Dr. Stephen Young, a UCLA cardiologist and molecular geneticist who works on understanding mechanisms for human disease, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences — one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a scientist — in recognition of his “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries.
Young, a distinguished professor of medicine and human genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, focuses on two areas of research — plasma triglyceride metabolism and the role of nuclear envelope proteins in health and disease.