OHSU seeks to eliminate health inequities through research, outreach

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Ana Quinones, Ph.D.

Ana Quiñones, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health and the OHSU School of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

OHSU seeks to eliminate health inequities through research outreach

Vision health patient Timothy Merrifield stopped by the vision care booth at OHSU’s Health Care Equity Fair to get his vision checked and to see about getting some new glasses. Since 2009, OHSU medical students have organized the annual health fair to help improve health care access for local residents. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Street nursing program

Eric McCann, an undergraduate nursing student at the OHSU School of Nursing’s Ashland campus, prepares a foot bath for a client on Aug. 31, 2022, at the Medford Library in Medford, Oregon. o Since 2015, OHSU School of Nursing faculty and students have offered foot soak clinics, which offer a judgment-free space for local residents experiencing homelessness to address the foot issues that are more common among the unhoused and also engage in face-to-face conversations with others. (OHSU/Tiffany Allen)

Eneida Nemecek, M.D., M.B.A. (OHSU)

Eneida Nemecek, M.D., M.B.A., professor in the OHSU School of Medicine and medical director of clinical research at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, was recently awarded a $625,000, three-year grant from Genentech’s Health Equity & Diversity in STEM Innovation Fund to bring benefits of clinical trials to people in underserved communities. (OHSU)

Reproductivity health equity

Maria Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H., professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the OHSU School of Medicine conducts an ultrasound on a patient. Rodriguez is now director of the new OHSU Center for Reproductive Health Equity. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Health Equity Fair 2022

OHSU Health Equity Fair 2022 at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Services and goods provided included: Food, clothing, personal care items, showers, veterinarian services, vaccinations, dental care, skin checks, and more. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Erik Brodt, M.D.

Erik Brodt, M.D. speaks at the Indigenous Faculty Forum, November 17, 2017 at the PSU Native American Student and Community Center. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)