The AcademyHealth Board of Directors created the HSR Impact Award to recognize research that has had a significant impact on health and health care. The award, which is supported by AcademyHealth, is intended to identify and promote examples of outstanding research that have been successfully translated into health policy, management, or clinical practice.

2007

John Holahan, Ph.D.
Director
Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute
HSR Impact: Roadmap to Coverage in Massachusetts

Flaura Koplin Winston, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS)
HSR Impact: Child Passenger Safety

2006

Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D.
President
Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC)
HSR Impact: Specialty Hospitals

Jack Needleman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles
HSR Impact: The Business Case for Nurse Staffing