HSR Workforce Development

Research dissemination is often the final step in a project, considered in the moment when findings are packaged and delivered, rather than throughout the work itself. AcademyHealth’s 10-year effort to support policy communications and community-engaged research, emphasized a key lesson: how we share knowledge is just as important as what we discover.

In a recent conversation on the Analyzing Healthcare podcast AcademyHealth President and CEO Aaron Carroll offered a candid look at the challenges and opportunities facing the U.S. health system today. Carroll emphasized that today’s health care debate requires more than simple narratives. It requires evidence and leadership committed to long‑term solutions.

This one-pager outlines the benefits, structure, and cost associated with the ESHPI Organizational Membership.

AcademyHealth will administer a communications and policy capacity building program for Humana Foundation research grantee partners to equip and empower researchers to leverage their research insights for real public health or health care policy and practice change.

AcademyHealth highlights four new projects at the UNC Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center that will generate timely evidence on key behavioral health workforce challenges. AcademyHealth will support dissemination of findings to the health services research community.

A recent change to federal student loan policy is poised to reshape the health workforce in consequential ways. By excluding nursing and several allied health fields from its definition of “professional degree programs,” the Department of Education risks narrowing who can enter the profession and weakening the pipeline of future clinicians.

H.R.1 & proposed regulatory changes cap federal loan borrowing and dramatically narrow the definition of "professional degree," vastly reshaping education and the workforce.

As funders face growing pressure to show the real-world impact of research, AcademyHealth is helping them rise to the challenge. Drawing on more than a decade of partnership with grantmakers, staff members Sarah Weinberg and Danielle DeCosta share practical strategies in Grantmakers in Health's "Views from the Field."

AcademyHealth CEO Aaron Carroll highlights strategies to combat misinformation and build trust. Register for our course, Communicating to Build Trust, by October 24.

AcademyHealth is thrilled to introduce a new cohort of Research Champions who will lead the way in bridging the gap between health services research and public policy, thanks to generous support from the Doris Duke Foundation.