New Article: Ochsner partnership continues to address health inequities in the state
Posted by The Xavier Herald on December 10, 2024
The Ochsner-Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research (OXIHER), established in 2021, is working to uplift underserved communities through partnership with healthcare providers. The Institute combines the resources of Ochsner Health and Xavier – and their network of partners – to conduct research, eliminate health disparities, offer education on health equity and public health, and to increase the number of healthcare workers who will lead and innovate in health equity.
“[OXIHER] was really brought on by the health disparities revealed during COVID,” said Dr. Christopher Williams, an associate professor in pharmacology and the chair of the Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences in Xavier’s College of Pharmacy, who was an integral part of OXIHER’s development. “We saw that there was a huge disparity on how many people were afflicted by COVID but even more so how many people actually died as a result of COVID. So, from there we instituted the structure of OXIHER,” Williams said.
As one of OXIHER’s two directors, he is very familiar with what jumpstarted the collaboration.
“Identifying the need was easier than determining how to meet it. One of the major hurdles to overcome was securing funding,” he said.
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