The focus of research at IPH, in line with the institutional vision, has been to strengthen health systems in India to improve the health of our population. IPH uses advanced, cutting edge research methods such as realist evaluations, implementation research and mixed methodology suited to answer research questions that arise from a complex health system. 

In all the research we undertake, IPH is committed to maintaining a high standard of quality and ethics.

This commitment to high ethical standards is supported by a very well qualified Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) that reviews and discusses, at length, ethical implications of decisions researchers make in designing research studies.  

All research led by IPH is required to be reviewed and approved by the ethics committee. Currently the policy at IPH does not support review of research protocols from other institutions mainly due to concerns with regard to oversight. 

The IEC at IPH has been functioning since 2010 and is well aligned in procedures and composition to the Indian Council of Medical research (ICMR) guidelines for research in India (2017)