What We Do

Research Themes

SPHERU researchers work across three theme areas:

Evaluation Research

SPHERU also engages in Research Evaluation projects and promotes health equity by addressing health disparities through policy relevant research.  Click on the icon to see a listing and access further information.

Research Methods

SPHERU’s team is involved in four inter-related kinds of primary and secondary research aimed at:

• the creation of new knowledge;
• independent policy analysis;
• collaborative research with policy makers around shared research questions and evaluation of policies and programs; and
• collaboration with communities on identifying the sources of health inequities and strategies to reduce these inequities.

 What sets us apart?

• The diversity of our backgrounds, stages of career development, disciplinary training, methodological strengths, and individual health research interests. 

Why is this important?

• This allows us to harness a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives and expertise to the inquiry of specific aspects of population health.

• Working collaboratively across the boundaries of our individual disciplines, SPHERU has made significant progress toward being truly interdisciplinary in the way we work. 
• this diversity gives us the ability to undertake critical population health research and it is the commitment to this approach that unifies our team