Research

Our multidisciplinary research center promotes research focused on improving access, continuity, integration, quality, equity, effectiveness and value of health care for underserved and vulnerable populations by:

1. Conducting externally funded, innovative health equity research to improve behavioral health structure, process, and outcomes for vulnerable and underserved populations including racial/ethnic minorities, persons with serious mental illness, substance users, personas at risk for HIV/AIDS, people experiencing homelessness, foster children aging out of care, aging and disabled populations
2. Accelerating the movement of health equity research findings to action through the development of effective knowledge translation strategies relevant stakeholders in the community, academia, and practice
3. Offering research seminars in the Texas Medical Center on the translational research in behavioral health equity topics led by internationally known leaders in this area of research
4. Supporting graduate students and post-doctoral fellows who are working on transferring new knowledge on addressing health disparities for vulnerable and underserved populations