Annual Meeting 2026: Scientific Symposium Livestream
This page contains the video player for the NAM Annual Meeting program on Monday, October 19, 2026.
Monday, October 19: Harnessing Science Prevention, and Innovation in Chronic Disease
Monday
Scientific Program
This year’s theme is Harnessing Science, Prevention, and Innovation in Chronic Disease.
10:15 am–10:20 amÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýOpening remarks from the Program Chair
Brendan Lee, MD, PhD, Robert and Janice McNair Endowed Chair; and Professor and Chairman Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
10:20am–10:50 amÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýVictor J. Dzau Kenyote Address – The Big Challenges Ahead in Health Policy, and Where Chronic Illness Fits
Drew Altman, PhD, President and CEO, KFF
10:50 am–12:10ÌýpmÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýPanel 1: Understanding Chronic Disease Development & Risk Across the Lifespan
Moderator:
L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH,ÌýDean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Executive Vice President for Academic Health Affairs, Wake Forest University; and Chief Academic Officer, Advocate Health
Panelists:
Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Bridget Goosby, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
Bhramar Mukherjee, PhD, Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Data Science and Data Equity; and Anna MR Lauder Professor of Biostatistics, Yale University
Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD, Zanvyl Krieger Professor; and Director, Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
1:30pm–2:50pmÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýPanel 2: Advancing Chronic Disease Prevention
Moderator:
Cheryl A.M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, Professor and Dean, University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
Panelists:
Beth Frates, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Christopher Gardner, PhD, Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, George A Weiss University Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Martin Picard, PhD, Science of Health Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University
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3:10Ìýpm–4:30 pmÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýPanel 3: Transforming Chronic Disease Treatment and Care
Moderator:
John J. O’Shea, MD, Senior Investigator at NIH; and Chief of the Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, and NIAMS Emeritus Scientific Director
Panelists:
Stephen Hauser, MD, Director, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Weill Institute for Neurosciences; and Professor, Department of Neurology, UCSF
Vivian Ho, PhD, James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, and Professor, Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine
Ania M. Jastreboff, MD, PhD, Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology); and Director Yale Obesity Research Center (Y-Weight), Yale School of Medicine
Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, D. H. Chen Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University
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4:45 pm–6:00 pmÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýPresident’s Forum:ÌýA Conversation Among Academy Presidents
Moderator:
Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, President, National Academy of Medicine
Panelists:Ìý
Tsu-Jae Liu, PhD, President, National Academy of Engineering
Neil H. Shubin, PhD, President, Â鶹´«Ã½×ÊÔ´
