Impact Evaluation Core
Established in 2019, MD Anderson's Impact Evaluation Core aims to assess the impact of initiatives in communities and with priority populations experiencing health disparities, operating on the premise that the key purpose of health program evaluation is to improve prevention, research, public health and clinical practice.
Created and led by the Cancer Prevention and Control Platform, the Impact Evaluation Core comprises transdisciplinary expertise across a range of capabilities relevant to evaluation and cancer prevention and control, research and clinical practice, dissemination, implementation and public health practice.
The Impact Evaluation Core aims to:
- Conduct high-quality evaluation of community impact initiatives through innovative approaches to assess their impact.
- Create public health intelligence to inform priorities and actions in focused geographies and with priority populations.
- Conduct and support comprehensive evaluation planning, design, dissemination and implementation for internal and external collaborators.
- Apply rigorous standards for all initiatives, with a key focus on those that prioritize populations experiencing health disparities.
The Impact Evaluation Core leads operations of the the Joint Center on Geospatial Analysis and Health (JCoGA&H). To learn more, please visit the JCoGA&H page.
If you need a more accessible version of the materials and information provided as PDFs, please contact us at CommunityImpact@MDAnderson.org
Evaluation Capabilities
The Impact Evaluation Core is an evaluation partner offering support through the life cycle of initiatives including but not limited to:
- Evaluation design, planning and implementation
- Public health intelligence for program prioritization
- Data collection
- Primary and secondary data analysis
- Key performance indicator selection and strategies measurement
- Application of best practices and novel methods for evaluation
- Strategies for dissemination and implementation
- General evaluation consultation
Impact Evaluation Core Portfolio
The Impact Evaluation Core provides a broad range of services to a diverse set of partners. The approaches to collaboration and service are specified, assembled, refined and deployed to meet the needs specific to each project.
Current or recent collaborations for evaluation have included initiatives related to:
- Health investments
- Place-based initiatives
- Clinic-based initiatives
- Vaccination programming
- Quality improvement initiatives
- Partnership assessment
- Survivorship
Our Team
Director
- Ruth Rechis, Ph.D.
Core Team
- Stephanie Nutt, M.A., M.P.A.
- Marcita Galindez, M.P.A.
- Travis Anthony, M.S.D.A.
- Jacqueline Dan-Jumbo, M.P.H.
Faculty Experts
- Karen Basen-Engquist, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- Lewis Foxhall, M.D.
- Ernest Hawk, M.D., M.P.H.
- Lisa Lowenstein, Ph.D.
- Lorna McNeill, Ph.D., M.P.H.