Featuring Bloedel Affiliate Mary-Claire King, PhD.
The National Academy of Sciences is presenting its 2025 Public Welfare Medal to Mary-Claire King for her pioneering genetic research and its transformative application to human rights. Her groundbreaking use of mitochondrial DNA reunited families who were victims of Argentina’s “Dirty War” during the 1970s and 1980s, advanced forensic genetics worldwide, and illustrated the power of science in promoting justice and public welfare. The medal is the Academy’s most prestigious award, established in 1914 and presented annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good.
Read the full press release at the National Academy of Sciences website.
See also “Mary-Claire King to receive Public Welfare Medal” at UW Medicine | Newsroom.