Interest Groups allow NAM members from different disciplines to convene on pertinent and interdisciplinary subjects. During the NAM Annual Meeting, each Interest Group organizes and leads a panel of scholars to discuss current and global challenges affecting science, medicine, technology, and health.
In order to view the Interest Group sessions, please select one of the registration options that includes “Virtual Access Sunday.” The sessions will be streamed on a multiplayer, so you will be able to select the session you would like to attend.
The Interest Group titles and topics for 2024 are listed below.
Morning Session | 9:00 am – 10:30 am
IG01: Health Policy and Health Care Systems
Topic: How Can We Provide High Price Therapies Without Breaking the Bank?
Speakers:
Stacie B. Dusetzina, PhD, Professor, Health Policy and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sarah K. Emond, MPP, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER)
IG02: Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology
Topic: H5N1 Influenza
Speakers pending.
IG03: Neuroscience, Behavior, Brain Function & Disorders
Topic: Tackling the Crisis of Mental Health and Substance Abuse: Advances in Prediction, Prevention and Early Intervention
Speakers:
Rosemary C. Bagot, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, McGill University
Carlos Blanco, MD, PhD, MS, Director of the Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Mary Dozier, PhD, Professor, Unidel Amy Elizabeth du Pont Chair in Child Development and Director of Clinical Training, University of Delaware
Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD, Professor and Chief Scientific Officer, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
IG07: Maternal & Child Health and Human Development
Topic: Scientific Achievements and Challenges in Federal Funding
Speakers:
Daniel Bauer, MD, PhD, Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center; and Dagres Family Chair, Director of the Gene Therapy Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Diana W. Bianchi, MD, Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, Former Dean of Medicine & University Executive VP and The Distinguished University and Endowed Professor & Director Center for Advanced Research Training and Innovation; and Senior Scientist, Center for Birth Defects Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine
IG10: Biology of Aging/Geriatrics
Topic: Mental Health, Emotional Well Being, and Aging: From Vulnerability to Resilience, and Flourishing
Speakers:
David Almeida, PhD, Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University
Laura Kubzansky, PhD, MPH, Professor, Harvard University School of Public Health Aging with Well-Being
Linda Fried, MD, MPH, Dean of Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Cheryl Woods Giscombe, PhD, RN, Professor, Associate Dean, University of North Carolina and Chapel Hill
IG16: Rehabilitation and Human Function
Topic: Measuring Disability
Speakers:
Kimberly Anderson-Erisman, PhD, Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Luke Breitfeller, MLT, Computer Scientist in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section, National Institutes of Health
IG17: Primary Care
Topic: AI and the Changing Face of Primary Care: Possibilities and Pitfalls
Speakers:
Andrew Bazemore, MD, Senior Vice President, Research & Policy, The Robert Graham Center
Andrew Bindman, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, Council of Medical Specialty Societies
Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
IG20: Firearm Injury Prevention
Topic: Firearm Violence and Deaths of Despair: Finding the Top 3 Things NAM Can Do To Elevate our Science and Motivate Evidence-Based Action
Speakers pending.
Afternoon Session | 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
IG08: Health of Populations/Health Disparities
Topic: Mental Health, Well-Being and Community Vitality: On the Ground Design and Implementation of Approaches That Work
Speakers pending.
IG09: Education of the Health Care & Science Workforce
Topic: Trustworthy AI in Health Care
Speakers pending.
IG12: Nutrition, Diabetes, and Obesity
Topic: Food Noise, Gambling and Substance Addictions, and Yes…Still Obesity and Diabetes: The GLP-1 Horizon
Speakers:
Jamy Ard, MD, Vice Dean for Clinical Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Richard Di Marchi, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Linda & Jack Gill Chair in Biomolecular Science, Indiana University
Daniel J. Drucker, MD, Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital
IG13: Cancer, Stem Cell Biology & Transplantation
Topic: Cancer and Aging
Speakers:
Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, Professor Emerita, University of California, San Francisco
Benjamin L. Ebert, MD, PhD, Chair of Medical Oncology and George and Jean Canellos Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Marcia C. Haigis, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
IG15: Human Rights, Professional Ethics and the Values of Medicine
Topic: Care of Unhoused and Imprisoned Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Speakers:
Mitchell Katz, MD, President and CEO, New York City Health and Hospitals
Bruce Herdman, PhD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Philadelphia Prison System
Brendan Saloner, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
IG18: Health and Technology
Topic: AI in Regenerative Engineering and Medicine
Speakers:
Dean Ho, PhD, Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Provost’s Chair and Professor; Director, The N.1 Institute for Health (N.1); and Director, The Institute for Digital Medicine (WisDM), National University of Singapore
Yuan Luo, PhD, Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine – Center for Collaborative AI in Healthcare; Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics), Pediatrics; and Associate Professor, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
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