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The Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine undertakes many different types of activities, all aimed at improving health. Each activity brings together experts and stakeholders who provide the nation with guidance on health-related issues.

Activities Index

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Development of a Protocol to Evaluate the Concomitant Prescribing of Opioid and Benzodiazepine Medications and Veterans Deaths and Suicides Consensus Study
An ad hoc committee, under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will develop a protocol (study design), to evaluate the relationship between concomitant opioid and benzodiazepine medication practices at the...
Review of Specific Programs in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Consensus Study
An ad hoc committee will conduct a review of outcomes achieved by four specific programs funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) authorized in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA; P.L. 114-198).
Assessment of the Available Scientific Data Regarding the Safety and Effectiveness of Ingredients Used in Compounded Topical Pain Creams Consensus Study
The committee will identify and analyze the available scientific data relating to the ingredients used in compounded topical pain creams and evaluate how that data translates to the safety and effectiveness of compounded topical pain creams with...
Committee on Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Consensus Study
The purpose of the Committee is to support the dissemination of accurate patient-focused information about treatments for addiction, and to help provide scientific solutions to the current opioid crisis.
Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines to Prescribing Opioids for Acute Pain Consensus Study
On behalf of the National Academy of Medicine, an ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will develop a framework to evaluate existing clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids ...
Improving Care to Prevent Suicide among People with Serious Mental Illness: A Workshop Stand Alone Workshop
Over the past decade, the rate of suicides has continued to rise and is now the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. Research suggests that nearly 90% of individuals who die by suicide have experienced mental illness such as bipolar disorder,...
Integrating Infectious Disease Considerations with Response to the Opioid Epidemic - A Workshop Stand Alone Workshop
The opioid epidemic is changing the epidemiology of HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious disease.
Committee on Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities Consensus Study
The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of the functional abilities an adult needs to meet the physical and mental demands of ...
Accelerating Progress to Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities Consensus Study
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requests that the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convene a committee to examine which interventions are most promising to prevent...
Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Consensus Study
The Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall convene a committee to evaluate the available evidence of the health effects related to the use of ENDS and identify future federally funded...

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