University Policy Research Centers
I. What’s What in Health Policy >> I. Universities >> University Policy Research Centers (last updated 9.17.18)
The following lists university-based 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
- American University | Kogod Tax Center
- Arizona State University | Morrison Institute for Public Policy
- Arizona State University | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law | Program on Personalized Medicine, Law & Policy
- Arizona State University | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law | Public Health Law and Policy Program
- Baylor College of Medicine| Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy
- Baylor College of Medicine| Huffington Center on Aging
- Boston University| Center for Retirement Research
- Boston University| Center of Aging and Work
- Brandeis University | Council on Health Care Economics and Policy
- Brooklyn Law School | Center for Business Law and Regulation
- 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
- Case Western Reserve University | School of Law | Center for Business Law and Regulation
- Case Western Reserve University | School of Law | The Law-Medicine 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 | Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
- 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
- Emory University | Center for Ethics
- 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| Health Policy Institute
- Georgetown University| Health Policy Institute | Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR)
- Georgetown University| Health Policy Institute | Center for Children and Families (CCF)
- Georgetown University| Health Policy Institute | Center on an Aging Society
- Georgetown University| Health Policy Institute | Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR)
- Georgetown University| Health Policy Institute | The Medicare Part D Research Project
- Georgetown University| Health Policy Institute | Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW)
- Georgetown University | Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
- 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)
- Northwestern University | Pritzker School of Law | Searle Center for Law, Regulation and Economic Growth
- 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 | Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW)
- 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 | Center on Longevity
- 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.
- Temple University | Beasley School of Law | Public Health Law Research. PHLR is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- 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 | Food Labor Research Institute
- UC Berkeley | Health Economics Research Affinity Group
- UC Berkeley | Institute of Government Studies
- University of California, Hastings | College of Law | Center for Worklife Balance
- University of California, Irvine | Center for Health Care Management and Policy
- University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) | Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities
- UCLA | Center for Health Policy Research
- UCLA | Pollution Prevention Education and Research Center (PPERC)
- University of California – San Francisco (UCSF) | Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
- UCSF | Center for Health and Community.
- 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.
- UCSF | Institute for Health and Aging
- UCSF | Institute for Health Policy Studies
- University of Chicago | Center for Health Adminisration Studies
- University of Chicago | Joint Center for Poverty Research (with Northwestern University)
- University of Chicago | Population Research Center
- 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
- University of Florida | Institute for Child Health Policy
- University of Florida | Public Policy Research Center, Health Care Policy
- University of Houston, Health Law and Policy Institute
- University of Illinois at Chicago | Center for Health Services Research
- University of Iowa | Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research
- University of Iowa | Health Management and Policy
- University of Iowa | Health Services Research
- University of Iowa | Institute for Rural and Environmental Health
- University of Kentucky (UK) | Center for Prevention Research
- UK | Center for Health Services Management and Research
- UK | Center for Research on Violence Against Women
- University of Maryland | Center for Substance Abuse Research (CESAR)
- University of Maryland | Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
- University of Maryland | Mental Health Policy Studies Program
- University of Massachusetts | Social and Demographic Research Institute
- University of Michigan | Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHT)
- University of Michigan | Department of Health Management and Policy
- University of Michigan | Health Services Research Initiative
- University of Michigan | Institute for Social Research
- University of Michigan | Population Studies Center
- University of Minnesota | Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
- University of Minnesota | Division of Health Services Research and Policy
- University of Minnesota | National Long-Term Care Resource Center
- University of Minnesota | Rural Health Research Center
- University of Minnesota Children, Youth and Family Consortium
- University of Missouri – Columbia | Center for the Study of Aging
- University of Nebraska | Inter-University Health Services Research Group
- University of Nebraska | Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research (NCRHR, UN Medical Center)
- University of North Carolina at Asheville | N.C. Center for Health and Wellness (NCCHW)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Carolina Population Center
- UNC-CH | Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
- UNC-CH | Mental Health Systems and Services Research
- UNC-CH | Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis
- UNC-CH | Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- UNC-CH | Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research (CePOR)
- UNC-CH | Highway Safety Research Center
- UNC-CH | Injury Prevention Research Center
- UNC-CH | Institute of Government
- UNC-CH | Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise
- UNC-CH | North Carolina Institute on Aging
- UNC-CH | North Carolina Institute on Aging | Center for Aging and Diversity
- University of North Dakota | Center for Rural Health
- UND | Rural Health Research Center
- University of Oregon | Institute for a Sustainable Environment
- University of Pennsylvania | Institute on Aging
- University of Pennsylvania | Center for Bioethics
- University of Pennsylvania | Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research
- University of Pennsylvania | Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI)
- University of Pennsylvania | LDI | Center for Research
- University of Pennsylvania | LDI | Center for Health Policy
- University of Pennsylvania | LDI | Center for Health Care Management Advanced Education
- University of Pennsylvania | National Health Care Management Center
- University of Pennsylvania | Population Studies Center
- University of Pittsburgh | Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research
- University of Pittsburgh | Center for Violence and Injury Control
- University of Pittsburgh | Health Policy Institute
- University of Pittsburgh | Health Policy Institute | Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing
- University of Southern California | Human Resources Center
- University of Southern California | Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- University of Southern California | Population Research Laboratory
- University of South Florida | Health Sciences Center
- University of South Florida | Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
- University of Southern Maine | Human Services Development Institute, Health Policy Unit
- University of Southern Maine | Maine Rural Health Research Center
- University of Southern Maine | Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service
- University of Tennessee–Knoxville | Center for Business and Economic Research
- University of Tennessee–Knoxville | Children’s Mental Health Services Research Center
- Social Science Research Institute
- University of Texas–Austin | Center for Social Work Research
- University of Texas–Austin | Center for the Study of Human Resources
- University of Texas–Austin |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.
- University of Texas–Austin | Population Research Center
- University of Texas–Houston | Center for Health Policy Studies
- University of Texas–Houston | Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research
- University of Texas–Houston | Health Policy Institute
- University of Utah|Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
- University of Washington | Center for Health Education and Research
- University of Washington | Center for Rural Health Services Research
- University of Washington | Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology
- University of Washington | Department of Health Services
- University of Washington | Center For Health Education and Research
- University of Washington | Health Policy Analysis Program
- University of Washington | Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
- University of Washington | School of Medicine
- University of Washington | School of Medicine | Rural Health Research Center
- UW | Resource Center for Health Policy
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Center for the Study of Bioethics
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Center for Demography and Ecology
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Center for Health Economics and Law
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Center for Policy and Program Evaluation
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Institute for Research on Poverty
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Wisconsin Network for Health Policy Research
- University of Wisconsin–Madison | Population Health Institute
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | Center for Urban Initiatives and Development
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Health Policy Institute
- Vanderbilt University | Center for Environmental Management Studies
- Vanderbilt University | Institute for Public Policy Studies (VIPPS)
- Vanderbilt University | VIPPS | Center for Health Policy
- Vanderbilt University | VIPPS | Center for Mental Health Policy
- Virginia Commonwealth University | Medical College of Virginia | The David G. Williamson, Jr., Institute for Health Studies
- 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 | Bowman Gray School of Medicine | Health Services Research Center
- Washington University | Center for the Study of American Business
- Yale University | Yale-New Haven Medical Center
- Yale University | Yale-New Haven Medical Center | Urban Health Program
- Yale University | Yale-New Haven Medical Center | Yale-World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Health Promotion Policy and Research
- Yeshiva University | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Research and Training Center for Psychiatrically Disabled Individuals
Foreign Universities
- Australia | University of Sydney | Centre for Health Economic Research and Evaluation
- Canada | University of Victoria |Centre on Aging
- Netherlands | Erasmus University | Health Policy & Management at Rotterdam
- United Kingdom | University of York | Centre for Health Economics