National Academy of Medicine Content

Among the Academies: Defining Biology’s Systems

Jose Antonio Vadi — September 24, 2024 - 12:57pm

Our daily life consists of a science invisible to the naked eye. Think of how molecules come together to form tiny machines within different parts of our bodies, like how the neural networks of our brains are a product of neurons coming together and sending digital signals with other bodily functions.

How do we model the forces of nature that we cannot see but that are indispensable to our everyday life?

The Pain Problem

Allyson Donies Tsuji — December 06, 2017 - 1:54pm

Pain is a pervasive problem that the medical community has not yet addressed in a comprehensive way. That’s the dilemma facing an interdisciplinary group at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis.

Expert on Mental Function in Aging Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Andy Fell — October 17, 2016 - 11:11am

John Morrison, professor of neurology at the University of California, Davis, and director of the California National Primate Research Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific bodies.