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Meet Melanie Ali, CoLab’s First Research Portfolio Officer
The CoLab team welcomed Dr. Melanie Ali as its first Research Portfolio Officer in late January. She is responsible for stewarding our post-award research-investment portfolio.Published: April 20, 2026 | CoLab -
Training the Next Generation of Leaders for Evidence-Based Policy with the Humphrey School
This spring, a classroom full of graduate students sat down for the first session of a new course: Evidence-Based Practice and Evaluation for Decisionmaking. This collaboration between CoLab and the Humphrey School was years in the making. The class is meant to close the evidence-to-action gap by equipping professionals with the skills to make real-world decisions about programs and policies based on evidence.Published: April 3, 2026 | Matt Morton, D.Phil., M.Sc. and Ruthvin Gardiner -
Q1 2026 Newsletter
There is a unique energy that builds when more than 250 of the brightest minds in government, research, and community advocacy get into one room. This past fall, at our second annual Evidence-to-Action Forum, I felt that energy firsthand.Published: March 18, 2026 | CoLab -
Q4 2025 Newsletter
This inaugural edition celebrates not only our research investments to support policy and practice, but also the communities working with us to create change with better evidence.Published: October 15, 2025 | CoLab
