Your work matters. Do the right people know? This online course is designed to help researchers sharpen their communication skills and grab the attention of health system leadership, media, policymakers, funders, and other end users.

AcademyHealth and the ABIM Foundation are collaborating on a two-year initiative, Advancing Trust: A Focus on Medical Debt, which aims to address the widespread implications of health system-based medical debt policies and practices while exploring solutions to this systemic issue.

AcademyHealth student chapter member Rebecca Bilden reflects on why students and early career professionals should attend the Annual Research Meeting (ARM). The Call for Abstracts for the 2025 ARM is open through January 8, 2025.

The Health Equity Interest Group and Women and Gender Health Interest Group, supported by the Commonwealth Fund, invited attendees to their event in the Future of Health Equity Webinar series.

2024 was a year of progress for members, featuring new resources like the Salary Comparison Tool and Report, the AI for health research course, and the launch of the Future of Health Equity Webinar Series. We’re excited to expand on these achievements in 2025.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve rapidly, the field of HSR has a significant opportunity to demonstrate what works, for whom, and in what contexts.

Significant investments in community health begin with reforming funding approaches and scaling programs that center a community’s experiential knowledge. Participatory grant-making and peer health navigation are two examples of promising health services research approaches that deserve more attention.

Building on a previous call to integrate oral health into health care systems and policy frameworks, the Oral Health Interest Group (OHIG) aims to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, reduce disparities, and drive policy innovation ahead of the 2025 Annual Research Meeting.

The webinar provided actionable strategies to strengthen advocacy efforts, influence evidence-based policymaking, and advance better health outcomes. Attendees also gained exclusive insights from the AcademyHealth advocacy team, ensuring they were informed and equipped to adapt to the evolving federal landscape

Congress is racing to build on the pandemic era expansion of telehealth access for mental health care, but while some legislation tries to solve known disparities in access, support for mental health service research generally is still lacking.