{"id":116,"date":"2018-06-14T19:44:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T19:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed2.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:42:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:42:02","slug":"about-the-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/about-cpde\/about-the-center\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CPDE is a service center based at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI). Our <a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/about-cpde\/our-team\/\">interdisciplinary team<\/a> specializes in qualitative and mixed methods research, program evaluation, implementation and study design, instrument development and testing, and data visualization. We work on about 40-45 projects annually with a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/about-cpde\/clients-and-partners\/\">partners<\/a> in a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/program-areas\/\">program areas<\/a>. Our support generally falls into two categories:<\/p>\n<h3>External Evaluation Services<\/h3>\n<p>We partner with those who need independent, unbiased evidence of what is (or isn\u2019t) working. <strong>We help...<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meet funder requirements<\/strong> \u2013 Deliver the rigorous, third party data required by large federal, state, and private grants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drive program improvement<\/strong> \u2013 Turn real time findings into actionable recommendations for scaling, refining, or redesigning services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Demonstrate impact<\/strong> \u2013 Provide clear, credible, actionable metrics of program efficacy to move from \u201cwe think it works\u201d to \u201cwe know it works\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/program-areas\/\" class=\"button\">Learn more about the types of programs we evaluate<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Research Collaboration Services<\/h3>\n<p>We act as team scientists and methods specialists for research groups that need extra expertise or capacity. <strong>We help...<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fill methodological gaps<\/strong> \u2013 Bring advanced quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods expertise to projects that exceed in house skill sets.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scale emerging teams<\/strong> \u2013 Augment new or growing research labs with experienced staff to accelerate scholarship, from study design and proposal development to data analysis and manuscript preparation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsive staffing<\/strong> \u2013 Provide study teams with experts to meet research project demands without the overhead of hiring permanent staff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/areas-of-expertise\/\" class=\"button\">Learn more about the methods we use<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"fade\">\n<p><strong>Collaborate with us for the wide range of high-quality evaluation and research services we provide; stay with us for the strong partnerships we forge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Book a consultation with us to discuss how we can best meet your research or evaluation needs: <a href=\"mailto: CPDE@dartmouth.edu\">CPDE@dartmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Program Design and Evaluation is a non-profit, fee-for-service research center specializing in <a href=\"\/cpde\/areas-of-expertise\/\">mixed methods evaluation<\/a> and program design.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"\/cpde\/about-us\/our-team\/\">team\u2019s expertise<\/a> spans anthropology, business, education, life sciences, medicine, psychology, and public health, placing us in a unique position to assist organizations and programs of all types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":200,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-9"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa8xqU-1S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1309,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/1309"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/cpde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}