Social Determinants of Health Initiative

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SRIP Sessions

  • About SRIP 

The Scholarship & Research in Progress (SRIP) series is a great opportunity for peer mentorship and support. Though SRIPs are not intended to be educational workshops, most people feel they learn a great deal by regularly attending. The group focuses on one member's project per week. The project can be at any stage (other than completely finished). The presenter(s) should give a short introduction to the current state of project and let the group know what type of feedback they are interested in at this time. They should expect a lot of interaction and input from their peers.

People are encouraged to present multiple times on the same project - it can be very useful to present at SRIP when you are first brainstorming ideas or putting together a proposal, when you are creating protocols or materials, when you experience unexpected challenges during implementation, when you are first looking at preliminary data, when you are trying to figure out how to best present and disseminate results, or when you are exploring next possible steps. The only rule is that presenters must be sincerely interested in getting input from their peers. SRIP works best when a committed group of folks attends regularly, but guests are always welcome.

This year, the SDH Initiative began hosting themed discussions between SDHI Scholars on an approximately monthly basis, during the SRIP time slot of Tuesdays from 4:00pm-5:30pm. These scholarly discussions, each with a theme relevant to social determinants of health research, were meant to supplement typical SDHI Scholar social events that could not be held during the COVID-19 pandemic. Though initially developed for SDHI Scholars, these themed discussions have expanded to welcome general members of the SDH Initiative who wish to be involved.

OHSU RIP

The OHSU RIP has been continuously functioning, once a week, for over 30 years, and a large proportion of presentations are about SDH. The OHSU RIP is held every Tuesday from 2:00pm-3:30pm at OHSU's Hatfield Research Center in Room 11D03. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, current sessions are being held remotely.

If you are interested in getting weekly announcements about OHSU RIP presentations or signing up to present, please contact Katrina Capatina at capatina@ohsu.edu to be added to the mailing list. 

PSU SRIP

The SDH Initiative launched its SRIP series in the spring of 2013. SRIP is held every Tuesday from 4:00pm-5:30pm at PSU's School of Social Work in Room ASRC 625. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all SRIPs are being held remotely until further notice.

If you are interested in getting weekly announcements about the Initiative's SRIP presentations or signing up to present, please contact sdhi@pdx.edu to be added to our listserv, or take our member survey.

Spring 2022 Schedule:

  • Mar 29th - Mathew Uretsky "Academic Outcomes for High School Non-Completers"
  • Apr 5th - Facilitated Discussion w/Laura Nissen "Foundation Funding Opportunities"
  • Apr 12th - Kate LaForge "A Grounded Theory Study Exploring Chronic Pain, Financial Stress, and Suicidal Thoughts among Adults"
  • Apr 19th - Ximena Levander "Reproductive Health and Family Planning Integrated into Community-Based Harm Reduction and Substance Use Treatment Organizations for Women with Methamphetamine Use Disorder"
  • Apr 26th - SDHI Scholar Themed Discussion w/Wayne Wakeland "Mentorship"
  • May 3rd - SDHI Scholar Themed Discussion w/Anais Tuepker "Learning From Experience"
  • May 17th - Mitra Naseh "Cognitive Health and Forced Migration: Survey Development and a Pilot Study"
  • May 24th - Matthew Town "Developing a Scale of Community Resilience for Sexual and Gender Diverse"
  • May 31st - Taylor Geyton "Examining the Conserved Transcriptional Response to Adversity Among Activists"
  • June 7th - SDHI Scholar Themed Discussion w/Christina Nicolaidis "Plans for 2022-2023"

Winter 2022 Schedule:

  • Jan 11th - Facilitated Discussion w/Christina Nicolaidis "NIH Funding Opportunities"
  • Jan 18th - Dora Raymaker "Community-based participatory research to explore resources for disclosure of autism and other marginalized identities in highly heterogeneous skilled employment settings"
  • Jan 25th - Mitra Naseh and Ian Sutherland "Role of structural factors in well-being and economic integration of resettled forcibly displaced Afghans in Oregon: Recommendations to foster health and self-sufficiency"
  • Feb 1st - Hannah Cohen-Cline "Disparities in breast cancer screening"
  • Feb 8th - Susanne Klawetter & Christina Sun "Transgender & gender diverse people, perinatal care and mental health"
  • Feb 15th - Anais Tuepker "Creating an SRIP scholars collaborative talk series/publication"
  • Mar 1st - Mohad Solgi, Katie Zuckerman, & Julie Reeder "Early detection of developmental delays in WIC, Part C Early Intervention, and Pediatric Primary Care:  Follow-up and next steps"
  • Mar 8th - Matthew Town "LGBTQIA2S+ In Oregon"
  • Mar 15th - Anna Steeves-Reece "Patients' Experiences with and Perspectives on a Healthcare-based Social Needs Screening and Referral Intervention"

Fall 2021 Schedule:

  • Oct 5th - Mitra Naseh "Impacts of restrictive or supportive immigration policies on social mobility and economic integration of refugees"
  • Oct 12th - Susanne Klawetter "Legal advocacy in the NICU"
  • Oct 19th - Anais Tuepker "Results from a rapid cycle research project on relational community organizing responses to the pandemic - What did we learn and what comes next?"
  • Oct 26th - Christina Sun "Evaluation of a Sexual Health Promotion App for Transgender Women."
  • Nov 2nd - Dora Raymaker "Exploring and Testing a Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Employment Outcomes for Autistic Professionals"
  • Nov 9th - Mathew Uretsky "Understanding High School Persistence, Completion, and Dropout through System Dynamics Modeling"
  • Nov 16th - Lindsey Smith "From Redlines to Waitlists: Evidence of the Role of Structural Racism in Assisted Living Location"
  • Nov 23rd - Cancelled for Thanksgiving
  • Nov 30th - Christina Nicolaidis - SDHI 2022 Activities & Priorities Check in
  • Dec 7th - SDHI Scholar Themed Discussion w/Anais Tuepker  "Building Long-term Collaborations"
  • Dec 14th - SDHI Scholar Themed Discussion w/Anais Tuepker "Barriers/Solutions to Integrating an Equity Lens into Research"

View the SRIP schedule from last year: PSU SRIP: 2020-2021 Schedule 

OHSU RIP

The OHSU RIP has been continuously functioning, once a week, for over 30 years, and a large proportion of presentations are about SDH. The OHSU RIP is held every Tuesday from 2:00pm-3:30pm at OHSU's Hatfield Research Center in Room 11D03. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, current sessions are being held remotely.

If you are interested in getting weekly announcements about OHSU RIP presentations or signing up to present, please contact Katrina Capatina at capatina@ohsu.edu to be added to the mailing list. 

View the RIP schedule from last year: OHSU RIP: 2020 - 2021 Schedule