New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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Cohort 3 (2024-2026)
Cohort 2 (2021-2023)
Cohort 1 (2018-2020)

Michelle Birkett

Associate Professor at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Health/Medicine
Focus Areas: Underserved and marginalized populations, Sexual and Gender Minorities, Health Disparities Research, Network and Social Data, Computational Social Scienc

Dr. Michelle Birkett is a tenured Associate Professor in the Departments of Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University and the Director of the COMPASS Center of Computational and Social Sciences in Health within the Institute for AI in Medicine. Dr. Birkett has extensive expertise in the use of network and quantitative methodologies to understand the social contextual influence of stigma on the health of marginalized populations. Her research is grounded in a multilevel perspective of health that considers direct and indirect social, relational, and environmental influences. This multilevel approach underlies her interest in network data and her commitment to conducting research that advances social change to eliminate health disparities. Dr. Birkett has led multiple NIH and federally funded projects, serving as Principal Investigator on studies totaling over $20 million and serving as Co- Investigator on 15 projects totaling over $37 million. Across this work, she and her team have captured rich data on the social systems and physical spaces inhabited by racial and sexual minorities and have utilized these data to understand how the social and sexual isolation of individuals at the intersection of racial and sexual minority identity drives infectious disease disparities. Additionally, Dr. Birkett has led the development, the design, and dissemination of the Network Canvas Software Suite, an open-source software that simplifies complex network data capture for social and behavioral health researchers.

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Mitul Luhar

Associate Professor and Henry Salvatori Early Career Chair, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Engineering
Focus/Research Areas: Aerodynamics; Hydrodynamics; Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Coastal Engineering; Nature-Based Infrastructure Solutions; Climate Resilience

Dr. Mitul Luhar is Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical and Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). His primary expertise is in fluid mechanics, and his research addresses hydrodynamic and aerodynamic design, soft robotics, environmental science, and coastal engineering. Mitul has worked on the development of functional materials and surfaces that can passively control fluid flows, the restoration of river systems, and the evaluation of nature-based defenses against coastal hazards. Before joining USC, Mitul was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at Caltech. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT where he was awarded the Presidential Fellowship and the Martin Family Society Fellowship for Sustainability. He earned B.A. and M.Eng. degrees from the University of Cambridge. Mitul has received the AFOSR Young Investigator Program award and the NSF CAREER award. He is an alum of the Frontiers of Engineering program at the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the New Voices Program at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Mitul is the inaugural holder of the Henry Salvatori Early Career Chair in Engineering at USC.

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Monica Dus

Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Natural Sciences
Focus/Research Areas: Molecular Genetics; Neuroscience; Nutrigenomics; Nutrition

Dr. Monica Dus is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, where she leads the Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition. Her lab integrates molecular and systems approaches to study precision nutrition, neurometabolism, and nutrigenomics. This work has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and major awards from the NIH, NSF, Sloan, Klingenstein-Simons, and Rita Allen Foundations. As Director of the Office of National Laboratories in the University of Michigan’s Office of the Vice President for Research, Dr. Dus leads initiatives that align science and workforce development with federal science and technology priorities across critical and emerging technologies. A former White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the 78th Secretary of the Navy, she helped lead projects on national science and technology strategy, workforce development, and force resilience. She currently serves on the National Academies’ New Voices program, the AAAS Task Force on the Vision for American Science & Technology, and the AAAS Leadership Development Committee. Dus is interested in science as an element of national power and its roles in security and diplomacy. Her life mission is to contribute to strategies and organizational structures that meet the innovation demands of the future and renew the social contract between science and society. She earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in neurobiology at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine at NYU.

Olujimi Ajijola

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Health/Medicine
Focus Areas: Cardiovascular Sciences and Neurosciences, Physician Scientist Training, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, Scientific workforce, Medicine

Dr. Olujimi Ajijola completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia and received his medical degree from Duke University. He went on to the Massachusetts General Hospital for residency training in internal medicine and completed clinical fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and cardiac electrophysiology at UCLA. He received a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology at UCLA, as part of the Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) program. He is interested in novel approaches for cardiac arrhythmias and performs invasive cardiac electrophysiological procedures. His research interests revolve around peripheral neural circuits that control cardiac function in health and disease, including neural interventions that alleviate progressive cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmias. In addition to the NIH Director's New Innovator award, he is a recipient of the Jeremiah Stamler Cardiovascular Research Award, an A. P. Giannini Foundation award, and the Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture Award from the University of Oxford. He is an alumnus of the New Voices program of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He is a recipient of the Chan Zuckerberg Science Diversity Leadership Award and an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). He is a standing member of the National Academies Roundtable on Black Men & Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine. He also co-directs the NIH-funded UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program.

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Omar L. Asensio

Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Social Sciences
Focus Areas: Big Data, Machine Learning, Resource Conservation and Climate, Science Policy. Electric Vehicles

Dr. Omar Asensio is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on big data and public policy, with applications to energy systems and consumer behavior, smart cities, and machine learning in transportation and electric mobility. He directs the Data Science and Policy Lab at Georgia Tech, where he collaborates with the private sector and city governments on data innovations in policy analysis and research evaluation. He is a faculty affiliate at the Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS), the Machine Learning Center, and the Strategic Energy Institute. Dr. Asensio’s research has been published in leading journals such as Nature Energy, Nature Sustainability, and PNAS. His work uses statistical and computational tools to advance our understanding of how large-scale civic data and experiments can be used to increase participation in civic processes, while addressing resource conservation and environmental sustainability. Dr. Asensio’s research also has been featured in policy advisory communications by the European Commission, NSF Public Affairs, the World Bank, and national governments — including the U.K., and the IndiaAI initiative.

He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) 40-for-40 fellowship, and the ONE-NBS Research Impact on Practice award by the Organizations and the Natural Environment Division of the Academy of Management. Dr. Asensio serves as Associate Editor of Data and Policy journal published by Cambridge University Press. He holds a doctorate in environmental science and engineering from UCLA with field specialties in economics. He is a faculty participant in the Research University Alliance (RUA) Research Exchange and is engaged in multiple activities to increase the representation of women and under-represented students and professionals in STEM fields.

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Orianna Bretschger

CEO at Aquacycl
San Diego, CA

Primary Sector: Industry
Primary Discipline: Natural Sciences
Focus Areas: Education and Mentorship; Water Research, Technology, and Education; Local and Global Water Cycles; Intersection of Research and Technology Development; Sustainability For Industry, Agriculture and Emerging Markets

A native of the Southwest, Orianna Bretschger grew up appreciating water issues. She received a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy at the University of Northern Arizona; and after a career in aerospace and government consulting, she subsequently found her way back to water while completing a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California. During her graduate work, she studied how microbes remove pollutants from water and produce electricity at the same time. Her time at USC also instilled a passion for education and mentorship. In 2008, Dr. Bretschger accepted a position at the J. Craig Venter Institute in San Diego where she continued her research and developed outreach programs highlighting microbiome activities in wastewater treatment and the importance of understanding the water cycle from a local and global perspective. To-date, Dr. Bretschger's research has resulted in 31 publications, over 1000 citations, 3 book chapters, and 4 patents. Her research also led to technology development and in 2016, Dr. Bretschger founded Aquacycl LLC with her partners. Aquacycl is now commercializing sustainable wastewater treatment systems for industry, agriculture and emerging markets. Dr. Bretschger holds Adjunct Associate Professor positions at USC and San Diego State University to advance water research, technology, and education.

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Patricia Silveyra

Professor and Department Chair of Environmental and Occupational Health, Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health
Bloomington, IN

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Health/Medicine
Focus Areas: Lung Diseases, Diversity in STEM, Faculty Development, Environmental Toxicology, Supporting International Trainees

Dr. Patricia Silveyra is the Anthony D. Pantaleoni Eminent Scholar, Professor, and Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in molecular biology and biotechnology, and her PhD in Biochemistry, from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and did her postdoctoral training as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at Penn State College of Medicine. In 2013, she established her research program as an Assistant Professor. Between 2015 and 2016, she served as the Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education at Penn State College of Medicine. From 2018- 2020, she led the Biobehavioral Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in 2021, she joined Indiana University Bloomington. Dr. Silveyra has served in various national organizations and committees committed to increasing the representation of women and minorities in STEM, including the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), where she served as a board member and Treasurer and is now President-Elect. She was part of the first and second cohorts of the New Voices program, and she served on the National Academies Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW). Dr. Silveyra has received numerous awards for her research accomplishments, her mentoring of underrepresented and international trainees, and her efforts to promote diversity in STEM at the local, national, and international levels.

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Rachel Gallery

Professor, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Natural Sciences
Focus/Research Areas: Biodiversity; Climate Change; Ecology; Natural Resource Conservation; Soil Health; Science Communication

Dr. Rachel E. Gallery is the Thomas Lovejoy Endowed Chair and Professor of Microbial Ecology in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. As the founding Director of the Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy in the Arizona Institute for Resilience, Rachel builds opportunities to support global biodiversity conservation. Her research focuses on the ecology and conservation of soils and on sustaining ecosystem resilience in the face of wildfires, droughts, species invasions, and climate change. Rachel holds a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S. in Biology from American University. A former Research Fellow of Wolfson College and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Oxford, she was also a Staff Scientist at the National Ecological Observatory Network before joining the University of Arizona faculty. A Fulbright Scholar and a former fellow and current member of the American Association of University Women, Rachel serves on nonprofit advisory boards, international working groups, and proposal review panels and regularly speaks at local outreach events and international conferences.

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Sabrina Assoumou

Associate Professor and Inaugural Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Endowed Professor of Medicine, Boston University, Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Health/Medicine
Focus/Research Areas: Infectious complications of substance use including HIV and hepatitis C

Sabrina A. Assoumou, MD, MPH, is a physician-scientist and the inaugural Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University. She is also an infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Assoumou is a thought leader in research focused on infectious complications of substance use including HIV and hepatitis C. Her research uses health economics to inform guidance panels on the best approach to improve the uptake and implementation of evidence-based interventions. She also develops and implements interventions. Her research has been published in leading journals such as JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Clinical Infectious Diseases. Her findings have also informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Infectious Diseases Society of America's guidance panels. Her current research on HIV prevention is funded by the National Institutes of Drug Abuse. Dr. Assoumou graduated magna cum laude from Williams College and obtained her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She then completed a combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency at Brown University and an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Harvard University's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She has received research honors that include Boston University's Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit and Evans Investment awards and the Massachusetts Infectious Disease Society's Finland Award for Research Excellence as well as teaching awards including Boston Medical Center's Excellence in Teaching Hospital-Based Faculty Award. Dr. Assoumou is also a recipient of an Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare in Massachusetts Award by The Women's Edge.

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Stephanie Diem

Assistant Professor in the Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Engineering
Focus Areas: Fusion Energy, Plasma Physics

Dr. Stephanie Diem is an Assistant Professor in the Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where her experimental plasma physics research focuses on using microwaves to heat and drive current in magnetically confined, high temperature plasmas for fusion energy development. Dr. Diem is the Primary Investigator of the Pegasus-III Experiment, a new fusion experiment funded by the US Department of Energy studying innovative plasma startup techniques in an effort to reduce the cost and complexity of future fusion power plants. Diem was selected by the U.S. Department of State to serve as a 2024 U.S. Science Envoy. She is the recipient of the 2023 Excellence in Fusion Engineering from the Fusion Power Associates and was an invited speaker at the 2022 White House Summit: Developing a Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy. Prior to joining the faculty at UW-Madison, she was a Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on long-term assignment at the DIII- D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, CA. As a member of the 2021 New Voices in Science, Engineering, and Medicine cohort she served as Co-Chair and Communications Chair. Some of her New Voices activities have included: coauthor JEE article engineering education, New Voices One Health Webinar Series and she has worked on several projects through the NAS Science & Entertainment Exchange. Prior to New Voices, she was one of the organizers of the Early Career Fusion Scientists (ECFS) forum, a grassroots organization which initiated discussions and polling among the early career community to provide input to the National Academies Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research. Diem received her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering at UW-Madison and her Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University.

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Ty Grandison

Chief Technology Officer, Application Innovation, Infrastructure, and Security. Industry and Partner Solutions, Microsoft
Seattle, WA

Primary Sector: Industry
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Focus Areas: Computing, Data Science, AI, Privacy, Security, Human Rights, Open Data, Software Engineering

Tyrone Grandison's work is at the intersection of technology, data, and social good. He has developed and deployed data-driven, impact-focused, people-centered products and services that improve the lives of the under-represented, and often ignored, communities. Dr Grandison served as the Co-Chair of the Seattle Human Rights Commission from 2018 to 2022; where he focused on human centered solutions to tackle homelessness, equity, and human trafficking. Dr. Grandison was also a Laureate of the Global Young Academy; where he, and his cohort of young scientists across the Global North and Global South, collaborate on inclusive ways to collaborate on solutions for the world's hardest and most pressing problems. While in the inaugural class of the New Voices, Dr Grandison collaborated on the creation of the Cohort 1 New Voices Website, the pilot Network and the COVID AI chatbots for the New Voices program. Dr. Grandison's extra-curricular activities follow his passion and personal mission. He is the Founder and Board Chairman of The Data-Driven institute, which is a public health non-profit that helps policymakers and executive decision makers create and implement effective programs, policies, and products to solve their most critical problems, using the knowledge of the community, data and technology.

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Umut Gurkan

Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Engineering
Focus/Research Areas: Government University Industry Research, Global Health and Personalized Health, Future of Health and One Health, Bio Manufacturing, Cell and Gene Therapy

Umut A. Gurkan, Ph.D., is the Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University. He completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Dr. Gurkan's research emphasizes global equitable access to diagnostics and personalized health. He has authored over 110 peer-reviewed publications, with inventions yielding more than 18 issued United States patents, over 114 international patent applications, and four biotechnology companies producing products for global markets. His innovations have earned awards including recognition from the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Patents for Humanity program and Breakthrough Device Designation from the United States Food and Drug Administration. Additional honors include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal, the Association for Clinical and Translational Science Distinguished Investigator Award, the Microcirculatory Society Wiederhielm Award, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Translational Research Featured New Investigator Award, the MIT Technology Review Innovator under 35 Award, and the Doris Duke Innovations in Clinical Research Award.Through pioneering work in point-of-care diagnostics and microfluidic technologies, Dr. Gurkan has advanced equitable health access worldwide. His leadership in red blood cell biophysics, hematology, and sickle cell disease has generated fundamental and technical breakthroughs, including microphysiological systems that enhance understanding and treatment of microcirculatory disorders. Focused on sickle cell disease, his developments in microtechnology-enabled products have transformed early screening, diagnosis, and monitoring, especially in resource-limited settings across the United States, Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and India. Clinical studies in the Global South have improved health outcomes for underserved populations, expanding scientific boundaries while promoting widespread healthcare innovations. Dr. Gurkan is a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) New Voices in Science, Engineering, and Medicine Program (2021–2025). He co-chaired the committee for the 9th Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium (NASEM, 2023) and served on the planning committee for the workshop "On Leading a Lab: Strengthening Scientific Leadership in Responsible Research" (NASEM), resulting in the publication On Leading a Lab: Strengthening Scientific Leadership in Responsible Research: Proceedings of a Workshop (Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, https://doi.org/10.17226/27935). He was an invited participant in the 5th Arab-American Frontiers Symposium (NASEM, 2017), the 1st U.S.-Africa Frontiers Symposium (NASEM, 2022), and the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable meeting on "Strategic Innovation and Commercialization: Supporting Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer to Advance U.S. Research Competitiveness" (NASEM, 2023).

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Yan Liu

Professor, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Primary Sector: Academia
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Focus Areas: Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI for Health, AI for sustainability

Yan Liu is a full professor in the Computer Science Department at University of Southern California, and Director of USC Machine Learning Center (MASCLE). Before joining USC, she was a Research Staff Member at IBM Research. She received her Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2006. Her research interest is developing machine learning models for time series data and structured data with applications to health, sustainability and social media analysis. She has received several awards, including NSF CAREER Award, Okawa Foundation Research Award, ACM Dissertation Award Honorable Mention, Best Paper Award in SIAM Data Mining Conference, Yahoo, IBM and Facebook Faculty Award and the winner of several data mining competitions, such as KDD Cup and INFORMS data mining competition. She is an IEEE fellow, AAAI fellow, ACM distinguished member, and NAI senior member. She takes leadership roles in top conferences in machine learning and applications, such as general chair for KDD 2020 and ICLR 2023, program chairs for WSDM 2018, SDM 2020, ACM BCB 202, KDD 2022 and ICLR 2022, and board member of ICLR.

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Ying Zhang

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Meta Platform Inc.
Menlo Park, CA

Primary Sector: Industry
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Focus/Research Areas: Computer Networking; Internet; Distributed Systems.

Ying Zhang is the Senior Engineering Manager at Facebook. She works on large scale network management problems and her research interests are in software-defined networks, network function virtualization, network monitoring, Internet routing, and network security. She has 100+ granted US/International patents, 90 peer-reviewed publications with over 7000 citations, and she was named by Swedish media as Mobile Network 10 Brightest Researcher. She was awarded as a Rising Star in the Networking and Communications area.

Yunyao Li

Director of Machine Learning, Adobe Experience Platform
San Jose, CA

Primary Sector: Industry
Primary Discipline: Computer Science
Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Graph, Human Computer Interaction, Machine Learning

Yunyao Li is the Director of Machine Learning at Adobe Experience Platform, where she leads the strategic initives to bring the power of Generative AI and Knowledge Graph to enterprise systems and transform the way companies approach audiences, journeys and personalization at scale. Previously, she was the Head of Machine Learning, Apple Knowledge Platform, where she led the building of the next-generation machine learning solutions to help power features such as Siri and Spotlight, improving the experience for billions of Apple users. Before joining Apple in early 2022, she was a Distinguished Research Staff Member and Senior Research Manager at IBM Research - Almaden where she built and managed the Scalable Knowledge Intelligence department and led the research strategy on foundational NLP technology across IBM Research globally. Yunyao is particularly known for her work in scalable NLP, enterprise search, and database usability. She has built systems, developed solutions, and delivered core technologies to over 20 IBM products under brands such as Watson, InfoSphere, and Cognos. She has published over 100 articles and two books. She was an IBM Master Inventor, with 36 patents granted. Her technical contributions have been recognized by prestigious awards within and outside of IBM on a regular basis. She is an ACM Distinguished Member. She is a member of New Voices program (inaugural class) of the American National Academies. She regularly organizes conferences, workshops, and panels at top research conferences and served on prestigious program committees, editorial boards, advisory boards, and review panels. Yunyao obtained her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science & Engineering and dual-degree of M.S.E in Computer Science & Engineering and M.S in Information from the University of Michigan. She went to college at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

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The spring 2025 New Voices meeting brought members together to explore emerging trends in STEM funding, applications of AI in research dissemination, and new avenues for cohort collaboration. Highlights included a dynamic science communication workshop led by editors from Issues in Science and Technology, career-focused lightning talks, and networking with Mirzayan Fellows. Participants also engaged in forward-looking discussions about the program’s future and project development.

New Voices members appointed to Workshop Committee for Rethinking Researcher Assessment

Mitul Luhar (Cohort 2024-26), Emily Pentzer (Cohort 2024-26), and Eri Saikawa (Cohort 2024-26) were appointed to serve on the workshop committee for Rethinking Researcher Assessment and Incentives at U.S. Academic Institutions, a joint project between the Strategic Council for Research Excellence and New Voices. The committee will explore new approaches to expand the criteria for which researchers are assessed at U.S. academic institutions beyond traditional outputs such as grants, publications, and citation counts. The workshop will bring together professors, researchers, and administrators to explore effective strategies for implementing these changes at universities across the U.S. New Voices member Mitul Luhar will serve as the co-chair for the committee. Visit the Workshop page.

New Voices members work with Hollywood screenwriters at Science and Entertainment Exchange Retreat

New Voices members Enrico Castillo (Cohort 2021-23) and Kiana Aran (Cohort 2024-26) participated in the 2025 Writers Retreat with the Science and Entertainment Exchange. The Science and Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences, connects the entertainment industry with experts in science, technology, and medicine in order to enhance the portrayal of science and scientists in film, television, and new media, and to make science more accessible and inspiring for all audiences.

New Voices member selected for NAM's Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Program

New Voices member Enrico Castillo (Cohort 2021-23) was one of 10 selected members of the National Academy of Medicine's (NAM) 2025 class of Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars. This cohort of early- to mid-career professionals come from a wide range of health-related fields, including pediatrics, infectious diseases, psychiatry, and biomedical engineering. The NAM’s Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine (ELHM) program provides a platform for a new generation of leaders to collaborate with the NAM and its members to advance science, address persistent challenges in health and medicine, and spark transformative change to improve health for all.

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New Voices members attend National Academy of Sciences 162nd Annual Meeting

On April 26, 2025, Monica Dus (Cohort 2024-26), Rachel Gallery (Cohort 2024-26), Mitul Luhar (Cohort 2024-26), Melanie Napier (Cohort 2024-26) and Emily Pentzer (Cohort 2024-26) attended the NAS Annual Meeting. The meeting was a gathering of NAS members, with an opening address by President Marcia McNutt and subsequent technical panel discussions. New Voices members met with National Academies leadership and members, and highlighted current and future activities.

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