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Six Rogel Cancer Center Members Names 2019 AAAS Fellows

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11/27/2019 - 1:45pm

Media contact: Ian Demsky, 734-764-2220

ANN ARBOR -- The University of Michigan led the nation with 22 faculty members elected as 2019 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science -- including six members of the U-M Rogel Cancer Center.

The scientists and engineers were chosen as AAAS Fellows by their peers for their “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.” U-M had more 2019 fellows than any other single university, according to AAAS.

The six new fellows from the cancer center are:

    Maria Castro, PhD Maria G. Castro, R.C. Schneider Collegiate Professor, professor of neurosurgery and professor of cell and developmental biology, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of neuroimmunology, brain tumor biology, and development of immune-mediated gene therapies for treating brain cancer, and for mentoring women and minorities.

     

    Jun Li, PhDJun Li, professor of human genetics and professor of computational medicine and bioinformatics, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to studies of the genetic and functional basis of complex human diseases, including genomic and computational infrastructure and single-cell transcriptome analyses.

     

    Linda C. Samuelson, PhD Linda C. Samuelson, John A. Williams Collegiate Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology, professor of molecular and integrative physiology, professor of internal medicine, gastroenterology, and interim director of the Center for Organogenesis, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of gastrointestinal physiology, particularly for definition of niche pathways regulating gastrointestinal stem cell function.

     

    Emily E. Scott, PhD Emily E. Scott, professor of medicinal chemistry, College of Pharmacy, professor of pharmacology, Medical School, professor of biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, for distinguished contributions to the field of structural and functional studies on cytochrome P450s with the goal of understanding human drug metabolism by these enzymes.

     

    Shaomeng Wang, PhD Shaomeng Wang, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine, professor of internal medicine, professor of pharmacology, Medical School, professor of medicinal chemistry, College of Pharmacy, for distinguished contributions to the field of pharmaceutical sciences, particularly the discovery and development of new small-molecule therapeutics for cancer treatment.

     

    Weiping Zou, PhD Weiping Zou, Charles B. de Nancrede Research Professor of Surgery, professor of surgery and professor of pathology, Medical School, for distinguished contributions to the field of tumor immunology and immunotherapy, particularly for dissecting multiple human cancer immunosuppressive mechanisms, including PD-L1, and application in immunotherapy.

 

Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. This year’s AAAS Fellows will be formally announced in Science on Nov. 29 and will be honored in February at the AAAS annual meeting in Seattle.

Read more about all of the new U-M AAAS Fellows.

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