{"id":310550,"date":"2026-10-20T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310550\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:06:08","slug":"lisa-bodnar-was-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310550\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Bodnar was elected to National Academy of Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealth.pitt.edu\/directory\/lisa-bodnar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa M. Bodnar<\/a>, professor of epidemiology and associate dean for research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in health and medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Bodnar is <a href=\"https:\/\/nam.edu\/news-and-insights\/nam-announces-100-new-members-for-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">among 100 members<\/a> \u2014 including two alumni,\u00a0Fabrisia Ambrosio (SHRS \u201905G) and\u00a0Courtney A. Schreiber (SPH \u201905G) \u2014 elected to NAM in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>NAM recognized Bodnar for her expertise in how maternal nutrition shapes pregnancy, birth and the long-term health of mothers and children. Her research has transformed scientific knowledge of optimal maternal dietary patterns and healthy pregnancy weight-gain ranges, providing an essential evidence base for national and international public health guidance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElection to the National Academy of Medicine is a significant recognition of excellence in research, medicine and health,\u201d said Pitt Public Health Dean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealth.pitt.edu\/directory\/maureen-lichtveld\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maureen Lichtveld<\/a>. \u201cDr. Bodnar\u2019s election reflects the impact of her work on maternal and child health and the strength of the research conducted across Pitt Public Health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bodnar said she hopes the recognition will help advance research on maternal health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored by this recognition and grateful to my mentors, colleagues and collaborators who have contributed to this work,\u201d Bodnar said. \u201cI hope our research continues to inform evidence-based clinical and public health guidelines on maternal and child nutrition and improve health and well-being for this understudied population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NAM members are elected by their peers for major contributions to medical science, health care and public health. They contribute their expertise to the National Academies\u2019 work addressing critical issues in health and medicine and informing public policy.<\/p>\n<p>Bodnar joins 19 other Pitt faculty members who have been elected to NAM.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photography courtesy of Lisa Bodnar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lisa M. Bodnar, professor of epidemiology and associate dean for research at the University of Pittsburgh School of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-310550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}