Resource: Women's Health Disparities by Race and State, The Kaiser Family Foundation provides a report documenting the persistence of disparities between white women and women of color across the country. more...

CHERP Investigator Rachel Werner Receives National Award, Rachel Werner, MD, PhD, a Core Investigator at the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP, received the Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award from AcademyHealth. This prestigious award recognizes scholars early in their careers as health services researchers who show exceptional promise for future contributions. more...

CHERP Investigator Featured in CNN story, David Casarett, MD, MA, CHERP Core Investigator and Staff Physician, Philadelphia VA Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, is quoted by CNN in this report about families preparing for the death of a loved one. Dr. Casarett directs PROMISE (Performance Reporting and Outcomes Measurement to Improve the Standard of care at End-of-life), a quality measurement center that currently involves 12 Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) and will be VA-wide (21 VISNs) in FY10. Here is a link to the story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/08/death.goodbye.coping/index.html For more information about PROMISE, go to www.cherp.research.va.gov. more...

Patients' Perceptions of Discrimination in Health Care Settings

PROMISE Center