Upcoming Events
Call for applications to attend the week-long George Mason University Washington Health Policy Institute (WHPI) June 4-8, 2012. The Center for Health Policy and Services Research will be sponsoring up to three graduate students who plan on pursuing the graduate certificate in health policy. Download the flyer and application: GMU Call for Applications & Application
Comparative & Experimental Medicine and Public Health Research Symposium
Center for Health Policy and Services Research
About us
With the establishment of the
Department of Public Health, and in
recognition of a more explicit focus on
health policy, it was deemed appropriate to rename the Center (previously the
Center for Public Health): The Center for Health Policy and Services Research.
This name recognizes health policy broadly, but there is a particular interest
in public health policy. Health Services Research is a well-established
discipline in which both Drs Erwin and Myers, co-directors for the Center, have
been involved; they also bring a particular focus to the emerging but related
field of public health systems and services research, which explores the
organization, funding, performance and outcomes related to local, state, and
federal public health activities.
Strategic
Direction
Strategic Direction: Following a series of meetings with
the Center’s Board of Deans and Advisory Committee, the Center’s focus will
shift more intentionally to health policy, including public health policy, and
policy-related research, including public health systems and services research.
Several initiatives support the Center’s new strategic direction:
o The
establishment of the health policy certificate.
o The availability of “seed”
grants for health policy-related research, including dissertations that have a
health policy focus or that have significant health policy implications. Funding
for the seed grants is provided through the UT Office of Research. For more
information see link: Call for Seed Grant
Proposals in Health Policy Research.
o In addition to the courses already
being offered in the health policy certificate, additional special topics
classes are being developed and will be made available to graduate students.
Contact UTK CHPSR
390 Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
1914 Andy Holt Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996-2710
Phone: (865) 974-5249
Fax: (865) 974-6439
Email: cph@utk.edu