The Office of Health Equity Research (OHER) is pleased to announce the 2023 OHER Awards for Yale Research Excellence recipients and finalists. Original research on health equity was eligible for the award if it was first-authored by Yale-affiliated early-stage investigators and published in 2023. Out of over 750 papers reviewed, 19 finalists and 6 awardees were selected.
We extend our deep appreciation to Kate Nyhan, Lei Wang, and Kayla Del Biondo at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and to our panel of 39 reviewers, which included Yale investigators and New Haven community leaders, for their dedication to this effort.
A special congratulations to this year’s six awardees! Please click on the links below to read their phenomenal work.
Awardees
Destiny Tolliver, MD, MHS
Exploring Parental Incarceration, US Government Support Programs, and Child Health and Well-Being: A National Cross-Sectional Study
Emma Zang, PhD, MA, MPhil
Explaining obesity disparities by urbanicity, 2006-2016: A decomposition analysis
Georgina Gross, PhD, MA, MS
Clinical Outcomes of Veterans Affairs Residential PTSD Treatment for PTSD and Depressive Symptoms: 1-Year Follow-Up Outcomes and Gender Differences
Pedro Ochoa-Allemant, MD
Enhanced Identification of Hispanic Ethnicity Using Clinical Data: A Study in the Largest Integrated Unites States Health Care System
Wesley Holland, MD
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department-initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems
Yiqun Ma, BMS
Racial/ethnic disparities in PM2.5-attributable cardiovascular mortality burden in the United States
Finalists
Adeola Ayedun, MPH
Perspective on National Institutes of Health Funding Requirements for Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Medical Scientist Training Program Leadership
Addie Merians, PhD
Racie and ethnic mental health disparities in US Military Veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study
Aliya Webermann, PhD, MA
Military Sexual Trauma and its Association with Mental Health Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Veterans in the United States
Andy Wen, MD, MPH
Racial disparities in youth pretrial detention: a retrospective cohort study grounded in critical race theory
Benjamin Eisenstadt, BA
Body Image and High-Risk Weight and Shape Control Behaviors Among Transgender and Nonbinary Young Adults: The Role of Sexual Assault
Caiyun Liao, MD
Effect of state insurance mandates on racial/ethnic disparities in the utilization and outcomes of donor oocyte-assisted reproductive technologies
César Caraballo-Cordovez, MD
Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2021
Chelsey Carter, PhD
Inclusive Recruitment Strategies to Maximize Sociodemographic Diversity among Participants: A St. Louis Case Study
Chinenye M Okafor, MPH, MBBS
Association of Sociodemographic Characteristics With 1-Year Hospital Readmission Among Adults Aged 18 to 55 Years with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Eric K Layland, PhD, MS
Kept in the Closet: Structural Stigma and the Timing of Sexual Minority Developmental Milestones Across 28 European Countries
Ijeoma Opara, PhD, LMSW, MPH
Relationship between suicide ideation and attempts, bully victimization, dating violence, and depressive symptoms among Black and Hispanic youth
Kimberly Sue, MD, PhD
Perspectives of Clinicians and Staff at Community-Based Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Settings on Linkages with Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine Programs
Mariana Budge, BA
Black Adolescent Females’ Perceptions of PrEP for HIV Risk Reduction
Megan Feick, MD
A quality improvement approach to integrating social determinants of health objectives into pediatric simulation
Mytien Nguyen, MSc
Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Inequities in Receipt of Multiple National Institutes of Health Research Project Grants
Rachel Hennein, BS
Gender Discrimination and Mental Health Among Health Care Workers: Findings from a Mixed Methods Study
Rohan Khera, MD, MS
Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study
Rohit Sangal, MD, MBA
Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care
Terika McCall, PhD
Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services and Mobile Technology to Support the Management of Depression Among Black American Women: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Review Panel
Alycia Santilli, MSW
Amos Smith, MSW
Ann Greene
Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS
Benjamin Oldfield, MD, MHS
Beverley Sheares, MD, MS
Carol Oladele, PhD, MPH
Carolyn Macica, PhD, MS
Cindy Crusto, PhD, MA
Daniel Sarpong, PhD, MS
Danya Keene, PhD, MAT
Jason Martinez, MS
Joanne McGolin, MDiv, MS, MBA
Josefa Martinez, PhD, MHS
Julia Einhorn, MPA
Karen Wang, MD, MHS
Katie Wang, PhD
Ke’ala Akau, MPH
Kieran O’Donnell, PhD, MSc
Kristen Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA, MHS
Kristina Talbert-Slagle, PhD
LaDrea Ingram, EDd, CHES
LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FNYAM, FAAN
Linda Coleman, JD, CIP, CHC, CHRC, CCEP-I
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Maritza Bond, MPH
Mayur Desai, PhD, MPH
Melissa Lang, DrPH, MPH, MPA, MA
Nadine Horton
Rosana Gonzalez-Colaso, PharmD, MPH
Sakinah Suttiratana, PhD, MPH, MBA
Sandra Bulmer, PhD, MS
Sarah Christie, PhD, MPH
Sarwat Chaudhry, MD
Shirley Ellis-West, MSHS
Susan Nappi, MPH
Suzi Ruhl, JD, MPH
Tara Rizzo, MPH
Valentina Greco, PhD