3 Johns Hopkins Researchers Elected Into Institutes of Health

Three preeminent researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine — experts in memory, vision and patient safety — have been elected into the Institute of Medicine, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.

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Richard Huganir, PhD, Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD, and Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, were among 65 new members from the United States honored at the organization’s 41st annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

Professor Richard Huganir — director of the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, co-director of Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain Science Institute and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute — recently discovered a memory eraser in mice that may someday translate to humans.

Dr. Nathans — a professor of molecular biology and genetics, neuroscience and ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute — has made fundamental discoveries in both basic and clinical vision science.

A professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Pronovost directs the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Hopkins and is senior vice president for patient safety and quality for Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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