Author: Board on Health Sciences Policy

Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) are designed to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diseases from mother to child. Wh...

Millions of Americans of all ages face the challenge of living with serious illnesses such as advanced cancer, heart, or lung disease. Many people ...

The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of links between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to tremendous excitement...

Over the past decade, preparedness and response capacities of government agencies, hospitals and clinics, public health agencies, and academic rese...

The responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) range from preventing foreign and domestic terrorist attacks; securing the nation...

The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed a...

Societies around the world are concerned about dementia and the other forms of cognitive impairment that affect many older adults. We now know that...

Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent, costly, and disabling health conditions in the United States. Estimates show that more than 11 percent o...

Advance Care Planning(ACP)has long been a staple of caring for people with serious illness. Over its history, it has been defined in different ways...

Palliative care is the interdisciplinary specialty focused on improving quality of life for people with serious illness and their families. This in...

The U.S. medical countermeasures (MCMs) enterprise is interconnected, complex, and dynamic. It includes public and private entities that develop an...

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...