AHA Selects Six Distinguished Scientists for 2024

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, FAHA
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medine Chicago, Illinois

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, FAHA is the Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He served as Senior Investigator and Deputy Chief of the Cardiology Branch of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the NIH from 1980 to 1992., and was the Chief of the Division of Cardiology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine from 1992 to 2011.

Pedro J. del Nido, MD, FAHA
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. del Nido was born in Santiago, Chile and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 10. He attended undergraduate and medical school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed a General Surgery internship and residency at Boston University and entered Cardio-Thoracic residency at the University of Toronto. Prior to starting his clinical training, he spent a year in the laboratory at the Banting Institute of the University of Toronto.

Jiang He, MD, PhD, FAHA
UT Southwestern
Dallas, Texas

Dr. He is a nationally and internationally renowned scientist in epidemiological, clinical, and translational research in cardiometabolic diseases. Dr. He has served as principal investigator and co-investigator for more than 50 major NIH research awards and has authored over 750 scientific articles published in top-tier biomedical journals.

Debra K. Moser, PhD, RN, FAHA
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Debra K. Moser is a Professor at the University of Tennessee, and Professor and Linda C. Gill Chair of Cardiovascular Nursing, Emeritus at the University of Kentucky. She is the director of the RICH (Research and Interventions for Cardiovascular Health) Heart Program, an international research collaborative dedicated to cardiovascular research and mentorship. In addition to her academic position, she is the Editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.

Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, FAHA
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH, FAHA is the Commonwealth Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Associate Cardiologist-in-Chief for Academic Affairs at Boston Children’s Hospital. An international authority in pediatric cardiovascular disease, her research has focused on clinical outcomes and neurodevelopment in congenital heart disease, Kawasaki disease, and the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

Stephen G. Young, MD, FAHA
University of California
Los Angeles, California

Stephen G. Young is an American physician–scientist known for investigating the genetics and molecular physiology of apolipoprotein B, the intravascular processing of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins by lipoprotein lipase, and the role of nuclear lamins in health and disease. Currently, Young is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics at UCLA, where he has worked closely with two faculty colleagues (Loren G. Fong and Anne P. Beigneux).