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AAMC Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on VA-Academic Medicine Partnership

The AAMC hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on May 12 commemorating the 80th anniversary of the VA-academic medicine partnership

  • May 15, 2026
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How Visa Policies Help Address Health Care Workforce Shortages and Advance Medical Breakthroughs

Two-page fact sheet detailing how J-1 and H-1B visa holders serve as an important complement within the health workforce, helping to fill gaps in the shortage.

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Tracking NIH Funding

Explore NIH grant funding data, including funding trends, funding by IC, new and competing awards, and multiyear funding, updated throughout the fiscal year.

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Trump Administration Executive Actions

A resource outlining Trump administration executive actions most likely to impact academic medicine.

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Senators Introduce Bill to Expand Care in Non-Medicaid Expansion States

Three Democratic senators introduced a bill on July 12 to provide health care coverage to Americans with low incomes who live in non-Medicaid expansion states.

  • July 16, 2021
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House VA Committee Considers Draft Bill to Improve VA Research

The House Veterans Affairs Health Subcommittee held a legislative hearing to consider new legislation to improve the VA research program.

  • July 16, 2021
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AAMC Statement on House Committee Passage of Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2022

The AAMC released a statement in response to the House Committee passage of Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2022

  • July 15, 2021
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Testimony & Correspondence
Stakeholder Letter Urging Congress to Let Science Lead Investigations of COVID-19 Origins

The AAMC joined over 30 stakeholder groups in a letter to House Appropriations Committee leaders urging Congress to allow science to lead an evidence-based inve

  • July 14, 2021
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AAMC Submits Comments to NCI on Diversity and Inclusion

The AAMC submitted comments to the NIH’s National Cancer Institute on enhancing diversity and inclusion in the cancer research workforce.

  • July 9, 2021
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