The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named nine researchers at UC Riverside as 2007 AAAS Fellows, bringing the total number of UCR faculty who have been recognized with this distinction to 159.   Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year AAAS awarded this honor to 471 of its members “because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.”  Among them are two Biomedical Sciences faculty members:

David D. Lo, distinguished professor of biomedical sciences: For distinguished contributions to the field of immunology, particularly in T-lymphocyte development and regulation, and application to studies of autoimmune diseases and mucosal immunity.

John Y.-J. Shyy, professor of biomedical sciences: For experimental verification of vascular endothelial cells responding to the imposed hemodynamic forces, which process helps to understand the focal distribution of atherosclerosis.