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 co-created with 13 AAMC CHARGE participants at AAMC member organizations across the country and their community partners.
• AAMC CHARGE participants inform many of the Center's responses to federal requests for input on health equity topics via surveys, webinars, and listening sessions. See listings for current opportunities for comment on health equity research and policy, and for science policy and regulation.
• Participants share their accomplishments and crowdsource opportunities for professional achievement through Who's in CHARGE? spotlights and in the AAMC CHARGE virtual community.
• The 2024 AAMC CHARGE Investigates Call for Research gathered public opinion polling data on topics informed by input from AAMC CHARGE. Awardees received access to the data for two years and shared their research results at an AAMC CHARGE webinar.

AAMC CHARGE Action and Research in Health Equity Speed Networking Series

Each year, AAMC CHARGE hosts quarterly speed-networking events designed to help members discover new collaborators, gain fresh perspectives, and expand their professional networks. The 2026 series will feature sessions on food justice, criminal justice, health care access, and law and policy, featuring guest speakers from the Center's Multisector Partner Group. Join AAMC CHARGE to get the registration links via email. Already an AAMC CHARGE member? Check your inbox!

Learn more about the series

Food Justice: From Classroom to Kitchen to Community

AAMC CHARGE held a conversation on June 9 with Jaclyn Albin, MD, to explore how the future of medicine can begin in the kitchen and in the community. In this webinar, Albin shared the impact of community-based culinary medicine, from teaching kitchens to local partnerships, as well as practical strategies to help patients make sustainable lifestyle changes.

Watch the recording

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.