Current Projects
In addition to CHRT’s cornerstone programs–the health policy fellowship, the Washtenaw Health Initiative, and the physician and consumer surveys–CHRT regularly manages mission-relevant research, demonstration, and educational projects with funding from public sector partners, as well as paid consulting projects for public and private sector clients.
Featured Projects
Public Health
Synthesizing learnings for the community routes: Advancing access to mental health care learning summit
Client(s): Direct Relief
Need: Direct Relief provides grants to safety net community healthcare providers that create innovative approaches to address infectious disease in underserved communities and create greater health equity in these vulnerable…
CHRT's Role: CHRT will
Melissa Riba, research and evaluation director at CHRT, will attend the Learning Summit, take notes, gather recordings, and collect other materials as appropriate.
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Understanding health disparities through improving EMS data
Client(s):
Need: Emergent Health Partners and CHRT are working to implement EMS clinician training modules across all six EHP EMS agencies in Michigan. These modules will train clinicians to accurately collect sensitive demographic data pertaining to race, ethnicity,…
CHRT's Role: CHRT will be responsible for convening the community advisory board, implementing clinician training, and analyzing EMS data post-implementation.
Convening the community advisory board
CHRT will recruit CAB members through EHP's existing community partners, the Washtenaw Health Initiative…
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Lessons learned from the Pfizer Foundation’s community health innovation grant program for infectious disease control in underserved communities
Client(s): Direct Relief
Need: With funding from the Pfizer Foundation, Direct Relief runs a community health innovation award program for infectious disease control in underserved communities across the U.S. To improve the program and share…
CHRT's Role: CHRT will collaborate with Direct Relief staff members to monitor, track, and analyze the progress of grantees over a two-year period. Throughout the two-year evaluation, CHRT will:
Review grantee…
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Health education opportunities for Michigan legislators and legislative staff, Phase II
Client(s):
Need: Due to the substantial turnover and subsequent loss of subject matter expertise in health issues in both the state House and Senate each election cycle, there is a need to support of both legislators and their staff. This project will help build…
CHRT's Role: In Phase I of this project, CHRT, IPPSR, and Health Fund staff gathered input from legislators and legislative staff on topics of interest for primers, discussions, and forums. To date, CHRT has developed three primers to coincide with two discussion forums:
The…
Staff:
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