USC biophysicist Scott E. Fraser, PhD, has as been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the organization announced Monday. He’s among 100 new members of the Academy.

“For integrating biophysics, quantitative biology, and molecular imaging to enable unprecedented views of normal function and disease in live organisms, from embryonic development to old age,” the Academy said in his official citation.

Fraser is Provost Professor of Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering at USC. He is also the Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Convergent Bioscience and Director of Science Initiatives. He holds joint appointments at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the Viterbi School of Engineering, the Keck School, and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles in the departments of Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology, and Ophthalmology… Continue reading.