Today, the AcademyHealth Board of Directors announced the selection of nationally recognized thought leader, science communicator, pediatrician, and researcher,
@aaronecarroll
, as the next President and CEO of AcademyHealth:
The House's Labor HHS appropriations bill released yesterday would eliminate AHRQ entirely and cut funding across health agencies, like ARPA-H, NIH, CDC, and HRSA. It would decimate access to high-quality, patient-centered care and research. Read
@DrSimpsonHSR
's statement:
It’s one of our favorite times of the year, when thousands of passionate and driven individuals gather to improve health care and build healthy communities.
#ARM19
🙌👏
Congratulations
#ARM19
award winners! Help us recognize these individuals at this year’s event during the “Presidential Session: Rock Stars of HSR.” Read more about each awardee here: 👉
We've sadly made the decision to cancel the in-person
#ARM20
given the
#COVID19
pandemic & are working to provide a virtual option for later this summer. More info on that ASAP. Until then, please see the note from
@DrSimpsonHSR
:
All is quiet now, but come tomorrow, these halls will be bustling with thousands of
#HSR
and
#healthpolicy
professionals, leading the charge to transform delivery systems and health care. 🙌
#ARM19
.
That's a wrap on
#ARM19
!! Thank you all for joining us here in our hometown Washington DC!
Check out a special message from
@DrSimpsonHSR
and find out where we will be next year for
#ARM20
Health Services Research (HSR) Impact Award winner
@atheendar
reflects on the values that guide
@OppforHealthLab
including empathy, innovation and impact.
🎉 Congratulations!🎉
"We need to stop thinking of diversity, equity, and inclusion as an endpoint, but a process."
--
@mclemoremr
at the
#ARM22
opening plenary "Moving Beyond Career Pathways to Fund and Sustain a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce"
Congrats
@doccrearperry
, voted best Snapshot of Innovation
@RWJF
#sk19
! She's working on patient-reported experiences of mistreatment & discrimination in childbirth & pregnancy to address fact that black women are 3-4x more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white.
In her remarks,
@ruha9
traces the historically racist traditions of medicine as "objective oppressor" & points
#ARM20
attendees to current day examples. Specifically, she highlights this recent article from
@sciam
:
We just announced the 2021 winners of our Annual Awards program. The awards program recognizes individuals that have made significant contributions to improving health and health care for all.
Awardees will be honored at
#ARM21
! Learn more:
Hey
#ARM19
tweeps! The votes are in. Give a BIG congratulations to
@JackieeEllison
of
@BUSPH
for winning this year's Best Poster Award.
"The Dependent Coverage Expansion and Insurance Use for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services."
How to make yourself a more trusted voice when sharing information:
1) Humility
2) Understanding the science & admit when you don't know something
3) Know who the true experts are & work with them
4) Don't confuse expertise with intelligence
-
@ashishkjha
at
#DIScience20
The Call for Abstracts for our 16th Annual D&I Conference is now open! Submit an abstract under the theme: "Raising Expectations for D&I Science: Challenges and Opportunities" by July 18 at 5pm ET.
#DIScience23
@NCI_ImplSci
How far we’ve come! Today
#DIScience22
participants were asked "In one word, how do you think the field of D&I has most advanced in the last 15 years?"
See what they said 👇
@NCI_ImplSci
Present your work at the in-person
#DIScience22
in D.C.! We are now accepting abstracts for the 15th Annual Science of D&I Conference until July 19, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Submit an abstract today to be a part of the program.
@NCI_ImplSci
👉
One of the
#HSR
field’s greatest assets is its diversity of thought and discipline. We’re about to announce a major effort to tap into that diversity and rethink how health services research is conducted & used. Be the first to receive the announcement!
Congratulations to the
#ARM21
Best Poster Winners!
🏆 Best Poster:
@shao_connie
🏆 Best Student Poster:
@rohankhaz
Be sure to view all the outstanding posters presented at this year's event!
Congratulations to the
#ARM22
Best Student Poster Winner Acacia Herndon
@UNLVnursing
!
Her poster (A-22) shows associations between state regulations and midwifery workforce access:
This year’s Chair Award goes to the late Uwe Reinhardt, renowned health economist. Darrell Gaskin presents the Award to Uwe’s widow & collaborator May Tsung-Mei Chang
#nhpc18
Congratulations to
@taylor__levine
for winning best student poster at
#ARM23
for her poster “The Impact of Opioid Discontinuation on the Patient-Provider Relationships Differs Based on Reason for Discontinuation.”
Amazing turnout for the
#ARM18
AcademyHealth Diversity Networking Reception. Congratulations to the Diversity Scholars Network scholarship winners (pictured with
@acbeal
and AcademyHealth staff)
And a special thank you to our sponsors
@urbaninstitute
@RWJF
Did you know?
A private room is available for nursing mothers at
#DIScience19
Wednesday through Friday in the meeting space of the Crystal Gateway Marriott. Stop by registration to pick up the key.
AcademyHealth members
@RRHDr
and
@RheaBoydMD
were featured on
@CPSolvers
podcast "Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health"
Listen here:
New on our blog: AcademyHealth President and CEO
@DrSimpsonHSR
calls on
#HSR
to address diversity & inclusion in the workforce, bias in data and methods, and systemic issues that increase disparities and negatively impact health:
A non-exhaustive list of advice from
#ARM22
award winners:
⭐Learn your strengths & leverage them in a team
⭐Don't fear failure
⭐Be & stay informed
⭐Find peers to support you
⭐Learn how to communicate your work to broad audiences
⭐Build empathy to ask better questions
Today, with our partners at
@RWJF
, AcademyHealth is pleased to launch
#ParadigmProject
, a concerted, collaborative effort to increase the relevance, timeliness, quality, and impact of
#HSR
. Learn more about the project and get involved here: .
We want to harness the power of social media to bring people together at
#ARM19
! Attend a special "Tweetup" Monday, June 3, at the AcademyHealth booth at the Convention Center - Exhibit Hall E.
Congratulations
@AndriaEisman
of
@umichsph
for winning the
#DIscience18
Best Poster Award! And thank you & congratulations to all of this year's poster presenters. Learn more about the winning poster:
We're happy to announce a new partnership with
@HC_TheJournal
, now one of our official journals! Co-editor
@sacjai
is a keynote at
#ARM19
& the journal is also debuting a new section on Insights in Analyzing
#HealthData
(great news for
#egems
folks!) Read:
Congrats to AcademyHealth member and 2016 Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award recipient
@katybkoz
for her
#HeinzAward
win for her research on racism in health care and maternal mortality rates:
Attend
#ARM23
to learn about the latest research, innovative methods, and robust discussions about the impact of health services research on health policy and practice. We’re now accepting abstracts through January 12, 2023 at 5pm ET:
"STAT has documented dozens of cases where white researchers are building on the work of, or picking the brains of, Black and brown researchers without citing them or offering to include them on grants or as co-authors."
This year marks
@bradwrightphd
10th AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting! He stopped by to chat with us and discuss what keeps him coming back year after year, check it out below!
#ARM19
AcademyHealth and
@NCI_ImplSci
are once again hosting
#DIScience23
this December under the theme "Raising Expectations for D&I Science: Challenges and Opportunities." Learn more and submit an abstract:
Will we see you at
#DIScience19
in two weeks?
👉
@NCI_ImplSci
✔️ 2 1/2 Days of D&I Science
✔️ 1,200+ Attendees
✔️ Four Plenary Presentations
✔️ 48 Breakout Sessions
✔️ Nine Diverse Tracks
✔️ Building a Strong Future for the Field...
Congratulations to Dr. Baicker of
@HarrisPolicy
on earning the Reinhardt Distinguished Career Award!
Dr. Baicker highlights the importance of driving high quality evidence, speaking to policymakers, and translating research in a way the public can understand
#ARM23
Attention
#ARM19
Tweeps!
Are you looking forward to connecting or reconnecting with other Twitter attendees? Do you follow
#ARM19
?
Meet us at the TweetUp!
Award winners, presenters, overall
#HSR
rockstars - join us for an in-person meetup at the AcademyHealth booth!
#ARM22
attendees applauded
@Surgeon_General
's comment:
It's easy to move from one tragedy to another, but this is a moment where every leader should have a plan to address
#GunViolence
. If they don't, their consistents must hold them accountable. Your voices matter.
A
@statnews
investigation shows a disturbing trend: researchers with little or no background or training in health equity research, often white and already well-funded, are rushing in to scoop up grants and publish papers.
Read more:
#ARM21
is going to be virtual again this June! Join us for our biggest and most popular meeting of the year to connect with the
#HSR
community, network, and find out what’s new in the field. Learn more:
"We can't undo 60 or 70 years of a lack of investment in black and brown communities just by elevating, and talking about it. We actually need to put money into those efforts." -
@DrKaraWalker
#NHPC21
#hdpalooza
#ARM22
Outstanding Dissertation Award winner
@SFWaltersPhD
@PublicHealthUMN
found that access to high-quality Medicare home health is inequitable, inequitable access may be exacerbated by five-star quality ratings & may result in disparate impact on Medicare patient outcomes.
Researchers may be rewarded the more they publish, but we need research that addresses societal problems. Our new report offers new strategies to increase the societal impact that health research can have on the community
#ParadigmProject
:
New Special Publication from
@theNAMedicine
: The Future of Health Services Research: Advancing Health Systems Research and Practice in the United States:
Katherine Baicker of
@HarrisPolicy
urges researchers to "speak strongly when we're sure and humbly when we're not" in order to be more effective in quest to inform policy decisions.
#NHPC18
Our first live plenary session: “The Pandemic Response: Misadventures in Evidence, Communication, and Implementation” with
@ashishkjha
at
#DIScience20
starts at 11 a.m. We recommend attendees sign in a few minutes early. Access the meeting here:
AcademyHealth welcomes
@aaronecarroll
, thought leader, expert science communicator, and health services researcher as our new President & CEO. Learn more:
Attendees at the final plenary session of
#DIScience20
say improving
#healthequity
is the most important area in which to use policy to translate scientific evidence.
Mark your calendar for
#ARM20
! For the first time, next year's event will begin on Saturday, giving attendees an extra half day to enjoy even more
#HSR
and
#healthpolicy
presentations.
AcademyHealth staff members are so pleased to be kicking off 2 days of learning at the Sharing Knowledge to Build a Culture of Health conference with
@RWJF
! Follow the conversation via
#SK19
for key takeaways on
#communityresilience
,
#SDOH
, and more!
Survey results on HSR & DEI concluded that despite an increasing commitment to diversifying the health services and health policy research workforce and improving equity and inclusion in the workplace, there is more work to be done to achieve such goals:
Happening now: We’re proud to recognize a few outstanding individuals at
#ARM20
who have made significant contributions to the fields of health services research. Don’t miss our rock stars of
#HSR
: