Policy Engagement & External Relations

Together, we can help you engage with the right stakeholders and effectively communicate your findings and expertise to inform and transform health policy and practice

IHPI’s Policy Engagement & External Relations team assists IHPI members who seek to have a greater impact on health policy and practice through their research. We offer members advice, strategies, and tools around policy engagement. Specifically, we can help you to:

Learn more & find skill-building tools in our

Policy Engagement Resource Guide

Effectively communicate your research

Translate your findings and outline policy options

Identify and connect with the right audiences

Connect with policymakers, associations, professional societies, insurers, and other stakeholders

Disseminate your findings

Develop targeted dissemination plans and outreach strategies to share your findings and expertise

Advise you on policy-relevant products

Develop one-pagers and policy briefs that are engaging and easy to digest (joint IHPI Policy Engagement/Communications effort)

Elevate your expertise

Identify opportunities such as fellowships and advisory committees at the local, state, and federal levels and policy-related events

Engage with Policy Audiences

Prepare for policy meetings and testimony, get advice on commenting on policy proposals, and more

Policy engagement opportunities and resources

Policy Brief Open Call

Do you want to translate your policy-relevant research into a format policymakers can easily understand, but you aren’t sure where to start? Apply for the chance to work with IHPI to produce a professional policy brief that translates your findings for optimal policy impact!

If you have an upcoming or recently published manuscript or body of work with clear policy-relevant findings, IHPI wants to help distill your research and get it into the hands of decision-makers. Selected applicants will work with IHPI’s Policy Engagement and Graphic Design teams to turn timely insights into a compelling, professionally designed IHPI policy brief – at no cost to you except your time.

Applications due June 1, 2026

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Policy Engagement Tools

Check out our Policy Engagement & Communications Resource Guides for tools and advice for preparing for meetings with policymakers, sharing testimony, writing issue briefs, submitting public comments, and more.
Health Policy Training & Engagement Opportunities

Impact Accelerator Program: Policy and Communications Training

This training program helps IHPI members expand the reach and visibility of their work, enabling them to make meaningful contributions to health policy and practice discussions, debates, and decisions.

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Policy Impact Award

This annual award is given to select IHPI members to recognize their contributions and impacts on health policy or practice at the local, state, national, or international level.

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