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About Us
The SPHERE Institute is a not-for-profit policy firm
established by scholars from Stanford University in 1996. In
conjunction with its affiliated for-profit firm,
Acumen, LLC
, SPHERE (Social Policy and Health Economics Research and Evaluation) conducts public policy research evaluating
health and social service programs supported by public and private
funds.
At SPHERE, we are committed to the
improvement of public policy through information management, and we
have worked with several agencies to develop resources to build their
internal databases and self-evaluation capacity. We have a
substantial capability to deliver databases to service providers that
permit them to administer their operations and report outcomes to
benefactors. To supplement internal sources of information, our team
has created and utilized all forms of administrative and survey data
to produce outcomes relevant for both service providers and funding
organizations.
SPHERE currently employs a staff
including senior researchers with advanced degrees in economics,
medicine, health services research, public policy, demography, and
statistics, and technical analysts with extensive experience in the
development of information systems, computer programming, data
analysis, and the preparation and production of reports and other
material. In addition, members of SPHERE have extensive
institutional knowledge of Californias health, human services and
education programs and policies, as well as experience conveying
information and research findings to broad audiences of policy makers,
program operators, and other stakeholders.
Many of our researchers also have
associations with
Stanford University, the
Stanford
Institute for Economic Policy Research,
Stanford School
of Medicine's Department of Medicine
and
Department of Health Research and Policy, the
John W.
Gardner Center, the
Center for
Primary Care and Outcomes Research, the
National Bureau of
Economics, and the
Public Policy Institute of California.
For information on job opportunities at SPHERE, please see our Careers page.
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