TSET Legacy Grants

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s TSET Institute for a Healthier Oklahoma will expand research and telehealth opportunities addressing three root causes underlying chronic disease: inflammation, impaired immunity and accelerated aging ($9,878,000).

Community Health Connection’s Maternal and Child Health Clinic will expand low-cost pediatric, obstetrics and gynecology services in Tulsa County with a new clinic and three direct care teams ($4,400,000).

Healthy Minds Policy Initiative, LLC’s Oklahoma Integrated Care Resource Center will improve chronic disease outcomes by creating a statewide resource for integrating behavioral health in primary care settings ($5,570,000).

The Oklahoma Hospital Association’s Healthy Oklahoma Communities Initiative will improve patient outcomes by integrating lifesaving telestroke care in rural hospitals, and piloting Community Health Workers (CHW) in several regions of the state. CHW services will include screening, patient navigation and community engagement ($3,220,000).

The Oklahoma Hospital Association’s HOPE Initiative: Helping Oklahomans with Prevention and Early Detection Lung Cancer Screening & Tobacco Cessation Saves Lives will increase preventative lung cancer screening and tobacco cessation services through public awareness campaigns, patient navigation and health systems coordination ($18,690,000).

The Chickasaw Foundation’s Once-in-a-Century Opportunity to Transform the Health Outcomes of First Americans in Oklahoma through Graduate Medical Education will establish two residency programs (pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology) and three fellowship programs (pediatric endocrinology, endocrinology and rheumatology) for the Chickasaw Nation Department of Health complex in Newcastle ($6,778,000).

Durant Family Medicine Clinic’s Durant Health Access & Innovation Initiative will improve access, prevent chronic disease and strengthen rural health care workforce through telehealth expansion, prevention-focused care, provider education and regional outreach ($3,000,000).

Rogers State University Foundation will create a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Science Program to help meet a regional workforce demand for dietitians and nutrition professionals due to high rates of obesity, diabetes and health issues caused by poor nutrition ($3,017,000).

The Youth Medical Mentorship’s Home-Grown Health Professional Pipeline will address provider shortages by identifying and mentoring Oklahoma youth interested in medical careers ($500,000).

The Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s FEEDOK – will provide nutritious, convenient, pre-made meals to food-insecure, low-income students to take home when school meals are unavailable after school, during weekends and on school breaks. The program aims to serve students in 200 school districts in all 77 Oklahoma counties ($9,429,000).

The City of Tulsa’s North Tulsa Wellness Initiative: A Community Collaboration to Address Prevention, Wellness and Quality of Life will improve the health and quality of life for Hawthorne and Whitman neighborhood residents. This historic cooperative effort will create a replicable model to transform the health and well-being of a chronically underserved community by increasing access to primary care, tobacco cessation, fresh produce and physical activity opportunities amid a multitude of community resources ($17,360,000).