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Christine “Kricket” Seidman, MD, director of BWH's Cardiovascular Genetics Service, was one of a select group of new members elected in May to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest national honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer.
In this capacity, Seidman, an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a professor at Harvard Medical School, will join the 1,976 members of NAS to play a role in the direction of new projects. Influencing the amount of money spent on research and promoting certain kinds of research may fall within the scope of her responsibilities.
“I think the expectation is that we lead by example and try to promote science for the collective good, not for personal achievement,” said Seidman.
“This is an incredible honor,” added Seidman, who was quick to credit her team with much of her success. The laboratory that she and husband Jonathan Seidman, PhD, a professor of Genetics at HMS, share has identified gene mutations that cause several cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease.