David J. Skorton, MD, and Karen Fisher, JD, issued a statement thanking Reps. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and David McKinley (R-W.Va.) for renewing the charter for the Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus. “The caucus is dedicated to recognizing the important role that medical schools, teaching hospitals, and their faculty physicians play to improve the health of people everywhere and to help our nation address public health challenges and crises. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, academic medicine defined the front lines — conducting the research that furthered vaccines and treatments and providing care for patients.”