The Program in Improvement Sciences and Health Services Research, led by Lanis Hicks, PhD, increases the University of Missouri's faculty and staff research productivity and scholarly contributions to patient care quality, safety, and value improvement literature. CHCQ's efforts to enhance improvement and health services research have included provision of developmental and pilot support for grant and manuscript development, organizing study interest groups (e.g., CHF, Diabetes, Breast Cancer Thrivership), identification and dissemination of potential grant funding opportunities related to improvement and health services research, pre-submission grant reviews and editorial assistance, and direct grant development and submission.

• Current and Recent Research of Core Faculty and Staff
• Current and Recent Research of CHCQ Associates
• Collaborative Research Faculty Development Initiative (CRFDI)