About CHSR

The Center for Health Services Research  has been established at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center.  Its mission includes promoting research and education among the faculty and students of The University of Tennessee on topics related to the organization, delivery, effectiveness and financing of health care services, and supporting informed and effective policy making and planning to enhance the health of the citizens of Tennessee.  The Center strives to become a trusted resource and valued partner for developing and evaluating health-related public policies and programs.

The Center will accomplish its mission though two integrated strategies.  First, The Center will promote coordinated efforts to expand interdisciplinary health services research.  Specific objectives include initiating campus-wide activities such as journal clubs and conferences devoted to health policy and health services research; providing technical support to investigators for formulating research projects and developing grant proposals; and expanding opportunities for education in health care systems and policy among the undergraduate and graduate education programs.

Second, The Center will provide timely, reliable, meaningful and relevant information on a broad range of health care topics to policy makers and planners in governmental and private health care organizations.  This will be accomplished by facilitating direct contacts between policy makers and faculty experts; conducting research projects to evaluate specific health care issues; sponsoring professional education programs for leaders of health-related agencies, organizations and industries; convening symposia to address topics critical to improving health and health care; and publishing periodic reports that expand upon and interpret research conducted by the faculty and others on issues of importance to Tennessee.

In each of these efforts, The Center will link faculty with interests in behavioral health, biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health economics, health systems administration, medical ethics, preventive medicine, public health, and public policy and administration — in addition to allied health, dentistry, medicine and the basic medical sciences, nursing, pharmacy and social work — to provide an integrated and interdisciplinary approach for improving health and assessing health care issues, policies and programs.  Faculty and professional staff from other local or regional academic centers and health care agencies with supporting interests will also be included in the activities of the Center.

For additional information concerning The Center, visit our Information Page or contact David M. Mirvis, M.D., Director, The Center for Health Services Research, 66 North Pauline, Suite 463, Memphis, TN 38163, by telephone at (901) 448-5826, or by e-mail at dmirvis@utmem.edu.