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March 2, 2017

Role of Medical School Climate & Patient-Provider Communication in Health Outcomes Of Diverse Communities

By Sumedha G. Penheiter

Mayo Clinic’s Sean Phelan, PhD, was recently awarded two NIH grants in furtherance of health dispari-ties research. The first, an R21, will support a study on the influence of medical school climate and cur-riculum on graduates’ prosocial attitudes and decision to practice in underserved or racially diverse com-munities. The second grant, an R03, will support […]

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Tags: Mayo Clinic, new, news, REIH, Rochester, Sean Phelan Ph.D., top news


April 17, 2015

Organizational Diversity Climate, Stigma and the Well-being of Employees and Patients

By Sumedha G. Penheiter

Health disparities researcher Sean Phelan, Ph.D., recently spoke about organizational diversity climate and stigma in a Grand Rounds presentation hosted by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science at Mayo Clinic.

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Tags: health disparities, implicit bias, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota news, news, obesity bias, Sean Phelan Ph.D., stigma, unconscious bias


September 4, 2014

Impact of Patient Obesity on Patient-Centered Quality of Care

By OHDR Admin

Researcher Sean Phelan, Ph.D. Summary Determine whether obesity bias negatively affects the quality and content of communication between health care providers and obese patients, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota.

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Tags: health disparities, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota project, obesity, obesity bias, project, Sean Phelan Ph.D., University of Minnesota


September 3, 2014

Sean Phelan, Ph.D.

By OHDR Admin

Location Rochester, Minnesota Contact Phelan.Sean@mayo.edu Research Summary Stigma, weight bias, obesity, prejudice, discrimination, implicit bias, stereotyping, communication, patient-centered care, LGBT, race, SES Sean Phelan, Ph.D., conducts research focused on the impact of stigma on health and health care. Dr. Phelan studies the effect of health care provider biases and attitudes on the quality and content […]

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Tags: health disparities, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota researcher, patient-centered care, researcher, Sean Phelan Ph.D., weight bias


May 15, 2014

Mayo Researchers Present to Society of Behavioral Medicine

By Sumedha G. Penheiter

Mayo Clinic health disparities researchers participated at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, held in Philadelphia from April 23 to April 26, 2014.

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Tags: Dr Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, health disparities, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota news, news, Scott Leischow Ph.D., Sean Phelan Ph.D., Society of Behavioral Medicine


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