Publications from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provide objective and straightforward advice to decision makers and the public. This site includes Health and Medicine Division (HMD) publications released after 1998. A complete list of HMD’s publications from its establishment in 1970 to the present is available as a PDF.

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  Virtual Clinical Trials Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of a Workshop Released: July 23, 2019

  On November 28 and 29, 2018, the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation hosted a 2-day workshop that explored the current clinical trials infrastructure and potential opportunities for supporting the practical implementation of virtual clinical trials.
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  Strengthening the Military Family Readiness System for a Changing American Society Released: July 19, 2019

  Released in July 2019, this new Consensus Study Report from the Board on Children, Youth, and Families finds that the U.S. Department of Defense and military branches have many programs and policies to support the well-being of military families, but they need to employ a more coordinated and comprehensive approach to matching the needs of individual families to available programs.
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  Methodologies for Evaluating and Grading Evidence Considerations for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief Released: July 18, 2019

  On July 26, 2018, the Committee on Evidence-Based Practices for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response held a 1-day workshop featuring two panel sessions to hear from experts in evidence synthesis and grading.
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  Advancing Progress in the Development of Combination Cancer Therapies with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Proceedings of a Workshop Released: July 12, 2019

  In recent years, significant progress has been made in the clinical development and use of immunotherapy for cancer treatment. Immune checkpoint inhibitors—one type of immunotherapy—have changed the standard of care for many different types cancer and spurred a great deal of new drug development activity.
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  A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief Released: June 28, 2019

  On April 1, 2019, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sci¬ences, Engineering, and Medicine, held a public workshop, A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts, in Washington, DC.
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  Guiding Cancer Control: A Path to Transformation Released: June 27, 2019

  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with support from the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Cancer Institute, convened a committee to develop a national strategy for cancer control. The resulting consensus report, Guiding Cancer Control: A Path to Transformation, presents the committee’s strategic vision and its recommendations defining the key principles, attributes, methods, and tools needed to achieve the goal of implementing an effective national cancer control plan.
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  Current Status and Response to the Global Obesity Pandemic: Proceedings of a Workshop Released: June 25, 2019

  On October 9, 2018, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a one-day public workshop that examined the status of the global obesity pandemic and explored approaches aimed at managing the problem in different settings around the world.
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  Improving Cancer Diagnosis and Care Clinical Application of Computational Methods in Precision Oncology: Proceedings of a Workshop Released: June 20, 2019

  Precision oncology therapies, which target specific abnormalities in a patient’s cancer, are changing the nature of cancer treatment by enabling clinicians to select therapies that are most likely to benefit individual patients.
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  Faith–Health Collaboration to Improve Community and Population Health: Proceedings of a Workshop Released: June 07, 2019

  On March 22, 2018, an ad hoc committee planned and convened a one-day public workshop that explored challenges and opportunities for health sector actors that engage with faith-based health assets.
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  Implementing Strategies to Enhance Public Health Surveillance of Physical Activity in the United States Released: May 21, 2019

  With support from the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a committee to develop strategies to support the implementation of recommended actions to improve national physical activity surveillance. The resulting report, Implementing Strategies to Enhance Public Health Surveillance of Physical Activity in the United States, outlines the committee’s 22 strategies and supporting actions for implementation.