{"id":15946,"date":"2015-04-10T13:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T17:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/?page_id=15946"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:25:54","slug":"memberships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/awards-publications\/faculty-honorees\/memberships\/","title":{"rendered":"Memberships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memberships of honor societies are conferred\u00a0to exemplary professors, researchers, and scholars whose work distinguishes them within their chosen disciplines. Members are nominated and elected to societies for life and serve as leading lights for their fields of study.<\/p>\n<h2>Academia Europaea<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Richard Primack<\/strong> &#8211; 2024<br \/>\nBiology, CAS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loretta Lees<\/strong> &#8211; 2022<br \/>\nDepartment of Sociology, CAS<\/p>\n<h2>Academy of Management<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Karen Golden-Biddle<\/strong> &#8211; 2018<br \/>\nDepartment of Organizational Behavior, Questrom<\/p>\n<h2>American Academy of Arts and Letters<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Xuefei (Ha) Jin<\/strong> &#8211; 2014<br \/>\nDepartment of English, CAS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Pinsky<\/strong> &#8211; 1980<br \/>\nDepartment of English, CAS<\/p>\n<h2>American Academy of Arts &amp; Sciences<\/h2>\n<p><strong>John Thornton<\/strong> &#8211; 2020<br \/>\nDepartment of African American Studies and History, CAS<\/p>\n<h2>American Antiquarian Society<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Koritha Mitchell<\/strong> &#8211; 2024<br \/>\nEnglish, CAS<\/p>\n<h2>American Bach Society<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Joshua Rifkin<\/strong> &#8211; 2022<br \/>\nMusicology &amp; Ethnomusicology, CFA<\/p>\n<h2>American Law Institute<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Woodrow Hartzog<\/strong> &#8211; 2024<br \/>\nLaw, LAW<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Dean<\/strong> &#8211; 2023<br \/>\nLaw, LAW<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jasmine Gonzales Rose<\/strong> &#8211; 2023<br \/>\nLaw, LAW<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wendy Mariner<\/strong> &#8211; 2023<br \/>\nHealth Law, LAW<br \/>\nEthics &amp; Human Rights, SPH<br \/>\nMedicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Robertson<\/strong> &#8211; 2023<br \/>\nHealth Law, LAW<br \/>\nEthics &amp; Human Rights, SPH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria Sahani<\/strong> &#8211; 2023<br \/>\nLaw, LAW<\/p>\n<p><b>Maya Steinitz<\/b>&#8211; 2023<br \/>\nLaw, LAW<\/p>\n<p><b>Robert Tsai<\/b>&#8211; 2023<br \/>\nLaw, LAW<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica Silbey<\/strong> &#8211; 2021<br \/>\nLaw, LAW<\/p>\n<h2>American Philosophical Society<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Hans Kornberg<\/strong> &#8211; 1993<br \/>\nDepartment of Biology, CAS<\/p>\n<h2>American Society for Clinical Investigation<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Renda Soylemez Weiner<\/strong> &#8211; 2020<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noyan Gokce<\/strong> &#8211; 2013<br \/>\nDivision of Cardiology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darrell Kotton<\/strong> &#8211; 2011<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDepartment of Pathology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flora Sam<\/strong> &#8211; 2011<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avrum Spira<\/strong> &#8211; 2011<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDepartment of Pathology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDepartment of Bioinformatics, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Herbert Cohen<\/strong> &#8211; 2007<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDepartment of Pathology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rhoda M. Alani<\/strong> &#8211; 2005<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus<br \/>\nDepartment of Dermatology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>David T. Felson<\/strong> &#8211; 1993<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harrison W. Farber<\/strong> &#8211; 1992<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ronald H. Goldstein<\/strong> &#8211; 1991<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Center<\/strong> &#8211; 1989<br \/>\nDepartment of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Douglas V. Faller<\/strong> &#8211; 1989<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard A. Cohen<\/strong> &#8211; 1988<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wilson S. Colucci <\/strong>&#8211; 1988<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDepartment of Physiology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>David J. Salant<\/strong> &#8211; 1987<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jerrold J. Ellne <\/strong>&#8211; 1984<br \/>\nSection of Infectious Disease, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haralambos P. Gavr<\/strong><strong>as<\/strong> &#8211; 1981<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael F. Holick<\/strong> &#8211; 1981<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>David H.K. Chui <\/strong>&#8211; 1980<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDepartment of Pathology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edward A. Alexander<\/strong> &#8211; 1979<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martin H. Steinberg &#8211; <\/strong>1979<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerald Keusch <\/strong>&#8211; 1976<br \/>\nSection of Infectious Disease, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jerome S. Brody<\/strong> &#8211; 1975<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aram Chobanian<\/strong> &#8211; 1968<br \/>\nPresident Emeritus<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isadore N. Rosenberg<\/strong> &#8211; 1954<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<h2>Association of American Physicians<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jeffrey Samet<\/strong>&#8211; 2023<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emelia J. Benjamin<\/strong> &#8211; 2021<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vasan Ramachandran<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; 2021<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darrell Kotton<\/strong> &#8211; 2020<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<h2>European Academic of Sciences and Arts<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Xin Zhang <\/strong>&#8211; 2023<br \/>\nMechanical Engineering, ENG<\/p>\n<h2>IEEE Control Systems Society<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ioannis Paschalidis <\/strong>&#8211; 2024<br \/>\nElectrical &amp; Computer Engineering, ENG<\/p>\n<h2>Institute of Medicine<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Brian Jack <\/strong>&#8211; 2013<br \/>\nDepartment of Family Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alan Jette &#8211;<\/strong> 2013<br \/>\nDepartment of Health Law, Policy &amp; Management, SPH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Antman<\/strong> &#8211; 2011<br \/>\nProvost, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDean, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerald Keusch<\/strong> &#8211; 2002<br \/>\nSection of Infectious Disease, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Larry Culpepper <\/strong>&#8211; 1998<br \/>\nDepartment of Family Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>George Annas<\/strong> &#8211; 1997<br \/>\nDepartment of Health Law, Bioethics &amp; Human Rights, SPH<\/p>\n<h2>International Statistical Institute<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ching-Ti Liu<\/strong> &#8211; 2024<br \/>\nBiostatistics, SPH<\/p>\n<h2>National Academy of Engineering<\/h2>\n<p><strong>David Bishop <\/strong>&#8211; 2018<br \/>\nDepartment of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering, ENG<br \/>\nDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, ENG<br \/>\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, ENG<br \/>\nDivision of Materials Science &amp; Engineering, ENG<br \/>\nDepartment of Physics, CAS<br \/>\nDirector, CELL-MET Engineering Research Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Brown<\/strong> &#8211; 1991<br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG<\/p>\n<h2>National Academy of Medicine<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ann McKee<\/strong> &#8211; 2018<br \/>\nDepartment of Neurology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nDepartment of Pathology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Howard Bauchner<\/strong> &#8211; 2016<br \/>\nDepartment of Pediatrics, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alan Jette<\/strong> &#8211; 2013<br \/>\nDepartment of Health Law, Policy &amp; Management, SPH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandro Galea<\/strong> &#8211; 2012<br \/>\nDean, SPH<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Antman<\/strong> &#8211; 2011<br \/>\nDean, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<br \/>\nProvost, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerald Keusch<\/strong> &#8211; 2002<br \/>\nDepartment of Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brian Jack <\/strong>&#8211; 1998<br \/>\nDepartment of Family Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Larry Culpepper <\/strong>&#8211; 1998<br \/>\nDepartment of Family Medicine, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>George Annas<\/strong> &#8211; 1997<br \/>\nDepartment of Health Law, Policy &amp; Management, SPH<\/p>\n<h2>National Academy of Sciences<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Leonid Levin<\/strong> &#8211; 2019<br \/>\nDepartment of Computer Science, CAS<\/p>\n<p><strong>H Eugene Stanley<\/strong> &#8211; 2004<br \/>\nDepartment of Physics, CAS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Brown<\/strong> &#8211; 2001<br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nancy Kopell<\/strong> &#8211; 1996<br \/>\nDepartment of Mathematics &amp; Statistics, CAS<br \/>\nDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, ENG<\/p>\n<p><strong>Susan Leeman <\/strong>&#8211; 1991<br \/>\nDepartment of Pharmacology, Chobanian &amp; Avedisian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hans Kornberg<\/strong> &#8211; 1986<br \/>\nDepartment of Biology, CAS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillips Robbins<\/strong> &#8211; 1982<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus<br \/>\nDepartment of Molecular &amp; Cell Biology, SDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memberships of honor societies are conferred\u00a0to exemplary professors, researchers, and scholars whose work distinguishes them within their chosen disciplines. Members are nominated and elected to societies for life and serve as leading lights for their fields of study. Academia Europaea Richard Primack &#8211; 2024 Biology, CAS Loretta Lees &#8211; 2022 Department of Sociology, CAS Academy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9259,"featured_media":0,"parent":67043,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15946"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67261,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15946\/revisions\/67261"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/provost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}