Research Implementation, Culture, & Equity
A PART OF OFFICE OF RESEARCH PATIENT CARE SERVICES
Purpose
The Research Implementation, Culture and Equity is a subdivision of the Research Operations and Strategy Division and works in collaboration with Health Equity Research within the Office of Research, Patient Care Services (OPRCS) at Stanford Health Care (SHC).
We actively engage in a diverse range of activities and collaborate with key stakeholders to deliver impactful support through evidence-based research, strategic program development, and effective public health initiatives.
Our work is fully aligned with SHC’s Enterprise Strategic Plan and the Integrated Strategic Plan 2030, as we are committed to driving mission-focused programs that significantly enhance health, well-being, equity, and sustainability.
Vision
We will provide equitable and culturally relevant approaches and collaborate with key stakeholders to implement solutions upstream of conditions often addressed in program development, and/or clinical trials, and/or care delivery.
Mission
Focusing on Research and Operational Excellence at its core, Research Implementation, Culture and Equity builds and supports partnerships among Stanford Health Care, Stanford University, and community-based agencies to:
- promote collaborative research opportunities
- create partnerships
- foster community engagement
- ensure capacity building to increase accountability, accessibility integrity, and equitable indicators
Office of Research
ORPCS Overview
Leadership and Operations
Integrating and expanding health equity...
Research Quality & Compliance (RQC)
Ensuring compliance and maintaining...
Research Operations & Strategy
Research-related operations and...
Academic Nursing and Patient Care Research
Facilitate nurse-led research across...
Health Equity Research
Conducts research to advance health equity
Health Equity Research Grant
Stanford Health Care is committed to achieving health equity and workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We strive for our patients, communities, and our diverse workforce to have equity in reaching their full health potential.
Our mission to address health care disparities is driven by our Stanford Health Care Strategic and Operational Plans, Nursing and Patient Care Services Strategy, and our Stanford Medicine Integrated Strategic Plan.
Program Overview
In 2022, the Office of Research, Patient Care Services, Health Equity Research Division at Stanford Health Care announced a new funding opportunity for innovative research projects that sought to improve equity in: (1) clinical research, (2) health care delivery, (3) clinical practice, and (4) workforce initiatives.
The opportunity provided funding to Stanford Health Care employees for projects designed to address health equity and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Program Status
Grantees are disseminating their research findings through the Research Grand Rounds series hosted by the Office of Research, PCS.
We'd like to thank all the researchers for continuing to advance health equity and diversity at Stanford Health Care and across the Stanford enterprise to benefit our patients, staff, and community partners.
- Select Health Equity and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Research Grant AWARDEES, 2022 for more information on the projects covered by these grants.
- Select to view upcoming Research Grand Rounds Series being offered to learn more about research projects at SHC.
Research Grand Round Series
The Health Equity Research Grant funding program has been discontinued and is no longer available.
The aims of the projects include:
- Increase diversity, equity, and inclusion among clinical research participants.
- Identify potential risks for bias at any stage in the clinical research process from formulating research questions, proposal formulation, recruiting participants, and gaining patient consent through to administering clinical research interventions.
- Identify and develop programs and systems to eliminate bias and inequities in care delivery and clinical practice (based on race, gender/sex, ability, income, geographic region, or zip code, etc.).
- Develop a guide for creating and maintaining partnerships with community-based health care organizations that serve diverse and communities of color, drawing from health equity frameworks and networks.
- Empower Stanford Health Care Employees and Groups, such as Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), Shared Leadership Council (SLC), Interprofessional teams, unit and department-based ERGs, and their members, among others, to be change agents on behalf of Stanford Health Care to: identify, propose, design, and implement innovative ideas to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion as an ongoing standard across the organization.