Members Elizabeth Stuart and Enrique Schisterman are among the 100 members elected to the National Academy of Medicine this year. Election to the academy 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.
Stuart was elected for being one of the nation’s leading causal inference scholars, developing, communicating, and applying methods affecting health in a wide range of areas: mental health; substance abuse; gun violence; education; and environment. She has held numerous national leadership roles at the American Statistical Association; Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; National Institutes of Health; and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Stuart is the Bloomberg Professor of American Health and Hurley-Dorrier Chair of the department of biostatistics in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Schisterman was elected for his work revolutionizing maternal and infant health by pioneering low-cost interventions—such as preconception aspirin and nutritional supplements—and developing novel epidemiology research methods. His work has significantly reduced maternal morbidity and mortality, shaped global guidelines, addressed health disparities, and uncovered long-term impacts, driving equitable reproductive health care worldwide. Schisterman is chair and Perelman Professor in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics in the department of biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
New members are elected by current members through a process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.
View the full list of newly elected members.
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