An OHSU program is the first in the country to bring community health workers, called kinder coaches, into primary care clinics – and to have their services covered by Medicaid. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

An OHSU program is the first in the country to bring community health workers, called kinder coaches, into primary care clinics – and to have their services covered by Medicaid. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Manideep Chavali, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics in the OHSU School of Medicine and the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Papé Family Pediatric Research Institute, works to better understand neurodevelopment and brain disorders in children. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Manideep Chavali, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics in the OHSU School of Medicine and the OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Papé Family Pediatric Research Institute, works to better understand neurodevelopment and brain disorders in children. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Malakai Biritz was able to attend his parents' wedding at the OHSU rose garden. (Courtesy of the Biritz family)

Jessica and Marc Biritz, of Grants Pass, Oregon, had been at Doernbecher since their son, Malakai, was born with gastroschisis, a birth anomaly of the abdominal wall that can cause some organs to be found outside of the baby’s body. The stresses and financial tolls were mounting. A collaborative partnership between legal and medical professionals at OHSU helps patients resolve social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to health disparities. (Courtesy of the Biritz family)