Jennifer E. DeVoe, M.D.
- Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine
- Chair, Family Medicine, School of Medicine
- John and Sherrie Saultz Professorship in Family Medicine Innovation
Biography
Dr. Jennifer (Jen) DeVoe is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine. She is a practicing family physician, a health services researcher, and the inaugural director of OHSU’s Center for Primary Care Research and Innovation. Her research focuses on improving access to health care, reducing health and health care inequities, understanding how to identify and address adverse social determinants of health in primary care, and studying how practice and policy changes impact care for historically marginalized populations. Dr. DeVoe's research portfolio spans both OHSU Family Medicine and OCHIN, Inc., a community health information technology network based in Portland, OR.
Dr. DeVoe oversees a multidisciplinary research team with expertise in primary care, health equity, informatics, sociology, epidemiology, biostatistics, economics, mental health, health services research, clinical medicine, anthropology, and implementation science. She and her team were among some of the early pioneers leveraging electronic health record (EHR) data for use in health services research, health equity research, and implementation science studies. Using large health insurance claims, electronic health record (EHR), and self-reported datasets, this team uses informatics and analytics to conduct policy-relevant and practice-relevant studies. Research findings inform community, practice and policy interventions that help to improve the delivery of care for historically marginalized populations and to eliminate health inequities. The Center for Primary Care Research & Innovation website has more information about current and past projects.
Dr. DeVoe earned her MD from Harvard Medical School in 1999. Selected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1996, she also earned an MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University in 1998 and 2001, respectively. She completed her family medicine residency at OHSU in 2004 and her Master's in Clinical Research (MCR) in 2009. Dr. DeVoe is a strong mentor for dozens of students, residents and junior faculty interested in health services and health policy research. Dr. DeVoe is an author on more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and is a leader in national and international primary care innovation.
Dr. DeVoe was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2014 and has served on several committees at the National Academies. Of note, she served as a member of the National Academies' committee that wrote the 2021 report entitled, "Implementing High-Quality Primary Care: Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care. Most recently, she co-chaired the National Academies' committee that wrote the 2024 report entitled, "Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for all."
Education and training
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Degrees
- M. Phil., 1998, Oxford University
- M.D., 1999, Harvard University
- Ph.D., 2001, Oxford University
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Residency
- Oregon Health & Science University
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Certifications
- American Board of Family Medicine
Publications
Elsevier pure profilePublications
Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Implementation Science
Online Journal of Public Health InformaticsAssociation Between a Mother’s Cervical Cancer Screening and Child’s Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Status
Maternal and child health journalDoes ethnic concentration buffer effects of neighborhood deprivation on early childhood growth?
Health and PlaceImpact of Healthcare Location Concordance on Receipt of Preventive Care Among Children Whose Parents have a Substance Use and/or Mental Health Diagnosis
Journal of Primary Care and Community HealthImpacts of pragmatic implementation science in a primary care laboratory
Journal of Clinical and Translational ScienceMeasuring Primary Care Spending in the US by State
JAMA Health ForumStorylines of family medicine V
Family Medicine and Community HealthUnbiased care, unequal outcomes
BMC NursingAdvancing Data Capacity for Economic Outcomes in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Medical careCreating research-ready partnerships
BMC health services researchDelivery of Cervical and Colorectal Cancer Screenings During the Pandemic in Community Health Centers
Medical careFactors Associated With Blood Pressure Control Among Patients in Community Health Centers
American journal of preventive medicineLatino Adolescent-Mother Language Concordance, Neighborhood Deprivation, and Vaccinations in Community Health Centers
Maternal and child health journalParticipatory logic modeling in a multi-site initiative to advance implementation science
Implementation Science CommunicationsPrimary Care Research
Annals of family medicineThe Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Acute Diabetes Complications Among Community Health Center Patients
Journal of Primary Care and Community HealthAcute and Chronic Diabetes-Related Complications Among Patients With Diabetes Receiving Care in Community Health Centers
Diabetes careAffordable Care Act Medicaid expansion and access to primary-care based smoking cessation assistance among cancer survivors
BMC health services researchAn observational study of health insured visits for children following Medicaid eligibility expansion for adults among a linked cohort of parents and children
Medicine (United States)A Qualitative Study of Two Oregon Family Medicine Clinics to Explain Parent and Child Healthcare Initiation and Engagement
Journal of Patient ExperienceAssociation of parent influenza vaccination and early childhood vaccinations using linked electronic health record data
VaccineCommunity Health Centers’ Performance in Cancer Screening and Prevention
American journal of preventive medicine