The Community Health and Innovative Policy (CHIP) Lab is committed to advancing community health and policy research to address health inequities. CHIP Lab team members conduct applied public health and health services research to promote effective and community-oriented policy solutions. We aim to:
- examine the health policy environment and policymaking processes (e.g., policy adoption, implementation),
- evaluate the impact of public health and health care policy on individual- and population-level behavior and outcomes,
- conduct community-engaged research to reduce nutrition-related health disparities, and
- increase the translation of research findings into policy and practice.
Past projects have used qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods and relied on primary and secondary data collection and analysis.
