Values Statement
Mission
The Institute for Health Research and Policy (IHRP) at the University of Illinois at Chicago stimulates and supports a broad range of high-quality research to improve health practices and policies in metropolitan Chicago, throughout the state of Illinois, and beyond.
IHRP achieves its goals by:
- Working in partnership with community leaders and residents to promote health in communities
- Addressing disparities in health related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status
- Mentoring and training new investigators
- Fostering the collaboration of researchers across disciplines
Values
| Respect | All individuals who encounter IHRP faculty and staff will be treated with respect and dignity. |
| Health | The breadth of the IHRP multidisciplinary research agenda reflects a view of health as arising from individual, social, environmental, political and economic influences. |
| Scientific rigor | IHRP strives to achieve excellence in all phases of its work and continually improve its programs and practices based on new knowledge. |
| Partnership | The most effective research engages researchers with community, organizational and governmental partners to identify and address health problems. IHRP develops with each of its partners a research agenda and processes that are mutually acceptable and responsive to the partnership’s needs and characteristics. |
| Interdisciplinarity | IHRP believes that complex health questions require the consideration of multiple perspectives. Its research therefore involves collaborations across many disciplines within UIC and with other research institutions and broad partnerships outside academia. |
| Ethics | IHRP promotes the highest standards of ethics, honesty and integrity in all aspects of its work. |
| Translation to the Community | IHRP strives to share the knowledge it acquires through research with communities that will benefit from the science and to develop health interventions that are effective and practical in the real world. |