Engagement Blogs

Spreading Awareness and Interventions for Mental Health

Published: 
May 19, 2020
Author(s): 
Adney Rakotoniaina
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
Mental health is a topic that some people feel uncomfortable discussing. But failing to spread mental health awareness can have serious consequences. For example, people with serious mental illness (SMI)—conditions including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder—are at...
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Introducing an Engagement Awards Funding Cycle to Address COVID-19

Published: 
April 20, 2020
Author(s): 
Ivey Wohlfeld
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Research
Recognizing the public health crisis that COVID-19 presents to our nation, PCORI has considered in recent weeks how we could best contribute to ongoing efforts in collaboration with government, industry, and other funders. As you may have already read , PCORI launched the HERO Registry and study to...
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Measuring the Reach of PCORI's Funded Research Results

Published: 
March 27, 2020
Author(s): 
Robin Bloodworth, PhD, MPH,
Heather Edwards, PhD, MPH, MBA,
Laura Forsythe, PhD, MPH,
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Evaluating Our Work
Research
As patients, clinicians, researchers, and other members of the healthcare community know all too well, research findings can sit in the scientific literature, taking far too long to help improve patients’ lives—if they ever do. Since its inception, PCORI has been working to assure that findings...
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Building Research Capacity for the Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Community

Published: 
February 28, 2020
Author(s): 
Rachel Mosbacher, MPA,
Melissa Schenkman, MPH, MSJ
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
At PCORI, we fund work that aims to reduce healthcare disparities, bringing underserved populations whose everyday healthcare needs often go unmet into the research process, such as those in the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community. For TGNC people, gender identity differs from...
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Supporting the Safety Net through Research Training and Engagement

Published: 
February 14, 2020
Author(s): 
Adney Rakotoniaina
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
Community Health Centers (CHCs), including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), provide primary care services to the most underserved populations in the country. These health centers also offer dental, behavioral, pharmacy, and other services to patients who would otherwise be unable to...
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Updates to Engagement Award Funding Opportunities

Published: 
February 3, 2020
Author(s): 
Ivey Wohlfeld
Blog Topics: 
Application Process
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program has awarded more than $95 million to fund more than 477 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). Supporting communities to...
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Introducing the Engagement Tool and Resource Repository for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

Published: 
December 2, 2019
Author(s): 
Krista Woodward, MPH, MSW,
Ivey Wohlfeld,
Alana Cole
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
PCORI requires that its funded projects meaningfully engage patients and other stakeholders throughout the research process. Engagement with patients and those who care for them ensures that study results are more relevant for decision making, and thus, more likely to be taken up in practice. But...
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Engaging and Serving the Veteran Community

Published: 
November 8, 2019
Author(s): 
Adney Rakotoniaina
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Research
When military members return to civilian life, they sometimes carry undiscussed wounds, ranging from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to familial interpersonal strain. Frequently, these conditions are known only by veterans and their families. The Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards...
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Announcing New Special Engagement Award Funding Opportunities, Evaluating Reporting Tool

Published: 
September 16, 2019
Author(s): 
Lia Snyder, MPH
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
Funding Awards
Research
Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program has awarded $85 million to fund more than 420 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). To further our mission of supporting...
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Booth Captures Powerful Stories from Patients, Caregivers

Published: 
July 16, 2019
Blog Topics: 
Engagement Blogs
PCORI Annual Meeting
Research
A woman with scoliosis, a man living with HIV, and a wife threading the line between spouse and caregiver. These individuals and hundreds like them have shared their experiences in the MyPaTH Story Booth, and so can you at the 2019 PCORI Annual Meeting . The Story Booth is like a traveling studio...
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