Nine faculty members from HMS are among the 65 new appointees to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. Established in 1970, the institute is both an honorific membership organization and an advisory group that analyzes health issues and makes recommendations on national health policy. Appointment recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and dedication to service. With their election, members make a commitment to volunteer a significant amount of time on IOM committees, which engage in a broad range of studies on health policy issues. The new members from HMS are listed below.

David Altshuler
Professor of Genetics and of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
An endocrinologist and human geneticist, Altshuler is a founding member of the Broad Institute. He studies human genetic variation and its application to disease. He has been a lead investigator in several international collaborations, including the SNP Consortium, the International HapMap Project, and the 1,000 Genomes Project.

Kenneth Anderson
Kraft Family Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Anderson’s research centers on biologically based therapies for multiple myeloma. Using the tools of genomics and proteomics, his lab has illuminated steps in disease development, helped identify new therapeutic targets, and improved targeted therapies against the disease.

John Ayanian
Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
Ayanian investigates the effect of patients’ race, ethnicity, gender, insurance coverage, and socioeconomic characteristics on their access to care and clinical outcomes. He also studies the impact of physicians’ specialty and organizational characteristics on the quality of care.

Nancy Berliner
Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
The main focus of Berliner’s laboratory is the dissection of molecular pathways involved in differentiation of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell. Her scientific interests include anemia, leukemia, DNA diagnostics, and genetic regulation of blood cell production in the bone marrow.

Michael Chernew
Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Chernew focuses his research on the causes and consequences of growth in health care expenditures, most recently involving the design and evaluation of Value Based Insurance Design packages that minimize financial barriers to high-value health care services while reducing costs.

Charles Czeisler
Frank Baldino Jr., PhD, Professor of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Director of the HMS Division of Sleep Medicine, Czeisler studies the neurobiology of the human circadian pacemaker, located in an area of the brain’s hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus. He seeks to apply his novel findings to clinical medicine and occupational health.

Gary Gottlieb
Professor of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
President and Chief Executive Officer, Partners HealthCare System
Widely regarded as an expert on geriatric psychiatry, Gottlieb is a leader in hospital administration, teaching, health care policy and community service. He is recognized for his command of key issues that drive U.S. health care and his advocacy of effective workforce development and reduction of health care disparities.

Bruce Rosen
Professor of Radiology and of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Rosen’s research addresses how functional imaging tools can be applied to solve biological and clinical problems. The techniques he and his colleagues have developed in functional magnetic resonance imaging are used by hospitals throughout the world to evaluate patients with stroke, brain tumors, dementia, and other mental disorders.

George Thibault
Daniel D. Federman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Education, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
President, Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
Thibault’s research has involved the evaluation of practices and outcomes of medical intensive care units and variations in the use of cardiac technologies. He has also held many leadership roles to improve the quality of medical education and teaching, including service as the first director of The Academy at HMS.