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Former Provost Harvey V. Fineberg ’67 has been appointed the seventh president of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), a branch of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that advises the federal government on health policy issues...
...Fineberg, who took a leave of absence from Harvard at the end of last semester after he was passed over for the University’s presidency, said he was excited about the appointment and eager to tackle the new challenges ahead...
...this unique responsibility as the nation’s science adviser on matters of health,” Fineberg said. “My aim is to make it a vital player in the solution of the nation’s health problems...
...created by NAS in 1970 to enlist members of the health professions in examining health policy issues. It currently has 1,429 members, including Fineberg...
...It’s like having an all-star national faculty to work on the most pressing issues of the day,” Fineberg said...