Seventeen Women Academics Elected to the Institute of Medicine

The Institute of Medicine, a division of the National Academies, has announced the selection of 70 new members. Election to the Institute of Medicine is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. With the 70 new members, there are now 1,798 active fellows of the Institute of Medicine along with 128 foreign associates.

An analysis of the list of the 70 new members of the Institute of Medicine by WIAReport finds that 22, or 31.4 percent, are women. Seventeen of the 22 women who are new members have current academic affiliations.

(L to R) Top row: Carol R. Bradford, Nancy J. Brown, Pamela B. Davis, Jennifer E. DeVoe, Eva L. Feldman, and Margaret Heitkemper. Middle row: Julie A. Johnson, Paula A. Johnson, Mary E. Klotman, Catherine Lord, Guillermina Lozano, and Kelle Harbert Moley. Bottom row: Susan A. Murphy, Kathleen Marie Potempa, Meredith Rosenthal, Margaret A. Shipp, and Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic.

Carol R. Bradford is the Charles J. Krause M.D. Collegiate Professor and chair of the department of otolaryngology at the University of Michigan. She has been on the faculty at the university since 1992. Dr. Bradford holds bachelor’s, master’s, and medical degrees from the University of Michigan.

Nancy J. Brown is the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and chair of the department of medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Brown joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1992. She is a graduate of Yale University, where she majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. Dr. Brown is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School.

Pamela B. Davis is dean and senior vice president for medical affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  She was named dean in 2007. Dr. Davis holds a medical degree and a Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

Jennifer E. DeVoe is an associate professor in the department of family medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. DeVoe earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. at Oxford University. She is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School.

Eva L. Feldman is the Russell N. Delong Professor of Neurology and the director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan. Dr. Feldman earned a medical degree and a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan.

Margaret Heitkemper is a professor and chair of the department of biobehavioral nursing in the School of Nursing at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has been on the university’s faculty since 1981. Dr. Heitkemper is a graduate of Seattle University. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago.

Julie A. Johnson is a Distinguish Professor and dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She has been dean since 2013 and has served on the University of Florida faculty since 1998. Previously, she taught at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Johnson holds a doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Texas.

Paula A. Johnson is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. She also serves as executive director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology. Dr, Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree, a master of public health degree, and a medical degree, all from Harvard University.

Mary E. Klotman is the R.J. Reynolds Professor and chair of the department of medicine at the Duke University Medical Center. Before joining the Duke faculty, she taught at the Mount Sinai Medical School in New York. She earned her medical degree at Duke University.

Catherine Lord is a professor of psychology and pediatrics in psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. She also serves as the director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain. Dr. Lord is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles and earned a Ph.D. in psychology at Harvard University.

Guillermina Lozano is a professor and chair of the department of genetics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas, and holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Kelle Harbert Moley is the James P. Crane Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She also serves as vice chair and chief of the Division of Basis Science Research. Dr. Moley joined the Washington University faculty in 1992. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Wellesley College in Massachusetts and earned her medical degree at Yale.

Susan A. Murphy is the H.E. Robbins Distinguished University Professor of Statistics and professor of psychiatry at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. Before coming to the University of Michigan in 1997, she taught at Pennsylvania State University. Professor Murphy is a graduate of Louisiana State University and holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina.

Kathleen Marie Potempa is a professor and dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan. She is the former dean of nursing at the Oregon Health Science Center in Portland. Dr. Potempa is a graduate of the University of Detroit. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. at Rush University in Chicago.

Meredith Rosenthal is a professor of health economics and policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the high cost of healthcare. Dr. Rosenthal is a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Medical School.

Margaret A. Shipp is a professor at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Hematologic Neoplasia at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She holds a medical degree from Washington University.

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and professor of medical science at Columbia University in New York. She also serves as director of the Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering. Dr. Vunjak-Novakovic holds a Ph.D. from the University of Belgrade in Serbia.