May 12, 2010

NIDCD Grantee Among Newly Elected Members to the National Academy of Sciences

NIDCD grantee King-Wai Yau, Ph.D., is among 72 new American members recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Created in 1863 by a congressional charter approved by President Abraham Lincoln, NAS is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to furthering science and technology and using those advances for the general welfare. Election to the NAS is one of the highest honors to be bestowed upon a scientist or engineer.

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