Action Plan 8: Advance Knowledge Through the AAMC Research and Action Institute

The academic medicine community, policymakers, and others turn to the AAMC for information, data, and advice on countless issues.

AAMC research and analyses inform policy and practice across the missions and institutions of academic medicine. The AAMC Research and Action Institute brings together leaders from the nation’s medical schools, teaching hospitals, and research institutions, along with other experts, to tackle complex health policy issues and develop straightforward solutions to improve health.  

• The AAMC Research and Action Institute launched in 2020 and is taking a novel approach to discussing policy challenges and offer solutions to the most intractable problems in health. The institute redefines complex problems, finds a common understanding of their core components, and brings more visibility to feasible—but not necessarily popular—solutions. 

• Convene and consult an external advisory committee comprised of national experts who further the institute’s ability to provide a straightforward, nonpartisan, practical approach to policy issues.

• The institute published a series of issue briefs taking a novel look at health care costs in the context of the complex financing and delivery system in the United States. The institute also examined timely issues for policymakers, including mental health care, value-based care, and the implications of recent policy changes on the physician workforce. Visit Our Work to see the institute’s most recent research and publications.

• The institute supported and co-hosted a breakfast salon to discuss health care workforce and payment challenges in mental health. The event was convened by the Alliance for Health Policy. 

The AAMC Research and Action Institute will continue to lay the groundwork for addressing the U.S. health care system through policy analysis.

In the coming months, the institute will focus on providing original research and issue briefs that will synthesize complex issues in our health care system and propose possible steps forward to improve the health of all.

We invite health care decision-makers, influencers, and members of the public to subscribe to future communications and updates from Executive Director Atul Grover, MD, PhD. We also welcome feedback on issues of interest that the Research and Action Institute may address.