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Dame Anne is one of 10 international members elected this year during the academy鈥檚 annual meeting, alongside 90 regular members. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honours in the fields of health and medicine.

She was elected, her citation said, 鈥渇or being a leading clinical epidemiologist on transmission dynamics and prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and more recently Covid-19鈥�. The citation noted that she had led the British National Surveys of Sexual Lifestyles and that her work had 鈥渇ocused on understanding behavioral epidemiology and contributed broadly to public health policy鈥�.

Dame Anne said: 鈥淚 am delighted and honoured to be elected and for my work, and that of the teams I have been privileged to work with, to be recognized by my peers in the US. The pandemic has highlighted the critical role of international collaboration across a wide range of disciplines in limiting harm and helping to build resilience to threats to public health. This is as critical now as ever.听 I look forward to sharing my expertise and working with my academy colleagues for the benefit of global health.鈥�

Established originally as the Institute of Medicine in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine addresses critical issues in health, science, medicine, and related policy, and inspires positive actions across sectors.

New members are elected by current members for major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care and public health.

Dame Anne is Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 果冻影院, co-director of 果冻影院 Health of the Public and President of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences. Her career has focussed on research into the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections as well as other infections such as influenza and Covid-19.

She co-directed the Medical Research Council鈥檚 UK Centre for Co-ordinating Epidemiological Studies of HIV from 1985 until 1999, undertaking a range of epidemiological studies and trials, and was principal investigator of National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) over three decades.

She co-founded 果冻影院鈥檚 Institute for Global Health and has advised many national and international science organisations. She was awarded DBE in the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours list in 2013.

NAM President Victor Dzau said: 鈥淚t is my honour to welcome this truly exceptional class of new members to the National Academy of Medicine.

鈥淭heir contributions to health and medicine are unparalleled, and their leadership and expertise will be essential to helping the NAM tackle today鈥檚 urgent health challenges, inform the future of health care, and ensure health equity for the benefit of all around the globe.鈥�

Last year Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute at 果冻影院 & KU Leuven) and Professor Jan Deprest (果冻影院 EGA Institute for Women鈥檚 Health, 果冻影院H & KU Leuven) were both elected to the academy.

Links

• 果冻影院 Institute for Global Health
• 果冻影院 Health of the Public
• 果冻影院 Population Health Sciences

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• Professor Dame Anne听Johnson. Credit: John Watson

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