Author ORCID Identifier
wward@uams.edu or 0000-0001-6009-7762
Keywords
Political polarization; health-system leadership; academic health center; crisis governance; resilience
Disciplines
Leadership Studies | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Times of uncertainty and rapid change can negatively impact academic health centers (AHC) in complex ways, creating challenges for leaders. These include policy uncertainty, financial instability, workforce stress, reputational risk, operational disruptions, and advocacy pressure. There are also potential opportunities for AHCs during this time of immense change and disruption. This perspective piece reviews the diverse negative and positive impacts of political turmoil on academic health centers. Five considerations are offered for leaders navigating times of uncertainty.
Recommended Citation
Ward WL.
Leading academic health centers in times of uncertainty.
Marshall J Med.
2026;
12(2)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33470/2379-9536.1515.
