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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research is a research center within the University of California, Los Angeles. The Center is based in the School of Public Health and affiliated with the School of Public Affairs. It conducts the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), a biennial state-wide survey of about 50,000 Californians. The director of the Center is E. Richard Brown, PhD. The Center has more than 75 staff and faculty involved in research on a range of health policy issues, including health insurance and access to care, health care economics, chronic disease, women's and children's health as well as disparities in health services and care.

Programs
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research operates six independent research programs:
 *  CHIS: 
 * The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is a telephone survey of more than 50,000 Californians on a range of health issues. The first CHIS survey was conducted in 2001 and has since been repeated every two years.  The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research conducts the survey in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health, the Department of Health Care Services and the Public Health Institute . CHIS has been described as a critical tool for researchers seeking data on a range of health issues, especially on the health and health care of hard-to-reach ethnic and rural populations.


 * Health DATA:
 * Through in-person and on-line workshops, the Health DATA Program helps policymakers, community groups and health and advocacy organizations to understand and use credible data in their programmatic and policy development work.


 * Health Economics and Evaluation Research:
 * The Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program examines the economic impacts of health care policies and programs. From local public health interventions, to statewide efforts to improve Medi-Cal, to national debates on health care financing, HEER staff provide analysis, conduct evaluations and offer expertise to policymakers and others concerned with health care costs.


 * Health Insurance:
 * The Health Insurance Program examines key state and national trends in health insurance coverage, including employer and individual insurance, access to insurance, as well as the health and economic impact of lack of insurance. The program’s biennial publication, “The State of Health Insurance in California,” provides omnibus reporting of important health insurance statistics.


 * Chronic Disease:
 * The Chronic Disease Program conducts research on chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes as well as a range of health promotion issues including the social and environmental factors that contribute to asthma, obesity, lack of physical activity, poor diet and cancer screening utilization.


 * Health Disparities:
 * The Health Disparities Program examines the unique health concerns of populations challenged by inequities in health and health care quality along racial, ethnic, age or socio-economic lines.  In particular, the program is noted for its expertise on the elderly, immigrants, women and American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

Leadership

 * E. Richard Brown - Founder and Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a health policy reform advisor to the Barack Obama for President Campaign in 2007 and 2008. He has given invited testimony to help formulate health insurance policy, before committees in both houses of United States Congress and the California Legislature, as well at both state and federal agencies. In particular he has spoken to the National Committee of Health and Human Services on environmental solutions to obesity, the National Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on strategies to reduce health disparities, and the Senate Finance Committee on universal health care coverage, among others.
 * Gerald F. Kominski - Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, professor in the UCLA Department of Health Services and associate dean for academic programs, UCLA School of Public Health. Kominski was also the lead investigator of the Center's California Health Benefits Review Program and currently directs the Center's Health Economics Program.
 * Steven P. Wallace - Associate Director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (Center) and professor at the UCLA School of Public Health who has testifies before Federal and other agencies on the issue of aging, particularly in communities of color. Wallace also directs the Center's Health Disparities Program.
 * David Grant - Director of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).