U-M neuroscientist Huda Akil, Ph.D., wins National Medal of Science |
link to the press release on Michigan Medicine’s website Huda Akil, Ph.D. She has explored the brain’s secrets for more than 50 years, delving deep into the genes, proteins and cells that help govern our emotions and moods, and our responses to pleasure and pain. And today, Huda Akil, Ph.D., received the nation’s highest scientific honor – the National Medal of Science — for