Kristi Anseth has been named recipient of the 2025 Simon Ramo Founders Award by the National Academy of Engineering “for outstanding contributions to new bioresponsive polymeric materials and their applications in tissue engineering and for leadership in biomaterial science education and research.”

She will be presented with the award at the 2025 NAE Annual Meeting on Oct. 5 in Washington, D.C.

Carl Nathan will receive the 2025 David and Beatrix Hamburg Award for Advances in Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine from the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his fundamental work in improving understanding of innate immunity—which has led to better diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and a wide range of other infectious diseases—and for his efforts to address antimicrobial resistance.

The Hamburg Award will be presented at the NAM’s annual meeting on October 19.