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In this issue:
 Public Health and Health Reform: Recommendations for an Integrated Approach
 Grantee Spotlight: Michael R. Taylor, J.D.
 New PHSR Grants
 Spotlight on PHSR Grantee Publications
 Spotlight on HCFO Grantee Publications
 Grantees in the News
 HCFO Releases a New Findings Brief
 Reminder: HCFO Communications Survey
 New Data for Researchers
 Announcements

Announcements

Make your plans now to attend the 26th Annual Research Meeting
June 28-30, Hilton Chicago

Registration Now Open
Take advantage of early registration discounts.

See this year’s preliminary agenda featuring an exciting slate of invited papers sessions, policy roundtables, methods workshops, and other special sessions, as well as networking opportunities.

The final half of the agenda will be posted in March after abstract notifications have been sent. A record 1,882 abstracts were submitted to this year’s call for abstracts.

For hotel and travel information, or to view the full conference brochure, visit the ARM Web site.

The AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) is the premier forum for health services research. Join more than 2,000 health services researchers, providers, and key health care decision makers to hear the latest research on issues critical to improving the health care delivery system.

Report Finds Trend Among States Tackling Costs, Quality, and Access in Reform Efforts

While election year politics and the decline in the economy slowed the rate of health reforms enacted in states last year, the new State Coverage Initiatives’ (SCI) State of the States report finds many states nevertheless made significant progress in 2008.

Report authors offer multiple insights from scenarios and trends occurring in states in 2008. Among them:

  • Increasing numbers of uninsured add to pressure on state budgets
  • Emerging trends among states to address cost and quality, along with access
  • Renewed efforts to enroll eligible residents in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
  • An increase in state reform efforts seeking to help small business owners and their employees

The State of the States 2009 report, Charting the Course: Preparing for the Future, Learning from the Past, notes that state legislators will closely watch the possibility of federal health reform, first to see if states get needed funding to help replenish evaporating state Medicaid funds, and then to see how more sweeping health reform plans may affect their states.

Annual AcademyHealth Awards
Call for Nominations Deadline: March 2
 
Nominate your colleagues for the AcademyHealth Awards. AcademyHealth is currently accepting nominations from members for the following awards:

  • Distinguished Investigator
  • Alice S. Hersh New Investigator
  • Article-of-the-Year
  • Best Dissertation

Complete nominations must be received at AcademyHealth by March 2.
 
All awardees receive complimentary registration and lodging to attend the 2009 Annual Research Meeting on June 28–30 in Chicago, where the awards will be presented. In addition, the Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Awardee receives a $2,500 prize from the Alice S. Hersh Memorial Fund.
 
For more information and instructions for submitting nominations, visit the awards Web site.

Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship
Application Deadline for 2009 ARM Scholarship: March 2
 
AcademyHealth is pleased to announce a new scholarship program, The Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship, which provides two free registrations to the National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) and two to the Annual Research Meeting (ARM). The scholarship is designed to encourage professional and educational development in health services research and policy among student members.
 
AcademyHealth is accepting applications to attend the 2009 ARM until March 2. Interested students must complete an application and submit an essay outlining how attendance at the ARM will assist in their educational and professional pursuits in health services research and policy.

Medical Care Research and Review Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: June 30

Medical Care Research and Review (MCRR) is producing a special issue titled, “Implementation and Outcomes Associated with the Patient-Centered Medical Home.” MCRR is soliciting empirical analyses, conceptual papers, and syntheses of existing studies that deal directly with implementation aspects of the patient-centered medical home and/or a variety of clinical, administrative, patient-focused, and workforce outcomes that may result from effective implementation. Manuscripts must be submitted online by midnight on June 30. For guidelines, visit http://mcrr.sagepub.com.

RWJF Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Call for Applications
Submission Deadline: March 25, 2009

The RWJF Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is designed to support scholars from a range of fields who have innovative projects that can enhance policy to improve health or health care in the U.S. Unlike most NIH or NSF funding opportunities, the program, which provides grants of up to $335,000 for policy-relevant projects of 2-4 years' duration, is not intended to support a discrete research project but rather to allow a scholar to devote considerable time to a project of greater scope than the usual RO1 grant. The program also offers an unrivaled opportunity to meet, interact, and often collaborate with outstanding scholars in varied fields including medicine, nursing, public health, economics, political science, sociology, law, epidemiology, history, and journalism, among others.        
 
The Call for Applications, tips for applicants, and samples of past successful letters of intent are posted on our website at www.investigatorawards.org. The deadline for receipt of 4-page letters of intent is March 25, 2009. Please feel free to contact the national program office at depdir@ifh.rutgers.edu if you have questions or need assistance.