The Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research is a hub for multidisciplinary and translational research focused on improving population health.

Since its 1985 founding by Dr. David Mechanic, the Institute has become nationally renowned for meaningful and impactful work in this essential area of research. The Institute continues to build on this legacy while preserving the multidisciplinary structure and dynamic that makes it truly unique.

The Institute fosters rigorous theory-based research and innovative training, and supports collaborative opportunities for investigators across New Jersey and beyond. The Institute is focused on advancing the translation of knowledge to impact policy and practice, with an emphasis on sustainable engagement and reciprocal relationships with community partners in order to better understand the ubiquitous issues that affect health outcomes.

The Institute is working to embrace population health more comprehensively by actively addressing salient and timely challenges in the areas of health equity, healthy aging, behavioral health, pharmacoepidemiology, health services and health policy research.

The Institute for Health by the Numbers:

• 57,000 square foot facilities in New Brunswick
• Over 150 faculty members
• Faculty representing more than 30 schools, institutes and units
• Nearly 30 adjunct members representing national and international universities
• 6 institute members elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Home to more than a dozen centers and programs:

• The Center for Asian Health
• The Center for Health Services Research
• Center for Healthy Aging Research
• New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI)
• The Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Sciences
• Center for Population-Level Bioethics
• Center for Population Behavioral Health
• The Center for State Health Policy
• Asian Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)
• Rutgers Catalyst Program
• New Jersey Population Health Cohort Study
• Chinese Health, Aging, and Policy Program(PINE)
• Project L/EARN
• Community Health & Aging Outcomes Lab (CHAO)
• NJ Practice-Based Research Network
• Community Resource Hub