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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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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
Rural Track Scholarship Announced
Joanna Sakata Family Endowed Medical Scholarship Fund
Robert | Family Medicine Nov 19, 2019
A generous gift from a grateful patient and loving mother of a University of Colorado Medical School graduate is poised to make a big impact on a deserving medical student dedicated to serving in a rural community.
The Joanna Sakata Family Endowed Medical Scholarship Fund is a $1 million permanent endowment which is designed to provide one annual full, in-state tuition scholarship to third or fourth year students enrolled in the School of Medicine’s Rural Track program.
The scholarship recipient must intend to practice in a rural community for a minimum of two years upon graduation from medical school.
Ms. Sakata established the fund in honor of her daughter, Vicki Sakata, MD, who graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1989.
In other Rural Track news:
Mark Deutchman, MD, (Rural Track director), Roberto Silva, MD, and Melanie DeHerrera presented at the world rural health conference (WONCA), in October 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with two second-year medical students from the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Rural Track program.
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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