Ann Kurth, PhD, CNM, MPH became President of The New York Academy of Medicine on January 1, 2023.
Dr. Ann Kurth joined NYAM from Yale University, where she was the Dean and Linda Koch Lorimer Professor at Yale School of Nursing and Professor, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale School of Public Health.
An epidemiologist (PhD UW, MPH Columbia) and certified nurse-midwife (MSN Yale), Dr. Kurth draws from the perspectives of her STEAM (STEM + arts/humanities) disciplinary training. Dr. Kurth’s research focuses on HIV/reproductive health, and global health system strengthening, in the context of pandemics, climate change and other stresses—all of which have a disproportionate effect on structurally marginalized populations. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIAID, NIMH, NICHD, NIDA), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNAIDS, CDC, HRSA, and others, for studies in the U.S. and internationally, with over $20 million as principal investigator. At Yale Dr. Kurth co-founded the Yale Institute for Global Health, a cross-university research effort. Dr. Kurth has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and scholarly monographs and presented at hundreds of scientific conferences and invited talks.
Dr. Kurth’s research has focused on HIV, reproductive health, and health system strengthening, in the context of climate change, pandemics, and other stresses. Her science has been funded by the NIH, Gates Foundation, and others, for work in the US and internationally. Dr. Kurth has authored over 250 publications and is working on a book about health system climate resilience. Dr. Kurth was on the US Preventive Services Task Force, and is chair emeritus of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. She currently co-chairs the Age-Friendly NYC Commission and is a member of Governor Hochul’s NYS Commission on the Future of Health Care. Dr. Kurth is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), where she co-chairs the Climate Interest Group, of the American Academy of Nursing, and of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Dr. Kurth received her A.B. magna cum laude from Princeton, her MPH from Columbia, her MSN from Yale and her PhD from University of Washington; she has an honorary doctorate from U Mass Amherst Chan Medical School.