The goal of the PHMI is to help California Community Health Centers improve population health and enhance social health practices for the patients they serve. The PHMI is part of a broader set of changes—known as CalAIM—taking place under California Medicaid.
To support the future workforce, AIR is not only evaluating how emerging technologies impact the integrity of learning, but also how these technologies can be leveraged to improve learning within postsecondary education institutions and workplaces. Through several projects and initiatives, AIR is committed to exploring the complex inter-relationships, and bridging ...
Mayra E. Alvarez is president of The Children's Partnership, a nonprofit advocacy organization working to advance child health equity by ensuring all children have the resources and opportunities they need to grow up healthy and thrive. In 2021, she was named by President Biden to the COVID-19 Health Equity Task ...
Dr. Gail Chan, senior researcher, joined AIR in January 2013 and has over 25 years of experience working at the intersection of education and public health settings.
Dr. Chan currently collaborates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of intervention and prevention programs for at-risk populations, both nationally and internationally. At ...
Federal and state funding for infrastructure, workforce and economic development, and apprenticeship expansion are flowing into states and regional and local entities. Here we describe two of the primary challenges that come with this new funding and promising approaches to address them.
Amber V. Dillard has more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, public health, and project management, bringing expertise in leading complex initiatives and advising federal, state, and local government clients. Her work focuses on transportation safety, project leadership, research‑to‑practice translation, and strategic dissemination, supporting initiatives addressing health promotion, ...
Peter Rehder's work is focused on helping communities, practitioners, and policymakers build systems and programs that support healthy development and well-being for all children and families. He has extensive expertise in social and emotional development, developmental psychopathology, parent-child relationships, psychobiology, program evaluation, research methods, and complex quantitative data analysis. Dr. Rehder ...
Megan Gildin's primary responsibilities include providing capacity-building supports to state and local education agencies to create safe and supportive learning environments that promote staff and student well-being. Gildin is a creative facilitator and content creator, with fifteen years of experience in education and human development. She works at the intersection of group dynamics, healing-centered ...
Social and emotional learning (SEL) experts from AIR will participate in the 2023 SEL Exchange Nov. 7-9 in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2023 SEL Exchange is hosted by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and is the nation’s largest forum on SEL.
Dozens of AIR experts will participate in the 2023 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, being held November 9–11 in Atlanta. Aligned with this year’s conference theme, Policy that Matters: Making Public Services Work for All, AIR-affiliated sessions underscore the importance of generating evidence-based solutions ...
