The Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research (CHSOR)

Cost control and quality enhancement remain elusive goals in the U.S. health care system. More and better evidence is required to help direct scarce health care resources to many competing uses, and to evaluate alternative strategies for promoting more cost effective care. In recognition of this need, the Graduate Program in Public Health has established the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research (CHSOR). The Center is a multidisciplinary research unit that combines expertise in economics, statistics, epidemiology, medicine, and other clinical disciplines to address substantive issues in health care delivery. As part of its research mission, the Center seeks to develop joint projects with researchers at Stony Brook University and with health organizations throughout Long Island.  The Center has two divisions:  (1) Children’s Environmental Health; and (2) Long Island Prevention Research.  The Children’s Environmental Health division is part of the New York State, regionalized children’s environmental health system, which includes eight Children's Environmental Health Centers in New York State (CEHCNY).  The mission of CEHCNY is to be a clinical, research, educational, and community referral center for pediatric environmental diseases on Long Island, working in collaboration with the other seven statewide CEHCNY centers.  The Long Island Prevention Research division develops research and innovative strategies to prevent disease and promote healthy communities.  The focus is on collaboration with communities, as both participants and partners, and other organizations on Long Island including the Suffolk County Department of Health Services and Winthrop University Hospital’s Office of Health Outcomes Research.  

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