Health Equity Research Stories

Tribal program takes addiction treatment on the road

By Erik Robinson January 30, 2024

Study highlights Grand Ronde initiative to deliver care to people where they are; mobile methadone unit believed to be the first that is tribally operated in the country.

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute helps address cancer-related needs across Oregon

By Amanda Gibbs January 09, 2024

Institute funds 11 local efforts, including teen tobacco cessation program, work to prevent cancer through health literacy, assessment of food insecurity.

OHSU leads national effort to define, evaluate standards for respectful maternity care

By Nicole Rideout January 02, 2024

Amid U.S. crisis in maternal morbidity, death, researchers establish starting point for standard of care, accountability.

Telemedicine bridging urban-rural divide in HIV prevention

By Franny White December 01, 2023

OHSU program, study aim to overcome barriers to accessing pre-exposure prophylaxis.

OHSU program that protects kids’ vision marks 20 years

By Franny White October 10, 2023

Elks Preschool Vision Screening Program has screened more than 65,000 Oregon children since 2003.

New scholarships aim to grow, diversify Oregon nurse practitioner workforce

By Franny White September 15, 2023

Nurse practitioners increasingly serve as primary care providers in underserved communities; scholarships will cover at least 20% of annual tuition.

Quarter of low-income older Americans don’t have health insurance, study finds

By Franny White September 14, 2023

Chronic condition diagnoses increase after age 65 — once Medicare coverage provides access to health care.

Douglas County joins OHSU effort to improve health through nutrition

By Franny White August 04, 2023

Community is new hub for Nutrition Oregon Campaign’s fight against chronic disease.

OHSU-led study seeks to better support transgender patients before surgery

By Franny White July 20, 2023

$7 million award brings together 6 U.S. hospitals to evaluate peer support programing for gender-affirming vaginoplasty prep.

OHSU leading effort to make cancer trials more inclusive

By Chris Lydgate March 02, 2023

Team at Oregon Health & Science University working to bring benefits of clinical trials to people in underserved communities.