OHDR names 2018 Pilot Project awardees

The Office of Health Disparities Research (OHDR) has awarded funding for three 2018 Pilot Projects that align with OHDR’s two-fold mission of advancing health disparities research and increasing minority participation in clinical trials.

OHDR is pleased to announce the following recipients of the 2018 round of Pilot Projects:

• Megan Allyse, Ph.D., Health Care Policy & Research (Rochester): “Views of Women With Uterine Fibroids on Fertility Preservation and Restoration”
• Samuel Antwi, Ph.D., Health Sciences Research (Florida): “Factors Affecting African American Participation in Cancer Research and Response to Return of Hepatitis Viral Load Research Findings”
• Mark Wieland, M.D., Primary Care Internal Medicine (Rochester): “Closing the Gap: Improving Cancer Screening in Patients With Limited English Proficiency”

The selected projects represent a wide variety of disparities topics across a diverse field of medical disciplines. Dr. Allyse’s project was also selected for the “Women’s Health Pilot Award” as an outcome of a collaboration between the Mayo Clinic Office of Women’s Health Research and OHDR to encourage and expand Mayo Clinic research on women’s health in underserved populations.