Policy

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Policies – whether in government, practice, or institutions – are like the small pieces that make a machine run smoothly (or break down). We work to create, evaluate, and suggest changes to policy in order to improve health and health equity.

Projects

Publications & News

Toolkits

Policy Toolkit: A Guide for Policy Development – from StriveTogether and PolicyLink

Writing & Disseminating Policy Briefs – a guide from the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC)

Briefs

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evolution and Evidence – a brief from the Penn Leonard Davis Institute (LDI)

Our Experts

Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP

Elinore Kaufman, MD, MSHP

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine

Medical Director, Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program

Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH, MA

Zachary Meisel, MD, MPH, MA

Center Co-Director & Outreach Core Director

Professor of Emergency Medicine

Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Dan Romer, PhD

Dan Romer, PhD

Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

Allison Curry, PhD, MPH

Allison Curry, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Senior Scientist and Director of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eugenia South, MD, MSPH

Eugenia South, MD, MSPH

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Rachel Werner, MD, PhD

Rachel Werner, MD, PhD

Robert D. Eilers Professor of Health Care Management, Wharton School

Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Executive Director, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP

Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania