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Harvey Vernon Fineberg (born September 15, 1945) is an American physician. A noted researcher in the fields of health policy and medical decision making, his past research has focused on the process of policy development and implementation, assessment of medical technology, evaluation and use of
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, and dissemination of medical innovations. Fineberg has held several prominent positions over the course of his career, including Dean of the
Harvard School of Public Health The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first ...
, Provost of
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, and President of the
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, now the National Academy of Medicine.


Education and training

Fineberg earned an
A.B. Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
in 1967 from
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and a
M.D. Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a professional degree. T ...
in 1971 from
Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consi ...
. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston. He worked as a practicing physician at two Boston-area health centers from 1974 to 1984. In addition to his clinical training, Fineberg earned a M.P.P. from
Harvard Kennedy School The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...
in 1972 and a
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in Government from Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1980. He was selected as a member of the
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.


Academic career

He taught at Harvard Kennedy School from 1973 to 1981, and served on the faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health from 1973 to 1984, when he became the school's dean. He led the School of Public Health for 13 years before becoming the University Provost for 4 more years. In 2002, he became president of the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy of Medicine), where he ended his tenure in 2014. Dr. Fineberg is co-author of the books ''Clinical Decision Analysis'', ''Innovators in Physician Education'', and ''The Epidemic that Never Was'', also published under the titl
''The Swine Flu Affair''
an analysis of the controversial federal immunization program against swine flu in 1976. He has co-edited several books on such diverse topics as AIDS prevention, vaccine safety, and understanding risk in society. He has also authored numerous articles published in professional journals. Fineberg helped found and served as president of the
Society for Medical Decision Making The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) is an organization of researchers, clinicians, educators, managers and policy makers based in Bridgewater, New Jersey. It researches and uses rigorous and transparent methodologies in health Healt ...
and also served as consultant to the
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
. At the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, he chaired and served on a number of panels dealing with health and science policy issues, including
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, vaccine safety, and reproducibility and replicability in scientific research. He has served as a member of the Public Health Council of Massachusetts (1976–1979), as chairman of the Health Care Technology Study Section of the National Center for Health Services Research (1982–1985), and as president of th
Association of Schools of Public Health
(1995–1996). Additionally, he served on the boards of a number of philanthropic organizations, including the
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, the
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, the François-Xavier Bagnoud Foundation (USA), and the
China Medical Board China Medical Board, Inc. (CMB; ) is a nonprofit organization that promotes health education and research in the medical universities of China and Southeast Asia. Its mission is "to advance health, equity, and the quality of care in China and Southe ...
. He is a member of the
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and the
American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...
. He has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Joseph W. Mountin Prize from the
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, the Wade Hampton Frost Prize from the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association, the
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in Public Health from
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's Mailman School of Public Health, awarded Dr. Fineberg the highest prize in public health, from Academyhealth, and honorary degrees from a number of universities, including a Doctor of Laws from Harvard University in 2018. From 2013 until 2018, Fineberg served as chairperson of the
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. He was succeeded by former U.S. secretary of commerce
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in May 2018. He is presently the president of the
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. And he has been member of the advisory board of the
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.


Personal life

Fineberg is married to Dr. Mary E. Wilson, a noted expert in infectious diseases, travel medicine, and global health and adjunct professor at
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and visiting professor at University of California, San Francisco.


References


External links


Biography

Harvey V. Fineberg biography
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Harvey V. Fineberg biography
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"Are we ready for neo-evolution?" (TED2011)
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Efficiency and Quality in Health Care
Harvey Fineberg speaks at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
"IOM President releases free electronic edition of ''The Swine Flu Affair'', offering lessons from the 1976 swine flu scare"

"Dr. Harvey Fineberg Delivers the 2011 Frank A. Calderone Lecture"
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