Four 91探花 researchers have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a Jan. 31 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 506 new fellows from around the world elected in 2022, who are recognized for their 鈥渟cientifically and socially distinguished achievements鈥� in science and engineering.

A tradition dating back to 1874, election as an AAAS Fellow is a lifetime honor, and all fellows are expected to meet the commonly held standards of professional ethics and scientific integrity. The new fellows will be celebrated in Washington, D.C., in summer 2023.

This year鈥檚 91探花AAAS fellows are:

, professor in the Department of Linguistics, is honored for demonstrating the role of grammar in natural language processing (NLP), extending computational modeling to less-studied languages, and raising ethical issues in NLP 鈥� an interdisciplinary field concerned with the interactions between computers and human language. Bender studies the societal impacts of language technology, what it means for research and design of such technology, and how to include it in the NLP curriculum. She鈥檚 taught seminars on the topic and in 2021听听for the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Bender鈥檚 areas of focus include data documentation and the dangers of specific technology, such as large language models and chatbots used for search. She has worked to make linguistics accessible to computer scientists in NLP, giving tutorials at major conferences and writing two associated books. Bender also studies how computational methods can serve the purposes of linguistic analysis and how linguistic knowledge can be used to improve the performance of natural language processing systems. She has led the development of the , a framework supporting the creation of broad-coverage, precision, implemented grammars for diverse languages. Her other interests include sociolinguistic variation, or the ways speakers manipulate their languages to create style and register.

, a professor of wildlife science in the 91探花School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, is honored for advances in our understanding of how humans impact birds, and for communicating the importance of birds to the public. Marzluff鈥檚 lab studies the relationship between humans and birds to discover how to best conserve wildlife in our modern, human-dominated world. He focuses primarily on corvids 鈥� ravens, crows and jays 鈥� but he has also worked with falcons and hawks throughout North America and tundra-nesting birds in the Arctic. Marzluff also is interested in all the ways that birds affect people. He has written a number of books for researchers and lay audiences, including 鈥淲elcome to Subirdia鈥� and 鈥淚n Search of Meadowlarks.鈥� Marzluff is a member of the board of editors for Ecological Applications, member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service鈥檚 recovery team for the critically endangered Mariana crow, a fellow of the American Ornithologists鈥� Union and a National Geographic Society Explorer.

, professor of pharmacy and of health services, is honored for his work on medical and drug coverage and reimbursement policies, as well as for developing studies to address complex medical questions. Sullivan, who served as the dean of the 91探花School of Pharmacy from 2014 to 2022, was elected in 2020 to the National Academy of Medicine. He was one of the few people from the pharmacy field named to the academy, among the highest honors in health and medicine. Sullivan is widely recognized for pioneering U.S. guidelines for evidence-based preferred drug lists, also known as drug formularies. With insurers, he created the value-based formulary, which emphasizes a drug鈥檚 clinical effectiveness rather than its cost, and was the first health economist to serve on panels for global respiratory guidelines, incorporating economic considerations into recommendations. His research focuses on health technology assessment, medical decision-making, and the economic evaluation of medical technology, including pharmaceuticals. A member of the 91探花faculty since 1992, Sullivan holds adjunct appointments in the School of Medicine and in the Public Health Sciences Division at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Sullivan is currently on sabbatical at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and will return to 91探花this fall.

is being recognized for excellence in science and technical communication as a practitioner, instructor and mentor, particularly for her dedication to the communication of science to the public. Her research and teaching activities at the 91探花focused on science communication and media coverage of science and technology. She developed and taught courses for undergraduate and graduate students on writing about science for general audiences as well as on scientific and technical communication. Most recently, she received a Professional Development Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study mental models of audience and decision-making in science and technology communication. Previously, her research on accuracy in science news reporting received support from the NSF Ethics and Values Program in Science, Technology, and Society. Illman also directed the Chemistry Communication Leadership Institute, and in 2006, with funding from an , she focused on communicating about large and long-term multidisciplinary research efforts using the NSF Science and Technology Centers as a case study. Illman is a former Associate Editor of Chemical & Engineering News, the official news publication of the American Chemical Society, and she was founding editor of .

The newly elected members from the 91探花are Patrick Heagerty, professor of biostatistics, School of Public Health; Dr. Joel Kaufman, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and epidemiology in the School of Public Health and of general internal medicine in the听 91探花School of Medicine; and Sean Sullivan, dean and professor of the 91探花School of Pharmacy and professor of health services in the School of Public Health. In addition, David Eaton, dean and vice provost emeritus of the UW鈥檚 Graduate School, was recognized for outstanding service.

鈥淩ecognitions such as these from the National Academy of Medicine highlight the excellence of our faculty and leadership across the 91探花,鈥澨齭aid听Mark Richards, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.听鈥淚 congratulate our newest members elected to the academy for their demonstrated contributions to the field of health and their ongoing work toward better outcomes for all.鈥�

Heagerty听was recognized听for his development of novel statistical models for longitudinal data to better diagnose disease, track its trajectory, and predict its outcomes. He has revolutionized how dynamic predictors are judged by their discrimination and calibration and has significantly advanced methods for randomized controlled trials.

Kaufman earned听recognition for his international leadership in understanding the health effects of ambient air pollution. His research integrates the disciplines of epidemiology, clinical investigation, exposure science听and toxicology. He was among the first to establish and elucidate the surprising link between air pollutants and cardiovascular disease through acceleration of atherosclerosis.

Sullivan was cited for听pioneering U.S. guidelines for evidence-based drug formulary development. With insurers, he created the value-based formulary product and was the first health economist to serve on global respiratory guidelines (asthma and COPD) panels incorporating economic considerations into recommendations.

Eaton was awarded the听Academy鈥檚听, which is given to a member who has demonstrated distinguished leadership as chair of a study committee or other such activity, showing a commitment substantially above and beyond the usual expectations. A听member of the Academy听since 2011, Eaton is a leader in environmental health research and policy.

Beginning with his participation on the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology from 1996听to听1999, Eaton has chaired three consensus study committees, been a member of five others听and served as reviewer and review coordinator of several other projects. Most notably, under his leadership, the Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems authored an impactful report in 2018 on the public health consequences of e-cigarettes that is still cited widely today.

As a committee chair, Eaton is known for encouraging camaraderie among committee members, allowing for collective thinking to evolve while balancing the need to bring ideas into a cohesive report, helping facilitate agreement among members by drawing them back to the evidence听and bringing together the talents and expertise of all involved to the final product.

The future of our health and the health of the communities we live in relies, in many ways, on students in the health sciences. The education and experiences that future doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers and public health experts receive will to a large degree shape how those professionals work and work together when solving problems affecting our health.

And while the 91探花鈥檚 highly ranked health sciences schools have long focused on interdisciplinary education and training students to be part of seamlessly integrated teams, the space where much of that training takes place on UW鈥檚 Seattle campus has been in need of a serious upgrade.

That upgrade is now 鈥渙fficially鈥� underway as deans of the 91探花Health Sciences schools 鈥� Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Social Work 鈥� and Washington State legislators celebrated construction of the on the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus with a small, physically distanced groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 27.

鈥淭his new facility will enable our students across the full range of health sciences to work in a setting that better mirrors the way they鈥檒l be engaging in patient care as professionals,鈥� said 91探花President Ana Mari Cauce. 鈥淭his will result in better care for the patients they serve, because we鈥檝e seen the benefits that come from coordinating various health disciplines, rather than keeping them siloed.鈥�

The Health Sciences Education Building will be where students learn integrated patient care听in an integrated training facility. The 100,000 square-foot, four-story, $100 million, fully modern facility received $70 million from the Washington state Legislature. The University is seeking an additional $30 million in private support from community members through and donations to complete funding for the building.

鈥淚 am proud to have worked with my legislative colleagues to support this project with nearly $70 million in state capital funds. Ensuring that 91探花health sciences students have access to state-of-the-art interdisciplinary training facilities is critical to our state鈥檚 health care workforce pipeline,鈥� said Sen. David Frockt (D-46th District).

The new building is designed around flexible spaces that allow for 21st-century teaching techniques, including high-tech learning facilities used for computer simulation, mock treatment labs and an ultra-modern Anatomy Lab Suite with virtual anatomy capabilities. The facility will also enable robust remote learning access for students and professionals who are part of the UW鈥檚 multi-state medical education program 鈥� WWAMI, which stands for the states served by the School of Medicine: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.

In addition, the health sciences deans envision a building with the capacity for students to immediately share ideas, images and projects in classrooms and in their working teams.听The finished building will also have a library extension that is integrated into the main classroom floor to help students immediately engage evidence in their learning, gain skills in navigating resources and benefit from coaching about how to use library tools, resources and in their project work.

Fifty years ago, the average person was under the care of three health-care professionals. Now, the average healthy person relies on 16 professionals for their overall health care. Consequently, integrated patient care is increasingly necessary for the future of health sciences. The building will be a hub that fosters interaction, collaboration and cutting-edge learning necessary for recruiting and retaining talented students and faculty 鈥� critical to maintaining the UW鈥檚 top-ranked programs.

鈥淭he Health Sciences Education Building is a state-of-the-art facility that will prepare the next generation of professionals for a more collaborative, more collegial role as part of interprofessional teams to address today鈥檚 health care needs. From pandemics to health equity, the nation鈥檚 first integrated health sciences training facility will provide students with a high-tech learning space to develop solutions to global issues affecting population health,鈥� said School of Nursing Executive Dean Azita Emami, who is also chair of the Board of Health Sciences Deans.

The building will be completed in May 2022.

For more information contact Jake Ellison at Jbe3@UW.edu.