Forum on Advances in Healthcare Leadership Research

Submission Timeline

The American College of Healthcare Executives would like to invite authors to submit proposals for presentation at the eighteenth annual Forum on Advances in Healthcare Leadership Research. This session will take place during ACHE’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which will be held in Houston, Texas from March 2–5, 2026.

The lead presenter of the selected proposal (or designate) will be required to submit a draft manuscript and will receive a complimentary basic registration to Congress. (Travel and related expenses will not be reimbursed.)

Criteria and Formatting

Presentations for the Forum are intended to be reports of theoretical and/or empirical research by faculty, researchers and practitioners in the field with the potential for high impact on healthcare leadership. Proposals for the Forum should contain a maximum of 400 words. All proposals will be reviewed by a committee composed of practitioners and academics. The evaluation criteria are as follows:

Evaluation Criteria:

• Relevance. The proposal should address an important research area within the healthcare leadership field.
• Utility. The proposal should demonstrate how the key methods or findings from the research could be adopted by a health provider.
• Scope of Interest. Papers of broad interest to practitioners in diverse settings are preferred.
• Cogency. The proposal should be well organized, easy to read and offer clear managerial implications.

Required Proposal Format:

• Objective. State the issue your research addresses and your specific research questions. 
• Methods. Give a summary of your methods including sample sizes.
• Key findings. Include a summary of your key findings.
• Relevance. Highlight the relevance of your research to the healthcare leadership field.
• Managerial Implications. Describe how key methods or findings from your research could be used by healthcare providers in diverse settings.

The following is the timeline for proposal submissions and presentation at the Forum:

• July 7, 2025: Proposal submission due date
• August 2025: Final decision on proposals
• March 2026: Tentative presentation date

Proposals should be submitted as a PDF and attached in an email to Svetlana Abramova, research assistant at sabramova@ache.org. Please ensure that the full proposal is contained in one file.

Presenting at Congress does not preclude you publishing your work in other forums. By submitting an abstract to the American College of Healthcare Executives (“ACHE”), you are guaranteeing to ACHE a royalty-free, worldwide and perpetual license to use, reproduce, post, publish and distribute your abstract, in whole or in part, in any way in the future, with appropriate attribution to you.