On May 1, 2015, Wei Yang, Ph.D, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, received the 2015 Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) Presidential Award for her achievements and leadership in structural biology, especially on mechanisms in DNA recombination and genome mutations.

SCBA is the largest and a rapidly growing professional organization for scientists, mostly of Chinese descent, in many biomedical disciplines with members not only in North America, but also in Asia and Europe.