The Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE)promotes research that contributes to the developing science of health equity and population health improvement through the study of health outcomes and services, as well as social factors that impact health. ADVANCE fosters social science and health services research to reduce health disparities based on a wide range of social factors, and it supports research collaboration across Ohio University and with community-based research partners.
ADVANCE supports faculty research from multiple disciplines, methods, colleges, schools and departments across Ohio University to foster team science and facilitate clinical and community research partnerships. We do this through collaborative meetings and events, partnerships, and offering data and other forms of support.
ADVANCE Featured News Stories
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Rubin and Lambrecht receive award recognizing humanism in medicine
Sarah E. Rubin, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Social Medicine and ADVANCE core faculty member, received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. The award recognizes a graduating medical student and faculty member who are exemplars of humanistic patient care.
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ADVANCE faculty join statewide effort to combat mental health, substance use epidemic
Several ADVANCE members will work on the State of Ohio Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) study, a collaborative statewide research project aimed at identifying the leading causes of mental health challenges, suicide, and substance use disorder in Ohio communities.
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ADVANCE Member Research Spotlight: Rebekah Crawford, Ph.D.
Rebekah Crawford, Ph.D., a health communications scholar and ADVANCE researcher, is leading a Covid-19 response quality improvement project with the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners.
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ADVANCE Member Research Spotlight: Emily Guseman, Ph.D. and Joseph Bianco, Ph.D.
ADVANCE Researchers Study Factors Associated with Stress, Resiliency Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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OHIO researchers partner on a study that reveals gaps in behavioral healthcare system for racial and ethnic minorities
Different racial groups experience different levels of access to mental and behavioral healthcare. This is not because of genetic or biological differences, but because of the ways racism impacts marginalized individuals in the United States – and Ohio is no exception.
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OHIO researcher receives more than $1 million in funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., a researcher in Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and ADVANCE, was awarded over $1 million by the National Institute on Drug Abuse for two separate studies that are aimed at helping provide resources to combat the opioid epidemic.