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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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Biomedical Research
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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AAMC FY22 Outside Witness Testimony to Senate Labor-HHS-Ed Subcommittee

The AAMC submitted outside witness testimony to the Senate Labor-HHS-Ed appropriations subcommittee with recommendations for FY 2022 appropriations.

  • June 23, 2021
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Medical Schools' and Teaching Hospitals' Efforts to Address the Maternal Health Crisis

Fact sheet explores some of the diverse strategies and efforts that the AAMC and its member institutions have undertaken to combat the maternal health crisis.

  • June 23, 2021
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Testimony & Correspondence
AAMC Joins Letter in Support of Telemental Health Bill

The AAMC joined a letter with other health care groups in support of the bipartisan Telemental Health Care Act to remove the in-person requirements for telement

  • June 22, 2021
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AAMC joins community letter urging congressional leadership to include the Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act to infrastructure legislation.

AAMC joins community letter urging congressional leadership to include the Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act to infrastructure legislation.

  • June 22, 2021
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AAMC Community Letter Urging House and Senate Leadership to invest $30 Billion Against Future Pandemics

AAMC Community Letter Urging House and Senate Leadership to invest $30 Billion Against Future Pandemics

  • June 22, 2021
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