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title: Expert on Health Inequities Elected to National Academy of Medicine
date: 2022-10-17T15:45:00-04:00
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# Expert on Health Inequities Elected to National Academy of Medicine

*October 17, 2022* — by [Jessica Weiss ’05](/author/jessica-weiss-05)


> Ruth Enid Zambrana Becomes Record 62nd UMD Faculty Member in National Academies

*Students Outside 09092022 MWJ 6521 1920x1080 — Distinguished University Professor Ruth Enid Zambrana (below), a leading authority on racial and ethnic disparities in health across the life course, has been named to the National Academy of Medicine.*

A University of Maryland researcher whose scholarship has transformed our understanding of how social determinants of health influence outcomes for minority women and population health was elected today to the National Academy of Medicine.

Medical sociologist Ruth Enid Zambrana, a Distinguished University Professor in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, joins [90 new members and 10 international members](https://nam.edu/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-100-new-members-2022/) elected to the elite organization in recognition of their outstanding achievement and volunteer service related to medicine and health. She is the only person from UMD, which has no medical school, in this academy, and she brings the number of UMD faculty in the national academies to 62, a record high.


*Ruth Enid Zambrana*




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