by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 30, 2017 | News
On November 9, 2017, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will host a first-of-its-kind pop-up art exhibition that explores health equity and gives voice to communities around the nation. Health equity means that everyone has the same shot at living a healthy life...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 16, 2017 | News
The winners of the fifth annual D.C. Public Health Case Challenge were announced at this year’s National Academy of Medicine Annual Meeting. The challenge aims to promote interdisciplinary, problem-based learning around a public health issue of importance to the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 16, 2017 | News
For her leading role in driving awareness and adoption of palliative care services in the United States, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today awarded the Gustav O. Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care to Diane Meier, professor of geriatrics and...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 16, 2017 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today awarded 2017 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health to Joseph Coyle, whose research laid the foundation for integrating neuroscience and clinical psychiatry and shifted psychiatry’s emphasis toward...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 16, 2017 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected five outstanding health professionals for the class of 2017 NAM Fellows. They were chosen based on their professional qualifications and accomplishments, reputations as scholars, and relevance of current field...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 16, 2017 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 70 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 16, 2017 | News
[message_box title=”New! Read Our Interviews with the 2017 Member Award Recipients” color=”blue”] Barbara McNeil (Walsh McDermott Award) Richard Hynes (David Rall Award) Ruth Faden (Adam Yarmolinsky Award) [/message_box] The National Academy of...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 9, 2017 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Social determinants of health (SDoH) is a relatively new term in health care. As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), SDoH are “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 9, 2017 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
ABSTRACT | Climbing costs and lengthy time frames of clinical trials are significant bottlenecks in medical product development. Despite the fact that scientific discoveries yield many new possible targets for developing into therapies, the capacity and...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 25, 2017 | News
Earlier this month, the Heinz Family Foundation announced NAM member Dr. Joseph DeSimone as the recipient of the 2017 Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment. Dr. DeSimone is a polymer scientist whose research is at the interface of polymer science,...
