The ASCI is an honor society of physician-scientists, those who translate findings in the laboratory to the advancement of clinical practice. Founded in 1908, the Society is home to nearly 3,000 members who are in the upper ranks of academic medicine and industry. More about the ASCI
Next JCI Editor in Chief Elected
Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, of Johns Hopkins University, has been elected as the 2017-2022 Editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
The 2017 Seldin~Smith Award recipient
Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD, is the 2017 recipient of the Donald Seldin~Holly Smith Award for Pioneering Research.
The 2017 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine recipients announced
The fourth annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine has been jointly awarded to Daniel J. Drucker, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada), Joel F. Habener, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) and Jens J. Holst, MD, DMSc (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) for their discovery of incretin hormones and for the translation of these findings into transformative therapies for major metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
The 2017 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award recipient
James E. Crowe Jr., MD, has been named the 2017 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award recipient.
Election of new members, 2017
The ASCI is pleased to announce the election of 64 new members for 2017.