It is our pleasure to welcome you to the Institute for Child Health Policy!

The health and well-being of children and youth is vital to securing a positive future for the nation. Our goal is to develop and apply scientific knowledge that will promote health, improve health-related outcomes, deliver quality care, and inform health policy decisions related to children and youth. Our research programs are focused at multiple levels, including basic academic discovery, formulation of public health policy, community-based systems of care, prevention research, and the organization of health care systems. Through it all, our focus is on improving the health and well-being of children and youth.

The Institute has a long-standing history as a local, state, national, and international resource for communities, universities, governments, and other organizations seeking guidance about issues of health, health services delivery, quality of care, and the implementation of evidence-based health policy related to children and youth. Together, we maintain a leadership role by advising researchers, program directors, and policy makers; disseminating policy analyses; and maintaining strong ties with leading health organizations.

Our core strengths include multi-disciplinary research on health care financing and delivery systems, health care quality, and outcomes of care; innovative evaluation research on public programs for vulnerable populations, especially children and youth; collaboration with many state and federal agencies in research and health systems change; leadership in disseminating research results and in interpreting research to policy-makers and the public and development and evaluation of innovative community-wide health promotion strategies.

We hope that you are interested in our innovative and exciting work. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about who we are and what we do.

Elizabeth A. Shenkman, PhD Director, Institute for Child Health Policy

Kelli A Komro, MPH, PhD Associate Director, Institute for Child Health Policy