UCL academic elected to US National Academy of Medicine

Dame Anne Johnson Professor Dame Anne M. Johnson (UCL Institute for Global Health) has been elected to the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in recognition of her outstanding achievements and commitment to service. Dame Anne is one of 10 international members elected this year during the academy's annual meeting, alongside 90 regular members. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honours in the fields of health and medicine. She was elected, her citation said, "for being a leading clinical epidemiologist on transmission dynamics and prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and more recently Covid-19". The citation noted that she had led the British National Surveys of Sexual Lifestyles and that her work had "focused on understanding behavioral epidemiology and contributed broadly to public health policy". Dame Anne said: "I am delighted and honoured to be elected and for my work, and that of the teams I have been privileged to work with, to be recognized by my peers in the US. The pandemic has highlighted the critical role of international collaboration across a wide range of disciplines in limiting harm and helping to build resilience to threats to public health.