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The Center for Health Policy and Research
in the UI College of Public Health is an expansion of the former
Center for Health Services Research. The Center is the research
arm of the Department of Health Management and Policy, and is a
University-wide interdisciplinary research facility. Faculty members
from the Colleges of Public Health, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy,
Nursing, Business Administration and Liberal Arts and Sciences serve
as investigators in a variety of studies. Master's degree and doctoral
students may be selected to assist with ongoing research projects.
The Center houses numerous projects led by Center Associates. On average, 15-20 research projects are funded through the Center at any given time. Primary project funding comes from the National Institute of Health (NIH), State of IOwa, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), foundations, and private organizations.
The Center sponsors a number of educational
activities. The Center also promotes collaboration among health organizations
through frequent exchanges with professional and provider associations,
policy and planning groups, insurance organizations, health delivery
institutions, and other members of the health services research
community.
Annual
Reports
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Research
Projects
Research
Projects with CHPR Associates as Principal Investigators (pdf)
Other Research Projects Supporting CHPR Associates (pdf)
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Publications
Publications
by CHPR Associates (pdf)
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Presentations
Presentations by CHPR Associates (pdf)
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Educational
Activities
The Center for Health
Policy and Research sponsors a number of educational activities
including weekly educational seminars and state-wide conferences.
The Center for Health
Policy and Research also supports the Department
of Health Management and Policy doctoral program, supporting doctoral students in
research associate positions on current research projects.
The Center for Health Policy and Research hosts weekly activities during the academic
year. These include invited seminars featuring speakers largely from outside the
Center, research updates and methods workshops over-viewing recent research
approaches and methods by Center associates, and journal club meetings to discuss
timely empirical articles involving health policy and services research.
Annual
Conferences
- 2005 Annual Conference
- Iowa Healthcare Collaborative: 2nd Annual Conference on Quality, Patient Safety and Value.
- 2004 Annual Conference
- Long Term Living Town Meeting
- 2002 Annual Conference
- New Models
for a New Reality: Improving Iowa's Preparedness Capacity
- 2001 Annual Conference Report
- Enhancing
Patient Safety and Health in Iowa (pdf)
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History
The precursor to the Center
for Health Policy and Research was the UI Center for Health Services
Research, which was established in October 1975, as a freestanding,
interdisciplinary unit. It was intended to provide a platform for
bringing together faculty from colleges on both the health sciences
and the academic campuses to collaborate in studying the organization,
financing, and delivery of health care. From 1975 to 1981, the Center
operated in this manner with some UI financial support and substantial
extramural, interdisciplinary research grants.
In October 1981, University
officials decided to house the Center within the College of Medicine's
Graduate Program in Hospital and Health Administration under the
leadership of Samuel Levey, PhD. This organizational arrangement
with continued commitment to interdisciplinary research and UI funding
support continued until the creation of the College of Public Health.
In July 1999, the University
founded the new College of Public Health. At that time, the Center
became a collegiate unit and was renamed the Center for Health Policy
and Research. Douglas Wakefield, PhD, then Chair of
the Department of Health Management and Policy, served as Director
of the Center. Marcia Ward, PhD,
and Fredric Wolinsky, PhD, served as Deputy Directors. Frederic Wolinsky assumed the role of Director in 2004. In 2006, the Center became a unit of the Department of Health Management and Policy and Marcia Ward was named Director in 2007.
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Center
Associates
Center Associates (pdf)
include faculty who are principal investigators on research projects
based in the Center for Health Policy and Research.
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Center
Affiliates
Center Affiliates (pdf)
include faculty who receive a portion of salary or other support
from the Center budget.
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Graduate
Research Assistants
Graduate Research
Assistants (pdf) are students in masters and PhD programs who
receive a portion of salary support from research projects based
in the Center.
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- Director
- Marcia M. Ward, PhD
- Center Secretary
- Sharon Peck
- Mailing Address
- Center for Health Policy & Research
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
E201 GH
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
- Phone
- (319) 384-5120
- Fax
- (319) 384-5125
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