October 30, 2017
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 & […]
Tags: health disparities research, Mark L. Wieland M.D., Mayo Clinic, Megan Allyse PhD, Samuel Antwi PhD
August 22, 2016
OHDR Announces 2017 Pilot Project Awardees
Minority disparities in organ transplantation, skin cancer screening, genotyping, cardiovascular disease, and genetic research will now all be investigated through funding provided by the Office of Health Disparities Research (OHDR). OHDR is pleased to announce the following recipients of the 2017 round of Pilot Projects, intended to facilitate research that will lead to extramural funding […]
Tags: news, Pilot Projects, top news
December 10, 2014
By OHDR Admin
Yonas E. Geda, M.D. Consultant, Psychiatry Mayo Clinic’s campus in Scottsdale, Arizona Abstract The following sequence of events led to this pilot application: 1) The key inspiration came from a well-respected weekly health promotion lecture series organized by the health ministry of an African-American church known as the Antioch church of Peoria, Arizona;
Tags: African Americans, cognitive impairment, health disparities, Mayo Clinic, pilot project 2015, project, Yonas E. Geda M.D.
December 10, 2014
By OHDR Admin
Mary I. O’Connor, M.D. Consultant, Orthopedic Surgery Rochester campus of Mayo Clinic Tamara Huff, M.D. Consultant, Orthopedic Surgery Waycross, GA Affiliate of Mayo Clinic Abstract Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross, Georgia, serves a largely rural area of southeast Georgia that includes Ware County and is approximately 29.5 percent African-American.
Tags: African Americans, health disparities, knee pain, Mary O'Connor M.D., Mayo Clinic, obesity, pilot project 2015, positive lifestyle changes, project
December 10, 2014
By OHDR Admin
Christi A. Patten, Ph.D. Consultant, Psychiatry & Psychology Rochester campus of Mayo Clinic Abstract Approximately 66 percent of Alaska Natives living in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region (Y-K) of Alaska use tobacco products.
Tags: Alaska Natives, Carrie A. Bronars Ph.D., Christi A. Patten Ph.D., health disparities, Mayo Clinic, pilot project 2015, project, tobacco use, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
December 10, 2014
By OHDR Admin
Mark L. Wieland, M.D. Consultant, Primary Care Internal Medicine Rochester campus of Mayo Clinic Abstract Addressing childhood obesity is a national priority that disproportionately affects youth from low income and racially diverse families.
Tags: Boys & Girls Club of Rochester, childhood obesity, health disparities, Mark L. Wieland M.D., Mayo Clinic, pilot project 2015, project, Rochester Healthy Community Partnership
October 7, 2014
By OHDR Admin
Researchers Nandita Khera, Ph.D., M.P.H. Sunny Kim, Ph.D. Julie McNulty, Ph.D. Edna Ramos Summary Financial health is emerging as an important component of cancer survivorship.
Tags: Arizona project, health disparities, Julie McNulty Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, Nandita Khera Ph.D., project, Sunny Kim Ph.D.
October 7, 2014
Physical Activity and Healthy Weight for Latina Breast Cancer Survivors
By OHDR Admin
Researchers Linda Larkey, Ph.D. Donald W. Northfelt, M.D. Rebecca Lee Summary Testing effects of Latin Dance vs. Meditative Movement with breast cancer survivors (compared to control group).
Tags: Arizona project, Dr Donald W. Northfelt, Dr Linda Larkey, health disparities, Mayo Clinic
October 7, 2014
Navigation from Community to Clinic to Promote CRC Screening in Underserved Populations
By OHDR Admin
Researchers Linda Larkey, Ph.D. Usha Menon, Ph.D., R.N. Mignonne Guy, Ph.D. Summary The purpose of this study is to test effectiveness of community group education plus tailored navigation, versus community group education only, in increasing clinic attendance among low-income, multicultural Arizona residents, aged 50 to 75 years.
Tags: Arizona project, Dr Linda Larkey, health disparities, Mayo Clinic, project
October 4, 2014
Assessing Knowledge and Perceptions of HPV and the HPV Vaccine in a Working Uninsured Clinic
By OHDR Admin
Researchers Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, Ph.D. Gerardo Colón-Otero, M.D. Summary Surveying patients at the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic to understand parental perceptions and knowledge on HPV vaccination and HPV disease for those with children ages 11–26 and general perceptions for those without children.
Tags: Dr Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, Florida project, Gerardo Colón-Otero M.D., health disparities, HPV, Mayo Clinic, project, uninsured, Volunteers in Medicine