Research efforts focus on clinical, behavioral, organizational and community health studies that improve understanding of the Clinic ’s mostly uninsured patient population or test methods to improve quality of care or health status through clinic or community-based interventions.

Research goals are to:

• Enhance the quality of primary health care services;
• Share knowledge about the medically underserved and their needs;
• Facilitate community involvement in research;
• Support evaluation research of existing programs according to the Clinic’s mission and guiding principles;
• Build the Clinic’s capabilities in quality-improvement practices and outcomes oriented research;
• Contribute to the development of health care policy.

For further information about community health research projects in integrative medicine and health promotion addressing pain and stress, depression, diabetes and obesity, see Research at Simms/Mann Health and Wellness Center.

Prospective researchers or graduate student interns with an interest in learning more about research and evaluation needs at the Venice Family Clinic may review Research Guidelines or contact Eleni Manousogiannakis, MPH, Director of Program Development and Quality Improvement via e-mail at emanous@mednet.ucla.edu or phone at 310.664.7922 .

Click here to view Venice Family Clinic’s Community Needs Assessment.