This report showcases a selection of high-impact research and public engagement from the faculty, researchers and students of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management from July 2022 through June 2023.
Heller Social Policy Impact Report
2023
Features
- The power and pitfalls of AI
- Not all WWII veterans benefited equally from the GI Bill
- Heller's Opioid Policy Research Collaborative sets its sights on drug overdoses
- Uncovering inequities facing disabled people of color
- The “fissured workplace” and child labor
- Increasing access to community-based mental health care
Profiles
2022
Features
- Tracking HIV resource allocation and cost in Africa
- Nurses: (yet) another COVID-19 casualty
- Improving health care for pregnant people with disabilities
Profiles
2021
Features
- Reframing student debt cancellation as a racial justice issue
- The conference that continues to shape U.S. health policy
- Safeguarding refugee health in a global pandemic
Profiles
2020
- Supporting mental health equity among Black youth in Waltham
- Child Opportunity Index 2.0 in action
- Election 2020: Policy contributions to political platforms
- New web tool helps communities find solutions to opioid epidemic
- Challenging ableist norms around civic engagement
- Preterm delivery among Black women
- Federal testimony on critical social policies
- Awards and recognition highlights
Features
- Transforming youth employment in Ethiopia
- Supporting working adults with mental illness
- Attacking COVID-19 from every angle
Profiles
Fall 2017
- From Blank Canvas to a Full Picture
- Policy Power Tool
- Measuring India's Grade School Lunch Program
- Bridging the Information Gap
- When Social Programs Reinforce Social Inequality
Spring 2016
- An Apple a Day
- Taking the Lead on the Family and Medical Leave Act
- Moving Along the Full Treatment Continuum
- Immigrant Integration
- Evaluation's Evolution
Fall 2015
- The Racial Wealth Audit
- Course Correction
- A Pivotal Episode
- Tackling the Opioid Crisis
- Ricardo Godoy's 20-year Study in the Bolivian Amazon