

LDI and the Founding of AcademyHealth
In 1981, LDI and its then-Executive Director William Pierskalla played a major role in the creation of the Association for Health Services Research (AHSR) -- the organization that later changed its name to AcademyHealth. Read the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the AHSR and the small cadre of scientists who were determined to enhance the national voice and power of health services researchers.