhD, University of Rochester
Arthur Mallay Lesk, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Pierre P. Massion, MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Michael J. Matunis, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Cynthia C. Morton, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Robert K. Moyzis, PhD, University of California, Irvine
Gerd P. Pfeifer, PhD, Van Andel Research Institute
Joseph C. Reese, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
David G. Schatz, PhD, Yale University
Karlene Simprich, PhD, Stanford University
Beth A. Sullivan, PhD, Duke University Medical Center
LuZhe Sun, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Song Tan, PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Kenneth W. Turteltaub, PhD, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ratna K. Vadlamudi, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Wenyi Wei, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Beverly Wendland, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Ning Zheng, PhD, University of Washington
Section on Medical Sciences
Robert David Burk, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John M. Carethers, MD, University of Michigan Health System
Gen-Sheng Feng, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Michael A. Frohman, MD, PhD, Stony Brook University
Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD, FACP, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Robert E. Hurst, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Christopher D. Kontos, MD, Duke University Medical Center
Calvin J. Kuo, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Robert J. Matusik, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lopa Mishra, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Beverly S. Mitchell, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine
Mark R. Philips, MD, New York University School of Medicine
Vito Quaranta, MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Peter S. Rabinovitch, MD, PhD, University of Washington
Jeffrey M. Rosen, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Qing Yi, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic
Nominations for the 2016 AAAS fellows cycle began on November 23, 2015. ■
