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Research Planning Group
The work of the Research Planning Group is instrumental in structuring the overall research strategy with a focus on generating the evidence necessary for demonstrating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of food is medicine interventions. This group oversees the work of the individual task forces that have been constituted in support of this initiative.
Health Equity & Common Measures Task Force
The Health Equity & Common Measures Task Force is focused on developing and providing recommendations on centering equity in our research goals. This team is also tasked with providing recommendations to study teams on core measures to be collected across projects to facilitate subsequent comparison of results across studies and potential pooling of data.
Platform Development Task Force
The goal for the Platform Development Task Force is to establish a roadmap for data platform development and a framework for assessing different platforms that can be used to support the automation of behavioral intervention trials.
Policy Evaluation Task Force
The Policy Evaluation Task Force is charged with strategic assessment of the landscape of food is medicine pilot and demonstration projects in state Medicaid programs, including the evaluation of Medicaid 1115 waivers. A goal of this task force is to use this information to identify unanswered questions and use these insights to inform the initiative’s subsequent food is medicine research.
Field-Based Infrastructure Task Force
The Field-Based Infrastructure Task Force is charged with outlining essential elements to deliver food is medicine interventions within health care systems, with a goal of providing recommendations on tools in testing and implementing these programs.
Cooperative Studies Group
The Cooperative Studies Group closely partners with each funded study, aiding with human-centered design, behavioral science considerations, planned implementation and community engagement, and providing supplemental statistical and cost effectiveness research expertise as needed. The task forces within this group review each funded protocol and provide composite reviews back to the teams highlighting major and minor suggestions for improvement as well as any “must dos.” Teams are then required to provide a “response to reviewers” with further discussion if requested by either reviewers of the project team. In addition, all teams participate in training in human-centered design through workshops and individual coaching of their project teams. The group is comprised of five task forces:
Behavioral Science Task Force Roster
Cost Effectiveness Task Force Roster
Human-Centered Design Task Force Roster
Statistics Task Force Roster
Community Engagement and Implementation Science Task Force Roster