An Emory anthropologist has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Emory’s Carol Worthman is one of 539 members to receive the honor this year for “their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.”

The fellows were formally announced in the Dec. 23 AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science.

Worthman is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and director of the Laboratory for Comparative Human Biology at Emory.

She received this honor “for distinguished contributions to anthropology, including reproductive and behavioral ecology, developmental epidemiology and mental health, and techniques enabling noninvasive evaluation of endocrine and immune systems,” according to an Emory University news release.

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