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The National Academy of Medicine is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to nonpartisan, evidence-based leadership. Our aim is to advance science, inform policy, and catalyze action to achieve optimal health for all. Our members are the nation’s foremost scholars, innovators, and business leaders committed to scientific excellence and public service.

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Comments of the National Academy of Medicine on OMB’s Proposal to Alter the Federal Grantmaking Process

Read our statement on the The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) proposed rule.

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Sustaining the Physician-Scientist Workforce

A new initiative will advance mentorship and financing models to support research by practicing clinicians to ensure that biomedical innovation is informed by experience with patient care.

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Reframing Midlife Women’s Health: Challenges and Opportunities

Midlife is a critical period in women’s health that spans the late reproductive years, menopause transition, and postmenopause. This one-day public workshop will address the state of science and research, and identify opportunities to better care.

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Leadership

Welcoming Monica Bertagnolli as NAM President

Dr. Bertagnolli, a surgical oncologist and physician-scientist who previously directed the National Institutes of Health, was elected by NAM members to serve a 6-year term beginning July 1, 2026.

Public Event

Catalyzing Healthy Longevity: NAM Global Innovator Summit

The U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will host Catalyzing Healthy Longevity: NAM Global Innovator Summit on October 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. This landmark event marks the culmination of the NAM’s Healthy Longevity Global Competition, a seven-year initiative that helped catalyze a global movement to accelerate research, innovation, and entrepreneurship in pursuit of longer, healthier lives. The Summit brings together some of the world’s leading scientists, innovators, investors, policymakers, philanthropists, and emerging leaders, building on the momentum of the Global Competition to help shape the future of healthy longevity.

New Publication

An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action

A new NAM Special Publication presents a unifying AI Code of Conduct (AICC) framework developed to align the field around responsible development and application of AI and to catalyze collective action to ensure that the transformative potential of AI in health and medicine is realized.

Aug 10, 2026Commentary

The Missing Foundation: Why Digital Architecture Must Be Health Care’s Next Priority

This commentary supports “Toward a National Health Digital and Data Architecture: Laying the Foundation for Digital Transformation” by Abernethy et al., a product of the NAM Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation. American health care is undergoing revolutionary transformation in the digitization of data collection and related analytic and use processes. For example, the Health Information Technology for […]

Digital Health

The Missing Foundation: Why Digital Architecture Must Be Health Care’s Next Priority

Jul 27, 2026Discussion Paper

Anchoring Health Financing on Better Outcomes: System Drivers and Opportunities for Reform

Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation Executive Summary Within the US health care system, there is widespread agreement that financial incentives are not designed or aligned for optimal performance. Despite progress over the past decade, primarily through experimentation with value-based payment initiatives, many instances of financial structures that do not support, or even work against, desired outcomes remain. […]

Learning Health System

Anchoring Health Financing on Better Outcomes: System Drivers and Opportunities for Reform

Jul 13, 2026Commentary

Managing Pediatric Obesity: The Lived Experience of the Pediatric Primary Care Provider

Introduction Childhood obesity is a highly prevalent chronic condition that often persists in adulthood and is associated with both short- and long-term morbidity (Hampl et al., 2023). Effective treatment remains challenging, particularly in the primary care setting. A key reason is that the etiology of childhood obesity is complex, driven by an interrelated and multifactorial set of socioecological, environmental, behavioral, […]

Children and FamiliesHealth Worker Well-Being

Managing Pediatric Obesity: The Lived Experience of the Pediatric Primary Care Provider

Jul 13, 2026Commentary

Patient Safety in the Era of AI: Draft Conditions for the Design of Safe Care

This commentary was developed under the auspices of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)’s Steering Group on Patient Safety in the Era of AI. Introduction In the quarter-century since the publication of To Err Is Human, both the awareness and the context for patient safety have changed markedly (IOM, 2000). Treatment and diagnostic modalities have increased considerably, care systems have […]

Artificial IntelligenceDigital Health

Patient Safety in the Era of AI: Draft Conditions for the Design of Safe Care

Jun 8, 2026Commentary

The Opportunity Cost of Market Narratives in Health Care AI

The current discourse surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in health care demands a more rigorous examination of the disparity between prospective capabilities and empirically validated outcomes. As enthusiasm outpaces evidence, health care institutions face a critical inflection point. From the perspective of a researcher whose work in medical AI predates the current enthusiasm cycle, and whose belief in the technology’s fundamental […]

Artificial IntelligencePayment Reform

The Opportunity Cost of Market Narratives in Health Care AI

May 25, 2026Commentary

Panic, Neglect, Repeat: The 2026 Ebola Outbreak Shows Us We Must Change the Pattern for Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response

As I stepped onto a plane to attend the 79th Annual World Health Assembly last week, I learned with a sense of déjà vu that the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared the newest Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. In Geneva, my conversations with global health leaders gravitated to the most alarming elements of the outbreak: […]

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Panic, Neglect, Repeat: The 2026 Ebola Outbreak Shows Us We Must Change the Pattern for Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response