AAMC CHARGE

The AAMC Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE) cultivates the health equity community by advancing collaborative research, policy, and programmatic solutions to health and health care inequities. 

The vision of AAMC CHARGE is an equitable and just society in which academic health systems and their multisector and community partners:

• Prioritize health equity research, action and policy change.
• Partner with communities, families, patients, and sectors outside health care to address the many factors that contribute to a community's health.
• Advocate for structural changes that address the root causes of health inequities.

Check out what AAMC CHARGE and the AAMC Center for Health Justice have accomplished together:

• The Principles of Trustworthiness, the Center's foundational framework, tools, and workshops for organizations working to become trustworthy partners to their communities, was created with 13 AAMC CHARGE participants across the country and their community partners.
• AAMC CHARGE participants contribute to many of the Center's responses to federal requests for input on health equity topics via surveys, webinars, and listening sessions.
• Participants share their accomplishments and crowdsource opportunities for professional achievement through Who's in CHARGE? spotlights and in the AAMC CHARGE virtual community.
• AAMC CHARGE participants co-determined the Center's Health Justice Research Agenda with the Center and the Multisector Partner Group. Members collaborate on research and policy projects in topical working groups.
• The 2024 AAMC CHARGE Investigates Call for Research gathered public opinion polling data on topics chosen by AAMC CHARGE. Research teams will have access to the data for two years.

Application Announcement: AAMC CHARGE Community Ambassadors

Are you interested in demonstrating and building your expertise, strengthening your network, and pioneering a virtual platform?

Are you passionate about all communities having a genuine opportunity to thrive? 

AAMC CHARGE is looking for three community ambassadors to cocreate and host events and to enrich our virtual coworking space. AAMC CHARGE ambassadors plan webinars, host speed networking, and promote engagement in the virtual community. Ambassadors will receive compensation for completing their 12-month term, and will be featured in an upcoming Who's In CHARGE? member spotlight.

Apply now for this unique opportunity to use your expertise to cultivate a multisector community of health equity champions!

Learn more and apply now

How AAMC CHARGE Cultivates the Health Equity Community

In 2023, the center collaborated with the American Public Health Association (APHA) to highlight how AAMC CHARGE contributes to the work of the center. A new video features center staff and AAMC CHARGE members and highlights the importance of working together to achieve health equity for all communities.