with Ralph Snyderman, Harvey Fineberg and Christy Mack on Mar 28, 2008
with Harvey Fineberg, Paul Nurse, Peter Palese and more on Mar 22, 2006
Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine. He served as Provost of Harvard University from 1997 to 2001, following thirteen years as Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. He has devoted most of his academic career to the fields of health policy and medical decision making.
Dr. Fineberg helped found and served as president of the Society for Medical Decision Making and also served as consultant to the World Health Organization. At the Institute of Medicine, he has chaired and served on a number of panels dealing with health policy issues, ranging from AIDS to new medical technology. He also served as a member of the Public Health Council of Massachusetts (1976-1979), as chairman of the Health Care Technology Study Section of the National Center for Health Services Research (1982-1985), and as president of the Association of Schools of Public Health (1995-1996).
Dr. Fineberg is co-author of the books ‘Clinical Decision Analysis’, ‘Innovators in Physician Education’, and ‘The Epidemic that Never Was’. He has co-edited several books on such diverse topics as AIDS prevention, vaccine safety, and understanding risk in society. He has also authored numerous articles published in professional journals.
Source - Institute of Medicine http://www.iom.edu/?id=4081&redirect=0
