For nearly ten years, AIR has supported the Office of Communications and Government Relations at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the strategy and tactics of translating, tailoring and disseminating research findings and funding opportunities to a diverse audience of researchers, policy makers, clinicians, providers ...
Mary Lavelle is a senior researcher at AIR, where she leads and contributes to qualitative research projects on evidence-based medicine, clinical preventive services, comparative effectiveness research, and stakeholder engagement. Her primary responsibilities include supporting research, project management, meeting facilitation, and data collection and analysis on projects for a variety of ...
Cheryl Vince Whitman, a senior vice president at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will deliver opening remarks at a UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education symposium on HIV/AIDS, education and school health and nutrition (SHN) in Washington, D.C., on November 30, 2011. Whitman is an authority on the ...
Many longitudinal and follow-up studies face a common challenge in locating participants over time. The 2011–12 Project Talent Follow-up Pilot Study examined the extent to which a geographically dispersed subsample of participants can be located again after decades with no contact, using relatively low-cost methods. ...
AIR experts played a key role in producing America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2015, a biennial report focusing on children up to 17 years old. The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics released the report. The report uses data from nationally representative, federally sponsored surveys, grouped ...
The Cal Hospital Compare website features quality and performance information on California hospitals to help healthcare consumers make smarter and more informed choices when making medical decisions. AIR obtains, analyzes, and formats the data to enable simple, understandable report card materials and displays for consumers. ...
The initiatives to enhance adult learning program accountability and assessment systems of the following states are described in this paper: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Washington, West Virginia.
Issues besides academics, such as mental health and safety, often affect student attendance and learning. In this interview, AIR principal researcher Allison Gandhi discusses how schools can foster well-being by providing non-academic support services, enabling students to thrive and achieve better academic outcomes. ...
Maliha Ali is a senior mixed methods researcher in the Health Program at AIR, with over fifteen years of experience in health services research. Her primary responsibilities include leading and supporting qualitative and quantitative data collection and analyses on projects related to health equity, cross-sector collaboration, and the prevention and ...
The debate over Medicare’s future takes many forms. At its most basic, the issue is whether we can (or want to) afford Medicare. This series of issue briefs addresses key questions concerning the future of Medicare and how that will affect taxpayers and beneficiaries over time.