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DIR to Showcase Expertise at AEA 2024: Engage in Our Roundtable and Birds of a Feather Sessions
- August, 2024
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Category: Business plans
No CommentsFrom October 21–26, 2024, DIR will participate in the American Evaluation Association’s “Amplifying and Empowering Voices in Evaluation 24” Conference in Portland, Oregon. This event unites evaluators, fostering collaboration between newcomers and seasoned professionals. Focusing on peer-to-peer learning, Evaluation 2024 aims to mentor emerging evaluators and elevate diverse perspectives, creating an inclusive environment where every... Read More -
Lessons in Creating Equitable Partnerships: DIR and Lupus Therapeutics Present at the American Public Health (APHA) Annual Meeting & Expo 2024
- July, 2024
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Categories: Awards & Recognitions, Research & Evaluation
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Cynthia Castaldo-Walsh, Dr. Tiara Jackson, Dr. Sylvia Epps, Oriana Perez, and Ventrice Shillingford-Cole from DIR, along with our colleagues at Lupus Therapeutics, Claire Finney and Taylor Adjei, will be presenting at the APHA 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo, themed “Rebuilding Trust in Public Health and Science.” Event Details:... Read More -
Enhancing Family Support: DIR Undertakes the City of Austin’s Quality of Life Study
- July, 2024
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Category: Research & Evaluation
Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) is excited to announce our partnership with the City of Austin’s Early Childhood Council (ECC) and Equity Office (EO) to conduct the Quality of Life study. This essential study aims to deepen the ECC’s understanding of the supports and barriers experienced by families and caregivers of young children, with the... Read More -
Texas Evaluation Network (TEN) Virtual Institute 2024: Evaluation in Action: Learning from Practice and Community
- April, 2024
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Categories: Business plans, Research & Evaluation
The Texas Evaluation Network (TEN) Virtual Institute 2024 brings together Texas-based, rising and seasoned evaluators to share firsthand evaluation experiences, valuable lessons, and expert recommendations. Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) invites you to join us on April 25th at 10:30 am CT, for a session where we will provide actionable insights from a trauma-informed and... Read More -
Meet the Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) team at the 57th Annual International Field Director’s and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC)
- April, 2024
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Categories: Business plans, Research & Evaluation
The IFD&TC conference provides an informal forum for communication between field directors, field technology programmers, and survey management personnel from around the world. We invite you to meet our Director of Survey Research and Operations, Heather M. Morrison, M.A., along with DIR’s team of survey researchers and technical leaders as they present on the lessons... Read More -
Get Acquainted with the DIR team: Join us at the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 79th Annual Conference
- April, 2024
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Categories: Business plans, Research & Evaluation
We are excited to head to Atlanta on May 15-17, 2024, for the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 79th Annual Conference. AAPOR’s annual conference is the leading venue for sharing advancements in public opinion and survey research. Our experts will be among the hundreds of professionals presenting their work and connecting with the... Read More -
DIR Awarded 5-Year BPA for Child Nutrition Pulse Surveys by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the USDA
- January, 2024
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Category: Research & Evaluation
DIR was awarded the five-year Child Nutrition (CN) Pulse Surveys Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). DIR is providing data collection and analytic support to conduct quick turnaround surveys that will allow FNS to respond to emerging questions of interest and supplement... Read More -
Dr. Tiara Jackson, Champion of Health Equity, Takes the Helm of DIR’s Research Operations
- December, 2023
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Category: Executive Team
Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR) is thrilled to announce the arrival of Dr. Tiara Jackson as its new Director of Research Operations (DRO). Dr. Jackson brings nearly 15 years of expertise and a fervent commitment to health equity to this crucial role. Throughout her career, she has consistently focused on understanding the intricate link between... Read More -
DIR Awarded Two New Contracting Vehicles
- April, 2023
- Posted by: Pamela Wells
- Category: Research & Evaluation
We are pleased to announce that DIR was recently awarded two major contracting vehicles – the Farm to School Research Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) and the Procurement of Research Evaluation and Statistics Task Orders (PRESTO) contract. Farm to School (FtS) Research is a single-award BPA developed to provide research services to better understand participation in... Read More -
DIR Names Dr. Sylvia R. Epps as New President
- March, 2023
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Category: Executive Team
Dr. Russell H. Jackson, founder, and president of Decision Information Resources, Inc. (DIR), a leading small minority-owned research and evaluation firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sylvia R. Epps as the next president of DIR, effective April 1, 2023. Dr. Epps’ appointment as the president of DIR is the perfect example of... Read More -
Evaluating Project CHANGE by LT
- May, 2022
- Posted by: Chau Khong
- Category: Research & Evaluation
Lupus Therapeutics (LT) is an affiliate of the Lupus Research Alliance, the largest non-governmental, non-profit funder of lupus research worldwide. LT has engaged DIR to conduct a 3-year evaluation of Project CHANGE by LT (Community-based Health Action Network to Generate trial participation and Eliminate disparities). This effort focuses exclusively on African American women with lupus,... Read More