Active NIH-Funded Projects
FOCUS: Foreign Born Latinos Cardiovascular Screening
Funder: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
This study proposes to evaluate the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in foreign-born Latinos seen in community health centers.
PAST-DUE (Prevention and Social Determinants: Disparities and Utilization in Latino Elders)
Funder: National Institute on Aging
This study proposes to understand disparities in preventive service utilization over time between older Latino adults and non-Hispanic White adults and which social determinants of health impact this utilization most strongly.
BACKGROUND: Better Asthma Care in Kids-Geographic Social Determinants Data to Understand Disparities
Funder: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
This study proposes to help inform our understanding of disparities in asthma care, evaluate which social determinants affect utilization and disparities, and determine which of these may do so most significantly over time.
FRONTIERS: Foreign-Born Latinos Cancer Screening
Funder: National Cancer Institute
This project will use electronic health record in order provide policy makers and healthcare providers better information about what cancer prevention services their Latino patients or community members are most at risk for underutilizing.
Other Funded Projects
The Population health research for the elimination of health care inequity in all Latinos (PRIMER) center
Funder: OHSU Faculty Excellence and Innovation Award from the Silver Family Innovation Fund
This project creates the PRIMER Center, which has a vision to end inequity in the healthcare prevention, treatment and management of common health conditions among Latinos in Oregon and across the United States (US).
Completed Funded Projects
The Primary Care Medical Home and Preventive Service Use in Latino Immigrants
Funder: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This project is utilizing electronic health records to evaluate preventive services utilization of low-income Latinos, as compared to non-Hispanic Whites in community health centers in Oregon by race, ethnicity, preferred language, and immigration status.