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Co-Director

Dr. Kate Diaz Vickery is the Co-Director of the Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab

Clinical Profile

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@katediazvickery

email:
Katherine.Vickery@hcmed.org

Dr. Vickery bio:

Dr. Vickery is a primary care doctor at Hennepin County Health Care for the Homeless. She holds a medical degree from the University of Rochester and Master’s of Science in Health and Health Care Research from the University of Michigan where she completed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars fellowship.

Dr. Vickery believes research is stronger when done in partnership with multiple stakeholders, especially patients, families, and community leaders. Her work currently uses mixed methods to try to improve the health of people experiencing homelessness, especially those juggling overlapping chronic physical, mental health, and substance use conditions.

Co-Director

Dr. Tyler Winkelman is the Co-Director of the Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab

Clinical Profile

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@tylerwinkelman

email: tyler.winkelman@hcmed.org

Dr. Winkelman bio:

Dr. Winkelman is a primary care doctor at Hennepin Healthcare and the Hennepin County Jail. He is also the Associate Director of the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute Virtual Data Warehouse. He holds a medical degree from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s of Science in Health and Health Care Research from the University of Michigan where he completed a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars fellowship.

Dr. Winkelman studies issues at the intersection of health care and criminal justice systems, with a particular focus on substance use disorders, Medicaid, and access to care. Much of Dr. Winkelman’s work includes data integration across systems and sectors to solve problems that require a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach.

Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice (HHCJ) Lab

Addressing the complex drivers of health through research and collaboration

@HHCJ_Lab

email: HHCJLab@hhrinstitute.org

HHCJ website: hhcjlab.org

The Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice (HHCJ) Lab is housed within the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute. We conduct research that focuses on the complex drivers of health for people with homelessness and/or criminal justice involvement. Within this context, we study physical health, mental health, and substance use conditions and the overlapping systemic barriers to health, often driven by structural racism.

Our overarching goal is to improve health for people with homelessness or criminal justice involvement in our community, in Minnesota, and across the United States through research and collaboration with a broad coalition of partners.

Please visit us at hhcjlab.org to learn more