J. Michael Mcginnis, Md, Ma, Mpp

J. MICHAEL MCGINNIS, MD, MA, MPP National Academy of Medicine, the National Academies, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington DC 20001, (202) 334-3963, [email protected] Highlights: Michael McGinnis is a physician and epidemiologist who lives and works in Washington DC. Through his writing, government service, and work in philanthropy, he has been a long-time contributor to national and international field leadership in health, health care, and health policy. He currently serves at the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), where he is the Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer, Senior Scholar, and Executive Director of the NAM’s Leadership Consortium for public and private collaboration on behalf of a continuously learning health system. Previously, he served as founding Director, respectively, of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Health Group, the World Health Organization’s Office for Health Reconstruction in Bosnia, the federal Office of Research Integrity (interim), and the federal Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. In a tenure unusual for political and policy posts, he held continuous appointment through the Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton Administrations at the Department of Health and Human Services, with policy responsibilities for disease prevention and health promotion (1977-1995). Programs and policies conceived and launched at his initiative include the Healthy People process establishing national health goals and objectives (1979-present), the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (1984-present), the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (with USDA, 1980- present), the multi-level Public Health Functions Steering Group and the Ten Essential Services of Public Health (1994-present), the RWJF Active Living family of programs (2000-present), the RWJF Young Epidemiology Scholars Program (2001-2012), the RWJF Health and Society Scholars Program (2002-2017), and the current Learning Health System initiative of the NAM. Internationally, he served in Bosnia (1995-6) as Chair of the joint World Bank/European Commission Task Force on Reconstruction of the Health and Human Services Sector, and in India (1974-5) as epidemiologist and state Director for the World Health Organization’s successful smallpox eradication program. Public service recognitions include the Distinguished Service Medal of the U.S. Public Health Service, the Surgeon General's Medallion, the Arthur S. Flemming Award, the Wilbur J. Cohen Award, the 1996 Health Leader of the Year Award, 2013 Public Health Hero Award, and the 2018 Fries Prize for Improving Health. His research has been widely cited and focuses on the multiple determinants of health, population health, and the rational allocation of social resources. He is an elected Member of the National Academy of Medicine. Programs and policies conceived and initiated by Dr. McGinnis (with key contributions from many individuals and organizations) include several activities of ongoing importance to various arenas: . In 2008, the NAM initiative of national action and innovation collaboratives, currently including the Digital Health Learning Collaborative (2008), the Clinical Effectiveness Research Innovation Collaborative (2010), the Value Incentives and Systems Innovation Collaborative (2011), and the Care Culture & Decision-making Innovation Collaborative (2013), providing a venue for collaborative projects of common importance to stakeholder organizations; . In 2006, the Learning Health System Initiative (stewarded by the NAM Leadership Consortium), providing a trusted forum for key stakeholders to work together toward health and health care that continuously learns and improves (key contributors: Dr. Denis Cortese, Dr. Harvey Fineberg, Karen Ignagni, Dr. Mark McClellan, Dr. Jack Rowe, William Weldon); . In 2002, the RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program, to build the field of population health by attracting promising young professionals from multiple disciplines to interdisciplinary training, research and leadership in improving the health of populations (key contributors: Dr. Pamela Russo, Dr. James Knickman); . In 2002, publication of The Case for More Active Policy Attention to Health Promotion, presenting and assessing the policy, program, training, and research implications of the five domain conceptual framework for the determinants of health—genetic predisposition, social circumstances, physical environment, behavioral patterns, and medical care (with Dr. Pamela Russo and Dr. James Knickman); . In 2001, the RWJF Young Epidemiology Scholars Program, a national competition to engage talented high school students—and their schools, families, and communities—in epidemiology, the basic science of public health (key contributors: Dr. Pamela Russo, Dr. David Fraser, The College Board); . In 2000, the RWJF Active Living family of programs, a national initiative to foster creative building and community design to promote more physical activity in our lifestyles (key contributors: Dr. Katherine Kraft, Dr. Tracy Orleans); . In 1996, the first bilateral agreement (Ministers of Health of the Bosnian and Serbian entities) signed outside the Dayton Accords, setting out principles and priorities for reconstruction of the health care system (key contributors: Serge Heijnen, Dr. Jo Asval); . In 1993-1994, town hall meetings held in each of the 50 state capitals on the importance of public health in a reformed health system, leading to the development of the 10 Essential Services of Public Health (key contributors: 50 state health commissioners, James Harrell, Dr. Edward Baker); 1 . In 1993, publication of Actual Causes of Death, a new analytic approach to identifying and quantifying the central challenges and priorities for the health of Americans (with Dr. William Foege—key contributors: Christina Wypijewski, David Stevenson); . In 1988, the first Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health, drawing attention to diet and overeating as influencing long-term health prospects more than any other controllable factor for non-smoking Americans (key contributors: Dr. Marion Nestle, Public Health Service Nutrition Policy Board members); . In 1984, creation of the US Preventive Services Task Force to produce the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, now in its 4th edition (1st edition in 1989), prompting a focus on evidence-based medicine (key early contributors: Dr. Robert Lawrence, Dr. Steven Woolf, Dr. Douglas Kamerow); . In 1980, the first HHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, now in its 6th edition (1st edition co-produced in 1980 with Dr. Mark Hegsted, then of USDA—key early contributors: Dr. Wayne Callaway, Carol Tucker Foreman, Dr. Donald Fredrickson); . In 1979, the Healthy People process, now in its fourth decade, establishing and tracking national health goals and objectives for the decade, including decennially Healthy People 1990 (1980) revised as Healthy People 2000 (1990), Healthy People 2010 and Leading Health Indicators (2000), and Healthy People 2020 (2010) (led by each federal Secretary of HHS and Assistant Secretary for Health—key early contributors: Dr. Julius Richmond, Dennis Tolsma, Katherine Bauer Sommers, Dr. William, Foege, Public Health Service agencies). During his tenure in federal service, he also started the National Coordinating Committee on Worksite Health Promotion (1979-1987) to catalyze employer commitment to healthier workforces; the National Coordinating Committee on School Health (ongoing), now co-chaired by HHS, the Department of Education and USDA; and the Panel on Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine, which in 1995 published guidelines for the conduct of economic analyses of the returns to health investments. Dr. McGinnis’ academic service includes faculty appointments at Duke University, Princeton University, and George Washington University; publication of numerous papers on health policy, public health, preventive medicine, nutrition, and tobacco; and service on several journal editorial boards. He has testified frequently before Congress. In addition to the National Academy of Medicine, he is an elected Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Sciences, fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. His board and committee service has included: National Governors Association Commission on Childhood Obesity (co-chair), the Board of Directors of the Nemours Foundation; the National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Panel on the Role of Multivitamins in Chronic Disease Prevention (chair); the IOM Committee on Children’s Food Marketing (chair); the United Way of the National Capital Area (chair, resource development); the NAS Board on Agriculture, Health and the Environment; the IOM Food and Nutrition Board; the IOM Roundtable on Health and the Environment; the HHS Nutrition Policy Board (chair); the HHS Working Group on Leading Health Indicators (chair); the HHS Task Force on Health Risk Assessment (chair); the National Coordinating Committee on Clinical Preventive Services (chair); and the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board. He received his MD and an MA (political science/international studies) degrees concurrently from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MPP (public policy) from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and BA (political science) from the University of California, Berkeley. He was the student commencement ceremony speaker for each. Dr. McGinnis married Patricia Gwaltney McGinnis in 1978, and they have two children, Brian

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