Oregon Health and Science University
Center for Healthy Native Communities
First funded: 2005
Core Research Focus
Improving the health of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities.
Core Research Projects
Current (2004–2009)
Tribal Vision Impairment Prevention Project
(Tribal VIP Project)
Evaluating the accuracy and feasibility of onsite eye exams and
telemedicine to diagnose and treat diabetes-related eye disease and
common vision problems among American Indians in the Pacific Northwest.
Principal Investigator:
Thomas M. Becker,
beckert@ohsu.edu
Contact Information
Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Center for Healthy Native Communities
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, CB-669
Portland, OR 97239-3098
Principal Investigator/Program Director
Thomas M. Becker, MD, PhD
Phone: (503) 494-1175
Fax: (503) 494-7536
E-mail: beckert@ohsu.educ
Associate Director
William Lambert, PhD
Phone: (503) 494-9488
E-mail: lambertw@ohsu.edu
- Page last reviewed: December 10, 2007
- Page last updated: December 10, 2007
- Content source: Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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