The Methods of Synthesis and Integration Center (MOSAIC) conducts systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses, and creates methodological improvements by conducting simulation studies and deriving new statistical methods, in the areas of education, health, international development, social welfare, and the workforce. ...
Timothy Hill, an expert in federal health policy and systems, has been named a senior vice president at AIR and is leading its Health Division. Hill had served as vice president for client engagement since 2019, first at IMPAQ and then at AIR after the institution acquired IMPAQ in 2020.
To stay current on the most effective strategies for school improvement, Catherine Barbour keeps a close eye on new research. At AIR, researchers and technical assistance providers collaborate to put the most authoritative and timely information to practical use.
Dr. Rajakannan is a senior researcher and Lead for Drug Coverage and Payment Practice at the Health Division at AIR. He has more than 19 years of Clinical Pharmacy and experience in designing and conducting both quantitative and qualitative analyses for health policy, technological, pharmacoepidemiology, and clinical research using large ...
This spotlight takes a look at the history of Title I, how the program has changed over time, and how it affects children, schools, families and education policy. Experts weigh in on the program's past and future in interviews, briefs, and blogs.
On October 24, 2022, AIR’s Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) presented the final webinar in its series on the social determinants of addiction. The webinar addressed the thoughtful and unanswered questions we have heard from webinar attendees over the course of the series. We will also ...
AIR evaluations of two federally funded initiatives aimed at revamping chronically low-performing schools in Massachusetts found that students in both programs improved their scores in state tests of English language arts and mathematics. While both programs resulted in widespread improvement, AIR’s evaluations found particularly strong increases in achievement among students ...
This commentary, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, describes the authors' experience designing and pilot testing a new framework for patient engagement at SWOG, one of the largest cancer clinical trial network groups in the United States and one of the four adult groups in the NCI’s ...
Rekha Varghese is a managing researcher and deputy lead for the Evaluation, Methods and Analytics Program Area of the AIR Health Division. She is a health economist with more than 20 years of experience in domestic and international program evaluation and policy analysis. She has subject matter expertise in Medicare ...