to advise the government regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Uruguay. He shared the group with Fernando Paganini, the mathematician, electrical engineer, and academic from the Latin American Academy of Sciences; and Dr. Henry Cohen, President of the National Academy of Medicine and awarded as a Master by the World Gastroenterology Organisation in 2019. Awards and honors Radi has received numerous awards and recognition for his work. He is the first Uruguayan to be elected as International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Other relevant awards and honours include, Howard Medical Institute Alumni, Alexander Von Humboldt Senior Award, Discovery Award of the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine, Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, Morosoli Prize of Science and Technology, Leloir Prize for International Scientific Cooperation, Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología. He is a founding member and current president of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias del Uruguay, member of the Academia Nacional de Medicina del Uruguay, and foreign member of the Argentinian, Brazilian, Latin American and Developing World (TWAS) Academy of Sciences. He is a former president of the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine and former president of the Society for Free Radical Research International. Doctor Honoris Causa de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid References Sources http://www.jbc.org/content/290/52/30726.extract ANCiU, ademia Nacional de Ciencias del Uruguay http://ceinbio.udelar.edu.uy/index.php/es/ http://www.bioquimica.fmed.edu.uy/Integrantes%20English%20G5.html http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/rafael-radi http://www.sfrr.org/SFRRIExecutive/RafaelRadi.php http://www.sfrbm.org/sections/resources/senior-awards https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/alumni-award.html Living people 1963 births Uruguayan biochemists Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences