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program for influencing health policy work in a tangi-
ble, measurable way. "Our intent is to provide research
grants for work that can have some demonstrated
impact," explained Linder. "We'll be asking the grant-
ees to provide some metric to be able to show prospec-
tive impact. With some of the projects, you won't be
able to see the impact for 3-5 years, while others will be
quicker. Our portfolio will include both short and long-
term studies, with some of them answering complex
questions and others acting as impact studies that
attempt to assess prospective health policy.
a lot of what influences policy is based on people's personal
experiences, or the experiences of people close to them. as a
consequence, there needs to be an alternative source to provide
evidence based on a wide variety of experiences that has some
validity in terms of how the data was gathered and interpreted.
we want to provide a part of that.
— STEPhEn h. lIndER, Ph.d.
associate director of the texas medical center health policy institute
left: stephen h. linder, ph.d. right: arthur "tim" garson Jr., m.d., mph
