Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering, is one of 18 early-career leaders selected by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to serve on New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, a pilot initiative to engage a diverse network of emerging leaders in SEM fields across the United States.

The New Voices panel will work over a two-year period with a senior advisory committee to identify other early-career SEM leaders to help articulate and communicate the evidence base for addressing national and global challenges.

Another goal is to provide new perspectives on issues of importance to The National Academies, and to help expand the diversity of expertise that is brought to all of the Academies’ convening and advisory activities… Continue reading.