What We Do

What We Do

  • Research
    • Community-based pragmatic clinical trials on lifespan topics (newborn skincare, kindergarten readiness, prevention, advance care planning)
    • Blending Implementation Research and Quality Improvement to address primary care topics (substance use, chronic pain, immunizations, dementia, DMII, cancer screening)
  • Education
    • Home to Oregon ECHO Network (13 topics offered in FY23; Building capacity in eastern OR)
    • Partners on Public Health Professional Workforce Development
    • 10+ learner placements
  • Health Policy
    • Technical assistance and education around Medicaid’s social needs and health equity funding flexibilities
    • Design and implementation of community health assessments and community benefit programs
    • Social needs screening and closed loop referral consultation and implementation
    • Public health research and implementation in fundamental services (tobacco cessation, suicide prevention, immunizations), and upstream activities (health-related social needs)