Keith Yamamoto, Ph.D., a cellular and molecular pharmacologist and biologist and the vice chancellor for science policy and strategy at the University of California, San Francisco, was chosen by the membership of AAAS to serve as president-elect.
Investing in scientific innovation can build a more competitive U.S. economy, said Sudip Parikh, chief executive officer of AAAS and executive publisher of the Science family of journals, in testimony before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee on April 27.
The Society for Women’s Health Research has honored Sudip Parikh with their 2022 Health Education Visionary Award for his work to advance women studying and working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
AAAS has announced this year’s cohort of Mass Media Fellows this week – 28 young scientists who will be placed in newsrooms around the country for a summer of hands-on immersion in science journalism.
Sea level rise, methane emissions and the intricacies of attributing extreme weather events to climate change are just a few of the climate-related topics addressed in resources created by SciLine, the free service based at AAAS that connects journalists and scientists with the goal of imbuing journalism with scientific evidence.