Zhiqiang An，博士该组织于12月7日宣布，布朗基金会分子医学研究所和研究生院教职员工教授兼研究生学院教授被任命为美国国家发明师学院（NAI）的研究生。

“我很荣幸我们在UTHealth的学术药物发现计划得到了NAI的认可，” A表示。“药物发现是一个复杂的过程和团队合作。我感谢我的同事，合作者，UTHealth技术转移办公室和行业合作伙伴的支持和贡献。”

NAI研究员计划强调了学术发明家，他们在创造或促进杰出发明方面具有创新精神，这些发明对生活质量，经济发展和社会福利产生了切实影响。选举NAI研究员是仅与学术发明者相关的最高专业区别。

迄今为止，NAI研究员拥有超过48,000张美国专利，这些专利已产生了13,000多个许可技术和公司，并创造了超过一百万个工作岗位。此外，基于NAI的发现，已经产生了超过3万亿美元的收入。

An’s lab works on innovative treatments for cancer and other human diseases, particularly in developing targeted treatments involving the use of proteins called antibodies that can be engineered to latch onto tumor cells and disrupt their growth. At the GSBS, he is affiliated with the Programs in Immunology, and Therapeutics and Pharmacology.

在过去的10年里,他和他的合作者have advanced five first-in-class drug candidates into human clinical trials for diseases ranging from acute myeloid leukemia (IO-202), breast cancer bone metastasis (ALMB-0168), solid tumor (IO-108), spinal cord injury (ALMB-0166), and COVID-19 (IGM6268). Five additional antibody drug candidates are in preclinical development including PRTH-101 which blocks T-cell exclusion in the tumor microenvironment.

他的研究beplay苹果手机能用吗得到了德克萨斯州癌症预防与研究所，国立卫生研究院，国防部，韦尔奇基金会和药房行业的支持。A A获得了列克星敦肯塔基大学的博士学位，然后在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校完成了博士后培训。他于2009年加入了麦戈文医学院的教职员工。

2021年的班级来自116个研究大学以及全球政府和非营利性研究机构。beplay苹果手机能用吗他们共同拥有4,800多家美国专利。在新的研究员中，有33名美国国家科学，工程和医学学院的成员，以及三个诺贝尔奖获得者以及其他荣誉和荣誉和杰出奖。研究和创业的集体机构涵盖了与其发明技术转移有关beplay苹果手机能用吗的广泛科学学科，以使社会受益。

NAI研究员的完整列表可在here. The 2021 new Fellows will be inducted at the Fellows Induction Ceremony at the 11th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors this upcoming June in Phoenix.

The National Academy of Inventors is a member organization comprising U.S. and international universities, and governmental and non-profit research institutes, with over 4,000 individual inventor members and Fellows spanning more than 250 institutions worldwide. It was founded in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventors with patents issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation, encourage the disclosure of intellectual property, educate and mentor innovative students, and translate the inventions of its members to benefit society.