Three HMS researchers are among the 65 new fellows elected to the 2023 class of the American Academy of Microbiology, an honorific leadership group and think tank within the American Society for Microbiology. Fellows are elected annually through a highly selective peer-review process, based on their records of scientific achievement and original contributions that have advanced microbiology.
The three new fellows from HMS are:
Sun Hur, HMS Oscar M. Schloss, MD Professor of Pediatrics and professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, and senior investigator in the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Tomas Kirchhausen, professor of cell biology in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS, Springer Family Chair of Pediatrics, and senior investigator in the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Jatin Vyas, HMS associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The American Society for Microbiology is one of the largest professional societies dedicated to the life sciences and is composed of 30,000 scientists and health practitioners. ASM’s mission is to promote and advance the microbial sciences.
Hao Wu, HMS Asa and Patricia Springer Professor of Structural Biology and professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, and associate director of the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, has been named the 2023 winner of the AAI-Thermo Fisher Meritorious Career Award from the American Association of Immunologists. Supported by Thermo Fisher Scientific, the annual award recognizes a mid-career scientist for outstanding research contributions to the field of immunology.
Wu was nominated for her work in structural biology, specifically for her studies of key molecules and pathways of the immune system, which have revealed higher-order protein assembly as a critical mechanism of innate immune signaling and has transformed how we view signal transduction in immune cells.
Ara Nazarian, HMS associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). NAI senior members are recognized for their innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society.
The 2023 class of senior members will be recognized at the NAI's annual meeting in June in Washington, D.C.
