Synthia Mellon & C. Anthony Hunt
C. Anthony Hunt and Synthia H. Mellon are among 376 newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Hunt, professor of biopharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical chemistry, is recognized in the pharmaceutical sciences section for distinguished contributions to the field of optimization of pharmacotherapeutics through mentorship, research, and the discovery and development of new medicines for treatment of life-threatening diseases.
Mellon, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, is recognized in the biological sciences section for leadership of women in endocrinology and for delineating the biosynthetic pathways, biological actions and pharmaceutical uses of neurosteroids.
This year's AAAS fellows are announced today (Oct. 28) in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science.
Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
This year, 376 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Fellows Forum during the 2006 AAAS Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Mo.
The tradition of AAAS fellows began in 1874. The AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal
Science.
AAAS was founded in 1848, and includes some 262 affiliated societies and academies of science serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer-reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The nonprofit
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Source: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
