Dr. Jody Heymann, dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, has been elected to the national Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
Heymann is an internationally renowned researcher on health and social policy. She is the founding director of the World Policy Analysis Center, which has transformed the quantity and quality of comparative data available to policymakers, researchers and the public through its ongoing analyses of policies affecting human health, development, well-being and equity in 193 countries.
Heymann is among 70 members and 10 foreign associates elected this year to the IOM, one of four National Academies. The institute serves the nation as a resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on health issues.
As a new IOM member, Heymann joins 21 previously elected Fielding School faculty members, who have led and participated in groundbreaking studies across a multitude of sectors, from urban planning, maternal health and nutrition to epidemiology, health policy and management, and cancer prevention.
Members of the Institute of Medicine make a commitment to volunteer for activities and serve on boards and committees that study a broad range of health policy issues. Last month, an IOM committee chaired by Fielding School IOM member Patricia Ganz released a major report calling for an overhaul of the cancer care system in the United States.
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