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# AcademyHealth
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/academyhealth/
- Published: 1999-01-02T08:26:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-08T19:35:34.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs

**AcademyHealth** is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC. It publishes an academic journal called *Health Services Research* (HSR) through Wiley.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## History

On April 10, 2020, AcademyHealth announced its support for the [COVID-19 Research Database](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Research-Database) initiative, in collaboration with the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), CareJourney, the Berkeley Research Group, and a broader network of organizations, to “increase the availability of standardized, actionable information on COVID-19 impact and progression.”[\[2\]](#fn2)[\[3\]](#fn3)

AcademyHealth and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published a call for proposals seeking studies that “could focus on the effects of COVID-19 on specific cohorts of patients based on underlying conditions and demographics,” such as “the effects of long covid on Alzheimer's and dementia” and “predicting impact on patients with chronic kidney disease.”[\[4\]](#fn4)

## Organization

AcademyHealth is a member organization of the [CDC Coalition](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CDC-Coalition).[\[5\]](#fn5)

### Personnel

| Name            | Position                                                    | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Lisa Simpson    | President and Chief Executive Officer (former)[\[6\]](#fn6) | [COVID-19 Research Database](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Research-Database), University of South Florida, Child Policy Research Center, [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Agency-for-Healthcare-Research-and-Quality) (AHRQ), Institute for Accountable Care (IAC), [National Health Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Health-Council), *Health Services Research* (HSR), National Academy of Medicine (NAM), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)  |
| Jeremy Grimshaw | Presenter[\[7\]](#fn7)                                      | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), University of Ottawa Department of Medicine, Canada Research Chairs Program, Campbell Collaboration, Royal Society of Edinburgh, [Cochrane Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cochrane-Canada), Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPIC), [COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-making](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-Evidence-Network-to-Support-Decision-making) (COVID-END), Behavioural, Environmental, Social and Systems Interventions (BESSI) |

### Members

Current and former AcademyHealth organizational members include:[\[8\]](#fn8)[\[9\]](#fn9)[\[10\]](#fn10)

- ABIM Foundation
- Abt Associates
- Acumen
- ADA Health Policy Institute (HPI)
- Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS)
- Advocate Health
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Altarum Institute
- American Academy of Actuaries
- American Academy of Nursing
- [American Academy of Pediatrics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Academy-of-Pediatrics) (AAP)
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American College of Healthcare Executives
- American Health Care Association (AHCA)
- [American Heart Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Heart-Association) (AHA)
- American Institutes for Research
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
- American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- [American Statistical Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/American-Statistical-Association)
- Americares
- America's Essential Hospitals
- Applied Policy
- Aptive Resources
- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
- Arnold School of Public Health
- Arnold Ventures
- Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Avalere Health
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue Shield of California Foundation
- [Boehringer Ingelheim](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Boehringer-Ingelheim)
- Boston University School of Public Health
- Brown University School of Public Health
- California Health Care Foundation
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
- Center for Health Care and Policy Research (CHCPR)
- Center for Health Information and Research (CHiR)
- Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research (CHSOR)
- Center for Healthcare Delivery Science
- Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy
- Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC)
- Center for Innovation & Health Research
- Center for Mississippi Health Policy
- Cerner
- Civitas Networks for Health
- Cleveland Clinic
- [Cochrane](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cochrane)
- Colorado School of Public Health
- Commonwealth Fund
- Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy
- Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
- Data Coalition
- Data Foundation
- DentaQuest
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- Donaghue Foundation
- Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
- Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
- Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI)
- Emory University School of Nursing
- FAIR Health
- Federation of American Hospitals (FAH)
- Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)
- Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE)
- Genentech
- General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)
- George Mason University Department of Health Administration and Policy
- Georgia Health Policy Center
- Google Health
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Guidehouse
- Harvard Medical School
- Health Care Cost Institute
- Health Care Systems Research Network
- Health Policy Institute of Ohio
- Health Research and Educational Trust
- Health Services Research & Development Service (HSR&D)
- HealthCore
- HealthDataViz
- Heller School for Social Policy and Management
- Hilltop Institute
- Howard University
- Humana
- IBM Watson Health
- IMPAQ International
- Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI)
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR)
- IPRO
- Jefferson College of Public Health
- Jewish Healthcare Foundation
- John A. Hartford Foundation
- John Snow, Inc. (JSI)
- Johns Hopkins University Department of Health Policy and Management
- [Johnson & Johnson](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Johnson-&-Johnson)
- Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kansas Health Institute
- L&M Policy Research
- Leapfrog Group
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- Lown Institute
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
- Mathematica Policy Research
- Mayo Clinic
- Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
- [Merck](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Merck)
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
- Milbank Memorial Fund
- Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Mitre Corporation
- Morgan State University
- National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS)
- National Association of Community Health Centers
- National Association of Health Data Organizations
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Clinician Scholars Program
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
- [National Health Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Health-Council)
- National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- National Pharmaceutical Council
- Nemours Children's Health
- Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement
- NORC at the University of Chicago
- Northwestern University
- Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center (GRC)
- Ohio State University College of Nursing
- Oregon Health Authority
- Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute
- Papa
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
- Peterson Center on Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA)
- [Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pharmaceutical-Research-and-Manufacturers-of-America) (PhRMA)
- Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Preparedness & Treatment Equity Coalition (PTEC)
- Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC)
- The Queen's Health System
- RAND Corporation
- Regenstrief Institute
- Research!America
- Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- RTI International
- Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (CSHP)
- Social & Scientific Systems (SSI)
- Society of Actuaries (SOA)
- Society of Family Planning
- Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
- Stanford Health Policy
- StataCorp
- Tulane University Department of Global Health Systems and Development
- United Hospital Fund
- [United States Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services) (HHS)
- United States National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- University of Florida College of Nursing
- University of Iowa College of Public Health
- University of Kentucky College of Public Health
- University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland School of Public Health
- University of Miami Department of Health Management and Policy
- University of Michigan Department of Health Management and Policy
- University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Management and Innovation (IHPI)
- University of Michigan Medical School Department of Learning Health Sciences
- University of Minnesota Division of Health Policy and Management
- University of Missouri School of Health Professions
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
- University of South Florida Department of Health Policy and Management
- University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
- University Research Co. (URC)
- UPMC Center for High-Value Healthcare
- Urban Institute
- Vanderbilt University
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
- Virta Health
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Healthcare Policy and Research
- Weitzman Institute
- Westat

## Activities

AcademyHealth is a donor to the [CDC Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CDC-Foundation).[\[11\]](#fn11) The organization manages the Health Data for Action (HD4A) program for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.[\[2:1\]](#fn2)

### Publications

- April 2, 2024: “[The new normal: Just-in-time evidence for health system decision-making](https://web.archive.org/web/20240713155003/https://academyhealth.org/blog/2024-04/new-normal-just-time-evidence-health-system-decision-making)” by John Lavis and Jeremy Grimshaw

## External links

- [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=academyhealth)
- [Website](https://academyhealth.org/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AcademyHealth)

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1. *HSR Journal.* HSR. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241125200450/https://www.hsr.org/hsr-journal> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. Brennan, N. (2020, April 10). *New Initiative Aims to Build a Model Open COVID-19 Patient Data Registry Network.* AcademyHealth. <https://web.archive.org/web/20240613075616/https://academyhealth.org/blog/2020-04/new-initiative-aims-build-model-open-covid-19-patient-data-registry-network> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1)
3. LaBonte, J. (2020, June 15). *Largest Real-World Database for Pro Bono COVID-19 Research Goes Live.* AcademyHealth. <https://web.archive.org/web/20241125201602/https://academyhealth.org/blog/2020-06/largest-real-world-database-pro-bono-covid-19-research-goes-live> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *COVID-19 Research Database Description.* AcademyHealth. Retrieved June 21, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230621230310/https://academyhealth.org/sites/default/files/covid-19%5Fresearch%5Fdatabase%5Fdescription%5F0.pdf> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Members.* CDC Coalition. Retrieved May 10, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230510183705/http://www.cdccoalition.org/Members> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Lisa Simpson, M.B., B.Ch., M.P.H., FAAP.* AcademyHealth. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20241125195632/https://academyhealth.org/about/people/lisa-simpson-mb-bch-mph-faap> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Jeremy Grimshaw, MB.Ch.B., Ph.D.* AcademyHealth. Retrieved May 8, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220508091404/https://academyhealth.org/about/people/jeremy-grimshaw-mbchb-phd> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *Current Organizational Members.* AcademyHealth. Retrieved May 8, 2022, from <http://archive.today/2022.05.08-091859/https://academyhealth.org/membership/organizational-members/current-organizational-members/page/current-organizational-members> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. *Current Organizational Members.* AcademyHealth. Retrieved October 22, 2020, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20201022233816/https://academyhealth.org/membership/organizational-members/current-organizational-members/page/current-organizational-members> [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. *Current Organizational Members.* AcademyHealth. Retrieved September 24, 2024, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20240914070032/https://academyhealth.org/membership/organizational-members/current-organizational-members/page/current-organizational-members> [↩︎](#fnref10)
11. *Organizations - FY2015.* CDC Foundation. Retrieved August 9, 2022, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20220809064542/https://www.cdcfoundation.org/FY2015/organizations> [↩︎](#fnref11)