News and Events
January 18, 2012
BCMB Student Completes Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship
Naira Rezende (PhD candidate in the BCMB program) has just completed the prestigious Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship with the Committee on Science Technology and Law (CSTL) at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The fellowship was first designed by Bruce Alberts (Current Editor-in-Chief of Science Magazine) in 1997 and is a competitive 12 week program at The National Academies designed to engage its Fellows in the analytical process that informs U.S. science and technology policy. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was signed into being by President Abraham Lincoln on 1863 to "investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art" whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government. It is also the highest scientific honorific society within the United States. Fellows earn the privilege of working with Committees and Boards within the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and/or the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Prior to becoming a Mirzayan Fellow, Naira brought to Cornell a 5-year Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Studies, which supported the first 5 years of her graduate studies.
