Adam Yarmolinsky Medal
The Adam Yarmolinsky Medal is awarded to a member of the National Academy of Medicine from a discipline outside the health and medical sciences — this may include (but is not limited to) natural, social, computational and behavioral sciences, law, administration, engineering, business, environmental health, data sciences, and basic life sciences.. Eligible nominees do not include those who have a health professional degree, regardless of their scientific field or scholarly contributions. It recognizes distinguished service by a member who, over a significant period of time, has contributed in multiple ways to the mission of the NAM. Eligible nominees may not have a health professional degree, regardless of their scientific field or scholarly contributions. The Adam Yarmolinsky Medal was not conferred in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2021.
2024 Recipient
Linda S. Birnbaum
Scholar-in-Residence
Duke University
For more information contact Donna Duncan at dduncan@nas.edu.
