An independent organization since 1847, NYAM addresses the health challenges facing the world’s urban populations through interdisciplinary approaches to policy leadership, innovative research, evaluation, education, and community engagement. Drawing on the expertise of diverse partners worldwide and more than 2,000 elected Fellows from across the professions, the Academy’s current priorities are to create environments in cities that support healthy aging; to strengthen systems that prevent disease and promote the public’s health; to eliminate health disparities; and to preserve and promote the heritage of medicine and public health. It is active in public health research and policy analysis.

In 2012, NYAM created the Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health, which explores the cultural and humanistic roots of medicine through public programming and events. The Center incorporates the Library of the Academy.

Learn more about The New York Academy of Medicine at http://www.nyam.org.

Learn more about NYAM’s Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health through its blog, “Books, Health, and History,” at http://nyamcenterforhistory.org/