by Talia Lewis | Jan 26, 2022 | News
The National Academy of Sciences will honor 18 individuals with awards recognizing their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, social, and medical sciences. These include 2 members of the National Academy of...
by Talia Lewis | Nov 17, 2021 | News
The NAM released four reports on applying lessons learned from COVID-19 to prepare for seasonal influenza, as well as the next influenza pandemic. The reports provide recommendations on leveraging COVID-19 vaccine technology for influenza vaccine research and...
by Talia Lewis | Oct 29, 2021 | News
The reality of the climate change crisis demands an urgent and ambitious global response. The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Scotland presents a historic opportunity to align on emissions reduction targets to prevent...
by Talia Lewis | Oct 17, 2021 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has announced the creation of a new award — the David and Beatrix Hamburg Award for Advances in Biomedical Research and Clinical Medicine — to recognize creative and accomplished biomedical scientists who are advancing health and...
by Talia Lewis | Oct 17, 2021 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Cecil Awards. The Cecil Awards recognize staff from throughout the National Academies who have demonstrated superb skill and commitment in furthering the mission of the NAM: to...
by Talia Lewis | Oct 17, 2021 | News
Today at its annual meeting, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) honored two members for their outstanding service — Christine Cassel, visiting professor at the University of California, San Francisco; and Mary Wakefield, visiting distinguished professor at...
by Talia Lewis | Oct 8, 2021 | News
Victor J. Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine, was the honored guest and commencement speaker at Boston University’s commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020, held on October 3rd, 2021. “I’m here because like so many others, I had to...
by Talia Lewis | Oct 4, 2021 | News
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced today that they have awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. Julius is a dual...
by Talia Lewis | Sep 15, 2021 | News
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Receives Lienhard Award From National Academy of Medicine for Leadership to Improve the Health of All Americans The National Academy of Medicine today announced Risa Lavizzo-Mourey is the recipient of the 2021 Gustav O. Lienhard Award for...
by Talia Lewis | Sep 15, 2021 | News
A new individually authored discussion paper in NAM Perspectives — the digital periodical of the National Academy of Medicine — published September 15, 2021 identifies health equity as the area of most urgent and cross-cutting concern for health care quality...
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