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Academy President Dr. Judith A. Salerno is featured in the latest issue of the National Institutes of Health newsletter "Women's Health in Focus at NIH." The interview spans her diverse career dedicated to advancing health equity, the challenges facing women in medicine and science, and advice for the next generation of professionals. 

Dr. Judith A. Salerno is a board-certified physician and the President of the New York Academy of Medicine, an organization prioritizing research, policies, and programs that take an evidence-based approach toward examining and overcoming the barriers to good health and health equity. Dr. Salerno is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness, a Commissioner of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief, and a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. 

Read the issue (see page 13 for the feature).