National Academy of Medicine
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Health for everyone, everywhere.
Independent, evidence-based advisor in biomedical science, health, medicine, & related policy.
Independent, evidence-based advisor in biomedical science, health, medicine, & related policy.
Communities need reliable data to stay safe during extreme heat. This NAM resource highlights how community-led data can guide stronger heat protection policies. Explore key takeaways + tools: buff.ly/PlSM4O7 #ClimateActionforHealth
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Communities need reliable data to stay safe during extreme heat. This NAM resource highlights how community-led data can guide stronger heat protection policies. Explore key takeaways + tools: buff.ly/PlSM4O7 #ClimateActionforHealth
Don't miss NAM webinar on Implementing the Health Sector Climate Action Survey! Hear how suppliers, providers, and purchasers are using this tool, as well as examples of its early impacts. Register to attend on Thursday, January 22: buff.ly/GqmCaaB #ClimateActionforHealth
January 8, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Don't miss NAM webinar on Implementing the Health Sector Climate Action Survey! Hear how suppliers, providers, and purchasers are using this tool, as well as examples of its early impacts. Register to attend on Thursday, January 22: buff.ly/GqmCaaB #ClimateActionforHealth
Happy holidays from all of us at the National Academy of Medicine!
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy holidays from all of us at the National Academy of Medicine!
Join the NAM on Jan 22, 2026, for a webinar on Implementing the Health Sector Climate Action Survey. Learn how this tool streamlines sustainability reporting and supports clearer data across the health sector. Register: buff.ly/GqmCaaB #ClimateActionforHealth
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join the NAM on Jan 22, 2026, for a webinar on Implementing the Health Sector Climate Action Survey. Learn how this tool streamlines sustainability reporting and supports clearer data across the health sector. Register: buff.ly/GqmCaaB #ClimateActionforHealth
Join us on December 18 as we explore the concept of responsible innovation and how health and medicine researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and patient advocates can collectively drive innovation that is aligned with public good.
Register for the webinar: www.nam.edu/event/shapin...
Register for the webinar: www.nam.edu/event/shapin...
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Join us on December 18 as we explore the concept of responsible innovation and how health and medicine researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and patient advocates can collectively drive innovation that is aligned with public good.
Register for the webinar: www.nam.edu/event/shapin...
Register for the webinar: www.nam.edu/event/shapin...
In one week! Hear from leaders driving local and state innovations to strengthen the health workforce. Join the NAM on Thursday, December 11 to chart the next phase of the national #HealthWorkerWellBeing movement. Attend in-person in DC or virtually: bit.ly/4rakHKu
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In one week! Hear from leaders driving local and state innovations to strengthen the health workforce. Join the NAM on Thursday, December 11 to chart the next phase of the national #HealthWorkerWellBeing movement. Attend in-person in DC or virtually: bit.ly/4rakHKu
Clinician shortages continue to affect care delivery. Join NAM’s Clinician Well-Being Collaborative on December 11 to explore what’s next for the health workforce. Attend virtually or in person, with a reception featuring local innovators: bit.ly/4rakHKu #HealthWorkerWellBeing
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Clinician shortages continue to affect care delivery. Join NAM’s Clinician Well-Being Collaborative on December 11 to explore what’s next for the health workforce. Attend virtually or in person, with a reception featuring local innovators: bit.ly/4rakHKu #HealthWorkerWellBeing
Health and climate are inseparable. New global coalition unites academies of medicine worldwide to advance the Belém Health Action Plan and drive health-centered climate action. Read more in The Lancet: buff.ly/6w4E0j4 #ClimateActionforHealth
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Health and climate are inseparable. New global coalition unites academies of medicine worldwide to advance the Belém Health Action Plan and drive health-centered climate action. Read more in The Lancet: buff.ly/6w4E0j4 #ClimateActionforHealth
For decades, Dr. Kathryn Edwards has helped ensure vaccines are both effective and safe.
Her career began with a simple question: How can we stop children from getting sick in the first place?
Read her story: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
#VaccineResearch #PublicHealth #HealthScienceStories
Her career began with a simple question: How can we stop children from getting sick in the first place?
Read her story: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
#VaccineResearch #PublicHealth #HealthScienceStories
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For decades, Dr. Kathryn Edwards has helped ensure vaccines are both effective and safe.
Her career began with a simple question: How can we stop children from getting sick in the first place?
Read her story: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
#VaccineResearch #PublicHealth #HealthScienceStories
Her career began with a simple question: How can we stop children from getting sick in the first place?
Read her story: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
#VaccineResearch #PublicHealth #HealthScienceStories
What are the Shared Commitments for a Learning Health System and why should they be a North Star for your organization? Join us on November 17 to hear from leaders in health and medicine on the Shared Commitments in practice.
Register now: buff.ly/bGsl1lA
Register now: buff.ly/bGsl1lA
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What are the Shared Commitments for a Learning Health System and why should they be a North Star for your organization? Join us on November 17 to hear from leaders in health and medicine on the Shared Commitments in practice.
Register now: buff.ly/bGsl1lA
Register now: buff.ly/bGsl1lA
The world remains dangerously underprepared for future pandemics. A new G20 High Level Independent Panel report, Closing the Deal, outlines key steps to strengthen global financing for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
Read the report: bit.ly/pandemicfina...
Read the report: bit.ly/pandemicfina...
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The world remains dangerously underprepared for future pandemics. A new G20 High Level Independent Panel report, Closing the Deal, outlines key steps to strengthen global financing for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
Read the report: bit.ly/pandemicfina...
Read the report: bit.ly/pandemicfina...
The changing climate is one of the greatest threats to health. Hear national academies of medicine discuss supporting the #COP30 Belém Health Action Plan & advancing global climate and health priorities. Register for 11/11 webinar: bit.ly/3X3q7ce #ClimateActionforHealth
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The changing climate is one of the greatest threats to health. Hear national academies of medicine discuss supporting the #COP30 Belém Health Action Plan & advancing global climate and health priorities. Register for 11/11 webinar: bit.ly/3X3q7ce #ClimateActionforHealth
Leaders in well-being roles don’t have to go it alone. The NAM Change Maker Accelerator network provides coaching, tools, and community to strengthen well-being programs at any size, stage, or resource level. Apply by December 12, 2025: buff.ly/qb3Njgf #HealthWorkerWellBeing
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Leaders in well-being roles don’t have to go it alone. The NAM Change Maker Accelerator network provides coaching, tools, and community to strengthen well-being programs at any size, stage, or resource level. Apply by December 12, 2025: buff.ly/qb3Njgf #HealthWorkerWellBeing
Congratulations to our four winners!
🏅 USU (Grand Prize)
🏅 Georgetown (Interprofessional Prize)
🏅 @howard.edu (Practicality Prize)
🏅 @umaryland.edu (Wildcard Prize)
Your solutions shine for what’s possible when health + data + innovation meet community need.
#dcphcc #PopHealthRT
🏅 USU (Grand Prize)
🏅 Georgetown (Interprofessional Prize)
🏅 @howard.edu (Practicality Prize)
🏅 @umaryland.edu (Wildcard Prize)
Your solutions shine for what’s possible when health + data + innovation meet community need.
#dcphcc #PopHealthRT
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Congratulations to our four winners!
🏅 USU (Grand Prize)
🏅 Georgetown (Interprofessional Prize)
🏅 @howard.edu (Practicality Prize)
🏅 @umaryland.edu (Wildcard Prize)
Your solutions shine for what’s possible when health + data + innovation meet community need.
#dcphcc #PopHealthRT
🏅 USU (Grand Prize)
🏅 Georgetown (Interprofessional Prize)
🏅 @howard.edu (Practicality Prize)
🏅 @umaryland.edu (Wildcard Prize)
Your solutions shine for what’s possible when health + data + innovation meet community need.
#dcphcc #PopHealthRT
The NAM Annual Meeting on Frontiers of AI & Health: Care, Discovery, and Education is starting shortly! Follow along with us using #NAMmtg!
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The NAM Annual Meeting on Frontiers of AI & Health: Care, Discovery, and Education is starting shortly! Follow along with us using #NAMmtg!
For distinguished leadership as chair of a study committee, Kenneth W. Kizer earned the NAM’s David Rall Medal this year! nam.edu/news-and-insights/member-awards-2025
October 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For distinguished leadership as chair of a study committee, Kenneth W. Kizer earned the NAM’s David Rall Medal this year! nam.edu/news-and-insights/member-awards-2025
The NAM is pleased to award the Walsh McDermott Medal for distinguished service to the NAM and @theNASEM over an extended period to Eli Y. Adashi!
October 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The NAM is pleased to award the Walsh McDermott Medal for distinguished service to the NAM and @theNASEM over an extended period to Eli Y. Adashi!
The Adam Yarmolinsky Medal, awarded to a member from a discipline outside the health and medical sciences, goes to Ruzena K. Bajcsy, in honor of her work at the forefront of human and machine interpretation of information. nam.edu/news-and-insights/member-awards-2025
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Adam Yarmolinsky Medal, awarded to a member from a discipline outside the health and medical sciences, goes to Ruzena K. Bajcsy, in honor of her work at the forefront of human and machine interpretation of information. nam.edu/news-and-insights/member-awards-2025
The NAM’s David and Beatrix Hamburg Award honors a recipient whose discoveries have improved science, research, and the human condition. This year’s award is bestowed on Carl F. Nathan for his seminal discoveries that improve understanding of innate immunity. nam.edu/about-the-na...
October 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The NAM’s David and Beatrix Hamburg Award honors a recipient whose discoveries have improved science, research, and the human condition. This year’s award is bestowed on Carl F. Nathan for his seminal discoveries that improve understanding of innate immunity. nam.edu/about-the-na...
The NAM is pleased to award the 2025 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health to Alan F. Schatzberg for his pioneering research on the biology and treatment of mood disorders: nam.edu/about-the-na...
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The NAM is pleased to award the 2025 Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health to Alan F. Schatzberg for his pioneering research on the biology and treatment of mood disorders: nam.edu/about-the-na...
The Lienhard Award goes to a leader in the advancement of health care. This year’s award honors Sanjeev Arora. nam.edu/about-the-na...
October 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Lienhard Award goes to a leader in the advancement of health care. This year’s award honors Sanjeev Arora. nam.edu/about-the-na...
The NAM is hosting its annual award ceremony to honor the recipients of the Lienhard, Sarnat, Member, and Cecil Awards today. These awards are given to individuals who work to advance the fields of health and medicine.
October 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The NAM is hosting its annual award ceremony to honor the recipients of the Lienhard, Sarnat, Member, and Cecil Awards today. These awards are given to individuals who work to advance the fields of health and medicine.
Generative AI has the potential to transform health and medicine but realizing that promise requires thoughtful design, governance, and oversight.
October 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Generative AI has the potential to transform health and medicine but realizing that promise requires thoughtful design, governance, and oversight.
Join the NAM webinar on Wednesday, November 12 to learn how communication and collaboration can strengthen #HealthWorkerWellBeing across health care settings. Register to join at 2 PM ET: buff.ly/3ZxxxIg
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join the NAM webinar on Wednesday, November 12 to learn how communication and collaboration can strengthen #HealthWorkerWellBeing across health care settings. Register to join at 2 PM ET: buff.ly/3ZxxxIg
Join the NAM Climate & Health Learning Collaborative webinar on 11/10! This event will connect health professionals, communities, and others with resources targeted at climate and health concerns in the Midwest US region: buff.ly/gEATFXW #ClimateActionforHealth
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join the NAM Climate & Health Learning Collaborative webinar on 11/10! This event will connect health professionals, communities, and others with resources targeted at climate and health concerns in the Midwest US region: buff.ly/gEATFXW #ClimateActionforHealth