Former JAMA editor to address medical editing

George Lundberg, former editor-in-chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, will speak on “The Ethics of Medical Editing” from 7:30-9 p.m. Monday, March 29, at 1100 Grainger Hall.

Lundberg served as editor of JAMA for 17 years. He helped guide the publication to international prominence but was fired in January by the association for publishing, during President Clinton’s impeachment trial, a survey of college students’ sexual attitudes. Officials at the AMA said the article inappropriately inserted the association into a political debate.

In February, Lundberg joined the on-line medical information site medscape.com as editor-in-chief. Lundberg will continue his academic duties as an adjunct professor of health policy at Harvard and lecturer at Northwestern University’s medical and journalism schools. He and the AMA also reached an agreement that will allow him to contribute articles to JAMA.

The Wisconsin Network for Health Policy Research is sponsoring Lundberg’s visit to the UW–Madison.

Operating from the UW Medical School Department of Preventive Medicine, the network seeks to bridge the gap between academics, legislators and other state government officials, private-sector policymakers, provider organizations and consumers by bringing together people and data focused on health policy issues.