Virginia Commonwealth University psychology professor Cecelia Valrie was honored by the National Institutes of Health's HEAL Initiative for her collaborative research into improving pain management for pediatric patients with sickle cell disease.
"[Exercise] is an incredibly powerful way to live healthier and longer," says Dr. Susan Cheng of the Smidt Heart Institute. "Women on average tend to exercise less than men and hopefully these findings inspire more women to add extra movement to their lives."
Currently, Dr. Tucci is a professor of surgery and director of the cochlear implant program in the Division of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine in North Carolina. She has been a member of the Duke faculty since 1993, when she co-founded the Duke Hearing Center.
A WIAReport analysis of the list of the 75 members of the latest cohort elected into the National Academy of Medicine finds that 29, or 39 percent, are women. Just two years ago, women were just 30 percent of the new members.
Keystone Symposia, a nonprofit educational organization is headquartered in Silverthorne, Colorado, convenes more than 50 open, peer-reviewed conferences across a broad range of the life sciences each year. Dr. Peterson has had a 30-year career at the National Institutes of Health.
Jennifer Doudna, professor of biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology at the University of California at Berkeley, is being honored for her work on RNA by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
A woman who was at the forefront of public health as head of the Ohio State University medical school, the National Institutes of Health, the American Red Cross, and the American Heart Association.
