GALVESTON, Texas - Lisa D. Cain, an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, recently was selected to be a fellow of the African Scientific Institute. The ASI, founded in 1967, includes more than 280 members from 18 countries who have contributed significantly to science and technology. Members include world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson, physicist and designer of lunar surface ultraviolet cameras, George Carruthers, and Carlton Truesdale, an engineer who is widely recognized for his research in optical couplers, multimode fibers and waveguide processing. Cain, an associate member of the UTMB Institute for the Medical Humanities and director of medical school enrichment programs, attended her first mixer as an ASI fellow on Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C.