Author: National Academies of Sciences

The National Academies Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop in February 2022, A Population Health Workforce to Meet 21st C...

The National Academies Forum on Microbial Threats and Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders hosted a hybrid public workshop in June 20...

Between 2020-2023, many health systems and organizations created formal positions to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and health equi...

A scientific workforce with cutting-edge skills is critical for the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to carry out its mission to...

Over the past century, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from computational theory to everyday conversational technologies, capturing the at...

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) are promising tools that can be used to develop algorithms to better un...

Health literacy, cultural competence, and language access services are distinct but inextricably linked concepts for delivering equitable care to a...

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was established in 1990 to assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and res...

Nearly every major challenge the United States facesfrom alleviating unemployment to protecting itself from terrorismrequires understanding the cau...

The National Cancer Policy Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public workshop, Incorporating Weight Mana...

Fusion offers the prospect of virtually unlimited energy. The United States and many nations around the world have made enormous progress toward ac...

Space-based observations have transformed our understanding of Earth, its environment, the solar system and the universe at large. During past deca...

Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals rem...

While much progress has been made on achieving the Millenium Development Goals over the last decade, the number and complexity of global health cha...

The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday comm...

In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainab...

The United States and the world face serious threats to nuclear stability and peace, now and in the coming decades. Within the nuclear arena, U.S. ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administers the Social Security Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income pro...

Injury and death from use of excessive force by police officers remain a common concern in countries across the globe. Despite local, national, and...

People spend the vast majority of their time inside their homes and other indoor environments where they are exposed to a wide range of chemicals f...

The decennial census is foundational to the functioning of American democracy, and maintaining the public's trust in the census and its resulting d...

Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. The...