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Harvey Fineberg
President of the United States Institute of Medicine
Harvey Fineberg is President of the United States Institute of Medicine and advisor to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health for 13 years, he served as Provost of the University from 1997 to 2000.
He is a specialist in decision-making and health policies, and his research interests include the evaluation of vaccines and medical technologies and the development of medical innovations.
He is past President of the Society of Medical Decision Making. In addition, as a member of the Institute of Medicine, he has led research in various areas such as AIDS, medical technologies, and risk in society.
Recent works:
Society's Choices: social and ethical decision making in biomedicine (1995).
Innovators in Physician Education: the process and pattern of reform in North American medical schools (1995).
AIDS prevention through education: a world view (1993).