Skip to Content

The IOM is organized into 8 oversight boards: Board on African Science Academy Development (joint with the National Research Council [NRC]); Board on Children, Youth, and Families (joint with NRC); Food and Nutrition Board; Board on Global Health; Board on Health Care Services; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Board on Health Sciences Policy; and Board on Military and Veterans Health.

Board membership is chosen in accordance with the mission and needs of the particular Board.

  Print   Email
Board on Global Health
Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
Forum on Microbial Threats
Methodological Challenges in HIV Prevention Trials
Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis: A Workshop
Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries
The Assessment of Approaches to Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Infants (IPTi)
* more about this board

Board on Health Care Services
Cancer Clinical Trials and the NCI Cooperative Group Program
Committee on Planning a Continuing Health Care Professional Education Institute
Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation
Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Health Insurance Status and Its Consequences
Qualification of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease
Regionalizing Emergency Care Workshop
Standardized Collection of Race-Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement
Standards for Developing Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines
Standards for Systematic Reviews of Clinical Effectiveness Research
Sufficiency of the U.S. Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade: A Workshop
The Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans
The National Emergency Care Enterprise: A Workshop
* more about this board

Board on Health Sciences Policy
Committee on Accelerating Rare Diseases Research and Orphan Product Development
Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments
Committee on Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A
Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice
Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System
Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation
Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders
Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (joint with NRC)
Personal Protective Equipment for Workplace Safety and Health
Review of NIOSH Research Programs (joint with NRC)
Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health
Standing Committee on Medical Readiness
The National Emergency Care Enterprise: A Workshop
The Review of the NIOSH Roadmap on Asbestos and Other Elongated Mineral Particles
* more about this board

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Assessment of the U. S. Drug Safety System
Environmental Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Gulf War and Health Series
Gulf War and Health: Infectious Diseases
Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Agent Orange)
Immunization Safety Review
Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic
Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections in the United States
Public Health Priorities to Reduce and Control Hypertension in the U.S. Population
Review of Adverse Effects of Vaccines
Review of ATSDR's Great Lakes Reports
Review of NIOSH Research Programs: Traumatic Injury
Review of Priorities in the National Vaccine Plan
Review of the Scientific Literature on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Veterans
Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Roundtable on Health Disparities
Roundtable on Health Literacy
Secondhand Smoke and Acute Coronary Events
Smoking Cessation in Military and Veteran Populations
State of the USA Health Indicators
The Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health
The Role of Community-Based Mitigation Strategies During an Influenza Pandemic
Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Women's Health Research
* more about this board

Board on the Health of Select Populations
Committee of Medical Experts to Assist Social Security on Disability Issues
Gulf War and Health: Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War, Update 2009
Initial Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Military Personnel
Qualifications of Professionals Providing Mental Health Counseling Services under TRICARE
* more about this board

Food and Nutrition Board
A Framework for Decision-Making for Obesity Prevention: Integrating Action with Evidence
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments
Committee on Military Nutrition Research
Community Perspectives on Obesity Prevention in Children
Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium
Food Forum
Review of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns and Nutrient Standards
Review of the Food and Drug Administration's Role in Ensuring Safe Food
Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake
The US Pharmacopeia's Heavy Metals Testing Methodologies: A Workshop
US National Committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences
Use of Dietary Supplements by Military Personnel
Workshop on the Public Health Effects of Food Deserts
* more about this board

Health Policy Educational Programs and Fellowships
IOM Anniversary Fellows Program
IOM/ANF/AAN Distinguished Nurse Scholar Program
Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) Fellowship
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellows program
* more about this board

Medical Follow-Up Agency (part of the Board on the Health of Select Populations)
Accelerating the Research, Development and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents
Long-term Health Effects of Participation in Project SHAD
Renal Sequelae of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS)
Studies of U.S. Veteran Twins
The Medical Follow-up Agency Cohort Catalog
* more about this board

National Cancer Policy Forum
* more about this board

NRC/IOM - Board on African Science Academy Development
* more about this board

NRC/IOM - Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development
Depression, Parenting Practices, and the Healthy Development of Children
Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods: A Workshop
Science of Adolescence: Two Workshops
Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions: A Workshop
* more about this board

Studies under the IOM Executive Office
Developing Biomarker-based Tools for Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Gustav O. Lienhard Award
Health Literacy Community Youth Mapping
Improving the Organization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to Advance the Health of Our Population
Ranking FDA Product Categories Based on Health Consequences, Phase I
Ranking FDA Product Categories Based on Health Consequences, Phase II
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lecture Series
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine
Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine
Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public
The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health
* more about this board

Board on Military and Veterans Health (inactive)
* more about this board

Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health (inactive)
* more about this board

National Cancer Policy Board (inactive)
* more about this board