Programs & Initiatives
Supporting clinical and health services research aligned with our mission and vision
Health Justice Research Grants
In August 2021, the Dalio Center for Health Justice announced the ‘Health Justice Research Grant’ program, in partnership with Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. This grant program will fund innovative research that will directly advance efforts to reduce health inequities and disparities.
By the end of the year, the grants committee will select awardees, with preference to funding research that provides solutions and takes action—3rd and 4th generation research studies. The grants are for two years and all grantees are expected to publish their results, as well as participate in the Dalio Center’s health equity symposia.
Key Accomplishments
- Conceptualized the grant, established funding requirements and goals, and coordinated with our academic partners
- Developed an application process and materials
- Established a grants committee with tripartite membership
- Awarded 6 health equity grants
Thomas, Stephen B. et al. “Toward a fourth generation of disparities research to achieve health equity.” Annual review of public health 32 (2011): 399-416
Our 2021
Grantees
Investigating behavior change interventions regarding lung screening in the ambulatory setting to improve lung health: A Mixed Methodology Study
Addressing disparities in treatment of bacterial infections in people who inject drugs
Adapting and Piloting a Digitized Interpersonal Counseling Intervention to Reduce Common Mental Disorders in Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults
Precision Population Health Interventions to Reduce Disparities in Kidney Disease Care
Reducing Health Disparities through Homecare SDOH Mitigation by Community Health Workers in an Underserved Minority Acute Stroke Population
The Patient Activated Learning System (PALS) to Improve CVD Disparities
Lead Physician
Laura Gingras, MD
Team Members
Sanjai Sinha, MD
Fred Pelzman, MD
Keith Roach, MD
Elizabeth Baquero, EdD
Mangala Rajan, MBA
Parag Mehta, MD
Nathalie Moise, MD
Investigating behavior change interventions regarding lung screening in the ambulatory setting to improve lung health: A Mixed Methodology Study
Lead Physician
Lauren K. Groner, DO
Team Members
Erica Phillips, MD, MS
Rulla Tamimi, ScD
Nathalie Moise, MD, MS
Bradley Pua, MD
Rishikesh P. Dalal, MD, MPH
Stephen J. Peterson, MD, MACP, FAHA
Addressing Disparities in Treatment of Bacterial Infections in People Who Inject Drugs
Lead Physician
Shashi Kapadia, MD
Team Members
Alexis Vien, MD
Matt Scherer, MD
Adapting and Piloting a Digitized Interpersonal Counseling Intervention to Reduce Common Mental Disorders in Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults
Lead Physician
Jennifer Mootz, PhD
Team Members
Alwyn Cohall, MD
Renee Cohall, LCSW-R
Milton Wainberg, MD
Myrna Weissman, PhD
Jane Chang, MD
Cori Green, MD
Precision Population Health Interventions to Reduce Disparities in Kidney Disease Care
Lead Physician
Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD, MBA, MAS
Team Members
Sumit Mohan, MD, MPH
Jeffrey Silberzweig, MD
Deirdre Sawinski, MD
Jonathan T. Lin, MD
Reducing Health Disparities through Homecare SDOH Mitigation by Community Health Workers in an Underserved Minority Acute Stroke Population
Lead Physician
Randolph Marshall, MD
Team Members
Olajide Williams, MD, MS
Amelia Boehme, PhD
Patricia Peretz, MPH
