PURPOSE

AAHC President’s Councils aim to advance thought leadership, foster sharing of best practices, and catalyze the diffusion of innovation.

Convened in 2021, the AAHC President’s Council on Health Security focuses on critical and timely issues, including delineating the leadership role of the academic health center in health security, determining what measures should be used to track the progress of an academic health center in pursuing health security, defining the role of a chief health security officer, and making recommendations to relevant national and international bodies regarding policy and funding initiatives to advance health security goals. 

The members of the Council meet via various forums throughout the year to examine health security at academic health centers and to develop resources that may include:

• A resource for members that describes how an academic health center can be ready for, respond to, and recover from health security incidents;
• Recommendations to relevant national and international bodies regarding policy and funding initiatives;
• An interactive and engaging session for members at the AAHC Annual Meeting;
• A collection of relevant key readings; and
• Other materials as deemed important by the Council.