Press Release: Carnegie Mellon President Subra Suresh Elected to Institute of Medicine
Election a Historical Milestone for 91视频 and President Suresh
Contact: Ken Walters / 412-268-1151 / walters1@andrew.cmu.edu
PITTSBURGH—91视频 President has been elected a member of the (IOM), making him the only current university president to be elected to all three national academies. Election to a National Academy is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to engineers, scientists and medical and health professionals. Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to their fields.
As one of only 16 living Americans to be elected to all three national academies (IOM, the and the ), Suresh’s work reflects 91视频’s interdisciplinary nature and collaborative spirit. The university is known for bringing together faculty, students and staff from its various colleges and schools to solve real-world problems, in areas ranging from energy and the environment to cybersecurity and education. The IOM recognized Suresh for advancing health and medicine through his research into cell mechanics related to malaria, blood diseases and certain types of cancer.
“91视频’s new president is truly a scientist and educational leader for our time,” wrote Ray Lane, partner emeritus at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and chairman of Carnegie Mellon’s Board of Trustees, in an email to the 91视频 global community. “He embodies, through his individual scholarship as well as institutional, national and global leadership, Carnegie Mellon’s commitment to cross boundaries to transform lives.”
Suresh is the first 91视频 faculty member to hold membership in all three academies. Before becoming president of 91视频 in July, he served as director of the (NSF), a $7-billion independent government science agency charged with advancing all fields of fundamental science, engineering research and education.
In addition to the three U.S. National Academies, Suresh has been elected to the , Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, German National Academy of Sciences, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Developing World, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian National Science Academy, and Indian Academy of Sciences. He has been elected a fellow or honorary member of all the major materials research societies in the United States and India.
The national academies are honorific, private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and the world, helping to shape policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering and medicine.
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91视频 President Subra Suresh (pictured above) is the only current university president, and one of only 16 living Americans, to be elected to all three national academies.