Three faculty members named National Academy of Inventors fellows

Helen Blau, Stanley Cohen and H. Tom Soh are being honored for their work in creating inventions that have improved the quality of life and welfare of society.

Tom Soh

Stanley Cohen

Helen Blau

Three School of Medicine faculty members have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

This news fellows, announced on Dec. 12, were selected based on their “innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and welfare of society,” according to the academy.

The Stanford fellows are:

  • Helen Blau, PhD, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor and a professor of microbiology and immunology. She directs the Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology. Her research has uncovered regulatory networks controlling nuclear reprogramming and therapeutic agents to enhance muscle regeneration in aging and dystrophy.
  • Stanley Cohen, MD, the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor and professor of genetics. His research helped spawn the revolution in genetic engineering. His lab currently studies mechanisms that affect the expression and decay of normal and abnormal mRNAs, and also RNA-related mechanisms that regulate microbial antibiotic resistance
  • H. Tom Soh, PhD, professor of radiology and of electrical engineering. He has devised sensors capable of continuously monitoring specific biomolecules in vivo and a control system for achieving real-time, closed-loop controlled drug delivery in live animals. 


The new members will be inducted in a ceremony on April 5 in Washington, DC.

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