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Welcome to the internet home of the West Virginia University Institute for Health Policy Research. You may have previously known us as the West Virginia University Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, but we longed for something simpler – fewer words and shorter initials (WVIHPR).
We are an organization committed to the improvement of health status and quality of life for the citizens of this State. For some of our staff, West Virginia is home, for others, it is a place we have chosen because of the unique characteristics of the land and its people, and the many opportunities and avenues through which health services and policy research can make a difference for positive change.
We are part of West Virginia University’s Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center which, under the leadership of Dr. Robert D’Alessandri, is a center of excellence as it achieves its three-pronged mission of education, service and research. In each of these areas, the Health Sciences Center ’s visioning and actions reach far beyond the traditional as it seeks to be continuously relevant to the needs of this mostly rural state. The Institute is a relatively new part of the Health Sciences Center focused on research that can both inform and support policies that improve services and health for communities and populations.
We have been able to develop many excellent partnerships for financial support, for expanding our research capacity, and for providing a forum for discussion about policy research which may have significant benefit to West Virginians. Through these partnerships, the Institute has had the opportunity to work in different social and geographic environments, undertaking wide-ranging inquiries related to health services research, and bringing this knowledge back to inform the circumstances of healthcare delivery in our West Virginia communities. In so doing, we try to be consistent in our most basic role supporting policy decision makers in their work to improve the health status of West Virginians through more effective and efficient use of resources and programs.
In recognition of their support, we would like to thank all of our partnering organizations.
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