Policy Research Centers
The following lists policy research centers whose work is related to health policy, including not only health policy centers, but also centers on aging, behavioral health, children, demography/population, economics, environment, ethics, families, politics, public health, law, poverty, women, or other areas of social sciences or the humanities whose research can help guide health policy decisions.
U.S. Universities
- Baylor College of Medicine| Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
- Baylor College of Medicine| Huffington Center on Aging
- Brandeis University | Council on Health Care Economics and Policy
- Brown University| Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research
- Brown University | Population Studies and Training Center
- Carnegie-Mellon University | Urban Systems Institute
- Case Western Reserve University | Health System Management Center
- City University of NY (CUNY) | Center for Applied Studies of the Environment
- CUNY | Center for Social Research
- Claremont Institute | Golden State Center for Policy Studies
- College of William and Mary| Program of Health Policy
- Columbia University | Center for Children’s Environmental Health
- Columbia University | Dwight Eisenhower Center for Conservation of Human Resources
- Columbia University | National Center for Children in Poverty
- Columbia University | National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)
- Dartmouth University| C. Everett Koop Institute
- Dartmouth University | Department of Community and Family Medicine
- Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP)
- Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) | Center for Genome Ethics, Law and Policy (GELP)
- Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI)
- DGHI | Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research (CHPIR)
- Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) | Center for Clinical Health Policy Research
- DUMC | Center for the Study of Aging & Human Development
- DUMC | Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
- Duke University | Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
- Duke University | Nicholas School of the Environment (NSOE)
- Duke University | NSOE | Division of Environmental and Sciences Policy
- Duke University | NSOE | Children’s Environmental Health Initiative (CEHI)
- Duke University | Sanford School of Public Policy | Center for Child and Family Policy
- East Carolina University | Center for Health Services Research and Development
- East-West Center | Program on Population and Health
- Emory University | Carter Center
- Florida State University (FSU) | Center for the Study of Population
- FSU | Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law, is a joint effort of the FSU College of Medicine and College of Law. The mission of the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law is to identify and facilitate (through education, the conduct and dissemination of scholarship, and performance of service activities) opportunities for members of the medical and legal professions, working together and with others, to foster improvements in the quality of life enjoyed by individuals and to promote public health in Florida, the United States, and globally.
- FSU | Institute for Health and Human Services Research (IHHSR)
- FSU | Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy
- George Washington University (GWU) | Center for International Science and Technology Policy
- GWU | Sar Levitan Center for Social Policy Studies
- GWU | Intergovernmental Health Policy Project
- GWU | National Health Policy Forum
- GWU Medical Center | Center for Health Services Research and Policy
- GWU Medical Center | GW Center for Global Health
- Georgetown University| Institute for Health Care, Research and Policy
- Georgetown University | Kennedy Institute of Ethics
- Georgia State University | Georgia Health Policy Center
- Harvard University | François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
- Harvard University | Harvard Institute for Global Health (HIGH)
- Harvard Medical School | Department of Health Care Policy
- Harvard Medical School| Center for Health and the Global Environment
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) | Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research (CBAR)
- HSPH | Center for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research
- HSPH | Center for Health Communication
- HSPH | Center for Health Decision Science
- HSPH| Center for Public Health Preparedness
- HSPH | Center for Quality of Care Research and Education (QCARE)
- HSPH | Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
- HSPH |Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health
- HSPH |Harvard Injury Control Research Center
- HSPH | Harvard NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
- HSPH |Harvard Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity
- HSPH | Harvard Center for Society and Health
- HSPH | John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences and Environmental Health
- Harvard University | John F. Kennedy School of Government | A. Alfred Taubman Center for State and Local Government
- Johns Hopkins University | Center for Epidemiology and Policy
- Johns Hopkins University | Center for Health Management and Finance
- Johns Hopkins University | Center on Organization and Financing of Care for the Severely Mentally Ill
- Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | Health Services Research and Development Center
- JHU | The Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions
- JHU | Hopkins Population Center
- JHU | Primary Care Policy Center for Underserved Populations
- JHU | Urban Health Institute
- Massachusetts General Hospital | Mongan Institute for Health Policy
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Center for Health Policy and Outcomes
- Michigan State University (MSU) | Center for Rural Health
- MSU | Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
- Montana State University| American Indian Research Opportunities
- Montana State University| Montana Office of Rural Health
- New York University (NYU) | Health Research Program
- NYU | Taub Urban Research Center
- Northwestern University| Institute for Health Services Research & Policy Studies
- Northwestern University | Institute for Policy Research
- Northwestern University | Joint Center for Poverty Research (with University of Chicago)
- Ohio State University | Center for Nursing Research
- Ohio State University | National Regulatory Research Institute
- Oklahoma State University| Research and Policy Center
- Penn State University | Center on Aging and Health in Rural America
- Penn State University | Network for Policy Research
- Penn State University | Population Research Institute
- Portland State University | Center for Public Health Studies
- Princeton University | Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS)
- Princeton University | Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs
- Princeton University | Bendheim-Thomas Center for Child Well-Being
- Princeton University | Office of Population Research
- Princeton University | Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
- Rush University | Department of Health Systems Management
- Rutgers University| Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
- Rutgers University| Center for State Health Policy
- Southern Illinois University | Center for Environmental Health and Safety
- Southern Illinois University | Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development
- Southwestern Missouri State University| Center for Social Research
- St. Louis University | Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
- Stanford University | Center for Health Policy
- Stanford University | Prevention Research Center
- Stanford University | Division of Health Services Research
- Stanford University | Stanford Research Institute
- Suffolk University | Beacon Hill Institute for Public Policy Research
- Syracuse University | Center for Policy Research
- Syracuse University | All-University Gerontology Center
- Syracuse University | Aging Studies Program
- Syracuse University | Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies (CHPLDS). The CHPLDS is the first such university-wide network of academic programs, centers, student organizations, and affiliated faculty whose research, teaching, and advocacy promotes the rights of people with disabilities locally, nationally, and globally.
- Texas A&M University | Private Enterprise Research Center
- Thomas Jefferson University | Jefferson Medical College | Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care
- Thomas Jefferson University | Jefferson Medical College | Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes
- Tufts University | Center on Hunger and Poverty
- Tufts University | Global Development and Environment Institute
- Tulane University | Institute for Health Services Research
- University of Alabama | Lister Hill Center for Health Policy
- University of Alaska–Anchorage | Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
- University of Arizona | Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomics
- University of California, Berkeley | School of Public Health | The Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets & Consumer Welfare
- UC Berkeley | Center for Health Management Studies
- UC Berkeley | Center on Aging Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging
- UC Berkeley | Health Economics Research Affinity Group
- UC Berkeley | Institute of Government Studies
- University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)
- University of California – San Francisco (UCSF) | Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
- UCSF | Center for the Health Professions.Center studies reforms in health professions education and health workforce policy. Center programs include a) Pew Health Professions Commission; b) State Initiatives Program; and c) Pew Regulatory Task Force Program.
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado | Center for Health Services and Policy Research
- University of Dallas | Center for Health Policy Research
- University of Florida
- Center for Health Policy Research
- Institute for Child Health Policy
- Public Policy Research Center, Health Care Policy
- University of Houston, Health Law and Policy Institute
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Iowa
- University of Kentucky (UK) | Center for Prevention Research
- UK | Center for Health Services Management and Research
- University of Maryland
- Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)
- Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
- Mental Health Policy Studies Program
- University of Massachusetts | Social and Demographic Research Institute
- University of Michigan
- Bureau of Public Health Economics
- Center for Public Policy Research on Organ Transplantation
- Department of Health Management and Policy
- Health Services Research Initiative
- Institute for Social Research
- Population Studies Center
- University of Minnesota
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
- Division of Health Services Research and Policy
- National Long-Term Care Resource Center
- Rural Health Research Center
- University of Missouri – Columbia, Center for the Study of Aging
- University of Nebraska
- Inter-University Health Services Research Group
- Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research (NCRHR, UN Medical Center)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Carolina Population Center
- Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
- Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CePOR)
- Highway Safety Research Center
- Injury Prevention Research Center
- Institute of Government
- Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise
- North Carolina Institute on Aging
- University of North Dakota
- University of Oregon | Institute for a Sustainable Environment
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Southern California
- Human Resources Center
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Population Research Laboratory
- University of South Florida
- University of Southern Maine
- Human Services Development Institute, Health Policy Unit
- Maine Rural Health Research Center
- University of Tennessee–Knoxville
- University of Texas–Austin
- Center for Social Work Research
- Center for the Study of Human Resources
- LBJ School of Public Affairs. Conducts applied research on public policy issues, predominantly in Texas and the local region. Projects have included managed community long-term care, mental health managed care and environmental quality & economic development.
- Population Research Center
- University of Texas–Houston
- University of Utah|Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Center for the Study of Bioethics
- Center for Demography and Ecology
- Center for Health Economics and Law
- Center for Policy and Program Evaluation
- Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
- Institute for Research on Poverty
- Wisconsin Network for Health Policy Research
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Vanderbilt University
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Center for Urban and Regional Studies (click on Architectural and Urban Studies, then Urban Affairs and Planning, then Facilities, then the Center)
- Wake Forest University
- Washington University | Center for the Study of American Business
- Yale University
- Yeshiva University
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Research and Training Center for Psychiatrically Disabled Individuals
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
