Jonathan A. Epstein, M.D., Katherine High, M.D. and Amita Sehgal, Ph.D. have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
As chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Epstein stands among the world's most highly renowned investigators of the molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular development and their role in understanding human disease.
Recognized internationally as a leading hematologist and researcher, High is the William H Bennett Professor of Pediatrics at Penn, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, among other roles.
Currently co-director of the Penn Medicine Neuroscience center, Sehgal studies the molecular and genetic components of sleep and circadian rhythms using a fruit fly model. Sehgal is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and vice chair of the Department of Neuroscience.
Founded in 1780, the Academy selects top experts in areas such as academia, the arts, business and the sciences to support the independent policy center's research. The American Academy's 2011 class includes 212 Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members from 10 countries.
The induction of new members takes place in a ceremony on Oct. 1, 2011 at the Academy's headquarters. The complete list of fellows can be found at www.amacad.org/news/alphalist2011.pdf.
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The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
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