Institute of Medicine elects 13 Mass. members

Thirteen Massachusetts researchers and clinicians have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, a prestigious national body that makes recommendations on health and health-care policy.

The institute's 65 new members include:

Amy N. Finkelstein, professor of economics, MIT
Alfred L. Goldberg, professor of cell biology, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Sue J. Goldie, professor of public health, and director, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Daniel A. Haber, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and director, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Tyler E. Jacks, professor of biology, and director, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, professor and chair, department of society, human development, and health, Harvard School of Public Health
Dr. Isaac S. Kohane, professor of pediatrics and health sciences and technology, Harvard Medical School; and chair, informatics program, Children's Hospital Boston
Dr. Joan Y. Reede, dean for diversity and community partnership and associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School
Gary Ruvkun, professor of genetics, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Clifford B. Saper, professor of neurology and neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, and professor and head, department of neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Megan Sykes, associate director, Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and professor of surgery and professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Bruce D. Walker, director, Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and Harvard University
Dr. Ralph Weissleder, professor of systems biology and radiology, Harvard Medical School, and director, Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital