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Inclusive partnership
Research and Innovation
National leaders in practice-based, community participatory, and practice redesign and improvement research.
Jodi Holtrop, PhD, MCHES
Vice Chair for Research
Welcome to the Department of Family Medicine - Research & Innovation.
Our research mission is simple: To improve community health and well-being through high-quality research in patient-centered family medicine using holistic and integrative models of health.
We are innovators and experts in the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge through translational and practice-based research.
We serve as the primary resource for family medicine practices, by providing knowledge, health information technology and practice transformation tools and guidance to satisfy the Quadruple Aim of improving the health of populations, enhancing the experience of care for individuals, reducing the per capita cost of health care, and attaining joy in work.
We continuously push to expand the reach of our practice-based research networks to more effectively support practices, share information, develop and sustain a dynamic learning community and bring value to our stakeholders by answering their questions.
We are here for you, your community, and your health.
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Health Equity Research
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Moving from documenting to dismantling health inequities____
Use of appropriate theoretical models and frameworks, such as a public health critical race praxis
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A proactive, comprehensive, and continuous appraisal of how equity may disproportionately affect oppressed people
DFM Physicians Honored
Colorado Academy of Family Physicians Awards
Robert | Family Medicine Jan 17, 2022
Put your hands together for three Department of Family Medicine (DFM) colleagues recently named winners in the 2022 Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) Awards.
Kent Voorhees
Drs. Kent Voorhees, Aimee English, and Shawnecca Burke all invited to receive their awards at the CAFP Foundation Annual Summit Lunch coming up in May 2022 in Vail, Colorado.
Aimee English
Here is the breakdown of the awards:
Dr. Kent Voorhees – Teacher of the Year
Dr. Aimee English – Family Physician of the Year
Dr. Shawnecca Burke – Family Medicine Resident of the Year
Shawnecca Burke
Voorhees serves as DFM’s Vice Chair of Education Programs. English is the Medical Director at the A.F. Williams Family Medicine Clinic. Burke is a highly accomplished family medicine resident in Fort Morgan, Colorado, in the Rural Training Track of the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency.
Congratulations to all!
Contact:
Jodi Holtrop, PhD, MCHES
Vice Chair for Research
jodi.holtrop@cuanschutz.edu
Carlee Kreisel, MPH
Research Services Specialist
carlee.kreisel@cuanschutz.edu
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