Research

Research and develop evidence to inform equitable policies. 

Our team has expertise in:  

• Qualitative analysis, including analysis of focus groups and key informant interviews  
• Quantitative analysis, including analysis of large secondary data sets and claims 
• Mixed methods research  
• Rapid literature reviews  

Translate

Translate evidence to advance integrated strategies that improve health and wellbeing. 

We synthesize evidence to suggest policy levers in a variety of products including:  

• Policy and issue briefs 
• One-pagers  
• Blogs and commentaries 
• Videos and other non-traditional story-telling avenues  
  

Educate

Educate and mentor professionals to develop a health policy lens for approaching research and practice.

Our team has included:

• Fellows for a year-long experience after their medical residency
• Psychology graduate students for a year-long internship
• Residents for a month-long rotation on a targeted area of interest
• Medical students for a mentored scholarly activity
• Public health students for a longitudinal practicum
• Undergraduate students for a summer or academic year internship

Convene

Convene stakeholders and decision-makers to improve health and healthcare together. 

Our team has expertise in facilitation and coordination of multi-stakeholder groups. We lead convenings by:

• Ensuring adequate preparation prior to meetings, including pre-convening stakeholder engagement, surveys, and collation of materials  
• Presenting relevant evidence 
• Guiding discussion to actionable steps 
• Developing reports and other deliverables to reflect the conclusions of the work 

Implement

Implement strategies and aid with integrating care across systems that impact health.

We advise and support decision-making by:

• Providing technical, adaptative, and leadership assistance to state agencies and community organizations 
• Articulating key problem(s) to focus solving and response 
• Identifying and collecting information and data that confirms, illustrates, illuminates, or clarifies the problem(s) and points to potential policy solutions 
• Developing a narrative that stakeholders readily understand and relate to using a problem statement and relevant information that provides direction and focus 
• Formulating action-oriented recommendations and messaging grounded in the narrative, tailored to audiences and opportunities, and using engaging products and modalities 
• Creating work plans with partners to purposefully and confidently advance policy