Congratulations to Dr. Fabian Bock of Vanderbilt University Medical Center on his recent publication entitled "Rac1 Promotes Proximal Tubule Kidney Repair by Coupling the Actin Cytoskeleton to Mitochondrial Function" in PNAS, Vol. 122, No. 47, 2025 (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504565122). This work was partially supported by the SSCI's Research Scholar Award. Dr. Bock was the recipient of the 2024 SSCI Research Scholar Award.

Congratulations to Vivian Fonseca, MD, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, the SSCI's 2025 Founders' Medal Award recipient!

The SSCI welcomes its newest fellows!

• Fabian Bock, MD, PhD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Stephen Clarkson, MD, MSPH - University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Jason Cobb, MD - Emory University School of Medicine
• Beatriz Hanaoka, MD, MSc - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Michael Hughes, MD - Emory University School of Medicine
• Thaer Idrees, MD - Emory University School of Medicine
• Srilatha Kothandaraman, MD - Baylor University Medical Center
• Vibha N. Lama, MD, MS - Emory University School of Medicine
• Ron Varghese, MBBS - University of Miami School of Medicine

Deadline October 15

The SSCI Early Career Council is seeking to add additional members to the Council. We are soliciting interest from members who are six years or less from completing their training to serve on the Council. Early Career Council members will serve 3-year terms, with the possibility of serving a 4th year as Chair of the Council. The Council's goal is to engage and grow the early career membership of the SSCI, and we are looking for members who have ideas about how to increase early faculty membership in the SSCI.

Those who are interested in serving on the Council should submit an application consisting of a CV, a personal letter of intent, and a letter of recommendation from a current SSCI Fellow. These applications will be reviewed and voted upon by the Early Career Council and Membership Committee with final approval by the SSCI Officers and Council.

Applications and questions should be sent to Joan Kemp at jkemp5@tulane.edu. The deadline for applications is October 15.

The SSCI congratulates Fabian Bock, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the SSCI Research Scholar Award recipient.

Project entitled: "RAC1 and the Actin Cytoskeleton in Renal Tubular Repair"

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Jesse Roman, MD, gives a brief history of the SSCI and its founder, Dr. Tinsley Harrison.

The SSCI would like to thank our generous supporters of the Fund for Academic Medicine.

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We have created a special Fund for Academic Medicine, and ask that you consider becoming a friend to the Fund. You can become a friend by pledging as little as $1,000 to be fulfilled over a period up to 3 years.

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Interested in becoming more involved with the SSCI? Membership-wide nominations for service on the following committees are now open: DEVELOPMENT, MEMBERSHIP, FINANCE, BYLAWS, PUBLICATIONS, WEBSITE, MENTORING, SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEETING PROGRAM. Don't sit on the sidelines - be someone who wants and CAN make a difference in the Society. Interested members should contact Joan Kemp, SSCI Executive Director at jkemp5@tulane.edu.