Grant Program Interview Series
PTEC awarded grants and data access to multi-disciplinary research teams who are identifying metrics and outcome measures that can be used to encourage practices that decrease inequity in the health care system. Principal investigators from each team were interviewed about their winning proposals and what they hope their projects will contribute to health equity practice and policy. PIs from each team will share more about their careers in health equity research.
2022-2023 Grant Recipients
Dawn Wiest, Camden Coalition of Health Providers
Project Title: Advancing Health Equity through Data and Community Informed Strategies to Improve Care for Individuals with Cardiovascular Disease and Unmet Social Needs
Monique Gill, Center for Outcomes Research and Education
Project Title: How Racism and Discrimination in the Healthcare System Shape Breast Cancer Screening Experiences and Metrics
Renea Duffin, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
Project Title: Impacting Breast Cancer Health Inequities in Early Detection and Prevention Through Targeted Outreach and Education
Sandra Melvin, Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health
Project Title: Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Utilization of Breast Health Care Services among African American Women 18-50 in Mississippi
2021-2022 Grant Recipients
Andrew Anderson, Assistant Professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (now at Johns Hopkins)
Project Title: Analytical Tools for Measuring Health Care Equity: Preventable Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease among the US Medicare Population
Julie Sonier, President and CEO of MN Community Measurement
Project Title: Leveraging Data to Understand and Address Disparities in Vascular and Diabetes Care
Melissa Chinchilla of AltaMed Institute for Health Equity (now at UCLA/ VA Healthcare Greater Los Angeles)
Project Title: Addressing Bias in Homeless Status Detection to Reduce Ethnicity-Based Disparities in Service Linkage and Chronic Disease Management
Stephen Crystal and Jennifer Miles, Rutgers University School of Social Work
Project Title: Community-Level Variations in Care Quality Inequities for Chronic Medical Conditions and the Role of Opioid Use Disorder