About Our Advocacy

The AAMC regularly partners with and advocates before the federal government on behalf of academic medicine.

These efforts have been crucial in sustaining and increasing critical funding that supports the vitality of the nation’s medical schools and academic health systems and improves the health of all. Our advocacy helps to shape legislation and policy that affects health care delivery, research, education, equitable access to care, and more.

What We Do

AAMC Advocacy Awards

The AAMC honors members of Congress, their staff, and leaders in the academic medicine community for their commitment to supporting academic health systems and teaching hospitals, medical schools, learners, physician faculty, researchers, and the patients and communities they serve with the Champion of Academic Medicine Award and the ACE Award for Advocacy, Collaboration, and Education.

Advocacy Coalitions

The AAMC convenes or coordinates with the following advocacy coalitions that are intended to coordinate the broader health care community around critical issues that impact medical research, access to care, and physician and other health professions workforce training.

Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research supports enhancing the federal investment in the biomedical, behavioral, and population-based research conducted and supported by the NIH.

GME Advocacy Coalition (GMEAC)

GMEAC is a group of organizations dedicated to the expansion and preservation of Medicare-supported graduate medical education.

Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition (HPNEC)

HPNEC advocates for continued support for the health professions and nursing workforce development programs critical to providing continued services to underserved and minority communities.

Friends of VA Medical Care and Health Research (FOVA)

FOVA is a diverse coalition representing national academic, medical, and scientific societies; voluntary health and patient advocacy groups; and veteran-focused associations.

Advocacy Initiatives

Value of Academic Medicine

The AAMC’s Value of Academic Medicine website is dedicated to demonstrating how the association’s vast network of over 160 medical schools, nearly 500 academic health systems and teaching hospitals, and more than 70 academic societies touches the lives of Americans every day. Through research and innovation, complex patient care, and training and educating future physicians, the AAMC’s member institutions help ensure a healthier future for people everywhere.

Discover the Value of Academic Medicine

Project Medical Education

Project Medical Education (PME) is an AAMC-supported program that helps medical schools and academic health systems educate members of Congress and other stakeholders on the value of academic medicine.

Learn more about PME

Resources to Support Your Advocacy

The following resources have been developed by the AAMC to detail advocacy priorities, track how executive actions may impact academic health systems, and to demonstrate the critical role academic medicine plays in supporting the nation’s health and bolstering regional economies.

AAMC Advocacy Priorities for the 119^th Congress (PDF)
Two-page fact sheet detailing the AAMC’s advocacy priorities for the 119^th Congress.

Academic Medicine Advocacy Guide (PDF)
Resource designed to help faculty, learners, and institutional leaders engage effectively with policymakers on key issues.

Academic Medicine's Impact on the Nation's Health (PDF)
Two-pager describing how academic medicine and the nation’s health are inextricably linked.

State-by-State Date on Impact of Academic Medicine
Collection of fact sheets on the impact of academic medicine for each state.

Trump Administration Executive Actions
Regularly updated list of Trump administration executive actions impacting academic medicine.

Washington Highlights

Washington Highlights is a weekly newsletter that provides updates on the latest legislative and regulatory activities affecting academic medicine.

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