AAAS names Jil C. Tardif 2024 fellow
Jil C. Tardiff, professor of biomedical engineering, was named to the American Association for the Advancement of Science's 2024 class of fellows.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science named biomedical engineering professor Jil C. Tardiff as one of its fellows for the class of 2024.
AAAS, the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, announced its 2024 class of fellows on March 27, which included four University of Arizona faculty members.
Tardiff maintains an active clinical practice and has a secondary appointment in the College of Medicine – Tucson. Since 2012, she has held the Steven M. Gootter Endowed Chair for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death at the U of A.
Tardiff's career has focused on understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease that can result in heart failure and sudden death.
"One of the greatest mysteries of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has always been understanding how genetics result in this complex progressive disorder that has a risk of sudden cardiac death," Tardiff said.
The AAAS also named College of Engineering faculty Liesl Folks, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Armin Sorooshian, professor of chemical and environmental engineering, to its 2024 class of fellows.