The Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) extended the early-bird registration deadline for its 2025 Annual Conference to February 28. The conference will be held from April 8 to 10 in St. Louis, Missouri.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Optimizing Collaborations to Advance Health In a Dynamic Research Landscape.” The conference will provide networking opportunities to spur collaboration on research initiatives that improve health and healthcare for individuals and populations, as well as showcase scientific findings from learning health systems research projects.

A preconference grant writing workshop will bring together experts from throughout HCSRN to assist early investigators with NIH R series applications. Workshop participants will learn how to write compelling specific aims, tell a story, and create a conceptual model.

This year’s opening plenary session will feature keynote speaker Sandro Galea, the Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health and the Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis. Galea’s keynote presentation will ask the question “why health?” and address the essentials of what it means to be healthy and to promote health in populations.

Also at this year’s conference, Greg Simon, a longtime member of the Coordinating Center leadership team for the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory, will receive the organization’s inaugural Founders’ Award.

The HCSRN is a research network focused on supporting research institutes aligned with healthcare delivery systems. The HCSRN’s mission is to improve individual and population health through research that connects the resources and capabilities of learning healthcare systems.

Visit the conference website for registration and more information.