Dr. Roger M. Perlmutter

Executive Vice President Roger M. Perlmutter, M.D., Ph. D, has been elected a 2009 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Each year the AAAS Council elects members whose “efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.”

Dr. Perlmutter, the Council noted, is being honored “for distinguished contributions leading to a more detailed understanding of signaling pathways controlling lymphocyte development and activation and to the discovery and development of novel biotherapeutics.”

Dr. Perlmutter is the first Amgen staff member to receive this award.

Founded in 1848, AAAS is an international nonprofit professional association dedicated to advancing science, engineering and innovation around the world. AAAS publishes the peer-reviewed journal Science, as well as scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide.

The complete list of 2009 Fellows appears in the Dec. 18 issue of Science.