Minnesota
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- Mayo Clinic's Native American Research-Related Activities is comprised of the Native American Interest Group and the Native American Research Outreach program, both of which both use research and clinical experience to address the Upper Midwestern region’s tribal and urban Indian health priorities to improve health and well-being.
- The Rochester Regional Disparities Oversight Committee oversees health disparities research efforts in the Midwest coordinated on Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
- The Research Group on Equity and Inclusion in Health Care (REIH) focuses on health and well-being of underrepresented populations in the health care workforce; and on equity and quality in health care encounters and clinical decision-making.
What's Happening
Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness, a traveling exhibition prepared by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, will[...]
Join the Office of Health Disparities Research (OHDR) for a special research presentation by Southside Community Health Services (“Southside”), which provides medical and dental services[...]
Mayo Clinic health disparities researchers and diversity leaders will present at the Forum on Workplace Inclusion’s Annual Conference, which will take place March 29–31, 2016,[...]
Projects in Minnesota
Researcher Michele van Ryn, Ph.D. Summary Conduct an innovative, multi-measure longitudinal study of a national sample of medical students to examine the impact of individual[...]
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[...]