Topic: Participate in the development of the American Diabetes Association DARTNet Institute Alliance for Diabetes (ADA DIAD) and engage two to three practices to advance the use of Community Health Workers in improving diabetes outcomes.

PI: Wilson Pace, M.D. (Dartnet Institute)

Term: 2024-2025

ORPRN Contact: Caitlin Dickinson, M.P.H.

Email: summerca@ohsu.edu

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

Topic: A qualitative and quantitative examination of the impact of Congress’ VA MISSION Act (June 2019) on rural veterans’ access to and experience of care in rural Western states.

Term: 2019-2025

ORPRN Contact: Mary Patzel, M.B.A.

Email: caravan@ohsu.edu

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

Term: 2022-2026

ORPRN Contact: Caitlin Dickinson, M.P.H.

Email: summerca@ohsu.edu

Topic: In partnership with the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research and Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest (NARA) to deliver technical assistance to primary care clinics to improve colorectal cancer screening and prevention.

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

ORPRN Contact: Isabel Stock, MPH

Email: stocki@ohsu.edu

Topic: Build the confidence of primary care clinicians in identifying and diagnosing dementia by supporting development of tailored workflows for the teams, instructing teams on when and how to use and interpret dementia diagnostic tools, providing information on how to refer patients and family care partners to community resources

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

Term: 2023-2025

ORPRN Contact: Leah Brandis, M.P.H.

Email: brandis@ohsu.edu

Topic: In partnership with Oregon Office of Disability Health, recruit 50 providers to take a 35 min webinar training for free CME. The webinar will provide providers with tools to better treat and community with patients who have physical and/or mental disabilities.

PI: Willi Horner-Johnson, Ph.D.

Term: 2022-2025

ORPRN Contact: Cort Cox

Email: coxcor@ohsu.edu

Topic: This is part of a larger study with Dr. Brian Frank (OHSU Family Medicine); Support working with and interviewing key community partners to define the context, processes, and outcomes for a pilot in which an employer provides CHW services to a representative sample of employees at risk for type 2 diabetes.

PI: Brian Frank, M.D.

Term: 2022-2025

ORPRN Contact: Sara Wild, M.P.H.

Email: wilsa@ohsu.edu

Topic: Administer telephone social determinant of health and REAL-D screening to EOCCO and Summit health member and refer members with identified SDOH to resources in local communities.

PI: Nancy Goff, M.P.H.

Term: 2021-2023

ORPRN Contact: Sara Wild, M.P.H.

Email: wilsa@ohsu.edu

Topic: Increase Oregon's healthcare workforce, community organization, and caregiver capacity to care for older adults and develop reciprocal partnerships with primary care delivery sites that foster age-friendly health systems

PI: Laura Byerly, M.D.

Term: 2024-2029

ORPRN Contact: Caitlin Dickinson, M.P.H.

Email: summerca@ohsu.edu

Topic: Enhance and expand the existing HANDBOOK FOR HEALTH IT ADVISORS AND PRACTICE FACILITATORS

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

Term: 2025-2026

ORPRN Contact: Jennifer Coury, M.A.

Email: coury@ohsu.edu

PI: Jonathan Betlinski, M.D.

Topic: HEAL-OR is a five-year project focusing efforts in six rural counties in Oregon. Primary activities include: creating a rural advisory panel; utilizing the Project ECHO learning community model to improve access and quality of care in rural Oregon; partnering with Coordinated Care Organizations to guide ECHO programs; and creating a best-practice toolkit.

Term: 2021-2026

ORPRN Contact: Maggie McLain McDonnell, M.P.H.

Email: healor@ohsu.edu

Topic: Provide technical assistance to CCOs to implement Medicaid flexibilities to address social determinants of health and equity.

PI: Nancy Goff, MPH

Term: 2021-2025

ORPRN Contact: Bethany Lowe, M.P.H.

Email: lowbe@ohsu.edu

Topic: A text message based randomized control trial to improve math literacy in 3-4 year olds

PI: Jaime Peterson, MD

Term: 2022-2025

ORPRN Contact: Kendall Dunlop-Korsness, M.P.H.

Email: dunlopko@ohsu.edu

Topic: Oregon, specifically the tri-county area, is struggling to meet the needs of adults and youth in acute mental health crisis. This complex system is lacking capacity in many different areas making it difficult for policy makers to strategically invest in and expand the system to meet the needs of our community members. Our project aims to build a simulation model of the current system to help policy makers invest in our acute mental health system. The end product is that we will having an interactive simulation model that we can share back with policy makers to help guide and support their decisions for how they invest and expand Oregon’s acute mental health system.

PI:  Erin Kenzie, Ph.D., Kristen Hassmiller-Lich, Ph.D., Alex Nielsen, Ph.D.

Term: 2023-2025

ORPRN Contact: Isabel Stock, M.P.H.

Email: stocki@ohsu.edu

Topic: A tele-mentoring education model designed to build the capacity of primary care clinicians and educate clinical teams on a variety of topics.

Term: Ongoing

ORPRN Contact: Maggie McLain McDonnell, M.P.H.

Website: www.oregonechonetwork.org

Email: mclainma@ohsu.edu

Topic: The project is to evaluate Oregon's non-medical exemption process by surveying parents who opt out of vaccines for their children for a non-medical reason. We will be conducting interviews with parents to better understand why parents choose to not vaccinate their children (i.e. access or beliefs).

Executive Sponsor: Caitlin Dickinson, M.P.H.

Term: 2024-2025

ORPRN Contact: Isabel Stock, M.P.H.

Email: stocki@ohsu.edu

Topic: Evaluation of COVID-19 Response and Recovery Unit

Executive Sponsor: Caitlin Dickinson, M.P.H.

Term: 2024-2025

ORPRN Contact: Isabel Stock, M.P.H.

Email: stocki@ohsu.edu

Topic: Determine the feasibility and accuracy of diagnosing new-onset AD virtually in a high-risk pediatric cohort using parent-reported validated diagnostic criteria with photographic documentation using a novel mobile application

PI: Eric Simpson, M.D.

Term: 2024-2026

ORPRN Contact: Laura Ferrara, M.A.

Email: ferraral@ohsu.edu

Topic: Testing how well an early test detects many types of cancer via simple blood draw.

PI: Dr. Tomasz Beer

Term: 2022-2025

ORPRN Contact: Laura Ferrara M.A. CCRP

Email: ferraral@ohsu.edu

Topic: A study of how to provide high quality, comprehensive, longitudinal, person-centered care for persons living with, or at risk for, multiple chronic conditions (MCC): Develop a roadmap with best practices for person-centered care planning across diverse health systems and settings. Engage experts, stakeholders, practitioners, frontline implementers, researchers, and persons, families, and caregivers to provide foundational knowledge of how to promote person-centered care planning as standard practice for persons with MCC.

PI: Deborah Cohen, PhD

Term: 2024-2025

ORPRN Contact: Jennifer Coury, M.S.

Email: coury@ohsu.edu

Topic: PRaCTICE is co-led by the Directors of ORPRN and WPRN and will synergistically utilize strengths from each PBRN and affiliated CTSA to include four hubs focused on community engagement, recruitment, communications, and data coordination

MPIs: Melinda Davis, Ph.D. and Allison Cole, M.D. (UW)

Term: 2025-2025

ORPRN Contact: Caitlin Dickinson, M.P.H.

Email: summerca@ohsu.edu

Topic: Evaluate the benefit and risks of moderate-intensity statin for preventing dementia and prolonging disability-free survival in a diverse population of patients 75 years and older without heart disease.

PI: Elizabeth Eckstrom, M.D., M.P.H.

Term: 2023-2027

ORPRN Contact: Victoria Sanchez, M.S.

Email: sanchvic@ohsu.edu

Topic: A safety training randomized control trial for critical access hospital staff to reduce patient falls and worker injuries.

PI: David Hurtado, ScD

Term: 2023-2028

ORPRN Contact: Kendall Dunlop-Korsness, M.P.H.

Email: dunlopko@ohsu.edu

Topic: Provide expert subject matter technical assistance (TA) to address disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening for health systems partners, through the use of evidence-based interventions and quality improvement practices

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

Term: 2023-2025

ORPRN Contact: Isabel Stock, M.P.H.

Email: stocki@ohsu.edu

Topic: To improve CRC screening rates, follow-up colonoscopy, and referral to care in rural Medicaid patients by implementing a direct mail fecal testing program with targeted outreach and patient navigation for follow-up colonoscopy.

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

Term: 2019-2025

ORPRN Contact: Jennifer Coury, M.S.

Email: coury@ohsu.edu

PI: Korey Kennelty, PharmD, M.S., Ph.D. (University of Iowa), Annette Totten, Ph.D.

Topic: Provide evidence regarding the effectiveness of self-measured blood pressure monitoring in older patients living in rural communities, including the implementation and sustainability of strategies.

Term: 2024-2031

ORPRN Contact: Cort Cox, B.S.

Topic: Provide CCOs with technical assistance to implement the newly passed SDOH Social Needs and Referral measure.

PI: Nancy Goff, M.P.H.

Term: 2022-2024

ORPRN Contact: Sara Wild, M.P.H.

Email: wilsa@ohsu.edu

Topic: Provide expert subject matter technical assistance (TA) to address disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening for health systems partners, through the use of evidence-based interventions and quality improvement practices

PI: Melinda Davis, Ph.D.

Term: 2023-2025

ORPRN Contact: Isabel Stock, M.P.H.

Email: stocki@ohsu.edu