C2DREAM Panel Word Cloud
Program in Health Disparities Research

Eliminating Health Disparities | Promoting Health Equity

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Research

The PHDR is driven to improve health for all through research that identifies, explains, and addresses health inequities.

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Community Engagement

The PHDR addresses health inequities by engaging communities as partners in research and programmatic activities.

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Education

The PHDR builds educational programs that support a diverse research workforce prepared to create community-engaged solutions to pressing health inequities.

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Michele L. Allen, MD, MS

Director

The Program in Health Disparities Research, headed by Dr. Michele Allen, is housed within the University of Minnesota Medical School. The Program in Health Disparities Research is driven to improve health for all through research, education, community engagement, and policy.

 

Headlines

Improving Current and Future Mental and Physical Health Outcomes​​​

Tyler Dregney, PhD, is a T32 Cancer Disparities Trainee. Dr. Dregney completed his PhD from the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota.

Announcements
Collaborative Partnerships and Public Health

Jessica “Jessee” Beetch, PhD, is a T32 Cancer Disparities Trainee. She shares about her work in community health to improve access to care for people who test positive for HPV and is working on strategies to reduce barriers to HIV care.

Announcements
My First Exposure to Research, Matia Solomon

Matia Solomon will begin her first year of medical school in fall 2025 at the University of Minnesota. She reflects on her experience in M-ASCEND.

Announcements
Education
105
M-ASCEND Interns
Members
112
Affiliated Faculty
Researchers
9
Core Faculty
Trainees
6
T32 Trainees
Fellows
18
HELM Fellows

About the Artwork

The Image at the top of this page is a graphic recording of the June 2022 Health Equity Conference by artist Rio Holaday on behalf of our C2DREAM program, an NIHMD P50 research center grant co-managed by PHDR with our UMN colleagues at the School of Public Health, as well as the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute and Mayo Clinic.

See more of Rio's work. See other graphic recordings by Rio as well as video from the June 2022 event. Sincere thanks to Rio for her beautiful work!