Former AHA Board Member John “Jack” J. Lynch III and AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack have been announced as the 2026 recipients of the American College of Healthcare Executives’ Gold Medal Award. The award recognizes leaders who have made significant contributions to health care.
Awards & Fellowships
Scholarships cover program fees for fellows whose projects advance Age-Friendly Health Systems or improve access to care.
The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center announced Oct. 15 that it will award $37.5 million in grants to 75 hospitals seeking to become or maintain status as a National Special Pathogen System Level 2 treatment center.
Nominations for the AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship are vital to helping us identify and train the next generation of health care leaders.
We recommend gathering the required materials in advance and drafting your responses separately then copy-pasting them into the application form when you’re ready to apply.
Answers to frequenly asked questions for the AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship are provided along with The John A. Hartford Foundation Age-Friendly Health Systems Cohort Scholarship.
The 12-month AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship will be bookended with in-person meetings. The majority of the program takes place virtually through inquiry-based modules, discussions and web meetings with faculty and mentors representing diverse expertise and leadership positions.
The AHA’s Society for Health Care Strategy & Market Development Aug. 21 announced Donna Teach, chief marketing and communications officer for Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is the recipient of its 2025 Leadership Excellence Award.
The AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship focuses on developing leaders and empowering them to bring about real and lasting change in the hospitals and health systems in which they serve, as well as in our field overall.
The AHA’s Next Generation Leaders Fellowship July 29 announced its 36 fellows for the class of 2026, who will each work with mentors to address a specific challenge to their hospital or health system.