Belinda Ballah, director of the Hood River County Prevention Department. (Courtesy) 

Rockie Phillips, R.N., B.S.N., Tillamook County Public Health deputy director. (Courtesy)

Tillamook County Community Health Center and Public Health’s mobile unit provides services in the community. (Courtesy) 

Tillamook County Community Health Center and Dental staff provide community outreach. (Courtesy) 

Dennis McCarty, Ph.D., professor emeritus of public health and preventive medicine in the OHSU School of Medicine and the OHSU-Portland State University School of Public Health. (OHSU)

Kelly Rowe, Health and Wellness Director for the Grand Ronde Tribe. (Courtesy)

Grand Ronde tribal leaders are taking addiction treatment to where people are in the community with a mobile treatment program. A new study shows American Indians and Alaska Natives report higher rates of illicit drug use, substance use disorders, and overdoses than any other U.S. demographic group.  (Photo courtesy of Grand Ronde/Matthew Williams)

Grand Ronde tribal leaders are taking addiction treatment to where people are in the community with a mobile treatment program. A new study shows American Indians and Alaska Natives report higher rates of illicit drug use, substance use disorders, and overdoses than any other U.S. demographic group.  (Photo courtesy of Grand Ronde/Matthew Williams)

Grand Ronde tribal leaders are taking addiction treatment to where people are in the community with a mobile treatment program. A new study shows American Indians and Alaska Natives report higher rates of illicit drug use, substance use disorders, and overdoses than any other U.S. demographic group. (Photo courtesy of Grand Ronde/Matthew Williams)

OHSU-PSU School of Public Health study shares recommendations for optimizing demographic data practices to promote diversity in biomedical research. From left: Stephanie Paris, Shanthia Espinosa, and Lisa Marriott, Ph.D., associate professor in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health and principal investigator of OHSU’s NIH-funded Science Education Partnership Award. (Courtesy of Lisa Marriott)