Koya partnered with AcademyHealth on the search for a President & CEO.
AcademyHealth is dedicated to improving the knowledge base of health care
decision-making by supporting the professional development of those who
conduct and use health services research, advocating for the tools and
funding necessary to do this important work, and helping to translate
research findings into policy and practice.
Our work resulted in the recruitment of Dr. Aaron Carroll to the role.
A nationally recognized thought leader, science communicator, pediatrician, and health services researcher, Carroll is a passionate advocate for the creation and use of evidence to improve health and health care for all.
Before joining AcademyHealth, Carroll was a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Chief Health Officer at Indiana University, where he also served as Associate Dean for Research Mentoring and the director of the Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Comparative Effectiveness Research at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Carroll’s research focused on the study of information technology to improve pediatric care, decision analysis, and areas of health policy including cost-effectiveness of care and health care financing reform. He is the author of The Bad Food Bible and the co-author of three additional books on medical myths. In addition to having been a regular contributor to The New York Times and The Atlantic, he has written for many other major media outlets and is co-Editor-in-Chief at The Incidental Economist, an evidence-based health policy blog. He also has a popular YouTube channel and podcast called Healthcare Triage, where he talks about health research and health policy.
Carroll earned a B.A. in Chemistry from Amherst College, an MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an M.S. in Health Services from the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he was also a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar.