Brad Ray has devoted his career to better understanding issues involving substance use, mental health, and the criminal justice system. As the director of the Center for Health and Justice Research at the IU Public Policy Institute, he spends most of his time building partnerships to ensure his research impacts the community. “I can say… Read more »
Carlstedt, who has served as president and CEO of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership for the past 21 years, was presented with the John L. Krauss Award for Public Policy Innovation. The biennial award is given to an individual or entity for applied research or activity that helps the state of Indiana and/or Indiana communities… Read more »
The Center for Health and Justice Research at the IU Public Policy Institute is working with the City of Indianapolis to take an in-depth look at the impact of the city’s Mobile Crisis Assistance Teams and Behavioral Health Unit through a new randomized control trial. The MCAT-BHU program pairs a police officer with a… Read more »
There’s a new resource in the quest for equality and inclusion. “Our goal is public service through public information,” says Breanca Merritt, director of the newly formed Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy—known as CRISP. The Indiana University Public Policy Institute created CRISP to serve as a centralized resource for reliable, nonpartisan data… Read more »
Sitting in her office on the fourth floor of SPEA, Evan Lowder spends much of her time scanning through spreadsheets and poring over research literature. She’s working to combine the two into analysis she hopes will be used to inform policies and practices throughout Indiana and beyond. “I think there’s an obligation for researchers to… Read more »
