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Operating under a congressional charter, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Institute of Medicine (IOM), and National Research Council (NRC)—collectively the U.S. National Academies—are private, nonprofit institutions that advise the federal government and public on matters of science, technology, and health by establishing committees of experts to address critical technical and policy issues.
The Academies promote the use of science, engineering, and medicine to enhance the security and well-being of people throughout the world and to ease disparities in human welfare. To accomplish this, we cooperate with partner organizations and scientific communities internationally. We also work to increase the capacity of both individual national academies and regional and global networks of academies to provide evidence-based advice to their governments, policy makers, and the public, thus strengthening and shaping policy and programs worldwide. Priorities for the National Academies' international work include: Furthering Sustainable Development
- Energy and the environment
- Water resources
- Food security
- Mitigating and adapting to climate change
- Protecting biodiversity
Enhancing Global Security
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Health surveillance
- Health care quality
- Containing the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
- Preventing and recovering from conflict
- Averting and responding to natural and man-made disasters Building Human and Institutional Capital
- Enhancing the capacity of academies to provide policy advice
- Strengthening education systems
- Improving public access to scientific, technical, and health information
- Supporting ethical systems and public-service mechanisms
- Defending human rights of scientists, engineers, and health professionals
- Fostering international links among young scientists Office of the Foreign Secretaries Foreign Secretaries, elected by the membership of NAS, NAE, and IOM, serve as official representatives of each institution to counterpart science academies and other international organizations. They provide leadership and coordination on international programs and help draw on the full range of capabilities of program units in developing international activities. Jo Ivey Boufford, Foreign Secretary, Institute of Medicine
President
New York Academy of Medicine Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Engineering
Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University Michael T. Clegg, Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences
Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
Department of Ecology & Evolution
University of California, Irvine
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