Shaping the Future of Health and Medicine
Our world is changing rapidly, and it is critical that the health and medical sectors keep pace.
Readiness and adaptation must be core values across science, education, and clinical practice to meet the health needs of the future. At the National Academy of Medicine, we work to anticipate solutions for tomorrow’s challenges.
Initiative
Health Care Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct
The NAM is developing a framework to ensure that AI algorithms and their application in health, health care, and biomedical science perform accurately, safely, reliably, and ethically in the service of better health for all. With this guidance in hand, health care will move closer to the algorithmic integrity and national architecture required to achieve AI’s promise and avoid the peril.
Jun 9, 2025Commentary
The Imperative of a Global Pandemic Risk Assessment Framework
Introduction In just two decades, the world has faced a relentless barrage of deadly infectious disease outbreaks— SARS in 2002, H1N1 in 2009, Ebola in 2014, Zika in 2016, and COVID-19 in 2020. Each crisis has cost lives, destabilized economies, and exposed vulnerabilities in global health systems. The COVID-19 pandemic alone resulted in over 15 million excess deaths and an […]
Infectious DiseasesPreparedness and Response
Jun 9, 2025Discussion Proceedings
Pandemic Risk Assessment and its Intersection with Climate Change: Needs, Opportunities, and Design Considerations
Background Information The increasing frequency and severity of infectious disease outbreaks—driven by factors such as climate change, new methods of land use, urbanization, and global interconnectedness—underscore the urgent need for robust pandemic risk assessment frameworks. Future pandemics, which will likely be exacerbated by complex anthropogenic factors and inadequate systems for infectious disease surveillance and response, pose a substantial and underappreciated […]
Infectious DiseasesPreparedness and Response
May 19, 2025Special Publication
An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action
Artificial IntelligenceEmerging Science and TechnologyLearning Health System
Jun 12, 2025
Can AI Predict Breast Cancer? How a Scientist’s Personal Challenge Launched a Professional Mission
May 19, 2025
AI Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine Presented in New NAM Special Publication
Apr 10, 2025
New NAM Special Publication on the Use of Generative AI in Health and Medicine
Aug 1, 2024
Coding for Change: National Academies Hackathons Tackle the US STI Epidemic
