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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.

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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
Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries
Sequel to Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus
The Assessment of Approaches to Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Infants (IPTi)
The U.S. Commitment to Global Health
* more about this board

Board on Health Care Services
Cancer Clinical Trials and the NCI Cooperative Group System
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 as Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease Risk
Standardized Collection of Race-Ethnicity Data for Healthcare Quality Improvement
Sufficiency of the U.S. Oral Health Workforce in the Coming Decade: A Workshop
The Future Health Care Workforce for Older Americans
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Board on Health Sciences Policy
A Comprehensive Review of the DHHS Office of Family Planning Title X Program
Assessing Medical Preparedness for a Nuclear Event
Assessing Medical Preparedness for a Nuclear Event - A Workshop
Committee for the Review of the NIOSH Research Roadmap on Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers
Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments
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
Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information - The HIPAA Privacy Rule
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 Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications (joint with NRC)
Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health
Standing Committee on the Metropolitan Medical Response System
Workshop on Military Medical Ethics: Issues Regarding Dual Loyalties
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Board on Military and Veterans Health
Committee of Medical Experts to Assist Social Security on Disability Issues
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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
Gulf War and Health: Physiologic, Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment Related Stress
Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Agent Orange)
Immunization Safety Review
Implementation of Antiviral Medication Strategies for an Influenza Pandemic
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Diagnosis and Assessment
Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis Infections in the United States
Reducing Tobacco Use: Strategies, Barriers, and Opportunities
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 Role of Community-Based Mitigation Strategies During an Influenza Pandemic
Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Women's Health Research
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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
Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium
Food Forum
Military Nutrition Research
Reexamination of IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines
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
Review of Use of Process Indicators in FSIS Public Health Risk-based Inspection System
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
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Health Policy Educational Programs and Fellowships
IOM Anniversary Fellows Program
IOM/ANF/AAN Distinguished Nurse Scholar Program
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellowships Program
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Medical Follow-Up Agency (part of the Board on Military and Veterans Health)
Improving the Disability Decision Process: SSA's Listing of Impairments and Agency Access to Medical Expertise
Injection Drug Users Natural History
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
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National Cancer Policy Forum
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NRC/IOM - Board on African Science Academy Development
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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 Young Children
Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods: A Workshop
Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions
Science of Adolescence: Two Workshops
Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions: A Workshop
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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
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lecture Series
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
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Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health (inactive)
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National Cancer Policy Board (inactive)
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