AAAS selects 15 Harvard faculty members as fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded the distinction of fellow to 15 Harvard faculty members. In all, 471 new members were named for their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.

The new fellows will be officially recognized at the association’s February meeting in Boston.

The Harvard fellows are as follows:

Emery Brown, Massachusetts General Hospital Professor of Anaesthesia; Joan Brugge, Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology; William C. Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development; Felton Earls, professor of social medicine and of human behavior and development; John Cowles Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison; Jeffrey Gelfand, clinical professor of medicine; Jerome Groopman, Dina and Raphael Recanati Professor of Medicine; James Gusella, Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics; Tomas Kirchhausen, professor of cell biology; David Page, member of the affiliated faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; Sidney A. and John H. Hessel Professor of Biology Naomi E. Pierce; Tom Rapoport, professor of cell biology; Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering Peter P. Rogers; George Tsokos, professor of medicine; and Walter Willett, Fredrick Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and professor of medicine.