Three join National Academy of Sciences

Three School of Medicine faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in May, bringing the total for the school to 28. The new members are Peter Cresswell, Ph.D., professor of immunobiology and dermatology; Pietro De Camilli, M.D., professor of cell biology; and Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D., professor of genetics, medicine, and molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and chair of the Department of Genetics. All three are Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. Election to the NAS, which was established in 1863 by congressional charter, is one of the nation’s highest scientific honors. The academy has 1,874 active members and 325 foreign associates.