TY - JOUR T1 - Q&A with Victor Dzau: Under National Academy of Medicine, health innovations can flourish: New Vital Directions initiative outlines future for US health JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 7 LP - 7 VL - 46 IS - 9 AU - Lindsey Wahowiak Y1 - 2016/11/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/46/9/7.abstract N2 - Victor Dzau, MD, has had an exciting term since assuming the presidency of the National Academy of Medicine in July 2014. For one thing, the organization was not called NAM when he came on board — its membership voted in 2015 to transform the then-Institute of Medicine into the National Academy of Medicine. Now, the independent NAM is branching even further into what it means to develop meaningful research to be used in health fields. Dzau spoke with The Nation’s Health about the future of the academy and its ongoing work. ER -