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Speaker: Brian D. Smedley, Institute of Medicine Brian D. Smedley is a Senior Program Officer in the Division of Health Sciences Policy of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), where he most recently served as Study Director for the IOM report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Previously, Smedley served as Study Director for the IOM reports, Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research; The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in the Health Professions; and The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Smedley came to the IOM from the American Psychological Association, where he worked on a wide range of social, health, and education policy topics in his capacity as Director for Public Interest Policy. Prior to working at the APA, Smedley served as a Congressional Science Fellow in the office of Rep. Robert C. Scott (D-VA), sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Education Policy Division of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. Among his awards and distinctions, in 2000 Smedley was awarded the National Academy of Sciences' Individual Staff Award for Distinguished Service, was awarded the Congressional Black Caucus "Healthcare Hero" award in April, 2002, and in August, 2002, was awarded the Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest by the American Psychological Association. Smedley received an A.B. degree in Psychology and Social Relations from Harvard University in 1986, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1992, where he was a Ford Foundation predoctoral and dissertation fellow. |