CTSI-UCSF Health Policy Program has been awarded a NIH/ARRA Supplement Grant for a Comparative Effectiveness Large Dataset Analysis Core (CELDAC) to establish a centralized, campus-wide data repository infrastructure. CELDAC will be led by Jim Kahn, Adams Dudley, Steve Takemoto, and Janet Coffman. more
Joe Guydish and his team have been awarded a stimulus grant to look at the impact of core implementation components on the adoption of drug abuse treatment interventions shown to be effective. The long-term goal is to speed the translation of Clinical Trial Network research findings to implementation.
Michael Cabana and his team in collaboration with Homer Boushey have been awarded a 7-year grant to establish an asthma research center at UCSF, one of 8 centers funded throughout the country (a new AsthmaNet clinical research network).
The Institute’s mission is to contribute to the solution of complex and
challenging health policy problems through leadership in:
health policy and health services research
education and training
technical assistance
public service
We conduct, synthesize, and translate research among multiple academic
disciplines and fields to provide a base of evidence to share with people who
make decisions about health and health care.
We focus on providing information about policy decisions that will affect
people’s health and lives, from helping to improve clinical decision-making
at a patient’s bedside to assessing the potential impact of state and national
health legislation.
We help educate and train students, including post-doctoral fellows, in the
health professions and other disciplines, for future leadership in health policy
and health services research. We also help prepare fellows to take leadership
in public health and health care in government at the local, state, federal and
international levels, and in the non-profit and private sectors.
Most of all, we are committed to improving the health and health care of people
in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, the State of California, the nation, and
the world.
Goals
Improve the health of the public
Improve health care
Build future health policy leadership
Improve the public’s understanding of public sector, private sector, and personal
choices about health care and health
Improve health policy with research designed to impact public and private sector
health policy decisions
