November 17, 2022
Focus on community practice: Real-world research fuels better outcomes
By Advancing the Science contributor
It’s a Catch-22. You can’t improve community practice without evidence-based research, but it’s challenging to incorporate research into a busy primary care practice. And there’s a paucity of researchers devoted to primary care. “We’re busy seeing patients and trying to deliver the best care possible. It’s hard to find time to pause, step back and […]
Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, community engagement, emergency medicine, geriatrics, health disparities, multiple chronic conditions, palliative care, pragmatic trials, Prathibha Varkey, primary care, Rozalina McCoy
September 15, 2022
Meet Gustavo Cortes Puentes, M.D. — Compassionate Clinician Scientist
By Advancing the Science contributor
Gustavo Cortes Puentes, M.D. (@DrivingPressure), is a pulmonary and critical care specialist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Originally from Colombia, he came to Mayo by way of an internal medical residency with the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis, following a research scholar appointment during which he studied pulmonary mechanics and acute respiratory […]
Tags: Caroline Davidge-Pitts, Cassie Kennedy, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Cesar Gonzalez, diversity, Gustavo Cortes Puentes, health disparities, Kaiser Lim, Kern Health Care Delivery Scholars, pulmonary and critical care medicine, Sean Phelan
March 22, 2022
Serving my community with an open heart
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Eula Saxon Dean, community leader working with Mayo Clinic in Arizona on the National Institutes of Health’s Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 Disparities Editor’s note: Mayo Clinic advances health equity by collaborating with communities in research that addresses their health concerns and aims to reduce health disparities. This article is the third in the […]
Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, community engagement, COVID-19, health equity, Raising Community Voices
March 10, 2022
Introducing a new Diversity Science Program for practice transformation
The Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery recently launched a new Diversity Science Program. This new focus area expands the ability of the center to provide evidence-based solutions that advance inclusive, equitable norms for organizational wellness and practice transformation. Diversity Science is the scientific discipline that […]
Tags: Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, diversity, Gladys Asiedu, health disparities, quality improvement, Renaldo Blocker, Sean Dowdy, Sean Phelan
February 25, 2022
NIMHD highlights Dr. Brewer’s cardiovascular health equity research
In honor of Black History Month, during February the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) has published a series of “Conversations with Researchers Advancing Health Equity.” One of the researchers featured is LaPrincess Brewer, M.D., a Mayo Clinic preventive cardiologist and health equity researcher. Dr. Brewer is principal investigator of the NIMHD- […]
Tags: cardiology, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, health equity, heart health, LaPrincess Brewer, medical research
November 23, 2021
Clinical trials are a way of ‘paying it forward’ to your own community
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Kathi Hansberry, Mayo Clinic Community Engagement in Research Advisory Board member Editor’s note: Mayo Clinic advances health equity by involving communities in research that addresses their health concerns and aims to reduce health disparities. This article is the second in the Raising Up Community Voices in Research series. This series is written by community […]
Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Community Advisory Board, community engagement, health disparities, health equity, Kathi Hansberry, medical research, Raising Community Voices, transplant, Transplant Center
October 1, 2021
‘Our goal is to achieve a world without viral hepatitis’
Viral hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver, is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world. Hundreds of millions of people live with chronic hepatitis and, because the infection often progresses to liver failure and liver cancer, millions die from it every year. But it doesn’t have to be that way. “There are […]
Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, community engagement, Essa Mohamed, gastroenterology, health disparities, health equity, hepatitis, hepatology, Lewis Roberts, liver cancer, liver failure
August 12, 2021
Clinical trials from a community perspective: “Authenticity is priceless”
By Advancing the Science contributor
— By Clarence Jones, a community research collaborator Editor’s note: Mayo Clinic advances health equity by engaging communities in research that addresses their health concerns and reduces health disparities. This article is the first in the Raising Up Community Voices in Research series, which highlights the roles and unique voices of community members who participate […]
Tags: Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Clarence Jones, community engagement, health equity, LaPrincess Brewer, medical research, Raising Community Voices
July 19, 2021
Innovating to expand health equity research
By Jen Schutz
Mayo Clinic’s Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, now in its third year, is bustling with activity ― constantly innovating to promote health equity in all aspects of health care and research. The center was formed in 2019 by merging the Office of Health Disparities Research and the Office for Community Engagement in Research. […]
Tags: Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, community engagement, health disparities, health equity