OHSU students help vaccinate Asian American seniors

Bridges Collaborative Care Clinic partners with community-based organizations to offer support, expertise during COVID-19 pandemic

By Erin Hoover Barnett and Mariana Phipps March 31, 2021 Portland, Oregon

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Asian Health & Service Center vaccinations

Jenny Zhu was among a half dozen Pharm.D. students in the OSU /OHSU College of Pharmacy who volunteered at the Asian Health & Service Center clinic March 27, 2021. COVID vaccinations are encouraged. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

Asian Health & Service Center vaccinations

A dire new forecast from OHSU emphasizes the importance of COVID-19 vaccine boosters, especially among older adults, as the omicron variant takes hold in Oregon. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

Asian Health & Service Center vaccinations

Jenny Zhu, student in the OSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy, vaccinates a patient at the Asian Health & Service Center clinic March 27, 2021 in southeast Portland. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

Asian Health & Service Center vaccinations

Retired OHSU faculty member Mark Bajorek, M.D., left, volunteered through Multnomah County to support OHSU learners like An Ruan, a second-year Physician Assistant student, who administered vaccines at the Asian Health & Service Center March 27, 2021. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)

Asian Health & Service Center vaccinations

The student-run Bridges Collaborative Care Clinic has forged community partnerships to expand the clinics impact, including, from left, Holden Leung, CEO of Asian Health & Service Center, which hosted the clinics for seniors; Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran, who visited the clinic March 27; Erik Szeto, D.O., founder and chairman of AHSC, and Anita Chan, M.D., Providence Health & Services physician and Szetos wife. (OHSU/Erin Hoover Barnett)