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Two Medical Sciences professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Awards and Appointments General

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, Director of the Kennedy Institute, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) was recognised for her outstanding contributions to immunology, and her election brings the number of current National Academy of Sciences members from the Kennedy Institute to three.

Professor Kia Nobre is the Chair of the Oxford Neuroscience Strategy Committee, Head of the Department of Experimental Psychology and Director of the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity. 

Read more about Fiona Powrie's election (NDORMS website)

Read more about Kia Nobre's election (Department of Experimental Psychology website)

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