Author: Board on Health Sciences Policy

Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) inform decisions on medical care during a large-scale crisis such as a pandemic or natural disaster, eliminating the...

Investment and innovation in drug research and development (R&D) for highly prevalent chronic diseases has stalled in recent decades, despite h...

Millions of peopleinfants, children, adults, and their familiesare currently coping with serious illness in the United States. Efforts are intensif...

Many different groups of people are subject to stereotypes. Positive stereotypes (e.g., older and wiser) may provide a benefit to the relevant grou...

Genomic applications are being integrated into a broad range of clinical and research activities at health care systems across the United States. T...

The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and scientific progress. Academic research institutions a...

Millions of people in the United States live with serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a...

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult populatio...

Student wellbeing is foundational to academic success. One recent survey of postsecondary educators found that nearly 80 percent believed emotional...

The persistent trends in suicide necessitate action among mental health care providers and payers, researchers, and community leaders. Health care ...

To explore issues related to the effects of disasters on children and youth and lessons learned from experiences during previous disasters, the vir...

Engaging the Public in Critical Disaster Planning and Decision Making is the summary of a workshop held in March 2013 to discuss the key principles...

Nonhuman primates represent a small fraction of animals used in biomedical research, but they remain important research models due to their similar...

Review of NASA's Evidence Reports on Human Health Risks 2014 Letter Report is the second in a series of five reports from the Institute of Medicine...