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Message from the Executive Director

Welcome to the Center for Health Policy (CHP) at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC). Within HSC, a boundary organization that sits at the intersection of the knowledge and policy spheres, the CHP works to be a trusted source of information for policymakers locally, nationally and globally.聽Rooted in community collaboration and community investment the CHP carries out and facilitates high quality, innovative research and evaluation that translates into policy and supports practical policy implementation while recognizing that the absence of disease alone does not make a person healthy. In considering the multiple factors necessary to achieve and maintain health it is also clear that policies that influence and affect the health of individuals, communities and populations may not be health policies.

The Center develops and nurtures researchers, clinical service providers, students and community members to understand the challenge and necessity of translating research into health policy, of allowing full use of science in the policy cycle and of incorporating health policy into who they are and what they do.

Our Team:

  • Believes that health policy and advocacy will create solutions for healthier communities.
  • Are committed to high-quality, innovative research and evaluation across multiple disciplines that informs the creation of new approaches and solutions for healthier communities.
  • Are dedicated to ensuring health equity and improved health outcomes, with an emphasis on marginalized populations and on serving others first.
  • Believes that community outreach and engagement with genuine, sustained relationships are essential to the work we do.
  • Values collaboration and the integration of public health, population health, medicine and health policy.
  • Supports the development and mentorship of the current and future health care and research workforce.

Thank you for your interest in the Center for Health Policy.聽 I invite you to join us, partner with us and/or follow along with us on this journey.

Waridibo (Wari) Allison MD, PhD, FACP, CPE, FIDSA
Vice President of Health Policy, Division of Research and Innovation
Executive Director, Center for Health Policy

 


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