The AAHC Sullivan Alliance aims to strengthen the capacity and quality of the nation’s health workforce by increasing the numbers of ethnic and racial minorities in every area of healthcare and across all aspects of academic health centers.
SULLIVAN ALLIANCE AWARD RECIPIENTS HONORED AT AAHCI GLOBAL INNOVATION FORUM
Gayle E. Converse
Communications
The Office of Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
404.989.0534
“The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions was formed in 2005 to develop and promote programs to increase racial, ethnic and gender diversity in the health professions.
We were pleased to join efforts with The Association for Academic Health Centers (AAHC) in 2020 to expand the Alliance’s activities. And in 2022 we were excited when the AAHC merged into the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), providing further momentum to The Sullivan Alliance.
I congratulate the recipients of the Sullivan Alliance Award and I thank them for their contributions to diversifying our nation’s health professions.”
Louis W. Sullivan, MD
Chairman
The Sullivan Alliance
For Immediate Release
April 12, 2023
News Release
Contact: Christine Smith, 202-741-5520
SULLIVAN ALLIANCE AWARD RECIPIENTS HONORED AT AAHCI GLOBAL INNOVATION FORUM
Sullivan Lecturers Receive Distinctive Medallion and Praise for Their Health Equity Leadership
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2023 – The Alliance of Academic Health Centers International (AAHCI) is pleased to announce that three Sullivan Alliance Awardees were recognized at the 2023 AAHCI Global Innovation Forum (GIF), held April 12-13 in Washington, DC, for their dedication and significant contributions to increasing diversity and equity in the healthcare professions to improve community and population health.
The Sullivan Alliance aims to strengthen the capacity and quality of the nation’s health workforce by increasing the numbers of ethnic and racial minorities in every area of healthcare and across all aspects of academic health centers. Awardees delivered the Annual Sullivan Lecture. Recipients honored at the GIF are:
- 2020 Lecturer
Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Former Secretary, US Department of Health & Human Services (1989-1993), President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine
- 2021 Lecturer
Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP, President, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
- 2022 Lecturer
John W. Bluford, III, MBA, FACHE, Founder and President of the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute
“AAHCI, the Alliance of Academic Health Centers, and their members are committed to pursuing innovative approaches that increase healthcare access and equity for all. It is, indeed, an honor to recognize the efforts of these remarkable individuals, who have tirelessly dedicated their work and leadership to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the healthcare workforce,” said AAHCI Executive Director Steven L. Kanter, MD.
“The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions was formed in 2005 to develop and promote programs to increase racial, ethnic and gender diversity in the health professions.
We were pleased to join efforts with The Association for Academic Health Centers (AAHC) in 2020 to expand the Alliance’s activities. And in 2022 we were excited when the AAHC merged into the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), providing further momentum to The Sullivan Alliance.
I congratulate the recipients of the Sullivan Alliance Award and I thank them for their contributions to diversifying our nation’s health professions,” stated chairman of the Sullivan Alliance, Louis W. Sullivan, MD.
Established in 2020 by the Association of Academic Health Centers and the Sullivan Alliance, the award has since been named an AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) presidential award beginning in 2023.
AAHCI is a wholly owned subsidiary of the AAMC and comprises an international constituency.
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The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) is a nonprofit association dedicated to improving the health of people everywhere through medical education, health care, medical research, and community collaborations. Its members are all 157 U.S. medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education; 13 accredited Canadian medical schools; approximately 400 teaching hospitals and health systems, including Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and more than 70 academic societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC leads and serves America’s medical schools and teaching hospitals and the millions of individuals across academic medicine, including more than 193,000 full-time faculty members, 96,000 medical students, 153,000 resident physicians, and 60,000 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the biomedical sciences. Following a 2022 merger, the Alliance of Academic Health Centers and the Alliance of Academic Health Centers International broadened the AAMC’s U.S. membership and expanded its reach to international academic health centers. Learn more at aamc.org.
