Dr. Herbert B. Peterson, professor and chair in the department of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health and professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, has been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the organization announced this week.
Dr. Herbert B. Peterson, professor and chair in the department of maternal and child health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health and professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the UNC School of Medicine, has been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the organization announced this week.
UNC now has 20 active Institute members. New members are selected from candidates nominated for their professional achievement and commitment to service. Sixty-five new members and four foreign associates were chosen this year, bringing the IOM’s total active membership to 1,538.
“Recognition by the Institute of Medicine is one of the highest honors accorded to a scientist,” said Barbara K. Rimer, Dr.P.H., dean of the School of Public Health. “We are so pleased that Dr. Peterson has been recognized in this way for his exemplary contributions.”
Peterson is known nationally and internationally for his work in womens’ reproductive health, epidemiology, health policy, and evidence-based decision-making. Before he joined the School of Public Health faculty in 2004, he held various research and administrative positions with the World Health Organization, U.S. Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the course of 20 years. He also held joint professorships in the Schools of Medicine at UNC (1994-2004) and Emory University in Atlanta (1994-2002).
In addition to joint appointments in the Schools of Public Health and Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peterson is a fellow at the Cecil B. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC.
School of Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu.