Programs

A dynamic hub of innovative, data-driven research on the workforce responsible for providing mental health and substance use services.

AcademyHealth, in partnership with Econometrica and Family Voices, convenes leading voices to generate a national research agenda to build the evidence needed to optimize school-based mental health services for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). This project is funded through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute® (PCORI®) (#EASCS-38921).

​AcademyHealth’s Translation and Dissemination Institute helps the field of health services research move its findings more effectively into policy and practice. It undertakes activities that enable research producers to better understand the needs of research users, helps place research in context, and serves as an incubator for new and innovative approaches to moving knowledge into action.

AcademyHealth supports the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Understanding and Supporting Anchor Businesses to Build a Culture of Health program, which announced five new grants in late 2019. This research will inform RWJF's exploration into the ways that for-profit companies can serve as anchor institutions in their communities to spur greater business action to achieve a Culture of Health in all communities.

AcademyHealth, in collaboration with NASHP and AIM, hosted and facilitated 8 regional meetings across the United States that convened state-level decision makers and cross-sector immunization partners with an overarching goal of increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates for children under 5. At the conclusion of the regional meetings, AcademyHealth and NASHP facilitated a roundtable with key state and federal leaders to distill lessons learned and support thought leadership for future federal funding opportunities.

The Vaccine Information Sharing and Education Resource (VISER) Network, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a collaborative effort between AcademyHealth, the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM), and the National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) to provide immunization leaders with resources and promising practices for improving immunization rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases across the lifespan.