Professional Development

Are We Making Progress on Equity?

In this recorded plenary session at the 2021 Annual Research Meeting, panelists reflect on what the field of health services research has done well or poorly to date, and what can we do as individuals and organizations, as well as collectively, to advance equity.

The COVID pandemic exposed the many ways historic, systemic racism creates and sustains health inequities. Moderated by Ceci Connolly, panelists Lisa Cooper, M.D., M.P.H, Joy Lewis, M.S.W, M.P.H, and Nathan Chomilo, M.D., FAAP this plenary conversation examines “the fierce urgency of now” and the need for our field to meet this moment.

Webinar: Building the Evidence Base for Trust Research in Health Care

May 25, 2022, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET

In partnership with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, AcademyHealth supports the funding of research addressing pre-hospital diagnostic delays related to cancer, sepsis, and acute cardiovascular events.

AcademyHealth's Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute, as the Administrative Coordinating Center for the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network, supports the University of Pittsburgh and 11 additional state-university research teams to develop opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures that can be constructed at the provider level, incorporate patient experience, and center health equity.