Five UC San Francisco faculty members have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) after a highly competitive nomination process.
The ASCI, which is one of the oldest medical honor societies in the United States, received 160 membership nominations for 2016 and recommended 74 nominees for election.
The five faculty members elected are:
Pamela M. Ling, MD, MPH, a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, studies tobacco industry marketing strategies targeting young adults, women, and other high-risk population, and new smokeless and novel tobacco product marketing strategies the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.