Angélica Rodríguez is the Director of Membership for AcademyHealth. In this role, Angélica is responsible for the recruitment, retention and engagement of individual members and organizational affiliates. Ms. Rodriguez oversees the development of AcademyHealth’s Interest Groups, Student Chapters and member benefits. Ms. Rodriguez brings many years of membership experience to her role at AcademyHealth. Prior to joining AcademyHealth, Ms. Rodriguez worked at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund as the director of major gifts building partnerships and sponsorship support from corporations nationwide. Additionally, she launched the Annual Partners Membership Program to enhance partner engagement with the Memorial Fund. Angélica spent eight years at the National Retail Federation as a senior director and worked with retailers nationwide. In that role she served as a liaison for 11 committees, members and governing boards and also acted as an NRF spokesperson on loss prevention topics including, organized retail crime, gift card fraud and business continuity/crisis management. Angélica has received the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Excellent Service in Public Award, Law Enforcement Online Award and Nassau County Police Department Public Service Award. Angélica holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University.
2024 was a year of progress for members, featuring new resources like the Salary Comparison Tool and Report, the AI for health research course, and the launch of the Future of Health Equity Webinar Series. We’re excited to expand on these achievements in 2025.
Compensation is an important part of the career decision-making process, however it is often cloaked in mystery. To bring transparency to pay in health services and policy research (HSR), AcademyHealth conducted a Salary and Compensation Survey.
To bring transparency to pay in health services and policy research (HSR), AcademyHealth surveyed researchers to learn more about salary and compensation trends. In collaboration with the University of South Carolina, the report provides an in-depth analysis of how compensation varies across geographic regions, career levels, and gender.
AcademyHealth recently launched a Salary Comparison Tool. This members-only tool is a game-changing resource designed to empower health services and health policy researchers in their journey for a better compensation package.