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The Institute for Policy Solutions
We eliminate health inequities.
Eliminating health inequities is the most promising and sustainable solution to fix our broken health system — and to deliver optimal health for everyone. The Institute for Policy Solutions (IPS) exists to meet this challenge by drawing on the wisdom, expertise, and leadership of nurses. We provide evidence-based policy and programmatic solutions, cutting edge research, impactful health workforce trainings, and actionable thought leadership. We forge innovative strategic partnerships. We assemble convenings that build bridges and shape opinions. We engage, influence, and mobilize audiences through our outreach. Everything we do is to elevate our nation’s health. Please join us.
Special Event

Help launch a national movement to eliminate health inequities! December 17, 12-2pm
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Launch of Groundbreaking Campaign to Eliminate Health Inequities in the U.S.
This launch event features the release of findings from the inaugural IPS National Health Inequities Survey and features a panel of distinguished health and policy experts to unpack the Survey results and explore how they can drive urgent action and effective solutions for eliminating health inequities.
Meet the Executive Director

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MSN, MPH, MS, MSW, BS, RN, ANP-BC, LCSW, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions and Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He is founding Director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH). Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse practitioner dually licensed in adult health (ANP-BC) and psychiatric-mental health nursing (PMHNP-BC).
our initiatives
ENDING HEALTH INEQUITIES
Nurses are key change agents for ending the racial and ethnic health and health care inequities that are eroding population health and bankrupting our health care system.
NEIGHBORHOOD NURSING
With Neighborhood Nursing, we can bypass many structural barriers by bringing care directly to people where they live, work, play and pray.
Policy Honors Program
Encourages students to explore the ways that health care providers can engage with policymakers in any area of nursing they pursue.
health policy outlook series
Panel conversations offer policymakers, faculty, students, advocates and experts around the world with insights from a mix of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing experts and guests
Johns Hopkins Congressional Briefing Series
The Johns Hopkins Congressional Briefing Series allows policymakers, their staff, and members of the public to gain up-to-the-minute insights and analysis from Johns Hopkins experts.
Lavinia Dock Lecture Series
Lavinia Dock was a provocative voice for nursing education, social reform, disaster relief, and the civil rights of women.
Johns hopkins Health Policy Forum
The Johns Hopkins Health Policy Forum is a quarterly series featuring conversations with leaders who address the most pressing challenges in the development or implementation of health policy.
Addressing Women’s Health Inequities
Across the world, women face inequities which affect their health, safety and wellbeing. The Institute for Policy Solutions supports equitable, scalable, and evidence-based research to advance women’s health outcomes locally and globally.
Nursing Science Incubator for SDOH Solutions (N-SISS)
The N-SISS fellowship program combines new thinking and research to produce evidence-based approaches to eliminating health inequities by integrating clinical care and SDOH.

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Washington, DC 20001
Just steps from the Capitol, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center is Johns Hopkins University’s brand new center for teaching, research, and convening.