Celebrating 25 Years of ARM

Nearly 300 participants attended the first annual meeting in June 1984. Since then, the meeting has grown to include more than 2,200 attendees, 147 sessions and 850 poster presentations. The meeting continues to be the premier forum for both experts and newcomers to the field.  Through the years, the Annual Research Meeting has expanded to reflect the diversity of the field and the breadth of issues it tackles, while remaining true to its core purpose of disseminating research to decision-makers to improve health and health care. 

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ARM we have put together some materials to show how the ARM has evolved over the last 25 years and to honor the visionaries who started it all.

Honoring the Founders

25th Annual Research Meeting Celebration: A Look Back

Blast from the Past

1984 Conference Faculty

25 Years of ARM Planning Committees

Health Services Research: Future Trends and New Directions
Excerpts from the Opening Address at the First National Meeting of AHSR and FSHR
Presented by Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., Senior Vice President, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (affiliation at time of publication)

Health Services Research: Do We Matter?
First Presidential Address at the Second Annual Meeting of AHSR and FHSR
Presented by Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., Dean, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University