IBH researchers lead and contribute to a variety of collaborative projects that further understanding of the prevention, treatment delivery, and payment systems. We are proud to highlight the following Centers that continue to make significant contributions to our goals.
Research Centers Overview
Centers
Brandeis-Harvard SPIRE Center
This Center of Excellence on SUD Systems Performance Improvement Research and Engagement continues a 20 plus-year collaboration with Harvard University. The SPIRE Center seeks to synergistically expand the research base on payment methods and service delivery organization, informing policy and practice decisions that will profoundly affect the cost, quality, and availability of SUD services.
Opioid Policy Research Collaborative
OPRC aims to help policymakers, health officials, and other public and private stakeholders tackle the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths. Through research and evaluation, OPRC works to better inform policymakers, enabling them to implement more cost-effective strategies to reduce opioid-related morbidity and mortality.
Institute on Healthcare Systems
Home to many innovations in healthcare research and policy, IHS is dedicated to providing rigorous technical solutions to policymakers and other stakeholders who are striving to improve quality, efficiency, and value. IHS respects the complexity of healthcare, the corresponding need for rigorous and robust approaches to meaningful and stable reform, and the vital strength of empirical illumination and validation.
Maternal Mental Health Research Collaborative
MMHRC was established for people with personal or professional experience with maternal mental health conditions and/or substance abuse, who want to engage in research. IBH researchers partner with the MMHRC in this peer-led, mother-centered initiative.