Major Projects in Public Health Sciences
The Clinical Data Repository is a web-accessible de-identified database consisting of several years of clinical data from patient encounters at UVa enabling a detailed, flexible and rapid retrospective view of health care data at the University of Virginia Health System.
Consumer Health Education Institute (CHEDI)
The Consumer Health Education Institute (CHEDI) is an interdisciplinary research and development effort dedicated to improving the health of all individuals through the innovative use of information and education. Our flagship project, Tailored Educational Approaches for Consumer Health (TEACH ), currently underway, focuses on the use of market segmentation to differentiate individuals into distinct groups based on specific characteristics and preferences that impact the optimal delivery of health education materials.
A proof-of-concept project to study the feasibility of collecting an on-line family health history and assessing genetic health risk.