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AcademyHealth is the premier organization for health services researchers and health policy professionals. Our membership gives you access to the tools, resources, and connections you need to obtain adequate funding for your work, overcome burnout, communicate to decision-makers to drive policy change, and more.

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Knowledge is Power

AcademyHealth membership gives you access to the latest data, funding opportunities, member-only training, personalized news, and health policy updates to propel your research forward.

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Advance your career with AcademyHealth membership! Gain access to exclusive health services research and policy job listings, members-only networking, and valuable resources. Plus, apply for scholarships, fellowships, and volunteer opportunities to boost your resume.

Increase Your Impact

AcademyHealth membership amplifies your voice, connecting you with policymakers, funders, peers, and media. Share your work through our blog, apply for awards, and attend conferences at discounted rates.

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In today’s climate of rising misinformation, AcademyHealth connects you with a supportive community of evidence champions. Join one of our 18 interest groups to find mentorship, collaboration, and peers who share your research interests.

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    Join our community of health services researchers, policy makers, health care practitioners and shareholders, and more.
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    Includes those who have recently graduated from an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program within the past 12 months.
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    All student members must be full-time undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral students.
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    $50/yr
    The patient collaborator designation includes informal caregivers, advocates, and navigators. 

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Get a behind-the-scenes peak into policymaking directly affecting the field of health services and health policy research. By joining AcademyHealth, you are aligning your organization with known players in the health research and policy space. 

Members get visibility among our entire individual and organizational membership, access to bi-monthly advocacy briefings, unique networking opportunities, and benefit from money-saving discounts on our influential events.  

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Interest Groups

AcademyHealth Interest Groups facilitate interaction of individuals around specific topic areas relating to health services research and health policy. Interest Group members have an opportunity to exchange knowledge, disseminate research findings, inform policy and clinical decision-making, build research skills, and network with those sharing common goals.

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Quality blog content, available only to AcademyHealth members.

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AcademyHealth’s Situation Report: Shutdown Talks Continue, AHRQ Shifts Focus, New Medicaid Policies

In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we examine ongoing shutdown negotiations affecting ACA subsidies and Medicaid work requirements, as well as AHRQ’s new research strategy and its implications for health equity and implementation science.
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Read on Washington's September 2025 Advocacy Update

This month's "Read on Washington," available only to AcademyHealth members, includes updates on appropriations, impoundments, new strategic guidance from AHRQ, and more.
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A Looming Trade-Off: What is at Stake with AHRQ's "Gold Standard" Focus?

AHRQ released a new strategy document that signals a potential pivot point for U.S. health services research (HSR). While the document emphasizes methodological rigor, it raises serious questions about the future of three pillars of HSR: patient-centered care, health disparities research, and dissemination & implementation (D&I) science. Each of these areas is essential to making evidence matter in the real world.
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AcademyHealth's Situation Report: AHRQ Priorities Released, Experts Push Back on Autism Claims

In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we examine AHRQ’s newly released priorities, expert responses to recent claims on autism and vaccines, and the latest on the government shutdown.
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AcademyHealth’s Situation Report: GAO Challenges AHRQ Grant Impoundments, Medicaid Cuts Stir Debate

In this issue of AcademyHealth's Situation Report, we examine the GAO's challenge to AHRQ impoundments, marking a critical juncture for federal health research funding, alongside the potential impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts and ACA tax credit shifts on health care access and affordability.
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AcademyHealth Applauds GAO Investigation into AHRQ Impoundments

Congress is formally asking GAO to investigate if the collapse of AHRQ grantmaking that AcademyHealth has identified constitutes an unlawful impoundment
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