Policy
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
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
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
Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
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
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Werner, MD, PhD
Margaret Lowenstein, MD, MPhil, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania