Two ISU professors elected to National Academy of Medicine

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Iowa State University professors Alicia Carriquiry and James Roth have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Carriquiry is an ISU Distinguished Professor of statistics whose work has advanced the understanding of nutrition and dietary assessment. She joined the ISU faculty in 1990, and leads the National Institute of Standards and Technology Forensic Science Center of Excellence based at Iowa State. During her 26-year career, Carriquiry has developed statistical methods to better measure nutrient intake. Her work has also focused on mental health issues, which includes leading an ongoing effort by NAM to evaluate Veterans Affairs mental health services. Roth, the Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, is the first faculty member from the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine to gain membership in the academy. He is the director of the Center for Food Security and Public Health and executive director of the Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics. Roth has devoted much of his career to studying the immunology of infectious diseases of livestock and management of foreign animal disease outbreaks. The two faculty members were among 70 new members and nine international members the academy announced on Monday.