Multi-Division Research Centers and Projects
The Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace
This joint center — co-sponsored by the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment and RAND Health — is dedicated to improving the infrastructure for research on occupational safety and health, the quality of the debate on controversial issues in the field, and our understanding of emerging problems, both in the United States and in developing countries.
Center for Military Health Policy Research
More than 9 million active duty, Reserve, and retired military personnel along with their dependents are eligible to receive health care through the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Military Health System. In addition, nearly 6 million veterans receive health care benefits and services from the Veterans Health Administration. The goal of the Center for Military Health Policy Research is to help DoD and VA meet the challenges of providing the best care possible to this diverse population, while containing costs.
Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy
A joint center—co-sponsored by RAND Infrastructure, Safety and Environment, the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, and Risk Management Solutions—to study terrorism risk management, insurance, liability, and compensation, and to inform public and private decisionmakers on economic security in the face of the terrorism threat.
Drug Policy Research Center
A joint center—co-sponsored by RAND Health and RAND Infrastructure, Safety and Environment—designed to provide a firm, empirical foundation on which sound drug policies can be built.
Safe Start Evaluation Project
Children who are exposed to violence can experience negative social and psychological effects both at the time of the exposure and throughout their life. Finding effective programs to improve children’s chances of future social and psychological well being is the goal of this joint project of RAND Health and RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment.
Archived Projects
Achievement for All
A joint project of RAND Education and the Science and Technology Policy Institute, focusing on how to improve math and reading proficiency in elementary education.
Persian Gulf War Illness
A joint endeavor of RAND Health, the National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), and the RAND Arroyo Center, which has conducted a series of studies to develop baseline scientific and medical information about the possible causes of Gulf War Illnesses and to investigate various policy issues.
New Paradigms and Parallels: The Printing Press and the Internet
A joint project of RAND and the Nanyang Technological University that discusses parallels between the history and impact of printing in Asia and Europe and the Internet with an eye toward informing practical, effective policies for the Internet and toward identifying signposts or trends to monitor as the Internet matures (based on a conference in 2000).
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