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by Talia Lewis | Sep 9, 2019 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected five outstanding health professionals for the class of 2019 NAM Fellowships. The fellows were chosen based on their professional qualifications, reputations as scholars, professional accomplishments, and relevance of...
by Talia Lewis | Sep 4, 2019 | News
Dr. Victor Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine, delivered a plenary lecture at the at the Nobel conference, “Bio-inspired medicine – unlocking access of nature for opportunities in health,” which was held at the Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institute,...
by Talia Lewis | Sep 3, 2019 | News
”The single most important intervention for changing behavior is to understand that there is no single most important intervention.” The US National Academy of Medicine and UK Academy of Medical Sciences partnered earlier this year to explore how behavior change can...
by Talia Lewis | Aug 29, 2019 | News
The International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing is tasked with identifying the scientific, medical, and ethical requirements to consider when assessing potential clinical applications of human germline genome editing — if society...
by Talia Lewis | Aug 27, 2019 | News
by Stephanie Miceli You can find a nurse navigating city streets, on her way to a home visit. Or, maybe he is recording educational videos on preventing ear infections. She might even be running for city council. Nurses are taking on new and expanded roles in health...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 15, 2019 | News
Evidence-based medicine arose from a clear need and represents a major advance in the science of clinical decision-making. Despite broad acceptance of evidence-based medicine, however, a fundamental issue remains unresolved: evidence is derived from groups of people,...
by Talia Lewis | Aug 13, 2019 | News
This morning, NAM President Dr. Victor J. Dzau gave opening remarks at the first meeting of the International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing in Washington, D.C. The commission has been convened by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine...
by Talia Lewis | Jul 31, 2019 | News
Clinicians of all kinds, across all specialties and care settings, are experiencing alarming rates of burnout. New case studies from the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience provide an overview of initiatives...
by Talia Lewis | Jul 29, 2019 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today named the 2019-2020 class of RWJF Health Policy Fellows. Beginning in September, six health professionals will spend a year in Washington, D.C., working on health-related...
by Talia Lewis | Jul 26, 2019 | News
The lack of supportive policies for families in the United States, such as paid parental leave, has serious implications for health equity, as it affects families’ overall health and financial stability, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences,...
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