The Institute to Advance Population Health (ADVANCE) promotes research that contributes to the developing science of health equity and population health improvement through the study of health outcomes and services, as well as social factors that impact health. ADVANCE fosters social science and health services research to reduce health disparities based on a wide range of social factors, and it supports research collaboration across 91×ÔÅÄ and with community-based research partners.
ADVANCE supports faculty research from multiple disciplines, methods, colleges, schools and departments across 91×ÔÅÄ to foster team science and facilitate clinical and community research partnerships. We do this through collaborative meetings and events, partnerships, and offering data and other forms of support.
A study led by Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., Professor of Community-based Health in 91×ÔÅÄ’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Co-Director of ADVANCE, found that providers generally see opioid use disorder (OUD) as less within a patient’s control than diabetes but are reluctant to treat OUD.
Sarah E. Rubin, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Social Medicine and ADVANCE core faculty member, received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. The award recognizes a graduating medical student and faculty member who are exemplars of humanistic patient care.
Different racial groups experience different levels of access to mental and behavioral healthcare. This is not because of genetic or biological differences, but because of the ways racism impacts marginalized individuals in the United States – and 91×ÔÅÄ is no exception.
Several ADVANCE members will work on the State of 91×ÔÅÄ Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) study, a collaborative statewide research project aimed at identifying the leading causes of mental health challenges, suicide, and substance use disorder in 91×ÔÅÄ communities.
