Dear Members of the HMS and HSDM Community:

I am writing to highlight some recent recognitions of our faculty that make Harvard Medical School justly proud.

Notably, seven HMS faculty members have been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Founded in 1863 through an Act of Congress signed by Abraham Lincoln, the National Academy of Sciences is a highly esteemed organization that advises the U.S. on matters related to science, medicine, and technology. Election to the National Academy is based on extraordinary scientific achievement and leadership, and is considered one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.

Our new National Academy of Sciences members include:

• Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas
  Professor of Cell Biology, emeritus, HMS
• Gordon Fishell
  Professor of Neurobiology, HMS
• Wade Harper
  Chair of the Department of Cell Biology and the Bert and Natalie Vallee Professor of Molecular Pathology, HMS
• Bradford Lowell
  Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and HMS
• Danesh Moazed
  Professor of Cell Biology, HMS
• Pamela Silver
  Elliot T. and Onie H. Adams Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, HMS
• Ulrich von Andrian
  Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Professor of Immunopathology, HMS

Additionally, five HMS faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest scholarly societies in the U.S. Founded in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock, and other intellectual leaders of the American Revolutionary War era, the academy honors excellence, innovation, and leadership. Elected members are drawn from academia, the arts, industry, policy, research, and science.

The new HMS American Academy of Arts and Sciences members include:

• Karen Adelman
  Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, HMS
• Benjamin Ebert
  George P. Canellos, MD, and Jean S. Canellos Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and HMS
• Elizabeth Engle
  Professor of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital and HMS
• David Pellman
  Margaret M. Dyson Professor of Pediatric Oncology and Professor of Cell Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and HMS
• Wade Regehr
  Professor of Neurobiology, HMS

The election of our faculty to these prestigious organizations recognizes the remarkable intellectual depth and impact of these scholars. Please join me in congratulating our faculty on these well-deserved honors, and for their extraordinary contributions to science and the enrichment of our community.

Sincerely,

George Q. Daley
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
Harvard University