RAND Health
RAND Health is a division within RAND, a non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. The mission of RAND health is to improve the health of populations around the world. We pursue this goal by conducting objective studies across the spectrum of health policy issues, ranging from health care quality and improvement, health care financing, and public health, to health promotion and disease prevention. We also work extensively on the scientific basis for improving service delivery, system performance, and organizational effectiveness. A major focus is our community-partnered work, in which we collaborate with community organizations and representatives to identify opportunities, conceptualize research and action-oriented agendas, design and implement research, analyze findings, and work together to ensure that those findings are appropriately disseminated and ultimately produce desired change. Examples of these partnerships include Community Partners In Care, which addresses depression in underserved minority communities in Los Angeles; Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools, which addresses trauma in Los Angeles schools; Alianza Contra el Asma, a community-centered coalition to address asthma disparities in Puerto Rico; and innovative work with community partners to develop improved, culturally appropriate mental health services in New Orleans.
For more information about RAND Health go to www.rand.org/health
Representatives on CPIC from RAND: Ken Wells, Victoria Ngo, Bowen Chung, Dmitry Khodyakov, Mariana Horta, Paul Koegel, Cathy Sherbourne, Judy Perlman, Zoe Masonsong, Peter Mendel, Aziza Wright & Emily Cansler