Three UCSF faculty members will be among scientists honored as new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at the organization’s annual meeting in Washington, DC this week.

Michael P. Stryker, PhD, professor and chair of physiology; Abraham M. Rudolph, MD, professor emeritus of pediatrics; and Edward J. Goetzl, MD, professor of medicine and microbiology and immunology were elected last fall to the AAAS. Fellows are selected for "their efforts toward advancing science or fostering applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished."

Founded in 1848, AAAS represents the world’s largest federation of scientists and works to advance science for human well-being through its projects, programs and publications.

Stryker was honored for "outstanding contributions in deciphering mechanisms of plasticity in the mammalian nervous system and for academic leadership in neurosciences."

Rudolph was elected because of "distinguished contributions to the field of fetal and neonatal cardiovascular physiology and hemodynamics of congenital heart lesions before and after birth."

Goetzl was honored for "meritorius contributions to understanding of the roles of lipid an neuropeptide mediators, and their cellular receptors, in inflammation, immunity and growth."

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Michael Stryker Laboratory

Rudolph Honored for Contributions to Advancement of Pediatrics

Edward Goetzl Laboratory