{"id":136881,"date":"2025-08-06T09:20:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T13:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=136881"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:20:06","slug":"kirsten-austad-md-mph-named-national-academy-of-medicine-fellow","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/kirsten-austad-md-mph-named-national-academy-of-medicine-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, Named National Academy of Medicine Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"474\" height=\"248\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/08\/National-Academy-of-Medicine-1.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"National Academy of Medicine logo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKirsten Austad, MD, MPH, Named National Academy of Medicine Fellow\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">August 6, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kirsten Austad wearing dark shirt, long wavy blond hair, smiling\" class=\"wp-image-136746\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2.jpg 494w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2-296x360.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2018\/12\/Kirsten-Austad-2-422x512.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><figcaption>Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Kirsten.Austad\">Kirsten Austad<\/a>, MD, MPH, assistant professor of family medicine, has been named the National Academy of Medicine\u2019s 2025-2027 <a href=\"https:\/\/nam.edu\/programs\/health-policy-educational-programs-and-fellowships\/nam-fellowship-program\/james-c-puffer-m-d-american-board-of-family-medicine-fellowship\/\">James C. Puffer, MD\/American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Fellow<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Austad was chosen for her professional qualifications, reputation and accomplishments, and based on the relevance of her current field of expertise to the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.&nbsp;Austad will collaborate with eminent researchers, policy experts and clinicians from across the country during the two-year fellowship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She joins <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Alyssa.Tilhou\">Alyssa Tilhou<\/a>, MD, PhD, &nbsp;assistant professor of family medicine, who was a 2024-2026 recipient of this fellowship. There&nbsp;have only been 18 of these fellows, and two have come from the department of family medicine, the only department to have two faculty recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH, assistant professor of family medicine, has been named the National Academy of Medicine\u2019s 2025-2027 James C. Puffer, MD\/American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) Fellow. 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