Alumni
Keith Wailoo, Ph.D. 1992, has just been elected to the Institute of Medicine. Dr.Wailoo is currently Martin Luther King Professor of History at Rutgers University. Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public. Two other members of the Department of the History and Sociology of Science are also members of the IOM: Professor Emerita Rosemary Stevens (also formerly Dean of SAS) and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Jonathan Moreno.
