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In Work Interrupted: Voices from the Field, Siham Ahmed reflects on the abrupt termination of her Payne Fellowship and the uncertainty that followed. Just as she was beginning to build the future she had envisioned, a single email changed everything, . Her story is a reminder that while opportunities may be interrupted, purpose and commitment to public service can endure.
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While health services researchers have embraced stakeholder engagement as essential to improving care quality, the timing and authenticity of that engagement determine whether we produce real solutions. True partnership means bringing those with lived experience in before defining the problem, not after designing the intervention.
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As the fiscal year comes to a close, senators from both parties are asking what happened to AHRQ’s funding. After 150 research grants were canceled this summer, questions remain, including whether the money Congress appropriated is funding health services research.
Posted Sep 22, 2026
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The return of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is welcome news. After more than 17 months without a meeting, the nation’s leading preventive care panel once again has new members and can begin addressing a growing backlog of recommendations. But restoring the Task Force's membership is only the first step.
Posted Sep 17, 2026
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On July 15, 2026, researchers across the country began receiving official notices that AHRQ was terminating ongoing grants, many of which had already gone months without funding. The stories below document what these cancellations mean for researchers, patients, health systems, and communities that depend on health services research.
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School Medicaid stands at a crossroad. At a time when students’ health care needs are growing, school Medicaid plays a critical role in supporting student health and learning. Yet, H.R.1 jeopardizes this sustainable funding source for schools across the country, raising concerns about the future of school health services and students’ well-being.
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and AcademyHealth are studying doulas’ experiences with Medicaid reimbursement. The team conducted 16 focus groups with 58 doulas across 6 states to understand the challenges they faced, what made their experience easier, and the benefits of their services for Medicaid clients.
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Patient safety research helps turn evidence into better care. In the latest Evidence Effect story, hear from former AHRQ Director Dr. Robert Valdez about how a national patient safety initiative helped hospitals reduce harm and improve outcomes for patients nationwide.
Posted Sep 8, 2026
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AcademyHealth announces the launch of the Scaling Cancer Biomarker Testing Coalition’s Strategic Roadmap for Collective Action, a strategic framework for advancing cancer biomarker testing at scale.
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Coming from Canada, Laura Yudo expected to hear that a single-payer system was the fix for U.S. health care's biggest problems. Instead, conversations with scholars from France, Ghana, Rwanda, Nepal, and beyond convinced her that no country has it all figured out, and that the real value lies in learning from each other's trade-offs.