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Six University of California members have been elected to the National Academies' Institute of Medicine.
They join a class of 70 new members and 10 foreign associates announced today (Oct. 19). Since 1970, the IOM has elected more than 200 members affiliated with UC.
Membership in the Institute of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health. Chosen by current active members, candidates undergo a highly selective process and are nominated based on their professional achievements and commitment to service.
The Institute of Medicine includes a diversity of talent, as its charter requires that at least one quarter of the membership selected be from outside the health professions, in fields such as law, engineering, social sciences and the humanities.
The newly elected UC members are:
UC Berkeley
- Randy Schekman, Ph.D., UC Berkeley professor of cell and developmental biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
UCLA
- James Economou, M.D., Ph.D., vice chancellor for research and Beaumont Professor of Surgery
UC San Diego
- Richard Kronick, Ph.D., UC San Diego professor of family and preventive medicine, on leave serving as director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
UC San Francisco
- Eric Goosby, M.D., professor of medicine and director, Institute of Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy, UCSF School of Medicine, Global Health Sciences
- Deepak Srivastava, M.D., director, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, and UCSF professor of pediatrics and biochemistry & biophysics
- Ronald Vale, Ph.D., UCSF professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
