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July 30, 2020

Riding Across the Country to Listen to Health Care Perspectives

College of Medicine – Tucson bike listening tour participants from left: Eve Shapiro, MD, emeritus professor of pediatrics; Paul Gordon, MD, MPH, professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Patricia Lebensohn, MD, professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Julia Liatti, first-year medical student.

In the summer of 2020, a College of Medicine – Tucson professor and and a medical student embarked on a cross-country bicycle tour to conduct research on health care policy. Paul Gordon, MD, MPH and Julia Liatti asked people they met along the way to share their thoughts about health care, how or why they’re voting in the presidential election, and what drives those decisions. They will analyze the transcripts for themes and share their findings as qualitative research. Read more.

College of Medicine – Tucson professor Paul Gordon, MD, MPH, and his wife, Eve Shapiro, MD, emeritus professor of pediatrics, begin their ride May 19 in State College, Penn.
Paul Gordon, MD, MPH rides near Poland, Ohio.
A sign marks the trial as suitable for bicycles and horse-drawn buggies in Ohio.
A green, paved stretch of Michigan.
Eve Shapiro and Sally Krusing look for a good way to get people and bikes around a downed tree that blocks the bike route in Minnesota.
Scenic views on the route between Gaylord and Cheboygan, Mich.
The riders took a ferry from Michigan mainland to Mackinac Island, where no motorized vehicles are permitted. The group practiced social distancing on the ferry.
College of Medicine – Tucson professor Paul Gordon, MD, MPH, and his wife Eve Shapiro, professor emeritus, stop along the shore of Lake Michigan.
Wildlife easily spotted from a bicycle in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Friends joined sections of the bike listening tour. The group stopped for meals and breaks at picnic areas along the way.
The group discusses the day’s route near Lake Winnibigoshish, Minn.
The riders wore jerseys printed with word clouds about health care as a way to prompt conversations with people they met along the bike route.
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