Academic centers

  • Health Policy

Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan says poverty and health are closely intertwined because families and individuals with low-incomes often experience barriers to affordable health care, healthy food, and other necessities. It also says poor health leads to increased health care costs, mental health issues, economic stress, and loss of income. Recent research has focused on Covid-19, food insecurity and housing and health.

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics publishes research and analysis on health care and health disparities, among other topics, from researchers at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the Harris School of Public Policy, and the University of Chicago Law School.

Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy works to improve health care and the value of health through evidence-based policies on biomedical innovation, education and workforce development, health care transformation and on such topics as accountable care and COVID-19. The center’s director is Dr. Mark McClellan, a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and past administrator of CMS.

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University has resources related to health and society and seeks to improve population health through research, education and evidence-based policies and practices.

NORC at the University of Chicago provides research on health, health care access, payment and delivery models, quality measures, special populations, health outcomes and the factors that influence health. Established in 1941 as the National Opinion Research Center, NORC says it is one of the nation’s largest independent social research organizations.

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families is one of the best research centers on Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicaid waivers, the health insurance marketplace, rural health and other topics affecting children’s and family health policy. The center has an extensive list of state health resources including data on state health coverage and facts.

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics publishes research and analysis on health care and health disparities, among other topics, from researchers at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the Harris School of Public Policy, and the University of Chicago Law School.

Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy works to improve health care and the value of health through evidence-based policies on biomedical innovation, education and workforce development, health care transformation and on such topics as accountable care and COVID-19. The center’s director is Dr. Mark McClellan, a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and past administrator of CMS.

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University has resources related to health and society and seeks to improve population health through research, education and evidence-based policies and practices.

NORC at the University of Chicago provides research on health, health care access, payment and delivery models, quality measures, special populations, health outcomes and the factors that influence health. Established in 1941 as the National Opinion Research Center, NORC says it is one of the nation’s largest independent social research organizations.

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families is one of the best research centers on Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicaid waivers, the health insurance marketplace, rural health and other topics affecting children’s and family health policy. The center has an extensive list of state health resources including data on state health coverage and facts.

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