by Laura DeStefano | May 31, 2022 | News
I am saddened and outraged by the recent unconscionable acts of firearm violence in Uvalde, Buffalo, and Laguna Woods. I last made a statement about firearm violence in March 2018, following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, that...
by Laura DeStefano | Mar 15, 2022 | News
I have been watching with increasing sadness and alarm as health care facilities come under fire during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with devastating impacts on patients, civilians, and frontline workers. Earlier this week, the World Health Organization confirmed at...
by Laura DeStefano | Feb 24, 2022 | News
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are encouraging social media companies and other digital platforms to apply global principles for identifying credible sources of health information in their channels. The principles,...
by Laura DeStefano | Feb 22, 2022 | News
It was with deep personal sadness that I learned of Paul Farmer’s unexpected death on February 21, 2022, in Rwanda. Paul and I have been close friends and colleagues ever since he was a faculty member in the department of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...
by Laura DeStefano | Jan 10, 2022 | News
The National Academy of Medicine is pleased to share the results of the 2021 NAM Leadership Elections. Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, has been elected as Home Secretary for a 4-year term effective July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026. The election of Dr....
by Laura DeStefano | Apr 13, 2021 | News
Washington, DC — The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has published a letter addressed to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Jeffrey Zients, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, urging the Biden...
by Laura DeStefano | Feb 7, 2021 | News
Today, 60 Black members of the National Academy of Medicine, led by Thomas A. LaVeist and Georges C. Benjamin, authored an op-ed in the New York Times titled “60 Black Health Experts Urge Black Americans to Get Vaccinated.”The op-ed, which reads as an...
by Laura DeStefano | Jan 28, 2021 | News
On January 26, 2021, G20 Members announced the formation of a High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), partnering with Wellcome Trust, will serve as Administrative...
by Laura DeStefano | Jan 7, 2021 | News
NAM President Victor J. Dzau and Home Secretary Elena Fuentes-Afflick have announced that the following individuals have been elected by the NAM membership to serve 3-year terms on the Academy’s Governing Council, effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2024:...
by Laura DeStefano | Oct 19, 2020 | News
Today during the 50th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), president Victor J. Dzau presented the Academy’s first-ever Presidential Citation for Exemplary Leadership to Anthony S. Fauci, NAM member and director of the National Institute for...
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