As shared via social media, a delegation to Boston from Belgium celebrated the election of Belgian scientist and physician Peter Carmeliet to the Academy in 2021. A professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Dr. Carmeliet specializes in angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels.
The gathering included (left to right) Luc Sels (KU Leuven), Academy member Rakesh Jain (Harvard Medical School), Chair of the Academy鈥檚 Board of Directors Nancy C. Andrews (Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital), Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid (Belgium), new Academy member Peter Carmeliet (KU Leuven), and Academy member Michael A. Gimbrone, Jr. (Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital; Harvard University).