72 New Members Chosen By Academy

Ralph Isberg, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Isberg is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, TUSM professor and member of the molecular microbiology program faculty at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences.

WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences today announced the election of 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 15 countries in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

The election was held this morning during the business session of the 146th annual meeting of the Academy. Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,150. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States. Today's election brings the total number of foreign associates to 404.

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