High Honors — Three members of the Einstein faculty – Drs. William Jacobs, Jr., Jeffrey Pessin, and Jeffrey Pollard – are among those recently elected to fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The honor is bestowed on AAAS members by their peers in recognition of meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications. Dr. Jacobs is professor of microbiology & immunology and of genetics, and also is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Dr. Pessin is director of Einstein’s Diabetes Research Center as well as the Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Professional Chair in Diabetes Research and professor in the departments of medicine and molecular pharmacology; and Dr. Pollard is the Louis Goldstein Swan Chair in Women’s Cancer Research as well as director of the Center for Study of Reproductive Biology and Women’s Health, deputy director of the Albert Einstein Cancer Center, and professor of developmental and molecular biology and of obstetrics & gynecology and women’s health.
Posted on: Friday, March 02, 2012