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Membership in the 91������ is based upon:

• distinguished professional achievement in a field related to medicine and health;
• demonstrated and continued involvement with the issues of health care, prevention of disease, education, or research;
• skills and resources likely to contribute to achieving the Academy’s mission; and
• willingness to be an active participant in the work of the Academy.

The 91������ Articles of Organization stipulate that at least one-quarter of the membership shall be selected from fields outside the health professions that interface with health and medicine, such as the natural, social, computational and behavioral sciences, as well as law, administration, and engineering.

The election of individuals to the 91������ begins with a confidential nomination by two 91������ members who are well acquainted with the candidate’s work. In sponsoring the nomination, the 91������ member affirms his or her personal assessment that the candidate meets the 91������’s primary criterion of excellence and outstanding professional achievement in a field relevant to the mission of the 91������. Each year, up to 90 regular members and 10 international members are elected to the 91������ by the regular membership body at large. The annual nomination cycle begins on November 1 and closes on February 1. The election takes place in late summer with new members announced in conjunction with the 91������ Annual Meeting in October.

91������ Member Sections

The 91������ membership is organized in twelve membership sections.�� Each represents an area of professional endeavor that includes two or more subdisciplines.�� Every 91������ member belongs to ONE section and ONE subsection within that section.

1. Physical, Mathematical, Computer, Information, and Engineering Sciences
   1. Physical Sciences (chemistry, physics)
   2. Mathematical Sciences
   3. Computer/Information Sciences
   4. Biomedical Engineering/Engineering Sciences

2. Biochemistry, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Genetics
   1. Biochemistry
   2. Cellular & developmental biology
   3. Medical microbiology/Immunology
   4. Genetics

3. Neurosciences, Physiology, and Pharmacology
   1. Neurosciences
   2. Physiological sciences
   3. Pharmacological sciences

4. Internal Medicine, Pathology, and Dermatology
   1. Internal Medicine
   2. Pathology
   3. Dermatology

5. Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology
   1. Pediatrics
   2. Obstetrics/Gynecology

6. Surgery, Surgical Subspecialties (excluding ophthalmology), Anesthesiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Oncology, and Ophthalmology
   1. Surgery and surgical subspecialties (excluding ophthalmology)
   2. Anesthesiology
   3. Radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology
   4. Ophthalmology

7. Psychiatry and Neurology
   1. Psychiatry
   2. Neurology

8. Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation
   1. Family medicine/Primary care
   2. Emergency medicine
   3. Physical medicine & rehabilitation

9. Public Health, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology
   1. General epidemiology/Public health
   2. Health services research
   3. Environmental/Occupational health
   4. Biostatistics/Statistics

10. Dentistry, Nutrition, Nursing, Allied Health Professions, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine
    1. Dentistry
    2. Nutrition
    3. Nursing
    4. Other allied health
    5. Pharmacy
    6. Veterinary medicine

11. Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law
    1. Health policy, health care financing, economics of health care
    2. Biomedical ethics, health/science research, policy, law and medicine
    3. Medical sociology, history of medicine, anthropology, political science, organization theory, demography
    4. Health psychology, biobehavioral sciences

12. Administration of Health Services, Education, and Research
    1. Health services delivery
    2. Education
    3. Research
    4. Health policy/science leadership, advocacy, and/or consulting

View a listing of 91������ Members including their affiliation, membership type and section.

U.S. members of the Class of 2024 are:

Toyin Ajayi, MD, MPhil, chief executive officer, Cityblock Health, Brooklyn, N.Y. For being an internationally renowned pioneer in primary care focused on improving outcomes for low-income and marginalized populations with complex health/social needs. She is CEO and co-founder of Cityblock Health, a mature and leading national model for primary care transformation and care integration for underserved populations.

Zoltan Pierre Arany, MD, PhD, Samuel Bellet Professor of Cardiology, department of medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. For elucidating the causes of peripartum cardiomyopathy, a leading cause of maternal death after pregnancy, and for his world leadership in quantitative metabolic studies to address mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure and insulin resistance.

Paola Arlotta, PhD, Golub Family Professor, department of stem cell and regenerative biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. For pioneering work on the development and application of powerful stem cell-based models of the human brain, brain organoids, and for her foundational contributions to understanding processes of human brain formation and human neurological disease.

Carlos L. Arteaga, MD, professor and associate dean, oncology programs, and director, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. For discovering the role of TGFbeta in breast cancer progression, and of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and PI3K mutations and FGFR1 amplification in drug resistance in breast cancer, laying the foundation for innovative neoadjuvant trials and approval of PI3K inhibitors. He was the first Hispanic American president of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Tracy L. Bale, PhD, Anschutz Foundation Endowed Chair in Women’s Integrated Mental and Physical Health; professor, department of psychiatry; director, InterGenerational Stress and Health and of department of psychiatry sex differences research, University of Colorado, Aurora. For groundbreaking identification of novel biological mechanisms by which stress across the lifespan increases neuropsychiatric disease risk, pioneering work translating cellular processes into biomarkers in human disease, including the biological effects at the germ cell level involved in offspring neurodevelopment, and for her transformative engagement and inclusion of vulnerable populations.

Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MPH, professor, department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; and director, New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston. For transformative work in applying multidisciplinary, precision medicine principles to rehabilitation that has reconceptualized health care systems and practice for geriatric/veteran populations to embrace personalized, data-driven approaches to healthy aging to achieve unprecedented caregiver support and reductions in falls, enabling them to maintain independence, productivity, and well-being in their communities.

Nina Bhardwaj, MD, PhD, Waldman Chair in Cancer Research; professor of medicine (Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology) and urology; director of immunotherapy and medical director, Vaccine and Cell Therapy Laboratory, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City. For pioneering the discovery and function of human dendritic cell subsets, identifying cross-presenting pathways of antigen presentation impacting cancer and viral immunity, and establishing their potent adjuvant activity in humans, pivotal discoveries which underlie the first approval of a cell-based vaccine in cancer.

Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, professor, departments of pediatrics and of molecular virology and microbiology; and senior associate dean and division chief, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. For work as a tropical and emerging disease microbiologist, vaccinologist, global health advocate, and co-creator of a patent-free, open source COVID-19 vaccine technology. She pioneers and leads the advancement of a robust infectious disease vaccine portfolio tackling diseases that affect disproportionally the world’s poorest populations.

Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, professor and van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; and vice president and director, Center for Home Care Policy and Research, VNS Health, Philadelphia. For work in accelerating the implementation of a learning health system via rigorous evidence in transitional care and advances in health information technologies. Bowles and her team have developed and commercialized a decision support tool for discharge planning to identify patients in need of post-acute care services. Her work with sepsis survivors resulted in a new ICD-10 code for sepsis aftercare.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, MPP, administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. For her long career of service in health policy, during which she helped to draft and implement the Affordable Care Act while working in Congress and the Obama administration. She is the first Black woman to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Robert D. Bullard, PhD, distinguished professor and director, urban planning and environmental policy, Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice, Texas Southern University, Houston. For extraordinary vision, groundbreaking research, and sustained leadership to identify and end injustices affecting vulnerable people and places disproportionately harmed by pollution and climate change. Known as “the father of environmental justice,” he has long led the charge to dismantle systems and structures that create and maintain inequality.

Jason A. Burdick, PhD, Bowman Endowed Professor, BioFrontiers Institute and the department of chemical and biological engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder. For innovative biomaterials and biofabrication techniques for application in in vitro models of biological and disease processes, as well as therapies for the repair and regeneration of injured musculoskeletal and cardiovascular tissues.

Jennifer D. Carlson, PhD, professor, Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, and founding director, Center for the Study of Guns in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe. For leadership in fostering understanding of how guns shape American lives, including those who survive gun violence, police who enforce the country’s complex gun laws, gun retailers on the front lines of gun purchasing, and the people who own and carry guns.

Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD, William and Elizabeth Sweet Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. For contributions to neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, central nervous system gene-/cell-based therapies, including the creation of CAR T cells against human glioblastoma (hGBM), discovery of extracellular vesicles in hGBM, and “first in man” use of induced pluripotent stem cell derived dopaminergic neurons for Parkinson’s disease.

Stephen Jacob Chanock, MD, director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Md. For being an international leader in cancer genetics, identifying susceptibility alleles in more than a dozen cancers. He has awards for first describing clonal mosaicism and its relationship to cancer and aging. He has created and fostered international consortia on BRCA genetics and COVID-19.

Christopher G. Chute, MD, DrPH, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics, Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. For long-standing leadership and innovation in representation of clinical and phenotyping data in computable form that has significantly influenced the structure and content of electronic health records and their reuse in translational research as real-world data, building on his basic work in biomedical ontology, clinical classification, and fair interoperability standards.

Janine Austin Clayton, MD, FARVO, director, Office of Research on Women’s Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. For advancing policy, program, and practice innovations to improve the health of all women by catalyzing integration of sex/gender factors across the biomedical research continuum to galvanize discovery and equity. She is the architect of NIH’s high-impact 2016 Sex as a Biological Variable policy, a landmark upgrade for research.

Glenn Cohen, JD, deputy dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. For scholarship on bioethics and health law in the U.S. and globally, including pioneering work on AI/big data and health, abortion, reproductive rights and technologies, therapeutic use of psychedelics, and LGBTQ rights. He is unequaled in organizing major scholarly collaborations, and is a leading bioethical voice in the media.

Lisa M. Coussens, PhD, FAACR, FAIO, professor and chair, department of cell, developmental, and cancer biology, and deputy director for basic and translational research, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. For paradigm-shifting mechanistic studies on inflammation and cancer that identified B cell and myeloid cell significance in fostering solid tumor progression and hindering therapeutic responses. Coussens subsequently conducted proof-of-concept clinical studies, successfully demonstrating that targeting B cell or myeloid-based molecular pathways yield systemic and tumor immune reprogramming that fosters anti-tumor immunity.

Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc, director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. For defining genetic and epigenetic contributions to development of autoimmune rheumatic disorders and their relationship to specific serologic and clinical phenotypes and to genetic ancestry of patients. Her work has transformed understanding of the pathogenesis of lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s disease, and related diseases.

Chinazo Opia Cunningham, MD, MS, commissioner, New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports, New York City. For being a national and international leader in the conceptualization of addiction, the development of evidence-driven programmatic innovations in treatment, and the rigorous evaluation of program effectiveness. As commissioner of New York State’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports, she leads one of the largest addiction treatment systems in the U.S.

Leemore Dafny, PhD, Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; and professor of public policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Boston. For path-breaking work in illuminating where health care markets succeed and fail, including powerful insights regarding market consolidation, strategic decisions of market participants, and policy solutions to market failures. Her research on competition in health care appears in leading journals, and she has testified and provided advice to government agencies and congressional committees at the highest levels.

Teresa A. Davis, PhD, professor, department of pediatrics, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. For international expertise on the nutritional regulation of growth, having identified fundamental mechanisms by which nutrients regulate muscle protein synthesis and growth, with direct implications for improving lean growth and health of infants. She is a global leader on protein and amino acid requirements.

David Dranove, PhD, Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. For foundational insights on how health care markets work and how they affect patients generally, vulnerable populations, health care delivery, costs, and health outcomes. His work has changed scholarly and public understanding of health care markets and shaped policies toward hospitals, health insurance, physician practices, and pharmaceuticals.

Patricia C. Dykes, PhD, MA, RN, research program director, Center for Patient Safety, Research, and Practice, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. For being an internationally recognized nurse scientist and biomedical informatician who has developed, integrated into practice, and broadly disseminated innovative, cost-effective health information technology tools that engage patients and families in fall prevention, markedly reducing patient falls — the leading cause of injury-related death for those 65 and older.

Peter Joseph Embí, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI, FIAHSI, professor of biomedical informatics and medicine and chair, department of biomedical informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn. For being a pioneering physician-scientist whose career bridges health care, research, public health, and biomedical informatics. His thought leadership and research led to the field of clinical research informatics, real-world evidence generation, the safe and effective use of AI in health care, and data-driven learning health systems that improve health and care.

Alicia Fernandez, MD, professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco. For seminal health services research elucidating the impact of language and literacy barriers on patient outcomes and experience of care that highlights the challenges facing millions with limited English proficiency, and for effectively championing workforce diversity and health equity through high-impact research and program development.

Erol Fikrig, M.D., Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and professor of microbial pathogenesis and epidemiology; and section chief, infectious disease, department of internal medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. For mechanistic studies that led to an FDA-approved outer surface protein A-based human Lyme disease vaccine. He elucidated how arthropod-transmitted pathogens use vector proteins to infect mammals. These efforts led to an experimental vaccine to induce host resistance to tick bites, and therefore prevent Lyme disease — a new strategy for combatting infections.

Silvia C. Formenti, MD, FAACR, FACR, FASTRO, professor of radiation oncology and medicine and chair, department of radiation oncology, Weil Cornell Medicine; and radiation oncologist-in-chief, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. For introducing a paradigm shift in our understanding of focal radiotherapy by demonstrating that it can convert the tumor into an “in situ,” individualized vaccine, conferring systemic immunity. Her work has opened a new field in radiation biology.

Monika Kumari Goyal, MD, MSCE, professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, George Washington University; and endowed chair for Women in Science and Health and co-director, Center for Translational Research, Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. For being a national leader in research in pediatric firearm injury prevention. Her research has shed a spotlight on the burden of firearm violence on child health. She is also a leading pediatric equity scientist, developing interventions that have led to mitigation of health care disparities.

Marcia Carmen Haigis, PhD, professor, department of cell biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston. For leadership and pioneering studies in cellular metabolism, elucidating how metabolites contribute to normal physiology, aging, cancer, and anti-tumor immune control. Her discoveries informed how diet and age alter metabolite interactions, leading to disease.

Scott David Halpern, MD, PhD, MBioethics, John M. Eisenberg Professor in Medicine, professor of medical ethics and health policy and of epidemiology, and director, Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia. For making seminal contributions to improving care near the end of life by combining conceptual and empirical work. Through trenchant ethical analyses and leadership of the field’s largest clinical trials, he has challenged old paradigms of serious illness decision-making and demonstrated how low-cost, scalable interventions can improve care quality and outcomes.

Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD, James B. Duke Professor and chair, department of molecular genetics and microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C. For pioneering yeast chemical genetics approaches to discover FKBP12 and TOR as targets of the immunosuppressive chemotherapeutic drug rapamycin widely used in transplant, cardiology, and oncology. He discovered unisexual reproduction and roles in evolution and pathogenesis of eukaryotic microbes illuminating impact on diversity, outbreaks, and drug resistance.

Sally Lynn Hodder, MD, FIDSA, associate vice president of clinical and translational research, professor of medicine, and preeminent scholar chair, School of Medicine, West Virginia University Health Sciences, Morgantown. For accomplishments as an infectious diseases physician and researcher. She is a leader in the design and conduct of clinical trials, particularly among underserved rural and underrepresented populations. She is an expert in HIV treatment and prevention, rural health, addiction research, mentorship of young investigators, and engagement of community in research.

David Huang, MD, PhD, Wold Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmic Imaging, associate director, and director of research, Casey Eye Institute; and professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland. For co-inventing optical coherence tomography (OCT), which has transformed the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and the studies of cardiovascular, neurological, and neoplastic diseases. He developed methods to use OCT and OCT angiography in glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and macular degeneration, the leading causes of blindness.

Shawna Veleura Hudson, PhD, vice chancellor for dissemination and implementation science, Rutgers Health, and professor of family medicine and community health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. For seminal work to address vital U.S. health system implementation challenges for vulnerable populations. Her research shapes policy and practice to integrate care of cancer and other chronic illnesses for patients and families in the context of their communities during the critical transitions between specialty and primary care, and long-term cancer survivorship.

Nola M. Hylton, PhD, professor of radiology and biomedical imaging, University of California, San Francisco. For the earliest development of breast MRI technology, the modern quantitative MRI techniques for breast cancer diagnosis and therapy guidance through development of MRI industrywide NIST-supported standards; leadership of multiple national network multicenter NCI trials; and development of globally commercialized (Hologic) software, improving the health of millions of women globally.

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, Lawrence W. Davis Professor and chair, department of radiation oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. For pioneering empirical research that has identified targetable drivers of disparities in cancer outcomes and within the medical profession, particularly for women. Her work to develop and evaluate innovative interventions to promote equity has established new areas of investigation in oncology and prompted policy changes by institutions, funders, and professional societies.

Yishi Jin, PhD, professor, department of neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla. For groundbreaking discoveries on phylogenetically conserved mechanisms that drive synapse formation and that underlie central nervous system regeneration, providing fundamental knowledge and molecular targets which inform therapeutic strategies for ameliorating the effects of neuronal injury and degeneration.

Peter Anthony Jones, PhD, DSc (hon), president of the graduate school; chief scientific officer; professor, department of epigenetics; and co-leader, Stand Up to Cancer Epigenetics Dream Team; Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Mich. For mechanistically linking DNA methylation gene expression and differentiation. His seminal discovery that 5 azanucleosides could change immortalized embryonic cells into muscle cells opened the field of epigenetics, was an early example of cellular reprogramming, and led to FDA approval of DNA methyltransferase inhibitors (DNMTis) for treatment of hematological malignancies.

Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, PhD, professor and chair, department of Native Hawaiian health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. For pioneering evidence-based interventions using Indigenous cultural values and practices to improve cardiovascular, diabetes, and obesity disparities for thousands of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NH/PI). He spans science and practice, provides direction to health care systems serving NH/PI, advocates for NH/PI, and develops NH/PI scientists.

Christine Laine, MD, MPH, editor-in-chief, Annals of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians; and professor of medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. For expanding the influence of the Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians by addressing issues such as firearms and gun violence, reproducible research, misinformation, reproductive health, equitable health care, and scientific misconduct.

Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD, Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine, department of internal medicine and Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For being a global leader in the study of aging. His research has better defined the prevalence, outcomes, and population trends of cognitive impairment and dementia in the U.S. and around the world, and has allowed identification of the myriad costs of these conditions on patients, families, governments, and societies.

Haifan Lin, PhD, Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology and professor of genetics, of dermatology, and of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences; and director, Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. For making key contributions to the validation of two hallmark stem cell theories: asymmetric division and niche hypotheses. He discovered the only gene family (argonaute/piwi genes) known to be essential for stem cell maintenance in both animals and plants. He discovered millions of small noncoding RNAs called piRNAs and established a new paradigm of genome regulation.

Massimo Loda, MD, David D. Thompson Professor and chair, department of pathology and laboratory medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine; professor emeritus of pathology, Harvard Medical School; and visiting professor of pathology, University of Oxford-Lincoln College, New York City. For pioneering the use of molecular assays in diagnostic pathology and establishing the concept of “metabolic oncogenes” in the development of cancer. This discovery has led to clinical trials targeting lipogenic enzymes in prostate cancer.

Beatriz Luna, PhD, Staunton Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and professor of psychology, bioengineering, and radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh. For establishing a model of normative adolescent neurocognitive development, identifying neural mechanisms of plasticity supporting the specialization into adulthood of cognitive and motivational systems; informing AMA briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on juvenile sentencing; and the creation and leadership of the Flux Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

Trudy F.C. Mackay, PhD, FRS, director, Center for Human Genetics, Self Family Endowed Chair of Human Genetics, and professor of genetics and biochemistry, Clemson University, Greenwood, S.C. For being recognized as one of the world’s leading geneticists for pioneering studies on the genetic architecture of complex traits and the discovery of fundamental principles of quantitative genetics with broad applications for medicine.

Nicole Maestas, MPP, PhD, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston. For contributions to our understanding of the economics of employment, work capacity, and income support for people who are disabled or elderly; for national leadership in building the evidence base for disability policymaking; and for contributions to the economics of health insurance for the elderly and people with disabilities.

David J. Mangelsdorf, PhD, professor and chair, department of pharmacology, and investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. For landmark discoveries of oxysterol (LXRs) and bile acid (FXR) nuclear receptors that revealed the sensing mechanisms that govern reverse cholesterol transport and bile acid synthesis. He co-discovered the key roles of the endocrine hormones FGF21 and FGF15/19 in regulating lipid and energy metabolism, and bile acid homeostasis, respectively.

Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. For leading transformative research that has redefined our understanding of relationships between the vaginal microbiome and female reproductive tract infections, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), hormonal contraception, and risk of STI/HIV acquisition. She has had key roles in NIH-funded networks — Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium and HIV Prevention Trials.

Erica Elizabeth Marsh, MD, MSCI, S. Jan Behrman Collegiate Professor of Reproductive Medicine, vice chair and division chief, reproductive endocrinology and infertility, department of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor. For research on uterine leiomyomas and for her efforts to eliminate disparities in reproductive health. Her commitment to building research capacity in women’s health, both nationally and globally, and her cultivation of the next generation of leaders in reproductive health will have a lasting impact.

Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD, dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. For advancing our understanding of how policies and legal systems have produced health inequities. Her work has resulted in actionable federal policy changes in the United States.

Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, director, University of Maryland – Medicine Institute for Neuroscience Discovery; and James and Carolyn Frenkil Dean’s Endowed Professor and distinguished university professor, department of pharmacology, physiology, and drug development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. For being the first to discover a critical role of the immune system in determining sex differences and the impact of infection and inflammation on neuroanatomical and behavioral outcomes, which provided mechanistic insights into the higher prevalence of autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia in boys and men.

Genevieve B. Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD, senior associate dean, health informatics and data science; director, Center for Learning Health System Sciences; and professor of surgery and health informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. For research in integrating AI with health care, bridging surgery and informatics, and fueling learning health systems. Melton-Meaux explores complex health dynamics, from optimizing clinical note usage in electronic health records to large-scale detection of social/behavioral health determinants with clinical data. Her work has significantly advanced biomedical informatics, clinical practice, and policy.

Dan Merenstein, MD, professor and director of research programs of family medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and department of human science, Georgetown University School of Health, Washington, D.C. For being an accomplished large-scale clinical trialist in family medicine. His work is inspired by practice and teaching, engaging hundreds of busy primary care practices in real-world research, answering foundational questions that inform daily practice.

Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, professor and chair, department of investigational cancer therapeutics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. For leading practice-changing clinical oncology trials in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted therapy, bringing novel biomarker-driven combination therapies from bench to bedside. She is leading large-scale national efforts in precision oncology such as NCI ComboMATCH and investigator-initiated antibody drug conjugate-MATCH; and leads one of the most influential developmental therapeutics programs in the world.

Matthew J. Miller, MD, MPH, ScD, professor, department of public health and health sciences, Northeastern University, Boston. For being a nationally recognized researcher who has led foundational epidemiological research on firearm access and suicide, enhanced our understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of suicide prevention via lethal means restriction, and developed clinical interventions illuminating how counseling patients and their families for reducing access to firearms can save lives.

Julie Morita, MD, president and chief executive officer, The Joyce Foundation, Chicago. For being one of the nation’s most respected public health leaders, who has dedicated her career to advancing health equity. During 20 years in Chicago, she addressed racial and ethnic health disparities, leading implementation of the city’s first health equity plan. Previously, as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s executive vice president, she led strategic planning efforts to ensure all programming focuses on addressing health and racial equity.

Sally C. Morton, PhD, executive vice president, Knowledge Enterprise; and professor of statistics, College of Health Solutions and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe. For preeminent leadership in statistics, health policy, and science in both academic and nonprofit research institutions; excellence in evidence synthesis of clinical and public health issues; and impactful methodology in patient-centered comparative effectiveness research. Her pioneering contributions to clinical practice guidelines and health care interventions have reduced morbidity and mortality.

Niki Maria Moutsopoulos, DDS, PhD, senior investigator, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. For making seminal contributions toward understanding and treating the prevalent human oral disease periodontitis. Her laboratory has contributed to the understanding of both homeostatic and pathogenic inflammation in the oral cavity, informing interventions for both rare and common forms of aggressive forms of periodontal disease.

Avindra Nath, MD, chief, Section of Infections of the Nervous System, and clinical director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. For pioneering research and strong leadership in emerging and persistent infections of the nervous system by studying pathophysiology, developing treatments, and conducting clinical studies. This includes retroviruses, Ebola, Zika, nodding syndrome, and COVID-19 as well as Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Gulf War syndrome.

Jennifer B. Nuzzo, DrPH, SM, director, Pandemic Center, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, R.I. For co-creating the Global Health Security Index and conducting research to measure and improve national preparedness for infectious disease threats. She co-established a global COVID-19 testing data tracker and created a health systems resilience checklist for biological emergencies.

Santa Jeremy Ono, PhD, president, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. For his work as a molecular immunologist who has studied the regulation of the immune response and the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. He is a recognized leader in higher education who has served as the president of the University of Cincinnati, the University of British Columbia, and now as the 15th president of the University of Michigan.

David Pellman, MD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and professor of cell biology and pediatrics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston. For identifying the mechanistic basis for mutational processes that generate a large fraction of the structural and numerical chromosome abnormalities in cancer and certain congenital diseases. In particular, his discovery of a mechanism explaining chromothripsis is considered a landmark in cancer genetics.

Priscilla Eyikojoka Pemu, MD, MS, FACP, FAHA, professor of medicine, department of medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta. For pioneering work on clinical trial diversity, centering on the importance of regaining trust, fostering transparent collaboration, and ensuring the equitable participation of diverse populations in medical research, from Grady health system, a large public hospital, to primary care practices, historically black churches and institutions.

Mary L. Phillips, MD (Cantab), Pittsburgh Foundation-Emmerling Endowed Chair in Psychotic Disorders and professor in psychiatry, department of psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh. For use of state-of-the-art neuroimaging and translational approaches to study neurobiological processes predisposing to bipolar disorder and depression. She has identified biomarkers reflecting these processes to help improve early diagnosis and risk identification in youth, and guide novel neuromodulation treatment developments to improve mental health and functional outcomes for these disorders.

Olivier Pourquié, PhD, Frank Burr Mallory Professor, department of pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and department of genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston. For his discovery of the segmentation clock and landmark work on vertebral development that provides a framework to understand pathologies of the spine such as scoliosis or spina bifida. He is recognized worldwide as a leader in developmental biology and in the use of human stem cells for disease modeling and regeneration of the musculoskeletal system.

Mark R. Prausnitz, PhD, Regents’ Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. For innovating on research advancing microneedles and other drug delivery technologies, inventing novel pharmaceutical methods and devices, translating drug delivery technology into clinical trials and medical products, bringing medical advances to patients by founding companies, inspiring students to be creative and impactful engineers, and providing leadership among his colleagues.

Uma M. Reddy, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair of research, department of obstetrics and gynecology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and professor of population and family health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City. For leadership of paradigm-shifting research that has fundamentally advanced the understanding of stillbirth, neonatal morbidity and mortality, and labor management and their impact on maternal morbidity through large multicenter cohorts and trials, driving new standards in national obstetric practice and improved outcomes for pregnant people and their children.

Juergen Albrecht Richt, DVM, PhD, Regents and University Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan. For being a pioneer in infectious diseases of “One Health” importance. His prolific basic and translational research findings on emerging pathogens of livestock, wildlife, and humans are unique and highly significant for animal/public health. His biocontainment expertise is crucial for the nation’s bio- and agro-terrorism defense capacities.

Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, MAMSE, Dr. James E. Bowman Jr. Professor of Surgery; chief, Section for Trauma and Acute Care Surgery; founding director, Trauma Center; and executive vice president for community health engagement, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago. For paradigm-shifting hospital-based violence interventions including Medical-Legal Clinics that address the social drivers of violent trauma to reduce gun violence and reduce recidivism. He is a leading national advocate for a holistic public health approach with an equity lens to prevent firearms injuries.

Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD, PhD, John W. Griffin Director, Brain Science Institute; professor of neurology and neuroscience; and director, Robert Packard Center for ALS Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore. For discoveries that led to the first FDA-approved drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and antisense therapies for C9orf72 ALS/FTD and nuclear pore dysfunction for TDP-43 based neurodegeneration. He founded the Packard Center 25 years ago, which has advanced science and training of leading basic and clinical ALS researchers.

David Henry Rowitch, MD, PhD, FMedSci, FRS, professor and head, department of pediatrics, University of Cambridge; adjunct professor of pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco; and associate director, Basic and Translational Research, Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s, Cambridge, United Kingdom. For establishing fundamental genetic mechanisms that determine glial cell development in the brain. His research has provided insight into causes of leukodystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and cerebral palsy. He has transformed our understanding of fundamental neuroscience and promoted important advances for human neurological diseases.

Dana Gelb Safran, ScD, president and chief executive officer, National Quality Forum; and chief scientific officer, The Joint Commission, Washington, D.C. For leadership, innovation, and accomplishment in improving health care quality, outcomes, equity, and affordability through performance measurement, including as an architect of value-based payment models that catalyzed payment reform nationally and internationally, and as a pioneer of patient-reported measures and novel consensus-based methods to rationalize and improve quality and implementation science.

Christine E. Schmidt, PhD, distinguished professor and J. Crayton Pruitt Family Endowed Chair, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville. For outstanding leadership, pioneering research, and clinical translation in neural tissue engineering and wound healing.

Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD, deputy director for intramural research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. For pioneering research that has radically improved outcomes for children with tumors of the nervous system. She has been a role model, mentor, and beacon to countless other female physician-scientists throughout her amazing career, from bench scientist to academic dean to NIH leader.

Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, chair, department of medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. For pioneering efforts to develop, validate, and disseminate methods for ascertaining patient-reported outcomes that have advanced the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of cancer research, for bridging the efficacy-effectiveness gap by developing strategies to improve equitable delivery of cancer care, and for leading practice changing studies in colorectal cancer.

Eugenia South, MD, MSHP, Ralph Muller Presidential Associate Professor, Perelman School of Medicine; associate vice president of health justice, University of Pennsylvania Health System; and faculty director, Center for Health Justice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. For being among the country’s foremost leaders in developing and testing interventions to dismantle structural racism and prevent firearm injury in Black neighborhoods. She has made substantive, field-changing scientific and real-world contributions to advancing health via the lens of racial, environmental, and economic justice.

Konstantina M. Stankovic, MD, PhD, FACS, Bertarelli Foundation Professor and chair, department of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif. For expertise in the causes and treatments of hearing loss, which affects 1.5 billion people worldwide. She has initiated and led successful national and international collaborations to develop and deploy novel molecular diagnostics and therapeutics for hearing loss while educating tomorrow’s leaders in surgery and science.

David M. Studdert, LLB, ScD, MPH, professor of health policy, department of health policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, and professor of law, Stanford Law School, Stanford, Calif. For illuminating the relationship between gun ownership and increased mortality risk. His landmark studies of medical injury and malpractice litigation, which produced novel evidence of how the liability system relates to health care quality, have deeply influenced legal reform.

Lorenz Studer, MD, director, Center for Stem Cell Biology, and member, Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. For pioneering methods to differentiate mouse and human stem cells into a wealth of diverse nervous system cells. He discovered strategies to direct cellular maturation and aging, transforming our ability to model neurodegenerative diseases. He has spearheaded a human stem cell-based transplantation therapy for Parkinson’s disease.

Alexis A. Thompson, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Hematology, and Elias Schwartz MD Endowed Chair in Hematology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and professor of pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia. For leadership in sickle cell disease (SCD), including creation of the first national SCD learning community, the largest SCD data repository, and collaborations to improve care for children with SCD in sub-Saharan Africa, and for her role in recent FDA approval of gene therapy and other novel SCD therapeutics.

Matthew G. Vander Heiden, MD, PhD, director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For leadership in understanding cell metabolism and how it influences cancer initiation, progression, and therapy responses. His work has contributed to the development of approved therapies for cancer and anemia, and he is thought leader in understanding metabolic phenotypes and their relations to disease pathogenesis.

Fan Wang, PhD, professor of brain and cognitive sciences and investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. For discoveries of brain circuits important for anesthesia and analgesia, and circuits for generating rhythmic and coordinated orofacial movements. Her research provided foundational knowledge for developing new therapies to treat chronic pain and movement disorders.

Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH, director, Health Equity-QUERI National Partnered Evaluation Center, Veterans Health Administration; and professor of medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles. For groundbreaking research that has enhanced the understanding of the health and health care needs of U.S. veterans and to ensure equitable access to the highest quality health care and outcomes for this diverse population. Her work informs health policy and strategic-planning initiatives to eliminate health disparities by sex, race, and ethnicity.

Mitchell J. Weiss, MD, PhD, chair, department of hematology, and Arthur Nienhuis Endowed Chair in Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. For being a key leader in characterizing blood cell development and the pathogenesis of red cell diseases, which has defined roles for noncoding RNAs in hematopoiesis and identified alpha-hemoglobin-stabilizing protein (AHSP) as a key regulator of alpha globin folding. He applied embryonic stem and induced pluripotent stem cell technologies to study erythropoiesis and develop new approaches to therapy.

John Wherry III, PhD, Schiffrin President’s Distinguished Professor and chair, department of pharmacology and translational therapeutics; and director, Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. For pioneering the field of T cell exhaustion in chronic infections and cancer where he conducted a deep molecular dissection of this immune biology. He defined the genetic and epigenetic signatures of immunity and the mechanisms of blocking the PD1 immune checkpoint, the basis of major advances in cancer treatment.

Garen J. Wintemute, MD, MPH, Susan P. Baker and Stephen P. Teret Chair in Violence Prevention, department of emergency medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento. For being a leading researcher in firearm injury prevention, spanning five decades. He brilliantly translates research findings to inform and evaluate gun violence policies and initiatives that are the basis of major policies at the state and federal levels.

Hao Wu, PhD, senior investigator, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; and Asa and Patricia Springer Professor, department of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston. For discovering supramolecular complexes (signalosomes) as central organizing structures that mediate signal transduction in innate immunity. Her studies led to a paradigm shift in signal transduction and new therapeutic strategies for inflammation and cancer where small molecules are developed to keep the signaling proteins in a monomeric, inactive state.

Marc A. Zimmerman, PhD, Marshall H. Becker Collegiate Professor, department of health behavior and health education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. For recognition as a preeminent leader for the development and implementation of groundbreaking public health interventions to prevent community and firearm violence.

International members of the Class of 2024 are:

Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., MD, MPH, PhD, director, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C. For making important contributions as the head of Brazil’s health surveillance and regulatory authority. As director of the Pan American Health Organization, he brings a relevant regional perspective to health equity.

Kelly Chibale, PhD, professor of organic chemistry, department of chemistry; and founder and director, Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Center, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. For pioneering infectious disease drug discovery on the African continent. He has led international project teams including one that discovered the first small molecule clinical candidate for any disease, researched on African soil by an African-led international team.

George Coukos, MD, PhD, director, oncology department, Lausanne University Hospital; and director, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Lausanne Branch, Lausanne, Switzerland. For discovering the correlation between T-cell infiltration and favorable prognosis in ovarian cancer, an observation later generalized to all human tumors. He also uncovered that tumor vasculature is a barrier to immunotherapy, leading to treatments with angiogenesis inhibitors and immune checkpoint blockade showing significant benefit in many tumors.

Nicholas Peter Franks, PhD, professor of biophysics and anaesthetics, department of life sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. For revolutionary discoveries that have shaped our understanding of how anaesthetics work. He overturned the long-held assumption that anaesthetics interact nonspecifically with cell membranes, demonstrating that they act at specific binding sites on a small number of receptors.

Thumbi Ndung’u, BVM, PhD, director for basic and translational science, Africa Health Research Institute; professor and Victor Daitz Chair, HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal; and professor of infectious diseases, University College London, Durban, South Africa. For generating the first primary isolate infectious molecular clone of HIV-1 subtype C, enabling research on viral-host mechanisms of pathogenesis. He has identified regions of immune vulnerability in HIV-1 subtype C for candidate vaccine and immunotherapeutic development, currently leading the first HIV cure trial in Africa.

Friday Ebhodaghe Okonofua, MD, BSc, MB ChB, PhD, FRCOG, FMCOG, FWACS, FICS, center leader, African Center of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. For expertise in reproductive health and leading large national and international research in interventional and implementation research for preventing maternal mortality with impact on policies and programming in African countries. He is committed to gender quality, ethics, and equity in global and Africa settings.

Aziz Sheikh, OBE, FRSE, FMedSci, Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and head, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford; and professor and director, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. For being a global leader in health informatics and data science to advance the quality, safety, and efficiency of clinical care internationally. He is a world leader in asthma care and in primary care and has helped lead the COVID response in Scotland.

Janet Kathleen Smylie, MD, MPH, FCFP, research scientist, staff physician, and director, Well Living House Action Research Centre, Unity Health Toronto – St. Michaels Hospital; and professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and department of family and community medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. For being globally respected for producing and translating innovative research into tangible benefits for Indigenous communities. Contributions include advancing Indigenous knowledge translation, unmasking urban Indigenous health inequities, and improving recognition of health systems’ responses to racism.

Henrik Toft Sørensen, MD, PhD, DrMedSci, DrSci, professor and chair, department of clinical epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. For trailblazing the linkages between unparalleled Danish data systems, including medical records, prescriptions, disease registries, and/or bio specimens. He shaped the information systems to enable 1,400 research studies based on these systems, shedding groundbreaking light on the outcomes and clinical courses of common diseases including cancer.

Sarah J. Tabrizi, PhD, MBChB, FMedSci, FRS, professor of clinical neurology and neurogenetics and director, Huntington’s Disease Centre, and joint head, department of neurodegenerative disease, University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology; and principal investigator, UK Dementia, London, United Kingdom. For contributions that have impacted experimental therapeutics of Huntington’s disease, leading multidisciplinary research teams to the first randomized clinical trials of nucleic acid therapies, and forging a biological staging approach tethered to fundamental science and patient research for treating neurodegenerative disorders, akin to cancer therapeutics.

Dr. Dzau is an internationally acclaimed physician scientist and leader whose work has improved health and medicine in the United States and globally. His seminal work in cardiovascular medicine and genetics laid the foundation for the development of the class of lifesaving drugs known as ACE inhibitors, used globally to treat hypertension and heart failure. Dr. Dzau pioneered gene therapy for vascular disease and was the first to introduce DNA decoy molecules in humans in vivo. His pioneering research in cardiac regeneration led to the Paracrine Hypothesis of stem cell action and his recent strategy of direct cardiac reprogramming using microRNA. He maintains an active NIH-funded research laboratory.

Dr. Dzau is a leader in health and heath policy. At the 91������, he has led important initiatives such as�� Vital Directions for Health and Health Care, the Action Collaborative on Countering the US Opioid Epidemic, and the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience. Under his tenure, the 91������ has advanced efforts to improve health equity and address racism throughout its programmatic activities, especially the Culture of Health Program. Most recently, the 91������ launched a Grand Challenge in Climate Change and Human Health & Equity to reverse the negative effects of climate change on health and social equity by activating the entire biomedical community, communicating and educating the public about climate change and health, driving changes through research, innovation and policy, and leading bold action to decarbonize the health care sector.

As a global health leader, he helped design and launch the National Academies initiatives on Global Health Risk Framework; Global Health and Future Role of the US; Crossing the Global Quality Chasm and Human Genome Editing. The 91������ Global Grand Challenge for Healthy Longevity represents his vision to inspire across disciplines and sectors to coalesce around a shared priority and audacious goal to advance health.

He has led the 91������’s response to COVID-19, which includes numerous committees, reports, consultations and communication on a range of issues including public health, vaccine allocation, health equity and mental health. He has worked tirelessly to engage with the global response to COVD-19 by providing leadership as a member of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, co-chair of the G20 Scientific Expert Panel on Global Health Security, Advisor to the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing and a principal of the ACT-Accelerator which includes COVAX, the global collaboration for accelerating the development, manufacture and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.��

He is active in advising science and health in US and globally. He has served as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), chaired the NIH Cardiovascular Disease Advisory Committee and NHLBI Cardiovascular Progenitor Cell Biology Consortium. Currently, he chairs the Cardiovascular Progenitor Cell Translational Consortium. He is a member of the Health and Biomedical Sciences International Advisory Council of Singapore, as well as a board member of the Imperial College Health Partners, UK and the Gairdner Foundation. He chairs the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the Qatar Precision Medicine Institute, the Scientific Boards of the Peter Munk Cardiac Center, University of Toronto and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow. He served on the Board of Health Governors of the World Economic Forum and chairs its Global Futures Council on Healthy Longevity.

Among his many honors and recognitions are the Max Delbreck Medal from Charite, Humboldt and Max Planck, Germany, the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, and the Henry Freisen International Prize. In 2019, he was named an Honorary Citizen of Singapore- the highest level of honor bestowed to a foreign citizen conferred by the President of Singapore. He has been elected to the 91������, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, UK Academy of Medical Sciences, the Japan Academy, Mexican Academy of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica. He has received 16 honorary doctorates.

Among the notable programs initiated and implemented at his behest are the national Healthy People process establishing national health goals and objectives (1979-present), the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (1984-present), the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (with USDA, 1980-present), and the Public Health Functions Steering Group’s Ten Essential Services of Public Health (1994-present), the RWJF Active Living family of programs (2000-2014), the RWJF Young Epidemiology Scholars Program (2001-2012), the RWJF Health and Society Scholars Program (2002-2015), the 91������/IOM report Vital Signs: Core Metrics for Health & Health Care (2015), the 91������/IOM Learning Health System initiative (2006-present), and the forthcoming Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation. Most remain prominent elements on the health policy landscape. Internationally, he served in Bosnia (1995-6) as Chair of the joint World Bank/European Commission Task Force on Reconstruction of the Health and Human Services Sector, and in India (1974-5) as epidemiologist and state Director for the World Health Organization’s successful smallpox eradication program. National recognitions include the Public Health Distinguished Service Award (1994), Health Leader of the Year Award (1997), Public Health Hero Award (2013), and the Fries Prize for Contributions to Health Improvement (2018). He is an elected member of the 91������ (1999), Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Nursing (hon) and American Association of Nurse Practitioners (hon). He attended Berkeley (BA), UCLA (MD, MA), and Harvard (MPP).

By Car from Ronald Reagan National Airport

1. Exit the airport to George Washington Memorial Parkway NORTH.
2. Exit to Memorial Bridge.
3. Bear LEFT after crossing Memorial Bridge into Washington, DC.
4. Take second LEFT onto Henry Bacon Drive, NW. You must turn LEFT at this point as your route will be blocked by Jersey walls.
5. Turn RIGHT at the traffic light onto Constitution Avenue, NW.
6. Turn LEFT onto Sixth Street, NW.
7. Cross E Steet, NW. and look to your right for the parking entrance immediately before the fire station.

By Car from Dulles International Airport

1. Exit the airport to Airport Access Road EAST.
2. Follow until Access Road merges with Interstate 66 EAST.
3. Follow I-66 EAST across the Roosevelt Bridge into Washington, DC. After the bridge, I-66 becomes Route 50 EAST/Constitution Avenue, NW.
4. Turn LEFT onto Sixth St, NW.
5. Cross E Street, NW. and look to your right for the parking entrance immediately before the fire station.

By Car from Baltimore/Washington International Airport

1. Exit the airport to Interstate 195 WEST.
2. Exit I-195 to MD-295 SOUTH (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) towards Washington, DC.
3. Follow MD-295 SOUTH to exit for Route 50 WEST to downtown Washington, DC.
4. Follow Route 50 WEST as it turns into New York Avenue, NE.
5. Turn LEFT onto Sixth Street, NW.
6. Cross F Street, NW, and look to your left for the parking entrance immediately after the fire station.

By Metro’s Red Line

1. Take Metro’s Red Line to the Judiciary Square station.
2. Exit the station by following signs to the Building Museum (F Street) exit, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, NW.
3. Turn LEFT and walk WEST on F Street, NW.
4. Cross Fith Street, NW, and turn LEFT.
5. Walk past the fire station parking lot. The next building on your right will be 500 Fifth Street, NW.

By Metro’s Green or Yellow Line

1. Take Metro’s Green or Yellow Line to the Gallery Place-Chinatown station.
2. Exit the station by following signs to Seventh and F Streets/Arena.
3. Turn LEFT and walk EAST on F Street NW, two blocks past the MCI Center.
4. Turn RIGHT on to Fifth Street, NW.
5. Walk past the fire station parking lot. The next building on your right will be 500 Fifth St, NW.

By Car from Ronald Reagan National Airport

1. Exit the airport to George Washington Memorial Parkway NORTH. Exit to Memorial Bridge.
2. Bear LEFT after crossing Memorial Bridge into Washington, DC.
3. Take second LEFT onto Henry Bacon Drive NW You must turn LEFT at this point as your route will be blocked by Jersey walls.
4. Turn RIGHT at the traffic light onto Constitution Avenue, NW.
5. Turn LEFT at second light onto 21st Street, NW.
6. Parking lot entrance is on left before traffic light at intersection with C Street NW.

By Car from Dulles International Airport

1. Exit the airport to Airport Access Road EAST.
2. Follow until Access Road merges with Interstate 66 EAST.
3. Follow I-66 EAST across the Roosevelt Bridge into Washington, DC. After the bridge, I-66 becomes Route 50 EAST/Constitution Avenue, NW.
4. Turn LEFT at fourth light onto 21st Street, NW.
5. Parking lot entrance is on left before traffic light at intersection with C Street, NW.

By Car from Baltimore/Washington International Airport

1. Exit the airport to Interstate 195 WEST.
2. Exit I-195 to MD-295 SOUTH (Baltimore-Washington Parkway) towards Washington, DC.
3. Follow MD-295 SOUTH to exit for Route 50 WEST to downtown Washington, DC.
4. Follow Route 50 WEST as it turns into New York Avenue, NE.
5. Turn LEFT onto Ninth Street, NW.
6. Turn RIGHT onto Constitution Avenue, NW.
7. Turn RIGHT onto 21st Street, NW.
8. Parking lot entrance is on left before traffic light at intersection with C Street, NW.

By Metro’s Orange or Blue Line

1. Take Metro’s Orange or Blue Line to the Foggy Bottom-GWU station.
2. Turn RIGHT on to 23rd Street, NW, when you exit the station.
3. Walk SOUTH on 23rd Street, NW, for approximately 7 blocks.
4. Turn LEFT on to C Street, NW, (after the State Department).
5. Cross 22nd Street, NW, and enter the NAS building through its rear entrance at 2100��C Street, NW.

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From the Los Angeles Area

1. Follow Interstate 405 South to Highway 73 South/SJH Toll Road.
2. Take Highway 73 approximately 2 miles and EXIT at University Drive.
3. Turn LEFT on University Drive and continue to California Avenue.
4. Turn RIGHT on California Avenue, then RIGHT at the first street, Academy. The center’s address is 100 Academy Drive.

From the San Diego Area

1. Follow Interstate 5 North to Interstate 405 North.
2. Take the Jeffrey/University Drive off-ramp and turn LEFT.
3. Continue on University Drive approximately 3 miles to California Avenue.
4. Turn LEFT on California Avenue, then RIGHT at the first street, Academy. The center’s address is 100 Academy Drive.

From the Riverside Area

1. Take the 91 Freeway West to the 55 Freeway South to Interstate 405 South.
2. EXIT at Jamboree Road West, toward the coast.
3. Continue on Jamboree Road to Campus Drive.
4. Turn LEFT at Campus Drive.
5. Turn RIGHT on University Drive.
6. At the second signal, California Avenue, turn LEFT.
7. Turn RIGHT at the first street, Academy. The center’s address is 100 Academy Drive.