Five faculty members from the Perelman School of Medicine and one faculty member from the School of Nursing are among the 100 new members elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine.
NAM recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, healthcare, and public health and demonstrate professional achievement and commitment to service. Penn professors Zoltan Arany, Kathryn Bowles, Scott Halpern, Ralph Muller, Eugenia South, and Edward John Wherry III join a group of 87 existing Penn faculty members of NAM, an organization dedicated to addressing issues related to critical health, science, and medicine.
Arany is the Samuel Bellet Professor of Cardiology at the Medical School. He was commended for his work on the causes of peripartum cardiomyopathy and his leadership in quantitative metabolic studies.
Bowles is a professor in the Nursing School and van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence, who is recognized for her work in advancing the implementation of a learning health system that identifies patients who need post-acute care. She also led a study with sepsis survivors that resulted in a new ICD-10 code for sepsis aftercare.
Halpern is a John M. Eisenberg Professor in Medicine, Epidemiology, and Medical Ethics and Policy and was recognized for his contributions to improving care near the end of life, combining conceptual and empirical work. He challenged old paradigms of serious illness decision-making through his ethical analyses and clinical trials, demonstrating how alternative interventions can improve care quality and outcomes.
South is a Ralph Muller Presidential Associate Professor in the Medical School. Her work involves developing and testing interventions to dismantle structural racism and prevent firearm injury in black neighborhoods. She used a racial, environmental, and economic justice lens to advance health and create change.
Chief of the Division of Hematology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Thompson created the first national sickle cell disease learning community. She is recognized for her work to improve care for children with SCD in sub-Saharan Africa as well as improving novel SCD therapeutics.
Richard and Barbara Schiffrin President's Distinguished Professor Wherry is recognized for his work in the field of T cell exhaustion in chronic infections and cancer. He contributed to the identification of the role of the PD1 immune checkpoint.
In 2023, five Penn faculty members were elected to NAM, and in 2021, two Penn Medicine professors were elected.
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