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12 October
1999 Hauser and Volberding Elected to Institute of Medicine
They were among the 55 new members of the Institute announced Monday (October 11). Current active members in the Institute -- now totaling 588 -- elect new members from among candidates chosen for their major contributions to health and medicine or to related fields such as social and behavioral sciences, law, administration, and economics.
Links: Institute of Medicine press release Related stories: Drake, Miller and Wara Elected to Institute of Medicine (1998) |
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Stephen
L. Hauser, chair and professor of neurology, and Paul A. Volberding,
professor of medicine and co-director of the Center of AIDS Research
at UCSF and director of the AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital
Medical Center, have been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine.
Election
to the Institute is both an honor and an obligation to work on behalf
of the organization in its governance and studies. With their election,
members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of volunteer
time as members of committees engaged in a broad range of studies on
health policy issues. Current IOM projects include studies on improving
birth outcomes in developing countries, reducing exposure to harmful
substances in tobacco, the control of tuberculosis in the US, the relationship
between behavior and health, and an initiative focusing on the quality
of health care in America.