The food supply chain—all that happens from farm to fork—is complex and the pandemic is affecting it: farm and factory workers in some sectors have come under short supply, markets have been disrupted by scarcities or overstocks. How does this affect our collective food security? Are some groups more vulnerable than others? This webinar will deconstruct and explain the food supply chain from both domestic and global angles, examine the current shocks and responses to those disruptions, and identify how populations with special needs can be supported.

The inevitable has happened, and we, as a world, were unprepared. This symposium will highlight lessons in pandemic preparedness from both the near and distant past, and illuminate the measures needed to shore up the globe for next time.

Maternal, neonatal, and early infancy vaccines may improve the health of mothers and children worldwide. This symposium will explore maternal-fetal immunology and physiology; lessons learned from vaccines currently used in pregnancy; new targets for maternal, neonatal, and early infancy immunization; and barriers to uptake.

Your personal brand or your professional reputation has a direct influence on your impact as a scientist, contributor, team player and leader. The way you are perceived is how you will be defined. The only way of changing or influencing that, is by being aware of that image and taking assertive steps to improve it.

Why are some brilliant researchers celebrated early in their careers, while others languish in obscurity? Check out these 5 tips to improve the odds that you, and your research, will gain recognition.

This evening panel will explore current scientific discoveries regarding our understanding of death and cardiac arrest. Topics include: the impact of recent discoveries related to brain protection strategies, reversing cardiac arrest and death, consciousness, the human experience of cardiac arrest, and transformational experiences of death.

Academy Member NseAbasi NsikakAbasi Etim, PhD is promoting science beyond boundaries. Read on to learn about her work in our virtual mentoring programs.

Working in engineering and construction since World War II, Academy Member Ethel Romm brings a unique energy and perspective to our Lyceum Society.

The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists celebrate the achievements of extraordinary young scientists and engineers and accelerate innovation through unrestricted funding.

The Junior Academy introduces exceptional students to an online community where they gain access to best-in-class STEM resources and work together to solve real-world problems. STEM professionals mentor student teams during 60-day innovation challenges sponsored by industry-leading companies via Launchpad, our interactive challenge platform. Students and mentors can participate from anywhere in the world and have multiple challenges a year to choose from. Accepted students and mentors receive free membership to the New York Academy of Sciences! 

Available exclusively to our Member community, Member-to-Member Mentoring is a self-directed mentoring program that matches early career scientists and engineers with experienced STEM professionals for advice and coaching.

This special issue presents reviews and original articles describing recent developments in hematopoietic stem cell research and their clinical relevance.

This Annals Reports special issue presents twelve articles in different areas of clinical and basic research.

This twelfth issue of The Year in Cognitive Neuroscience series presents fourteen review articles on various areas of current research in cognitive neuroscience.

For 200 years—since 1817—the Academy has brought together extraordinary people working at the frontiers of discovery. Among the oldest scientific organizations in the United States, it has become not only an enduring cultural institution in New York, but also one of the most significant organizations in the global scientific community.