Women Nearly 40 Percent of New Members of National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as the Institute for Medicine, was founded in 1970. Election to the National Academy 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 75 new members from the United States, there are now 2,178 active fellows of the National Academy of Medicine.

A WIAReport analysis of the list of the 75 members of the latest cohort elected into the National Academy of Medicine finds that 29, or 39 percent, are women. Most have current affiliations with academic institutions. Just two years ago, women were just 30 percent of the new members.

Here are brief biographies of the 29 women from the United States who are among the latest cohort of new members of the National Academy of Medicine.

(L to R) Giselle Corbie-Smith, Susan M. Domcheck, Francesca Dominici, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Ying-Hui Fu, and Evelynn Maxine Hammonds

Giselle Corbie-Smith is the Kenan Distinguished Professor in the departments of social medicine and medicine and director of the Center for Health Equity Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She holds a master’s degree in clinical research from Emory University and a medical doctorate from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Susan M. Domcheck is the Basser Professor in Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Francesca Dominici is the Clarence James Gamble Professor of Biostatistics, Population, and Data Science in the Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health and co-director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. She holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics from the University La Sapienza in Rome, Italy, and a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Padua in Italy.

Jennifer H. Elisseeff is the Morton Goldberg Professor in the department of biomedical engineering and ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

Ying-Hui Fu is a professor in the department of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. She holds a bachelor’s degree in food science from National Chung-Hsing University in Taiwan and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Ohio State University.

Evelynn Maxine Hammonds is the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science, a professor of African and African-American studies, and chair of the department of history of science at Harvard University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a bachelor’s degree in physics from Spelman College in Atlanta, a master’s degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in the history of science from Harvard University.

(L to R) Amy Houtrow, Ellen Leibenluft, Linda M. Liau, Xihong Lin, Catherine Reinis Lucey, and Ellen J. MacKenzie

Amy Houtrow is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and pediatrics in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a bachelor’s degree in health science from the University of Pittsburgh, a medical degree from Michigan State University, a master of public health degree from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in medical sociology from the University of California.

Ellen Leibenluft is senior investigator and chief of the section on mood dysregulation and neuroscience and co-branch chief of the emotion and development branch at the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Health. She previously served on the faculty at Georgetown University Hospital. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a medical doctorate from Stanford University.

Linda M. Liau is the W. Eugene Stern Professor and chair of the department of neurosurgery at the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine. She holds a medical degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Xihong Lin, is chair and the Henry Pickering Walcott Professor of Biostatistics, professor of statistics, and the coordinating director of the Program in Quantitative Genomics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Tsinghua University in China and a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of Washington.

Catherine Reinis Lucey is a professor of medicine, executive vice dean and vice dean for education in the School of Medicine, and the Faustino and Martha Molina Bernadett Presidential Chair in Medical Education at the University of California, San Francisco. She holds a medical doctorate from Northwestern University.

Ellen J. MacKenzie is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. She holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

(L to R) Ann Carolyn McKee, Barbara J. Meyer, Terrie E. Moffitt, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Lori J. Pierce, and Judith A. Salerno

Ann Carolyn McKee is a professor of neurology and pathology at the Boston University School of Medicine and director of neuropathology at the Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare System. She holds a medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Barbara J. Meyer is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a professor of genetics, genomics, and development at the University of California, Berkeley. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Harvard University.

Terrie E. Moffitt  is the Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree and Ph.D. both from the University of Southern California.

Lucila Ohno-Machado is a professor of medicine, associate dean for informatics and technology, and chair of the department of biomedical informatics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She holds a medical degree from the University of São Paulo in Brazil, an MBA from the School of Business Administration of São Paulo, and a Ph.D. in medical information sciences and computer science from Stanford University.

Lori J. Pierce is a professor in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine and vice provost for academic and faculty affairs at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She holds a medical doctorate from Duke University.

Judith A. Salerno is the president of the New York Academy of Medicine. She holds a master’s degree in health policy and a medical doctorate both from Harvard University.

(L to R) Nanette Frances Santoro, Arlene Sharpe, Marie Celeste Simon, Claire Sterk, Susan Stone, and Sylvia Trent-Adams

Nanette Frances Santoro is a professor and the E. Stewart Taylor Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She holds a doctorate from Albany Medical College.

Arlene Sharpe is the George Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology and co-chair of the department of microbiology and immunobiology at Harvard Medical School. She holds a bachelor’s degree, medical doctorate, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Marie Celeste Simon is the scientific director and investigator at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, the associate director of shared resources at the Abramson Cancer Center, and the Arthur H. Rubenstein Professor in the department of cell and developmental biology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Miami University in Ohio, a master’s degree in microbiology from Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from The Rockefeller University in New York.

Claire Sterk, is the president of Emory University and the Charles Howard Candler Professor in Public Health at Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center. A native of the Netherlands, she holds a bachelor’s degree from the Free University in Amsterdam, a Ph.D. in sociology from Eramus University in Rotterdam, and a doctoral degree in medical anthropology from the University of Utrecht.

Susan Stone is president of Frontier Nursing University and president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in nursing administration from the State University of New York College of Technology and a doctorate in nursing from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Sylvia Trent-Adams is a rear admiral and the deputy surgeon general in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Hampton University in Virginia, a master’s degree in nursing and health policy from the University of Maryland Baltimore, and a doctorate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

(L to R) Kara Odom Walker, Xiaobin Wang, Rachel M. Werner, Janey L. Wiggs, and Teresa Woodruff

Kara Odom Walker is the cabinet secretary in the Delaware Department of Health and Human Services. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, a medical doctorate from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, and a master of public health degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Xiaobin Wang is the Zanvyl Krieger Professor and director of the Center on Early Life Origins of Disease in the department of population, family, and reproductive health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Children’s Center. She holds a medical degree from Beijing Medical University in China, a master of public health degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, and a doctor of science degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Rachel M. Werner is a professor of medicine and the director of health policy and outcomes research in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Macalester College in St. paul.Minnesota, a medical degree, and Ph.D. in health economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Janey L. Wiggs is the Paul Austin Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology and vice chair for clinical research in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, the associate chief of ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Hospital, and an associate member of Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She holds a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. both in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley and a medical doctorate from Harvard Medical School.

Teresa Woodruff is the Thomas J. Watkins Professor, vice chair for research, and chief of the Division of Reproductive Science in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University. She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.