Melinda Davis, PhD
Melinda Davis, PhD, joined the OHSU Family Medicine Department in 2010 after earning her PhD in Social-Developmental Psychology. She has worked with the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network (ORPRN) since 2007. Melinda uses participatory research approaches and mixed method study designs to explore health service delivery in community and primary care settings. Her work focuses on rural populations and interventions to facilitate healthy/optimal aging across the lifespan, addressing topics such as childhood obesity, unmet dental needs, and primary care clinician age-expectations and quality of care.
