Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
An initiative within the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, the Center provides impartial policy analysis, research, facilitation, and consultation on pressing state health policy issues.
Recent Publications
You can browse the Center's full catalog of health policy publications here.
Child health, parental behavioral health, and the role of living arrangements
Continuous Medicaid During COVID-19 and Children’s Health, Development, and Academic Outcomes
Antidiscrimination Laws and Kidney Transplant for Patients With Developmental Disabilities
Lung cancer screening among Medicaid older adults in New Jersey, 2017–2022
Our Focus Areas
The Center combines Rutgers' traditional academic strengths in public health, health services research, and social science with applied research techniques and policy analyses to address five key policy areas.
Featured Projects
Center faculty and staff are actively engaged in a number of research projects and collaborations addressing the health and well-being of New Jersey's vibrant and diverse communities.
The New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) Project enables and promotes population health research by securely linking administrative data sets to support approved research projects.
The Center has a long-standing and close working relationship with the New Jersey Department of Medical Assistance and Health Services, which oversees NJ FamilyCare, the state’s Medicaid Program.
The NJHealth Study, launched in 2022 as the New Jersey Population Health Cohort Study, seeks to improve understanding of how life events and stress affect health, particularly within historically disadvantaged groups, multigenerational families, and immigrant groups.
The Housing & Health Equity Cluster is working together to address health equity through housing using collaborative research, curricular innovations, and community engaged work.
The Autism Transitions Research Project (ATRP) is a coalition of researchers and stakeholders who are addressing gaps in autism research that focuses on autistic transition-aged youth.
The mission of the National Autism Data Center is to house and utilize data to create meaningful information for autistic individuals, their caregivers, policymakers, service providers, and stakeholders seeking to improve systems of care.
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