Two 天美影视传媒 researchers are among the 416 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, announced in November. Election as a fellow of the AAAS is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers, in recognition of their efforts to advance science or its applications.
, a UW professor of environmental and occupational health sciences in the School of Public Health, is recognized “for studies of effects of oxidative stress on adverse health effects associated with exposure to air pollution and environmental chemicals.”
Kavanagh investigates adverse health effects of exposure to air pollution and chemicals to understand the mechanisms by which they cause toxicity and inflammation. He also studies the role of antioxidants and is developing more accurate in vitro models to test chemicals for potential risk to humans.
Kavanagh directs the UW and the UW and co-directs the . He is also an adjunct professor in the departments of Medicine and Pathology.
, professor of genome sciences at the UW School of Medicine, was selected for 鈥渢he development of technologies and methods to advance genetics and genomics, with a focus on technologies that impact the understanding of human diseases.鈥�
Shendure leads a research group that advances rapid, less-expensive, next-generation DNA sequencing. He is also a pioneer in that looks at the protein-coding regions of an individual鈥檚 genome. Exome sequencing is now being used by groups worldwide to find gene variants for single-gene disorders and for disease traits influenced by multiple genes.
Shendure directs the , established last year to combine the scientific strengths in precision medicine of UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s. He is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and directs the .