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Professor Kia Nobre (Department of Experimental Psychology) and Professor Fiona Powrie (Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences) are two of 120 new members and 26 new international members newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Professor Fiona Powrie (left), Professor Kia Nobre (right)
Professor Fiona Powrie (left), Professor Kia Nobre (right)
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