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Active Research Projects

As a leader in health equity research, OCHIN collaborates on numerous multi-year studies and initiatives. We partner with top research institutes, research networks, foundations, academic centers, and mission-driven health care organizations across the United States to improve health in all communities, enhance care, and inform policy through research. At the moment, we are focused on projects in health systems change, practice transformation, social determinants of health, and health policy – all of which are listed below.

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PCORnet COVID 19 surveillance project – COVID-19 Electronic Health Data Initiative

  • Grantee: Public Health Informatics Institute Task Force for Global Health

  • Term: 08/01/2022 – 07/31/2023

  • Funding agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Vivian Singleterry, JM, MBA

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jon Puro, MPA-HA

  • Grant Number: NU38OT000316

HD4A – Health Data for Action

  • Grantee: OCHIN

  • Term: 12/01/21 - 11/30/23

  • Funding agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Megan Hoopes, MPH

  • Grant Number: 79182

FRONTIERS – Foreign-Born Latinos Cancer Screening

  • Grantee: Oregon Health & Science University

  • Term: 05/20/22 - 04/30/25

  • Funding agency: National Cancer Institute

  • Principal Investigator (PI): John Heintzman, MD MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Wyatt Bensken, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01CA258464

Child Welfare & Pandemic

  • Grantee: National Bureau of Economic Research

  • Term: 09/15/22 – 05/31/26

  • Funding agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
    Development

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Alison Cuellar, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Frances Lynch, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01HD109327

CAKE – Crisis Advancing Knowledge for Equity

  • Grantee: Case Western Reserve University

  • Term: 08/21/22 – 04/30/27

  • Funding agency: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Kurt Stange, MD
    OCHIN

  • Site Investigator: Nicole Cook, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01MD016389

ACE-D - Assess Insurance Coverage Expansion on Diabetes Complications

  • Grantee: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Funding Agency: Center for Disease Control (CDC)

  • Term: 09/30/20 - 09/29/2025

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Nat Huguet, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Annie Larson, PhD

  • Grant Number: U18DP006536

PCORnet Diabetes in CAYA - Assessing the Burden of Diabetes by Type in Children, Adolescents,
and Young Adults

  • Grantee: Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

  • Term: 09/30/2021 – 05/31/2024

  • Funding agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Marc Rosenman, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Pedro Rivera, MS

  • Grant Number: U18DP006693- U18DP006694

TIPP-C – Telemedicine Integrated into Pediatric Primary Care (TIPP-C): Quality and Outcomes

  • Grantee: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

  • Term: 9/15/2022 – 7/31/2027

  • Funding agency: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Alek Fiks, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Brigit Hatch, MD

  • Grant Number: R01HD107153

Annie Larson K Award

  • Grantee: OCHIN

  • Term: 08/01/22 – 07/31/2027

  • Funding agency: Agency for Healthcare Research (AHRQ)

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Annie Larson, PhD

  • Grant Number: K01HS028732

CV Wizard

  • Grantee: KFRI / KPCHR

  • Term: 03/01/17 - 02/23/23

  • Funding agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Rachel Gold, PhD MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Dave Boston, MD

  • Grant Number: R01HL133793

CEAL - ACceleraTe covId VAccine and Treatment Equity (ACTIVATE) Community-engaged
Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN)

  • Grantee: Westat

  • Term: 07/01/22 - 06/30/26

  • Funding agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Paula Darby Lipman, PhD

  • Site Investigator: Marion Sills, MD, Rachel Gold, PhD & Erika Cottrell, PhD

  • Grant Number: OT2HL158287

ACHES - Aging in Community Health Clinics: Multimorbidity Patterns among Middle-Aged and Older Adults

  • Grantee: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: National Institutes on Aging

  • Term: 07/01/09 - 04/30/24

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Ana Quinones, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: John Heintzman, MD, MPH

  • Grant Number: R01AG061386

 

ADVANCE - Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network Clinical Research Network

  • Grantee: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Term: 04/01/20 – 07/31/21

  • Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

  • Principal Investigator (PI): John Puro, MPA-HA

  • Grant Number: RI-CRN-2020-001

ADVANCE CRN: ADVANCE Phase 3 Clinical Research Network

 

AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity: Data & Research Core

  • Grantee: University of North Texas Health Science Center

  • Term: 09/17/2021 – 09/16/2023

  • Funding Agency: NIH Office of the Director

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Jamboor Vishwanatha, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jon Puro, MPA-HA

  • Grant Number: 1OT2OD032581-01

ASCEND - Approaches to CHC Implementation of SDH Data Collection and Action

  • Grantee: Kaiser Foundation Research Institute

  • Sub-Recipients: OCHIN, Inc., Oregon Health and Science University Family Medicine

  • Term: 08/25/2017 – 07/31/2022

  • Funding Agency: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Rachel Gold, PhD, MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Erika Cottrell, PhD, MPP

  • Grant Number: 1R18DK114701-01

 

Assessing the Burden of Diabetes by Type in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

  • Grantee: Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

  • Term: 09/30/2021 – 09/29/2024

  • Funding Agency: CDC

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Marc Rosenman, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jon Puro, MPA-HA

  • Grant Number: U18DP006693; U18DP006694

Back on Track - A Naturalistic Experiment Evaluating the Impact of Medicaid Treatment Reimbursement Changes on Opioid Prescribing and Patient Outcomes among Patients with Low Back Pain

  • Grantee: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc., Harvard Health Care Institute

  • Term: 09/26/2017 – 06/30/2022

  • Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Lynn DeBar, PhD, MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: John Muench, MD

  • Grant Number: 1R18DK114701-01

 

BACKGROUND - Bettering Asthma Care in Kids – Geographic Social Determinants Data to Understand Disparities

  • Grantee: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Term: 09/26/2017 – 06/30/2022

  • Funding Agency: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

  • Principal Investigator (PI): John Heintzman, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jon Puro, MPA, MPH

  • Grant Number: R01MD011404

California Immigrant Care: The Role of Community Clinics in Providing Health Care to California’s Undocumented Immigrants

  • Grantee: California Community Foundation

  • Recipient: Public Policy Institute of California

  • Term: 1/1/2022- 10/31/2023

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Paulette Cha, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: John Heintzman, MD MPH

 

COHERE - Contextualized care in CHC’s Electronic Health Records

  • Grantee: Kaiser

  • Term: 11/29/2020 – 11/30/2024

  • Funding Agency: NIMHHD

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Rachel Gold PhD

  • Grant Number: R01MD014886

CONNECT-COmpreheNsive traiNing and Engagement in Cessation Treatment

  • Grantee: OHSU

  • Funding Agency: NCI

  • Term: 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2026

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Steffani Bailey, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Nicole Cook, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01CA255016

 

COVID-19 Electronic Health Data Initiative a.k.a. PCORnet COVID 19 Surveillance Project

  • Grantee: PHII, Task Force for Global Health (TFGH)

  • Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Term: 08/01/22 - 7/31/2023

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Vivian Singleterry, JM MBA, Interim Project Director

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jon Puro, MPA-HA

  • Grant Number: NU38OT000316

CRISP - Comparing Implementation Strategies for Social Needs Programs: A Natural Study of Two Pragmatic Trials

  • Grantee: University California, San Francisco

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Term: 07/01/19 – 04/30/24

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Laura Gottlieb, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Rachel Gold, PhD & Katie Dambrun, MPH

  • Grant Number: R18HS026435

 

ECHOES - Evaluating Control of Hypertension: Effect of Social Determinants

  • Grantee: Oregon Health & Science University

  • Sub-recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Jennifer E. DeVoe, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Megan Hoopes, MPH

  • Grant Number: 1R01HL136575-01A1

EPICENTER - Epidemiology of Opioid Prescribing in Community Health Centers

  • Grantee: Oregon Health & Science University Department of Family Medicine

  • Sub-recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

  • Term: 8/1/2018 - 4/30/202

  • Principal Investigator (PI): John Muench, MD, MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Dagan Wright, PhD

  • Grant Number: PAR 16-234

 

EVERYWOMAN - Reproductive Care in the Safety-Net: Women’s Health Care after Affordable Care Act Implementation

  • Grantee: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Sub-Recipients: Oregon Health and Science University, Health Choice Network, Fenway Health

  • Term: 09/01/2017 – 05/31/2022

  • Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Erika Cottrell, PhD, MPP

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Erika Cottrell, PhD, MPP

  • Grant Number: 1R01HS025155-01

FOCUS - Foreign Born Latinos Cardiovascular Screening

  • Recipient: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Term: 08/22/20 – 03/31/25

  • Funding Agency: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

  • Principal Investigator (PI): John Heintzman, MD MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: David Boston, MD

  • Grant Number: R01MD014120

 

Health Experiences Research Initiative

  • Grantee: Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Initiative

  • Sub-Recipients: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Term: 09/01/2017 – 06/30/2022

  • Funding Agency: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

  • HERN Director: Erika Cottrell, PhD, MPP

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Anna Templeton, DNP, RN

  • OCTRI Principal Investigator and Director: David Ellison, PhD

  • Grant Number: UL 1TR002369

HEIRS - Helping gEnerations Identify Risks to Health

  • Grantee: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Term: 07/01/19 - 04/30/23

  • Co-Principal Investigators (PI): Jennifer DeVoe, MD, DPhil & Heather Angier, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01HS025962

 

Impact of Universal Free Meals on Childhood Obesity Risk and Obesity Disparities

  • Grantee: University of Washington

  • Term: 8/19/2021 – 04/30/25

  • Funding Agency: KPNW

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Jesse Jones-Smith, PhD MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Teresa Schmidt, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01HD105666

Leveraging Healthcare Data Assets and Partners to Improve LTBI Surveillance and Intervention

  • Grantee: National Network of Public Health Institutes

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Contract #: NU38OT000303

  • Term: 01/01/21 - 7/31/21

  • Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Aaron Alford, PhD, MPH, PMP

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jonathan Todd, PhD, MSPH & Jon Puro, MPA-HA

 

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 and Health Care Delivery Changes on Health Disparity Populations Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions

  • Grantee: Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

  • Term: 09/30/2021 – 05/31/26

  • Funding Agency: NIA

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Kurt Stange, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Nicole Cook, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01AG074946

Monitoring Safety of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines in an Expanded Underserved Population in the Vaccine Safety Datalink

  • Recipient: Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (KPCHR)/KFRI

  • Term: 01/06/21 - 01/05/24

  • Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Allison Naleway, PhD (prev. Holly Groom)

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jonathan Todd, PhD, MSPH

  • Funding ID: 200-2012-53584

 

N3C - National COVID Cohort Collaborative for Disease Modeling

We will contribute data to the National COVID Cohort Collaborative network. N3C is a partnership among NCATS-supported CTSAs. Collaborators contribute & use COVID-19 clinical data on key domains, e.g., diabetes & obesity, immunosuppressed/compromised, oncology, pregnancy, SDH.

  • Recipient: Sage Bionetworks

  • Funding Agency: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Term: 11/15/20 – 7/14/22

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Justin Guinney, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jon Puro, MPA-HA

  • Grant Number: NU38OT000316

P50 BRIDGE-C2 - Building Research in Implementation and Dissemination to close Gaps and achieve Equity in Cancer Control Center

  • Grantee: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: National Cancer Institute

  • Term: 09/19/19 - 08/31/24

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Jennifer DeVoe, MD, DPhil

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Rachel Gold, PhD

  • Grant Number: P50CA244289

 

PATRONUS: PCORnet Coordinating Center Scope 3: Participatory Approach To Realizing Optimal Network Usage for Science (PATRONUS)

  • Grantee: PCORI

  • Recipient: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

  • Term: 01/01/22 - 12/31/2024

  • Principal Investigator (PI): L. Charles Bailey, MD PhD and Christopher Forrest, MD PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Pedro Rivera, MS

PAST-DUE — Prevention and Social Determinants: Disparities and Utilization in Latino Elders

  • Grantee: Oregon Health & Science University

  • Sub-recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging

  • Term: 9/30/2018 – 5/31/2023

  • Grant Number: R01AG056337

  • Principal Investigator (PI): John Heintzman, MD

 
 

PCORnet Diabetes in CAYA Assessing the Burden of Diabetes by Type in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

  • Grantee: CDC

  • Recipient: Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

  • Term: 09/30/21- 05/31/24

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Marc Rosenman, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Pedro Rivera, MS

  • Grant Number: U18DP006693 (Component A: ages 0-17.99);
    U18DP006694 (Component B: ages 18-44.99)

PrEDICT: Prediction using Electronic health records to Disseminate and Implement Clinical decision support Tools for PrEP

  • Grantee: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute (HPHCI)

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Term: 12/12/19 - 11/30/22

  • Funding Agency: National Institute of Mental Health

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Douglas Krakower & Julia Marcus

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Jonathan Todd, PhD

  • Grant Number: R34MH122291

 

PROMISE - Preventing Obesity through Maternal and Infant Growth in the Safety Net

  • Grantee: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Sub-Recipient: OCHIN, Inc.

  • Funding Agency: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  • Term: 01/01/20 - 12/31/24

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Janne Boone-Heinonen, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Teresa Schmidt, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01DK118484

Provision of Implants in US “safety net” Clinics, 2016-2019: A Retrospective Historical Cohort Study

Recipient: Oregon Health and Science University

  • Term: 10/01/21 - 09/30/22

  • Funding Agency: Merck

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Blair Darney, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Anna Templeton, DNP

  • Grant Number: TBD

 

REDUCE - Remote Patient Monitoring of Chronic Disease in Community Health Centers

  • Grantee: KPNW

  • Term: 09/20/21 – 07/31/24

  • Funding Agency: NINR

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Carmit McMullen, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Dave Boston, MD

  • Grant Number: R01NR020305

RECOVER N3C: Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Initiative: NYU Langone Health Clinical Science Core, Data Resource Core

  • Grantee: NHLBI

  • Recipient: New York University

  • Funding Agency: National Cancer Institute

  • Term: 12/01/21- 11/30/22

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Stuart Katz, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Annie Larson, PhD MPH

  • Grant Number: OT2HL161847

 
 

RECOVER PCORnet: The RECOVER Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Cohort Study: RECOVER-EHR-PCORnet Research Program

  • Grantee: NHLBI

  • Recipient: New York University

  • Term: 12/01/21- 11/30/22

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Stuart Katz, MD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Annie Larson, PhD MPH

  • Grant Number: OT2HL161847

SOCRATES - SOCial Risk and diAbetes ouTcomEs Study

  • Grantee: UNC-Chapel Hill

  • Term: 09/01/21 – 07/31/26

  • Funding Agency: NIDDK

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Seth Berkowitz, PhD

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Suzanne Morrissey, PhD

  • Grant Number: R01DK125406

 

STEP-UP - Video-visit Behavior Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Youth: A randomized effectiveness-implementation study in low-resource primary care settings

  • Recipient: San Diego State University

  • Term: 09/18/20 - 07/31/22

  • Funding Agency: NIMH

  • Principal Investigator (PI): V. Robin Weersing & Frances Lynch

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Brigit Hatch

  • Funding ID: R56MH125159

Strengthening Tuberculosis Prevention Efforts by Leveraging Electronic Medical Record Data to Target High-Risk Individuals

  • Grantee: CDC

  • Recipient: National Network of Public Health Institutes

  • Term: 6/1/2021-7/31/2022

  • Principal Investigator (PI): Oscar Espinosa

  • Grant Number: NU38OT000303-03-02

 

TAPP— Measurement Development to Accelerate the Translation of Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines into Practice

  • Grantee: New York University School of Medicine, Department of Population Health

  • Sub-recipients: Medical University of South Carolina, Montefiore, NYC Health and Hospitals, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Primary Care Information Project, OCHIN, Inc., Oregon Health and Science University, and University of Washington

  • Funding Agency: The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health

  • Principal Investigators (PI): Carolyn Berry, PhD and Donna Shelley, MD, MPH

  • OCHIN Site Investigator: Anisha Abdul-Ali, DNP, MPH, RN

  • Grant Number: 1U01TR002008-01

 
 

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