Improving Immigrant Health Needs to be Data Driven
The need for more robust data on immigrant subpopulations and their health leaves many health services research questions unanswered as this population grows.
AcademyHealth Announces 2023 Award Recipients
This year’s honorees highlight work related to health equity, health system reforms, and access to care. The awards include the renamed Reinhardt Distinguished Career Award.
Addressing Inequities in Affordability of Care to Promote a Culture of Health
Community organizations co-lead four new studies examining affordability of care for historically marginalized communities, awarded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Research in Transforming Health and Healthcare Systems program, managed by AcademyHealth.
16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health
Raising Expectations for D&I Science: Challenges and Opportunities
Australia, Leading in Outcomes Thanks to Universal Health Care and Individual Innovation and Activism, Now Turns Attention to "Closing the Gap"
AcademyHealth Senior Manager Danielle DeCosta highlights key takeaways from the AcademyHealth and Commonwealth Fund study tour, including ways the Australian health system has worked to address health inequalities and improve health outcomes.
Celebrating Nurses Week: Retaining and Valuing Our Nurses
Nurses play a vital role in the health care system, providing essential person-centered care and support to patients. During Nurses Week, members of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (IRGNI) and academic nurse leaders highlight the importance of retaining and valuing nurses, the impact of nurse turnover on patient care and health care costs, creating a positive work environment, and the need to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in nursing.
Lessons learned from facing harassment of researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine held a seminar discussing the attacks researchers have faced in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how to empower researchers to find safe solutions.
Field in Focus: Advance Your Career with the AcademyHealth Career Center
This members-only interactive event highlighted how the AcademyHealth's Career Center is a great resource for members to use.
Webinar: Reviewing the Literature on Trust in Health Care
This webinar, hosted by the Research Community on Trust, highlighted key themes that have emerged in trust literature over the past fifty years.
Quantifying the Economic, Social, and Health Burdens of Interstate Travel for Reproductive Healthcare in an Increasingly Restrictive Policy Environment
The goal of the study is to examine access to and affordability of abortion care for individuals, especially young people with intersecting marginalized identities, who travel to Massachusetts to obtain care in the wake of the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization and subsequent state actions taken to curtail access to abortion.