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Health Systems Innovation Lab

Established	2021; 5 years ago (2021)
Research type	Basic and translational research and innovation and venture research
Field of research	Health system dynamics, Health system performance, Complex adaptive systems, Health policy, Innovation adoption and diffusion, Entrepreneurship, Medicine
Director	Rifat Atun
Location	Boston, United States
Affiliations	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard University
Website	https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/health-systems-innovation-lab/

Health Systems Innovation Lab (HSIL) is a global research and training lab based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It focuses on health system performance, health policy, and venture creation, and conducts its work across two interrelated streams—health systems and innovation—through a Harvard-based interdisciplinary team and an international collaborative network.

HSIL is internationally known for convening the world's largest health systems innovation event, the Annual Health Systems Innovation Hackathon,^[1][2][3] which has generated a global venture pipeline dedicated to healthcare innovation and health system transformation, engaging more than 6,000 participants across 40 hubs in over 30 countries and incubating more than 100 ventures.

The lab was established under the leadership of Rifat Atun, Professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard University, Vice-Dean for Innovation and Non-Degree Education at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.^[4] He has been listed by Clarivate as a Highly Cited Researcher.^[5][6] HSIL undertakes research, education, innovation, and translation activities to engage innovators, researchers, practitioners, and collaborators from government, the private sector, multilateral entities, and civil society to support high-value health systems and accelerate the diffusion of healthcare innovations.^[7][8][9] Since 2021, HSIL has expanded into a global network of academic, policy, and industry partners spanning more than 60 countries.

HSIL’s work spans research, education, and translation activities:

• Research – assessing health system performance, informing the implementation of health system innovations, and evaluating their impact to support progress toward high-value health systems. Risk Factors (e.g., Hypertension, Hypercholsterolemia) Diseases (e.g., Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease), Treatment Modalities (e.g., Surigery, Radiotherapy), Governance and Organization (e.g., National Cancer Control Plans), Financing (e.g., Innovative Financing and Fiscal Space), and Resource Management (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Infrastrucure), among others, have been used as 'tracers' to analyse and measure system performance using an HSIL health systems analysis proprietary framework.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]}
• Education – training students, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to design, implement, and scale innovations to improve health system performance.^[20][21][22]
• Translation – translating research findings into policy and practice through support for innovation ecosystems, venture incubation, and advisory work with public and private entities.^[23][24][25]

HSIL’s flagship programs and projects include:

• Transitioning to High-Value Health Systems (G20+) – global benchmarking and analytics to measure value-creation capabilities in health systems at the national level.^{[26][27][28][29][30]}
• Global Collaborative on Health Systems Performance (GC-HSP) – a harmonized dataset covering 191 countries and more than 27.4 million individuals focused on cardiovascular disease and health system analysis.
• Global Collaborative for Changing Diabetes in Children (GC-CDiC) – a multinational type 1 diabetes cohort study operating in 20 countries.^{[31][32][33][34][35]}
• Lancet Oncology Commission on Cancer in the Commonwealth – a ten-study research program examining cancer policies, infrastructure, expenditures, fiscal space, workforce, healthcare delivery, and economic impact across Commonwealth countries.^{[36][37][38][39][40][41]}
• Health Systems Visualizer – a data observatory integrating health system data from multiple sources through interactive dashboards and AI-enabled analytics.
• AI and Health Systems – research on algorithmic bias, regulation, and applications of artificial intelligence in health systems.^[42][43][44]
• Health Systems and Cancer Initiative in Latin America (HSCI-LA) – a multi-country collaboration involving Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil to analyze health system performance to enhance cancer control in Latin America.^{[45][46][47][48][49]}
• Health Regulatory Senior Executive Leadership Program – led by the University of the Witwatersrand and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, aims to strengthen national regulatory authorities by enhancing the leadership and regulatory skills of national regulatory leaders.  

HSIL researchers have produced more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, including work in The Lancet Oncology, The Lancet Global Health, BMJ Global Health, Nature Medicine, and The Lancet Digital Health.

HSIL coordinates a network of more than 40 hubs in over 30 countries, bringing together universities, ministries of health, civil-society organizations, and industry partners, including Microsoft, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Movement Health Foundation, and PATH.

HSIL convenes policy workshops and participates in international forums including the World Health Assembly, World Health Summit, World Economic Forum, the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, and Lancet Commission meetings.^[50]

More than 2,200 students and professionals have been trained through HSIL-affiliated courses and initiatives.

The lab has produced more than 25 policy reports and several global case studies to support reforms and venture-building activities in multiple countries.

HSIL comprises an interdisciplinary team including clinicians, data scientists, economists, engineers, epidemiologists, public health experts, policy specialists, and computer scientists.

• Rifat Atun — Director
• Che L. Reddy — Associate Director, Innovation and Translation
• Zach Ward — Associate Director, Research
• Brooke Forde — Project Coordinator and Communications Lead
• Maia Cullen — Project Coordinator
• Trishan Panch — Lead, Digital Health
• Salim Afshar — Lead, AI Translation; Assistant Professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Digital Health Accelerator, Boston Children’s Hospital
• Jake Figi — Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Lead GC-CDIC
• Dorit Talia Stein — Co-Lead, Health Systems Performance Analysis and Readiness Assessment
• Caleb Kumar — Research Assistant, Lead AI for Policy Analysis
• Karima Ladhani — Visiting Scientist, ARLP
• Hugh Pearson — Focal Person, GHPL
• Alem Aminu Osman — Lead, HSIL Annual Hackathon and Visualizer
• Rodger LeGrand — Learning Design Specialist
• William Wang — Learning Design Specialist

• https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/health-systems-innovation-lab/