M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute 2012 Program by Meharry Medical College

Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity May 13-25, 2012

Diego Rivera Le Sucrier et les Bougies (Sugar Bowl and Candles), 1915 Oil on Canvas/ The Alfred Stieglitz Collection Gift of Georgia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keeffe Fisk University Galleries Nashville, TN

NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Meharry Medical College

1005 Dr. D. B. Todd, Jr., Blvd. Nashville, TN 37208 Conference Site and Hotel Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University 2555 West End Avenue Nashville, TN 37203

Scholar, Researcher, Visionary, and Humanitarian Moses Alfred Haynes, MD, MPH Retired President/Dean Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School Founding Director Drew Meharry Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center Charles R. Drew University for Medicine and Science Los Angeles, California Dr. Haynes’ professional and personal life demonstrates a quest and a commitment for excellence, supporting diversity and transformative knowledge and skills for all people. As a scholar, Dr. Haynes has served on numerous national governmental committees including, the President’s Committee on Health Education, the President’s Cancer Council, various key committees at the National Cancer Institute, the Fogarty International Center, and led the committee for the groundbreaking study on the Burden of Cancer for the Institute of Medicine entitled: The Unequal Burden of Cancer An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. He assisted the Office of Minority Health /HRSA in assessing its grant funding role with the four black medical schools in a pivotal study on a shared mission between HRSA and the schools entitled: Assessment of Historically Black Medical Schools’ Participation in HRSA-Supported Health Professions Training Programs. Dr. Haynes’ research has contributed to the advancement and improvement of health care for underrepresented populations. He has worked tirelessly over the decades improving opportunities for health care professionals. As the President/Dean of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, his impact as scholar, researcher, mentor, administrator, and a great humanitarian is of national and international pride. The Institute honors his work and symbolizes the work that continues to be done in shaping and molding the next generations of scholars and researchers in health disparity research. Dr. Haynes is retired and currently lives in California with his wife Hazel.

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The Message for the Center Director Paul D. Juarez, PhD Principal Investigator and Director National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College On behalf of the National Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Medical College and with the support of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), I welcome you to the 2012 M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity. This is an exciting venue, established under the leadership of Dr. Patricia Matthews Juarez, Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Development and Director of the Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Training Core, to promote interdisciplinary research among early and midlevel investigators who share our passion and recognition for the need to address social equity as a cornerstone of a national strategy to eliminate health disparities. This research training institute is named in honor of Dr. M. Alfred Haynes, former President/Dean of Charles R. Drew Post Graduate Medical School in Los Angeles, CA. Throughout his career, Dr. Haynes has led national efforts to bring attention to health disparities and for the need to increase the numbers of underrepresented minority professionals in the health sciences and health professions. He has been ahead of his time in acknowledging the importance of community medicine, providing culturally competent care, and engaging community in health services research. Dr. Haynes has been a pioneer, a visionary, and on a very personal level, a mentor and inspiration to me and countless others for over thirty years. While he is unable to be with us here during this inaugural institute in his honor, he is here in spirit. We thank you for accepting this challenge and engaging with us in our quest to eliminate health disparities through the promotion of social equity.

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Director of the Research Training Core Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD Director, Research Training Core Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Site Principal Investigator for the S.E.C.U.R.E. Gulf Coast Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Development Professor, Department of Pediatrics Meharry Medical College We are delighted that you are joining us for the 2012 Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity, hosted by the Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Medical College. The goals of this Institute are 1) to increase the number of minority health disparity researchers and 2) diversifying the nation health care research workforce. To address these goals, each year the research training core will implement a health disparities research training institute under the NIHMD/Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry entitled: The Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity. The Institute is one mechanism to identify, train, and mentor junior faculty members working in the area of health disparity and community engagement. We believe that this training mechanism will create a cadre of junior faculty member and will form the basis of an academic faculty pipeline program, while enhancing the role of mentoring and hands-on practice in health disparity research. These new health services scientists will add to the number of minority and faculty members, who will continue to examine, explore, and seek to influence national health policy regarding access to care issues through evidence-based health disparity research. As health services researchers, we share your interest in health disparity research and this Institute brings us together to share information, interest, knowledge, and skills as social scientists whose tasks are to explore and examine questions of social determinants, and to discover the importance, impact, and facts about how social determinants shape, advance, challenge the nature of health disparities, chronic diseases, and community health. As fellows in this Institute, we are hopeful that when you leave, you will be more convinced that community-based research focusing on the matters covered in this Institute, can guide societal changes, especially, in vulnerable communities with limited resources in your community, nationally, and internationally. Hence, during the two weeks that you are with us, you will work to expand your knowledge and understanding of health disparity research and health disparities issues, while having access to the senior scientists who are willing to assist you in achieving your goals and objectives. With that in mind, we have put together a course of study what we believe will be both an enjoyable and informative experience for everyone. Thank you for participating in this year's 2012 M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity.

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The Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity Goal: This institute will focus on expanding the knowledge and understanding of health disparity research while improving and enhancing research skills in health services research. Course Information The Institute is designed to expose and enhance the knowledge and skills of scholars about fundamental health service research and policy issues around to analysis of large secondary data sets, complex health care issues as well as cutting-edge multi-level research tools that facilitate novel analysis of data that may improve the development of specific health care policies. The Institute provides scholars, mentors, and community partners with insight into how and why particular health policies are developed and implemented as well as how they affect communities experiencing health disparities. Additionally, the scholars will receive an overview of health disparity research methods and applications and health services. The overview will focus on research theory, methodology, and applications. Including public participatory GIS and multi-level analysis including computational analysis. Sessions will include reviewing national and state secondary data sets and comparative effectiveness studies used for improving health outcomes for communities. The Institute will provide scholars with opportunities to work directly with their mentors and community partners on topics such as, 1) Research Design; 2) Analyses of Large Databases; 3) Survey Methodology, 4) Assessment of Health Status; 5) Measurement of Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities; and 6) Appropriateness of community-based interventions. The Institute will  Expand the scholars’ knowledge and understanding of health disparity, health services research, and community-based participatory research;  Improve and enhance the scholars’ skills to engage the community in health services research;  Provide opportunities for scholars, community partners, and research mentors to develop and implement translational, health services research programs that seeks to eliminate health disparities;  Develop and nurture transdisciplinary teams;  Provide networking opportunities for scholars’ and  Provide faculty development in innovative multi-level statistical approaches in crosscutting areas of public health, environmental health, computational analysis and Public Participatory GIS. Target Audience The institute is designed for underrepresented minority junior faculty from the fields of medicine, dentistry, public health, nursing, health policy, social work, psychology, sociology, health care management and health care administration who are interested in developing a research career in health services, health disparity, and translational research. Participating Institutions of 2012 Scholars and Planning Committee Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science Fisk University Governors State University Saint Louis University Tennessee State University University of California, Los Angeles University of Tennessee at Knoxville

University of Memphis University of Nebraska University of Pittsburgh Vanderbilt School of Medicine Widner University Winston Salem State University

Participating Community Agencies African Cultural and Resource Center, Silver Spring, MD Cross Roads Coalition, Chicago Heights, IL South Central Family Health Center, Los Angeles, CA The National African American Cancer Coalition USRA, National Space Science and Technology Center

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Sunday, May 13, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Crescent Room 4:30PM - 6:30PM

Welcome Reception

Introduction of the Scholars Patricia Matthews- Juarez, PhD Director, Research Training Core Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Professor, Department of Pediatrics Associate Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Development

Renaisa S. Anthony, MD, MPH Dr. Anthony earned her MD at the University of Chicago, MPH at Harvard University and medical training at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Anthony combines expertise in medicine, public health and policy to improve health outcomes of vulnerable populations and has been honored by the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Medical Association and the American Public Health Association. She conducts research in the areas of maternal/child health and health disparities.

Michelle T. Bruce, MD, MS Dr. Bruce earned her MD and MSPH from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. Her interest in social equity in health care is rooted from her formal residency training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. As a discipline of the American Board of Preventive Medicine, training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine includes acquiring a Master of Public Health degree. While studying public healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core disciplines; epidemiology, biostatistics, behavioral health and environmental health, improving the health of underrepresented populations became her professional mission.

Jose Luis Calderon, MD Dr. Calderon earned his MD at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA and his residency in Family Medicine at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. His research interest is Type II Diabetes and healthrelated disparities. Since graduating medical school he has worked with vulnerable and indigent populations.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Crescent Room

DeLawnia Comer-HaGans, PhD, MBA Dr. Comer-HaGans obtained her MBA in 1998 from the University of Texas at San Antonio, an MS in Applied Economics from the University of North Texas, and an MS in Applied Sociology from the University of Texas at Dallas. She earned her PhD in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas as well. Her research interests include health disparities and health services research, particularly as it relates to diabetic complications and chronic illness. Dr. Comer-HaGans is currently an Assistant Professor at Governors State University in the College of Health and Human Services, Department of Health Administration

Abi Fapohunda, DrPH, MPH, MS Dr. Fapohunda received her DrPH and MPH from the University of Pittsburg, PA. She is a trained epidemiologist and health educator and has utilized her training in food, nutrition, and food hygiene to conducted health and nutrition workshops for a diverse group of community-based organizations in Greater Pittsburgh. Dr. Fapohunda is a passionate advocate for improving the health of African immigrants. She has spent the past ten years as an independent consultant, conducting needs assessments and program evaluation on the effectiveness of numerous community-based initiatives.

Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH, MA, MPA Dr. Gilbert received his DrPH from the University of Pittsburg, PA and his MPA from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. He joined the faculty of St. Louis University’s School of Public Health after completing a Kellogg Health Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Gilbert's key research interests include social capital, health disparities, African American Men's health, and interventions to prevent chronic diseases.

Raven Lynn James, PhD, MEd Dr. James, is a sexologist, researcher, professor, and author. She has worked professionally in the field of addiction and sexual health since 1994. She conducts research on sexual self-esteem in the addiction treatment process, behavioral therapies development, sexual abuse, sexual orientation and gender differences. Dr. James has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, a book chapter, and a book titled “Sexuality and Addiction: Making Connections, Enhancing Recovery.” She currently teaches at Governors State University in a Master of Health Science in Addictions Studies Program, actively participates in community-based organizations, and regularly presents her research at statewide and national conferences.

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Sunday, May 13, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Crescent Room

Mohammad Kanu, PhD, MPH Dr. Kanu received his Ph.D. in Public Health and MPH from Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO, his M.A. in Anthropology, and his B.A. in History from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone in 1993. He teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in Public Health, International Health, Environmental Health, Research Methods, Public Health Policy, and many more. He has completed evaluation projects and authored several technical/evaluation reports and delivered numerous national, state and local presentations. He is currently an Associate Professor and Interim Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program in the Department of Health Administration and Health Sciences at Tennessee State University.

Kenneth Kungu, PhD Dr. Kungu obtained his MS in 2005 and a PhD in Human Resource Education in 2010 from Louisiana State University. His research interests are self-directed learning, career development, intersections of culture and human resource practices, and employee health and wellness. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Human Resources in the Department of Business Administration at Tennessee State University.

Janella Melius, PhD, LCSW Dr. Janella Melius completed her PhD in social work at Norfolk State University, VA with specialized training in community development. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Work at Winston-Salem State University, NC. Her training and background involves interdisciplinary collaborations between social services, medical, education and legal systems. Dr. Melius has over fifteen years of experience as a clinician, and is an expert in the field of foster care. Her area of research focuses on the ecological risk, and protective processes influencing health related behaviors among minority populations who are exposed to adversities.

Natalie C. Wimberly, PsyD, STM, MDiv, MEd Dr. Wimberly received her M.Ed. from Livingston University, M.Div. and S.T.M. from Boston University, and Psy.D. (Clinical Health Psychology) from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Wimberly has diversified her portfolio in an effort to effectively address the issues that affect the overall health and well-being of individuals, families and communities. Her research interests focus on strategies that create definitive connections between research, policy, community interventions and individual health/lifestyles. Dr. Wimberly is presently the Executive Director of the National African American Cancer Coalition in Quincy, MA and a Visiting Scholar at Brandeis University Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Center.

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Monday, May 14, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Acorn Ballroom 7:00AM - 7:30AM

Continental Breakfast

7:30AM - 7:40AM

Introduction Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD

7:40AM - 9:45AM

Ethics and CBPR Research: Looking Back to Move Forward Rueben C. Warren, DDS, DrPH, Mdiv Director, National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care Professor, Bioethics Tuskegee University

9:45AM - 10:00AM 10:00AM - 10:45AM

Break

Perspectives from a 2011 MAHRTISE Scholar Adam B. Murphy, MD, MBA Clinical Instructor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Urology, Chicago, IL

10:45AM - 11:30AM

11:30AM - 1:00PM

Use of Selected Secondary Data sets to Answer Health Disparity Scientific Research Questions Robert Levine, MD, MPH Director, Research Core, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine Lunch on Your Own

1:00PM - 4:00PM

Rural Health & the Need for Rural Health Disparity Research Bruce Behringer, MPH Deputy Commissioner Continuous Improvement and Training Tennessee Department of Health Nashville, TN

4:00PM – 4:15PM

Break

4:15PM – 5:45PM

Responding to Culturally Sensitive Issues in Designing Health Services Stephanie Bailey, MD, MSHSA Chief Executive Officer CBC Bailey Associates, Nashville, TN

5:45PM – 6:00PM

Discussion: Take Away Lessons

Dinner on your own

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Selected and Recommended Readings American Dietetic Association. (2011). Practice Paper of the American Dietetic Association: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 446-456. Booske, B. C., and et. al., (2010). Grading and Reporting Health and Health Disparities, Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(1). Creswell, J. W. (2009). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication. DeMeta, D. I., & Califf, R. M. (2011). A Historical Perspective on Clinical Trials Innovation and Leadership Where Have the Academics Gone? Journal of the American Medical Association, 713-714. Gibbons, M. C. (2011). Use of Health Information Technology among Racial and Ethnic Underserved Communities. Prospective Health Information Management. Grembowski, D., Bekemeier, B., Conrad, D., & Kreuter, W. (2010). Are Local Health Department Expenditures Related to Racial Disparities in Mortality? Social and Science Medicine , 2057-2065. Haynes, M.A. and Smedley, B.D. (1999). The Unequal Burden of Cancer: An Assessment of NIH Research and Programs for Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved,; Committee on Cancer Research among Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Institute of Medicine; Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Kramer, M. R., Cooper, H. L., Drews-Botsch, C. D., Waller, L. A., & Hogue, C. R. (2010). Do Measures Matter? Comparing Surface-Density-Derived and Census-Tract-Derived Measures of Racial Residential Segregation. International Journal of Health Geographics. 9:29. Melloni, C., Berger, J. S., Wang, T. Y., Gunes, F., Stebbins, A., Pieper, K. S., et al. (2010). Representation of Women in Randomized Clinical Trials of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Journal of the American Heart Association , 135-142. Primm, A. B., Vasquez, M. J., Mays, R. A., Sammons-Posey, D., McKnight-Eily, L. R., Presley-Cantrell, L. R., et al. (2010). The Role of Public Health in Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Illness. Preventing Chronic Disease, 1-7. Warren, R., Tarver, W. A. (2010). Foundation for Public Health Ethics at Tuskegee University in the 21st Century. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 21(3):46-56. Webb, B. C., Simpson, S. L., & Hairston, K. G. (2011). From Politics to Parity: Using a Health Disparities Index to Guide Legislative Efforts for Health Equity. American Journal of Public Health , 554-560. Weinick, R. M., Chien, A. T., Rosenthal, M. B., Bristol, S. J., & Salamon, J. (2010). Hospital Executives' Perspectives on Pay-for-Performance and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Care. Medical Care Research and Review , 576-589. White III, A.A. and Chanoff, C. (2010). Seeing Patients Unconscious Bias in Health Care, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Engelman, K., Daley, C., Gajewski, B., Ndikum-Moffor, F., Faseru, B., Braiuca, S., et al. (2010). An Assessment of American Indian Women's Mammography Experiences. BMC Womens Health. Frey, L. R., Botan, C. H., Friedman, P. G., and Kreps, G. L. (1992) Interpreting Communication Research A Case Study Approach, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Parthenon Ballroom 8:30AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;9:00AM 9:00AM - 10:45AM

Continental Breakfast Data and Health Disparities Thomas Tucker, PhD, MPH Associate Professor College of Public Health University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

10:45AM - 11:00AM

Break

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Data and Health Disparities Thomas Tucker, PhD, MPH Associate Professor College of Public Health University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

12:00PM - 1:30PM

Lunch on Your Own

1:30PM - 2:15PM

Real-World Research to Achieve Health Equity - Improving Health Access, Quality, and Outcomes for High-Disparity Populations George Rust, MD, MPH Director, National Center for Primary Care Founding Director, Faculty Development Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

2:15PM - 2:30PM

Break

2:30PM - 4:00PM

4:00PM - 4:30PM

Discussion: Take Away Lessons Individual Project Development Dinner on Your Own

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Selected and Recommended Readings Behar-Horenstein, L. S., Childs, G. S., & Graff, R. A. (2010). Observation and Assessment of Faculty Development Learning Outcomes. Journal of Dental Education, 1245-1254. Cora-Bramble, D., Zhang, K., & Castillo-Page, L. (2010). Minority Faculty Members' Resilience and Academic Productivity: Are They Related? Academic Medicine, 1492-1498. Dressler, W., Oths, K., Gravlee, C. (2005) Race and Ethnicity in Public Health Research: Models to Explain Health Disparities. Annual Review of Anthropology, 34:231-252. Drummond-Young, M., Brown, B., Noesgaard, C., Lunyk-Child, O., Maich, N. M., Mines, C., et al. (2010). A Comprehensive Faculty Development Model For Nursing Education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 152-161. Elzubeir, M. (2011). Faculty-led Faculty Development: Evaluation and Reflections on a Distributed Educational Leadership Model. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 90-96. Gusic, M. E., Milner, R. J., Tisdell, E. J., Taylor, E. W., Quillen, D. A., & Thorndyke, L. E. (2010). The Essential Value of Projects in Faculty Development. Academic Medicine, 1484-1491. Hebel, J. Richard, McCarter, Robert J. (2006). Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Lieff, S. J. (2010). Faculty Development: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Guide Supplement 33.2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Viewpoint. Medical Teacher, 429-431. McLeod, P. J., & Steinert, Y. (2009). Peer Coaching as an Approach to Faculty Development. Medical Teacher, 1043-1044. Politzer, R., Yoon, J., Shi, L., Hughes, R., Regan, J., Gaston, M. (2001) Inequality in America: The Contribution of Health Centers in Reducing and Eliminating Disparities in Access to Care. Medical Care Research and Review, 58(2):234-248. Price, E. G., Gozu, A., Kern, D. E., Powe, N. R., Wand, G. S., Golden, S., et al. (2005). The Role of Cultural Diversity Climate in Recruitment, Promotion, and Retention of Faculty in Academic Medicine. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 565-571. Robins, L., Ambrozy, D., Pinsky, L. (2006). Promoting Academic Excellence through Leadership Development at the University of Washington: The Teaching Scholars Program. Academic Medicine, 81(11), 979-983. Smedley, B. D., Stith, A. Y., and Nelson, A. R., (Eds) (2003). Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare: Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine; Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Thomas, P. A., Diener-West, M., Canto, M. I., Martin, D. R., Post, W. S., & Streiff, M. B. (2004). Results of an Academic Promotion and Career Path Survey of Faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Academic Medicine, 258-264. Yager, J., Waitzkin, H., Parker, T., & Duran, B. (2007). Educating, Training, and Mentoring Minority Faculty and Other Trainees in Mental Health Services Research. Academic Psychiatry, 146-151. Rust, G., Taylor, V., Herbert-Carter, J., Smith, Q., Earles, K., Kondwani, K. (2006). The Morehouse Faculty Development Program: Evolving Methods and 10-year Outcomes. Family Medicine, 38(1), 43-49.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2011 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Kirkland Hall 8:00AM - 8:45AM 8:45AM - 10:00AM

10:00AM - 12:00PM

12:00PM - 1:30PM

Breakfast/Morning Feedback African Ancestry and High-Risk Breast Cancer: Importance of Health Disparity Research by Racial/Ethnic Groups Lisa Newman, MD, MPH, FACS Professor of Surgery and Director, University of Michigan Breast Care Center University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI The Southern Community Cohort Study: a Unique Resource for Health Disparities Research William Blot, PhD Cancer Epidemiologist Associate Director, Cancer Prevention, Control & Population-Based Research Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Lunch on Your Own

1:30PM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:15PM

Health Policy Research and Health Disparities Robert Otto Valdez, PhD, MHSA Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2:15PM - 2:30PM

Break

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Health Policy Research and Health Disparities Robert Otto Valdez, PhD, MHSA Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

4:00PM - 4:30PM

Discussion: Take Away Lessons Individual Project Development Dinner on your own

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Selected and Recommended Readings Berger, J. T. (2008). The Influence of Physicians’ Demographic Characteristics and Their Patients’ Demographic Characteristics on Physician Practice: Implications for Education and Research. Academic Medicine , 100-105. Blustein, J. (2008) Who is Accountable for Racial Equity in Health Care? Journal of the American Medical Association, 299(7):814-816. Chasen-Taber, L., Fortner, R., Hastings, V., & Markenson, G. (2009). Strategies for Recruiting Hispanic Women into a Prospective Cohort Study of Modifiable Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. BMC Preganancy Childbirth . Cohen, M. H. (2009). Undocumented Women: Pushed from Poverty and Conflict, Pulled Into Unjust Disparity. Journal of Public Health Policy, 423-426. Engelman, K., Cupertino, A., Daley, C., Long, T., Cully, A., Mayo, M., et al. (2011). Engaging Diverse Underserved Communities to Bridge the Mammography Divide. BMC Public Health. Etowa, J., Bernard, W., Oyinsan, B., & Clow, B. (2007). Participatory action research (PAR): an approach for improving black women's health in rural and remote communties. Journal of Transcultural Nursing , 349-357. Glass, N., & Sharps, P. (2008). Collaborative Research to Reduce Disparities for Abused Women and Their Children. Journal of Obstetric Gynecology and Neonatal Nursing , 478-479. Gourlay, M., Lewis, C., Preisser, J., Mitchell, C., & Sloane, P. (2010). Perceptions of Informed Decision Making About Cancer Screening in a Diverse Primary Care Population. Family Medicine , 421-427. Jabson, J. M., Donatelle, R. J., & Bowen, D. (2011). Breast cancer survivorship: the role of perceived discrimination and sexual orientation. Journal of Cancer Survivorship , 92-101. Lockwood, J., McCaffrey, D. F., Setodji, C. M., & Elliott, M. N. (2010). Smoothing Across Time in Repeated Cross-Sectional Data. Statistics in Medicine, 584-594. Love, C., David, R. J., Rankin, K. M., & Collins, J. J. (2010). Exploring Weathering: Effects of Lifelong Economic Environment and Maternal Age on Low Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age, and Preterm Birth in AfricanAmerican and White Women. American Journal of Epidemiology, 127-134. Matthews-Juarez, P. & Weinberg, D.A. (2006). Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Care Professional's Passport. Houston, TX: Baylor College of Medicine. Pearson, T. L. (2010). Cardiovascular Risk in Minority and Underserved Women Cardiovascular Risk in Minority and Underserved Women. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 210-216. Peckham, E., & Wyn, R. (2009). Health Disparities Among California’s Nearly Four Million Low-Income Nonelderly Adult Women. Los Angeles: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Polek, C., & Hardie, T. (2010). Lesbian women and knowledge about human papillomavirus. Oncology Nurse Forum , 191-197. Satcher, D., Pamies, R.J., and Woelfl, N.N. (Eds.). (2006). Multicultural Medicine and Health Disparities. New York: McGraw-Hill. Sims, C. M. (2010). Ethnic Notions and Healthy Paranoia’s: Understanding of the Context of Experience and Interpretations of Healthcare Encounters Among Older Black Women. Ethnicity and Health, 495-514.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012 LOCATION: Meharry Medical College, S.S. Kresge LRC, Multipurpose Room 8:00AM—8:30AM 8:30AM - 10:45AM

Continental Breakfast Use of the Trans-disciplinary Team Approach in Addressing Health Disparities Paul D. Juarez, PhD Environmental Health and PPGIS Demonstration Wansoo Im, PhD Associate Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College

10:45AM - 11:00AM

Break

11:00AM - 12:00PM

The Use of Environmental Health Databases; The Search for Environmental Justice and Equity Maureen Y. Lichtveld, MD, MPH Professor and Chair, Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental Policy Associate Director Population Sciences, Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences New Orleans, LA

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Lunch Provided

1:00PM – 2:00PM

Environmental Health: Introduction to Computational Analysis Michael Langston, PhD University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2:00PM – 4:00PM

Environmental Health Method-NASA Team Mohammad Z. Al-Hamdan, PhD Research Scientist Bill Crosson, PhD Research Fellow USRA/National Space Science and Technology Center NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL

4:00PM – 4:15PM 4:15PM – 5:00PM

5:00PM - 5:15PM

6:30PM - 8:30PM

Break Environmental Health: The Impact of Environmental Factors on Chronic Diseases Darryl B. Hood, PhD Professor Neuroscience and Pharmacology Meharry Medical College Discussion: Take Away Lessons Location: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, View 2 The Pamela C. Williams Lecture on Mentoring: The Importance and Impact on Your Research Career George C. Hill, PhD Levi Watkins, Jr. Professor in Medical Education Distinguished Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and Medical Education and Administration Assistant Vice Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Selected and Recommended Readings Aschengrau, A., Weinberg, J. M., Janulewicz, P. A. and et al., (2012). Occurrence of mental illness following prenatal and early childhood exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) - contaminated drinking water: a retrospective cohort study. Environmental Health, 11:2. Beatty, A. L., Haight, T. J., and Redberg, R. F., (2011). Associations between respiratory illnesses and secondhand smoke exposure in flight attendants: A cross- sectional analysis of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute Survey. Environmental Health, 10:81. Cheng, J. J., Wallace – Schuster, C. J., Watt, S., and et al., (2012). An ecological quantification of the relationships between water, sanitation and infant, child, and maternal mortality. Environmental Health, 11:4 Farooq, U., Joshi, M., Nookala, V., and et al., (2010). Self- reported exposure to pesticides in residential settings and risk of breast cancer: a case- control study. Environmental Health, 9:30. Ferdinands, J. M., and et al., (2008). Breath acidification in adolescent runners exposed to atmospheric pollution: A prospective, repeated measures observational study. Environmental Health, 7:10. Few, R., Lake, I., Hunter, P. R., and et al., (2009). Seasonal hazards and health risks in lower – income countries: field testing a multidisciplinary approach. Environmental Health, 8:s16 Frosch – Morello, R., Jesdale, B. M., Sadd, J. L, and Pastor, M., (2010). Ambient air pollution exposure and fullterm birth weight in California. Environmental Health, 9:44. Garruto, R. M., Reiber, C., Alfonso, M. P., and et al., (2008) Risk behavior in a rural community with a known point – source exposure to chronic wasting disease. Environmental Health, 7:31. Grandjean, P., Eriksen, M. L., Ellegaard, O., and Wallin, J. A., (2011). The Matthew effect in environmental science publication: A bibliometric analysis of chemical substance in journal articles. Environmental Health, 10:96. Grinsven, H., JM van, Ward, M. H., Benjamin, N., and Kok, T. M., (2006). Does the evidence about health risks associated with nitrate ingestion warrant an increase of the nitrate standard for drinking water? Environmental Health, 5:26. Hahn, S., Schneider, K., and et al. (2010). Consumer exposure to biocides- identification of relevant sources and evaluation of possible health effects. Environmental Health, 9:7. Holdstock, D. (2008) Environmental Health: Threats and their Interactions. Environmental Health Insights, 2: 117122. Levy, J. I., Buonocore, J. J., and Stackelberg, K. V. (2010). Evaluation of the public health impacts of traffic congestion: a health risk assessment. Environmental Health, 9:65. Manassaram, D. M., Backer, L. C., Messing, R., and et al. (2010). Nitrates in drinking water and methemoglobin levels in pregnancy: a longitudinal study. Environmental Health, 9:60. Merlo, D. F., Vahakangas, K., and Knudsen, L., (2007). Scientific integrity: critical issues in environmental health research. Environmental Health, 7:59. Myatt, T. A., Kaufman, M. H., Allen, J. G, and et al. (2010). Modeling the airborne survival of influenza virus in a residential setting: the impacts of home humidification. Environmental Health, 9:55.

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Friday, May 18, 2011 LOCATION: Meharry Medical College, S.S. Kresge LRC, 2nd Floor, Electronic Classroom 8:00AM—8:30AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30AM - 9:45AM

Exploring Health Disparities: Analyzing Infant Mortality and Its Social and Economic Factors Based on Different Levels of Secondary Data” Chau-Kuang Chen, EdD Associate Professor School of Graduate Studies and Research Director, Institutional Research Meharry Medical College

9:45AM-10:00AM 10:00AM– 12:00PM

Break GIS Mappler Technology for Displaying Health Disparities Outcomes Paul Juarez, PhD Wansoo Im, PhD

12:00PM- 5:30PM

Lunch on Your Own Individual Project Development

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Selected and Recommended Readings Resnik, D. B. (2008). Environmental Health Research Involving Human Subjects: Ethical Issues. Environmental Health Insights, 2: 27-34. Soderqvist, F., and et al., (2011). Childhood brain tumor risk and its association with wireless phones: a commentary. Environmental Health, 10:106. Sugiyama, T. (2008). Environments for Active Lifestyles: Sustainable Environments May Enhance Human Health. Environmental Health Insights, 2:93-96. Ustun- Pruss, A., Vickers, C., Haefliger, P., and Bertollini, R. (2011). Knowns and unknowns on burden of disease due to chemicals: a systematic review. Environmental Health, 10:9. Whitworth, K. W., and et al., (2011).Kriged and modeled ambient air levels of benzene in an urban environment: an exposure assessment study. Environmental Health, 10:21. Zeka, A., Melly, S. J., and Schwartz, J. (2008). The effects of socioeconomic status and indices of physical environments on reduced birth weights and preterm births in Eastern Massachusetts. Environmental Health, 7:60. Kessel, F., Rosenfield, P. (2008). Toward Transdisciplinary Research Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S225-S234. Lurie, N., & Dubowitz, T. (2007). Health Disparities and Access to Health. Journal of the American Medical Association , 1118-1121. Nash, J. (2008) Transdisciplinary Training: Key Components and Prerequisites for Success. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S133-S139. Pisu, M., Wang, D., & Martin, M. Y. (2010). Presence of Medical Schools May Contribute to Reducing Breast Cancer Mortality and Disparities. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and underserved , 961-976. Ruddy, G., Rhee, K. (2005). Transdisciplinary Teams in Primary Care for the Underserved: A Literature Review. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 16(2), 248-256. Rust, G., Cooper, L. A. (2007) How Can Practice-based Research Contribute to the Elimination of Health Disparities? Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 20: 105-114. Starfield, B., & Shi, L. (2004). The Medical Home, Access to Care, and Insurance: A Review of Evidence. Pediatrics , 1493-1498. Woolf, S. H., Johnson, R. E., Fryer, G. E., Jr, Rust, G,, Satcher, D. (2008) The Health Impact of Resolving Racial Disparities: An Analysis of US Mortality Data. American Journal of Public Health, 98: S26-28. Braveman, J. (2010) Health Economics, Grayslake, IL: Pharmaceutical Press. Bodenheimer, T.S., and Grumbach, K. (2010) Understanding Health Policy A Clinical Approach, San Francisco, CA: McGraw-Hill. Community Research for Change e-Workbook, First Nations Centre Des Premieres Nations, Downloaded February 24, 2011. Davis, R., Cohen, L. (2005) A Community Resilience Approach to Reducing Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Health. American Journal of Public Health, 95(12): 2168-2173.

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Monday, May 21, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Acorn Ballroom 8:30AM—9:00AM

Continental Breakfast

9:00AM -10:45AM

Translational Research-HIV/AIDS Donald J. Alcendor, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Meharry Medical College

10:45AM - 11:00AM

Break

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Substance Abuse Prevention: A Game Changer for Health Disparities Research William Richie, MD Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

12:00PM - 1:30PM

Lunch on Your Own

1:30PM - 2:15PM

Men’s Health: Prostate Cancer and Genetic Markers Rick Kittles, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

2:15PM - 2:30PM

Break

2:30PM - 4:00PM

Men’s Health: Prostate Cancer and Genetic Markers Rick Kittles, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

4:00PM - 4:15PM

Break “MAHRTISE Tea”

4:15PM - 6:30PM

The Hazel L. Haynes’ Symposium on Women’s Health Establishing Health Disparity Research within an Academic and Community Environment PonJola Coney, MD Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Virginia Commonwealth University-MCV Campus, Richmond, VA

6:30PM - 6:45PM

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Selected and Recommended Readings Elder, L. & Paul, R., (2004). The Miniature Guide to the Human Mind, Tomales, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking. Elder, L., (2001). The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking: Concepts & Tools, Tomales, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking. Gasser, U. & Palfrey, J., (2010) Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, New York, NY: Basic Books. Mallon, W.T. & Vernon, D.J., (2004) The Handbook of Academic Medicine: How Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals Work, Washington, DC: American Association of American Medical Colleges Paul, R. & Elder, L., (2007). The Thinkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide for Students on How to Study and Learn a Discipline, Tomales, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking. Paul, R. (2006). The Thinkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery, Tomales, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking. Paul, R., (2002). A Miniature Guide for Those Who Teach On How to Improve Student Learning, Tomales, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking. Paul, R. & Willsen, J. (1995). Critical Thinking: How to Prepare Students for a Rapidly Changing World, Tomales, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking. Smith, D.E.P., Knudsvig, G.M., & Walter, T.L., (1998). Critical Thinking: Building the Basics, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publisher Company Brian Dunning (Producer). (2008). Here Be Dragons: An Introduction to Critical Thinking [DVD]. Available from http://www.amazon.com/Here-Be-Dragons-Introduction-Critical/dp/B001CB153C Critical Thinking: What Is It and Why It Counts www.insightassessment.com/pdf_files/What&Why2010.pdf Strategies for Success: Critical Thinking www.alamo.edu/sac/history/keller/accditg/ssct.htm The Critical Thinking Community www.criticalthinking.org What Is Critical Thinking? www.criticalreading.com/critical_thinking.htm Braveman, P. (2006). Health Disparities and Health Equity: Concepts and Measurement. Annual Review of Public Health, 27, 167-194 Braveman, P., Gruskin, S. (2003). Poverty, Equity, Human Rights and Health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 81(7) Kjellstrom, T., Mercado, S., Sami, M., Havemann, K., Iwao, S. (2007). Achieving Health Equity in Urban Settings. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 84(1) Sen, A. (2002) Why Health Equity? Journal of Health Economics, 11:659-666.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Acorn Ballroom 8:30AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;9:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

9:00AM - 11:00AM

Defining Race, Ethnicity, and Health within the Context of a Health Disparity Research Project Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD William C. & Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management

11:00AM - 11:15AM

Break

11:15AM - 12:15PM

Translational Research in HIV/AIDS Richard T. D'Aquila, MD Professor of Medicine Addison B. Scoville Jr. Chair in Medicine Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

12:15PM - 1:30PM

Lunch

1:30PM - 4:00PM

Health Disparity Research in the Age of Health Care Reform AJ Jones, MPH Principal Podesta Group, Washington, DC

4:00PM - 4:15PM

Break

4:15PM - 6:30PM

Building Community Partnerships to address Cardiovascular Disease Donna Antoine-LaVigne, MSEd, MPH, PhD Associate Director, Community Partnership/Outreach Office Jackson Heart Study Jackson State University - Coordinating Center, Jackson, MS Dinner on your own

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Selected and Recommended Readings Abes, E., Jones, S. (2002). Factors That Motivate and Deter Faculty Use of Service-Learning. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 9(1). Bickel, J., Brown, A. (2005). Generation X: Implications for Faculty Recruitment and Development in Academic Health Centers. Academic Medicine, 80(3), 205-210. Bland, C., Schmitz, C. (1986). Characteristics of the Successful Researcher and Implications for Faculty Development. Journal of Medical Education, 61, 22-31. Bringle, R., Hatcher, J., Games, R. (1997). Engaging and Supporting Faculty in Service Learning. Journal of Public Service and Outreach, 2(1), 43-51. Brutkiewicz, R.R. (2010). Research Faculty Development: An Historical Perspective and Ideas for A Successful Future. Advances in Health Sciences Education. Giles, D., Eyler, J. (1998). A Service Learning Research Agenda for the Next Five Years. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 73, 65-72. Hendricson, W., Anderson, E., Andrieu, S., Chadwick, G., Cole, J., George, M., Glickman, G., Glover, J., Goldberg, J., Haden, N., Kalkwarf, K., Meyerowitz, C., Neumann, L., Pyle, M., Tedesco, L., Valachovic, R., Weaver, R., Winder, R., Young, S. (2007). Does Faculty Development Enhance Teaching Effectiveness? Journal of Dental Education, 71 (12), 1513-1533. Houston, T., Clark, J., Levine, R., Ferenchick, G., Bowen, J., Branch, W., Boulware, D., Alguire, P., Esham, R., Clayton, C., Kern, D. (2004). Outcomes of a National Faculty Development Program in Teaching Skills. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 19, 1220-1227. Howard, J. (1998). Academic Service Learning: A Counternormative Pedagogy. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 73, 21-29. Hitchcock, M., Stritter, F., Bland, C. (1993). Faculty Development in the Health Professions: Conclusions and Recommendations. Medical Teacher, 14(4), 295-309. Randolph, S., (2006). Program Assessment for the HBCU/Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Programs. Baltimore, MD.: Center for Medicare &Medicaid Services. Selwa, L. (2003). Lessons in Mentoring. Experimental Neurology, 184, S42-S47. Stouthamer-Loeber, M., (1992). The Nuts and Bolts of Implementing Large-Scale Longitudinal Studies. Violence Victims, 63-78. Suarez-Balcazar, Yolanda, (2005). An Interactive and Contextual Model of Community-University Collaborations for Research and Action. Health Education &Behavior, 84-101. Vogt, W. P., (2005). Dictionary of Statistics and Methodolgy A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Zlotkowski, E. (1998). A Service Learning Approach to Faculty Development. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 73, 81-89.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Acorn Ballroom 7:30AM—8:00AM 8:00AM - 10:00AM

Continental Breakfast The Faculty Career: Taking Steps and Avoiding Mis-steps in Building a Career Phillip Clay, PhD Professor, City Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA

10:00AM - 11:00AM

Feedback and Logistics

11:00AM - 11:15AM

Break

11:15AM – 12:00PM

Mentors and Community Partners Voices: Telling our Stories Sunit Sebastian, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 2011 M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity Scholar

12:00PM - 1:25PM

1:30PM – 2:00PM

Location: Crescent Room Opportunities and Challenges for a Strong Mentorship Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS Senior Vice President for Health Affairs Dean, School of Medicine Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College Useful Strategies and Techniques for Applying for a R01 Aramandla Ramesh, PhD Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Cancer Biology Meharry Medical College

2:00PM – 3:30PM

Open Table Discussion

3:30PM - 4:30PM

Location: Crescent Room Ice Cream Social

4:30PM—6:30PM

Fellows, Mentors and Community Partners Work Session

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Selected and Recommended Readings Berk, R., Berg, J., Mortimer, R., Walton-Moss, B., Yeo, T. (2005). Measuring the Effectiveness of Faculty Mentoring Relationships. Academic Medicine, 80(1), 66-71. Blixen, C., Papp, K., Hull, A., Rudnick, R., Bramstedt, K. (2007). Developing a Mentorship Program for Clinical Researchers. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 27(2), 86-93. Chew, L., Watanabe, J., Buchwald, D., Lessler, D. (2003). Junior Faculty’s Perspectives on Mentoring. Academic Medicine, 78, 652. Grigsby, R., Hefner, D., Souba, W., Kirch, D. (2004). The Future-Oriented Department Chair. Academic Medicine, 79(6), 571-577. Hawkins, J., Fontenot, H. (2010) Mentorship: the Heart and Soul of Health Care Leadership. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 2, 31–34. Jackson, V., Palepu, A., Sxalacha, L., Caswell, C., Carr, P., Inue, T. (2003). Having the Right Chemistry: A Qualitative Study of Mentoring in Academic Medicine. Academic Medicine, 78(3), 328-334. Leslie, K., Lingard, L., Whyte, S. (2005). Junior faculty experiences with Informal Mentoring. Medical Teacher, 27(8), 693–698. Lewellen-Williams, C., Johnson, V., Deloney, L., Thomas, B., Goyol, A., Henry-Tillman, R. (2006). The POD: A New Model for Mentoring Underrepresented Minority Faculty. Academic Medicine, 81(3), 275-279. Luna, G., Cullen, D. (1995). Empowering the Faculty: Mentoring Redirected and Renewed. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC. Morahan, P., Kasperbauer, S., Aschenbrener, C., Triolo, P., Monteleone, P., Counte, M., Meyer, M. (1998) Training Future Leaders of Academic Medicine: Internal Programs at Three Academic Health Centers. Academic Medicine, 73, 1159-1168. Morrison-Beedy, D., Aronowitz, T., Dyne, J., Mkandawire, L. (2001). Mentoring Students and Junior Faculty in Faculty Research: A Win-Win Scenario. Journal of Professional Nursing, 17(6), 291-296. Pololi, L., Knight, S. (2005). Mentoring Faculty in Academic Medicine: A New Paradigm? Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20, 866–870. Randolph, Suzanne, (2006). Program Assessment for the HBCU/Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Programs. Sambunjak, D., Straus, S., Marusic, A. (2006) Mentoring in Academic Medicine: A Systematic Review. Journal of the American Medical Association, 296(9), 1103-1115. Sands, R., Parson, L., Duane, J. (1991). Faculty Mentoring Faculty in a Public University. The Journal of Higher Education, 62(2), 174-193. Schrodt, P., Cawyer, C., Sanders, R. (2003). An Examination of Academic Mentoring Behaviors and New Faculty Members’ Satisfaction with Socialization and Tenure and Promotion Processes. Communication Education, 52(1), 17-29. White III, A. A. (2011). Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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Thursday, May 24, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Acorn Ballroom 8:00AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;8:30AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30AM - 12:00PM

Individual Project Development

12:00PM - 1:30PM

Luncheon: Scholars/Mentors/Community Participants (Lunch Provided)

1:30PM - 5:00PM

Health Disparities Research Project Presentations by Scholars

5:15PM - 6:30PM

Reception Dinner on your own

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Selected and Recommended Readings Aboelela, S., Larson, E., Bakken, S., Carrasquillo, O., Formicola, A., Glied, S., Haas, J., Gebbie, K. (2007). Defining Interdisciplinary Research: Conclusions from a Critical Review of the Literature. Health Services Research, 42 (1), 329-346. Abrams, D. (2006) Applying Transdisciplinary Research Strategies to Understanding and Eliminating Health Disparities. Journal of Health Education and Behavior, 33, 515-531. Atwal, A., Caldwell, K. (2005). Do All Health and Social Care Professionals Interact Equally: A Study of Interactions in Multidisciplinary Teams in the United Kingdom. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 19, 268–273. Austin, W., Park, C., Goble, E. (2008) From Interdisciplinary to Transdisciplinary Research: A Case Study. Qualitative Health Research, 18, 557-564. Emmons, K., Viswanath, K., Colditz, G. (2008) The Role of Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Translating and Disseminating Health Research Lessons Learned and Exemplars of Success. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S204-S210 Gray, B. (2008). Enhancing Transdisciplinary Research Through Collaborative Leadership. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35(2), S124-S132. Hadorn, G., Hoffmann-Riem, H., Biber-Klemm, S., Grossenbacher-Mansuy, W., Joye, D., Pohl, C., Wiesmann, U., Zemp, E., (2007) Handbook of Transdisciplinary Research. Springer Science. Zurich, Switzerland. Hall, K., Stokols, D., Moser, R., Taylor, B., Thornquist, M., Nebeling, L., Ehret, C., Barnett, M., McTiernan, A., Berger, N., Goran, M., Jeffery, R. (2008). The Collaboration Readiness of Transdisciplinary Research Teams and Centers Findings from the National Cancer Institute’s TREC Year-One Evaluation Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S161-S172. Hays, T. (2008). The Science of Team Science: Commentary on Measurements of Scientific Readiness. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S193-S195. Holmes, J., Lehman, A., Hade, E., Ferketich, A., Gehlert, S., Rauscher, G., A brams, J., Bird, C. (2008). Challenges for Multilevel Health Disparities Research in a Transdisciplinary Environment. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35(2), S182-S192. Klein, J. (2008). Evaluation of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research: A Literature Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S116-S123. Masses, L., Moser, R., Stokols, D., Taylor, B., Marcus, S., Morgan, G., Hall, K., Croyle, R., Trochim, W. (2008) Measuring Collaboration and Transdisciplinary Integration in Team Science. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S151-S160. Srinivasan, S., O’Fallon, L., Dearry, A. (2003). Creating Healthy Communities, Healthy Homes,Healthy People: Initiating a Research Agenda on the Built Environment and Public Health. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (9), 1446-1450. Stokols, D., Hall, K., Taylor, B., Moser, R. (2008). The Science of Team Science: Overview of the Field and Introduction to the Supplement. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35, S77-S89.

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Selected and Recommended Readings Carey, T. S., et. al., (2005). Developing Effective Interuniversity Partnerships and Community-Based Research to Address Health Disparities. Academic Medicine ; 80(11): 1039â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1045. Egede, L., Strom, J., Durkalski, V., Mauldin, P., & Moran, W. (2010). Rationale and Design: Telephone-Delivered Behavioral Skills Interventions for Blacks with Type 2 Diabetes. Trials. Faseru, B., Cox, L., Bronars, C., Opole, I., Reed, G., Mayo, M., et al. (2010). Design, Recruitment, and Retention of African-American Smokers in a Pharmacokinetic Study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. Gwadz, M., Colon, P., Ritchie, A., Leonard, N., Cleland, C., Riedel, M., et al. (2010). Increasing and supporting the participation of persons of color living with HIV/AIDS in AIDS clinical trials. Current HIV/AIDS Reports , 194-200. Keppel, K., Bilheimer, L., Gurley, L. (2007) Improving Population Health and Reducing Health Care Disparities. Health Affairs, 26(5):1281-1292. Lau, A., Chang, D., & Okazaki, S. (2010). Methodological challenges in treatment outcome research with ethnic minorities. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology , 573-580. Lie, D., Lee-Ray, E., Gomez, A., Bereknyei, S., & Braddock, C. (2011). Does Cultural Competency Training of Health Professionals Improve Patient Outcomes? A systematic Review and Proposed Algorithm for Future Research. Journal of General Internal Medicine , 317-325. Lurie, N., Dubowitz, T. (2007) Health Disparities and Access to Health. Journal of the American Medical Association, 297(10):1118-1121. Minkler, M., Wallerstein, N. (2008). Community Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons Publishers. Ramsden, V., McKay, S., Crowe, J. (2010) The Pursuit of Excellence: Engaging the Community in Participatory Health Research. Global Health Promotion, 17: 32-42. Sadler, G., Gonzalez, J., Mumman, M., Cullen, L., Lahousee, S., Malcarne, V., et al. (2010). Adapting a Program to Inform African American and Hispanic American Women About Cancer Clinical Trials. Journal of Cancer Education, 142-145. Sarkar, U., Schillinger, D., Lopez, A., & Sudore, R. (2011). Validation of Self-reported Health Literacy Questions Among Diverse English and Spanish-Speaking Populations. Journal of General Internal Medicine , 265-271. Yeary, K., Flowers, E., Ford, G., Burroughs, D., Burton, J., Woods, D., et al. (2011). Development of a Community-Based Participatory Colorectal Cancer Screening Intervention to Address Disparities, Arkansas, 2008-2009. Preventing Chronic Disease; 8 (2). Friedberg, M., Coltin, K., Safran, D., Dresser, M., & Schneider, E. (2010). Medical Home Capabilities of Primary Care Practices that Serve Sociodemographically Vulnerable Neighborhoods. Archives of Internal Medicine , 938944.

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Friday, May 25, 2012 LOCATION: Marriott Nashville at Vanderbilt University, Acorn Ballroom 8:00AM - 8:30AM 8:30AM - 10:30AM

Continental Breakfast Health Disparities Research Project Presentations by Scholars Break

12:00PM - 2:00PM

Location: Parthenon Ballroom M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity Award Luncheon Speaker Otis W. Brawley, MD, FACP Chief Medical & Scientific Officer American Cancer Society Professor of Hematology, Oncology, Medicine & Epidemiology Emory University, Atlanta, GA Vincent A. Haynes, MD, FAAP Director, Medical Sciences MedImmune, Inc., Frederick, MD

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SCHOLARS Renaisa S. Anthony, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion Deputy Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE Dr. Anthony is a licensed physician by training, public health practitioner by passion and Deputy Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion in the UNMC College of Public Health. She earned her MD at the University of Chicago, MPH at Harvard University and medical training at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Anthony combines expertise in medicine, public health and policy to improve health outcomes of vulnerable populations and has been honored by the US Surgeon General, the National Medical Association and the American Public Health Association. She conducts research in the areas of maternal/child health and health disparities. Dr. Anthony embraces academiccommunity partnerships and serves on multiple boards including Planned Parenthood, March of Dimes and the Urban League. Project: The Preconception Knowledge, Awareness and Practices (PKAP) Project: The overarching goal and significance of this population based project is to collect and assess preconception health data (currently absent in the literature) amongst reproductive age women and their health care providers in Douglas County, Nebraska. (Highest rates of adverse reproductive and birth outcomes namely infant mortality and preterm birth).

Community Partner: Sondra L Manske, MPH, CHES Health Disparities Research Specialist Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE Ms. Manske assists the health disparities research team by increasing the awareness of health disparities and the importance of health equity, building partnerships, and developing a robust research portfolio. Her expertise is in community based health initiatives in rural areas of California and Colorado, among low-income and immigrant populations. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the University of Kansas and a Master of Public Health from the University of Northern Colorado. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist and a fellow of the Regional Institute for Health and Environmental Leadership in Denver, CO. She is a member of the American Public Health Association and has served on numerous local committees and boards. She is the Past President for the Colorado chapter of the Society for Public Health Education. Mentor: Gwinnett Ladson, MD, FACOG Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Meharry Medical College Dr. Ladson has been a co-investigator on a number of research studies and has coauthored articles for medical journals focused on reproductive health issues. Dr. Ladson has a particular interest in Female Circumcision Procedures, Preterm Labor, HIV and Pregnancy and Polycystic Ovarian Symposium. Her true love and passion has always been obstetrics and teaching, taking wonderful care of all of the patients in her charge. It is why the Centering Pregnancy Program was a no brainer for her. In 2004, Meharry's OB-GYN residency program was re-established. Dr. Ladson serves as the Program Director for this program. In 2006, Dr. Ladson was named an APGO-SOLVAY Educational Scholar, a 15 month program sponsored by the Association of Professors of Obstetricians and Gynecologist to promote excellence in teaching in OB-GYN. Dr. Ladson's published research project from that program " An assessment of cultural competency of first and second year medical students at an historically diverse medical school", was accepted for publication in the November 2006 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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SCHOLARS Michelle T. Bruce, MD, MSPH Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine Occupational Medicine Meharry Medical College Dr. Bruce is a native of Chicago, Illinois. She is an alumna of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, and a graduate of Meharry Medical Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Medicine and School of Graduate Studies and Research. Dr. Bruce completed a Transitional Internship at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio and residency training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Meharry. She is board certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Improving the health of underrepresented populations is her professional mission. Dr. Bruce and her mentor, Dr. Darryl Hood, are committed to eliminating environmental health disparities and communicating environmental health risks to vulnerable, underrepresented populations. Project: Ending environmental health disparities and communicating environmental health risks to vulnerable, underrepresented populations: African American and Latino women that present for services at the various Meharry Medical College subspecialty clinics. Community Partner: M. Lisa McDonald McGee, M.Ed Director , TN-MMC HBCU Wellness Project Meharry Medical College Ms. McGee, has a 25+ year history in social services and healthcare program development, implementation and management. She is a former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Principal Investigator for a chronic disease patient services core with Cincinnati Children's Hospital that included writing and managing a 5 year-dually funded project. She also served as an advisor for the development of standards and procedures for sickle cell disease counseling with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. Mentor: Darryl B. Hood, PhD Professor Neuroscience and Pharmacology Meharry Medical College Dr. Hood is a nationally recognized expert in the area of Neurotoxicology, with an intense focus on the effects of exposure to environmental pollutants on the developing brain and the resulting consequences on early-life cognitive processes. The specific environmental pollutants of interest in his studies are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. These environmental pollutants are primarily released as emissions from combustion processes and from industrial polluters throughout the United States and disproportionately affect minority populations in urban areas. Dr. Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laboratory has been investigating, characterizing and publishing the health effects resulting from in utero exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for well over a decade.

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SCHOLARS Jose Luis Calderon, MD Associate Professor, Office of Research Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles, CA Dr. Calderon, Bronx born and Brooklyn raised, holds a BS with honors from the University of Albany, NY, and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He trained in Family Medicine at the SUNY Brooklyn Health Sciences Center and Neurology at New York University-Bellevue Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Calderón has completed graduate fellowships in epidemiology with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Health Services Research with the AAMC. His research and teaching focus is in Ethno-medical Science (cross-cultural studies) focusing on diabetes health disparities, diabetes health literacy and health communication using mixed (survey and qualitative) research methods. Project: The Diabetes Literacy and Self-Efficacy Screening and Training Project (Project Diabetes LASST) Intervention. This study was successfully piloted among immigrant Latinos in South Florida as a randomized clinical trial with funding from CMS. It used a multi-method approach (focused discussion groups, animation, self-monitoring of blood glucose training, and action item development) to promote diabetes health literacy and self-efficacy. Community Partner: Richard Veloz, JD, MPH Chief Executive Officer South Central Family Health Center Los Angeles, CA Mr. Veloz is responsible for providing overall administrative and management leadership, in compliance with all 330 Bureau of Primary Health Care (HRSA) Federally Qualified Health Care (FQHC) requirements for the South Central Family Health Center. This includes, development of strategic plans, Board and health center policies, budget, and communications, including developing a diverse and on-going base of funding directed at preventive and primary health care services for a diverse primarily immigrant health care community. His past professional activities has included responsibility for implementing community public safety initiatives throughout the United States and Senior Health Care Adviser to the President’s Task Force on National Health Care Reform tasked with developing and implementing legislation to provide comprehensive universal health care for all Americans. Mr. Veloz holds a law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, a MPH from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health and a BA from the California State University-Los Angeles. Mentor: Ron D. Hays, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Professor of Health Services RAND, Senior Behavioral Scientist University of California Los Angeles, CA Dr. Hays has 28 years of experience developing and analyzing patient-reported measures. He has published 430 peer-reviewed research articles and 36 book chapters. Dr. Hays now serves as a member of the Journal of General Internal Medicine special methodology panel.

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SCHOLARS DeLawnia Comer-HaGans, PhD, MBA Assistant Professor, Department of Health Administration Governors State University University Park, IL Dr. Comer-HaGans obtained her MBA in 1998 from the University of Texas at San Antonio, an MS in Applied Economics from the University of North Texas, and an MS in Applied Sociology from the University of Texas at Dallas. She earned her PhD in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas as well. Her research interests include health disparities and health services research, particularly as it relates to diabetic complications and chronic illness. Dr. Comer-HaGans is currently an Assistant Professor at Governors State University in the College of Health and Human Services, Department of Health Administration. Project: Diabetes, with a particular focus on health disparities and individuals who experience diabetic complications such as blindness (diabetic retinopathy), end stage renal disease (ESRD), and limb amputations. Community Partner: Savitri R. Matthews, BSPH Director of Programs American Diabetes Association Ms. Matthews is the Director of Programs for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) where she covers all of Tennessee and North Mississippi. She oversees the Live Empowered African American Program which is a public education campaign designed to increase awareness among African Americans. Earning her undergraduate degree in Public Health with a minor in Psychology at Middle Tennessee State University, she has been committed to improving health disparities among populations who have a higher incidence of chronic disease and often are uninsured or underinsured for over 5 years. Mentor: Ning Lu, PhD Governors State University University Park, IL Dr. Lu is Associate Professor of Health Administration at Governors State University. She received a PhD in Health Services and Policy Management from University of South Carolina in 1998 and an MPH from the University of Pittsburgh in 1995. Her research interests are in healthcare access, utilization, quality and outcome, focusing on underserved and vulnerable populations including minorities, women, low-income families, children, and rural residents. She has published several studies examining the health disparities in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Currently she is pursuing a grant opportunity to conduct Community-Based Participatory Research in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities.

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SCHOLARS Abi Fapohunda, DrPH, MPH, MS Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA As a trained epidemiologist and health educator, Dr. Fapohunda has utilized her graduate training in food, nutrition, and food hygiene to conducted health and nutrition workshops for a diverse group of community-based organizations in Greater Pittsburgh. Dr. Fapohunda is a passionate advocate for improving the health of African immigrants. She has spent the past ten years as an independent consultant, conducting needs assessments and program evaluation on the effectiveness of numerous community-based initiatives. She has also contracted for several years with the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), Center for Public Health Practice, to conduct program evaluation through their Public Health Training Center (PHTC) and has continued to collaborate with the PHTC as part of the role she held for the past two years in the GSPH - Visiting Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences. Project: Healthy Lifestyle Initiative: To develop a culturally tailored community-based program that will provide education relative to the prevention of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension among African immigrants. Community Partner: Doris Dzameshie, PhD Director of Operations and Strategy (Volunteer) African Cultural and Resource Center Silver Spring, MD Dr. Dzameshie has over 10 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience working with African Immigrant Home Town Associations (HTA) in the Washington Metro area. She has been involved in providing culturally appropriate socioeconomic awareness programs for the African Immigrant community. These programs have included HIV, Diabetics, Hepatitis B and Capacity Building. Currently she is serving as on the advisory panel with the Center on Health Disparities (Adventist HealthCare) on a 20-month project to increase adherence to medical/treatment recommendations among African immigrants served by hospitals and practitioners in the African Immigrant communities. She is the President of the Volta Mentor: Angela F. Ford, PhD, MSW University of Pittsburgh - Graduate School of Public Health Executive Director, Center for Health Equity Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences Pittsburgh, PA Dr. Ford originally came to the University of Pittsburgh in 1990 as the Program Director of the Alzheimer Outreach Center (AOC), the community satellite clinic of the Alzheimer Disease Research Center. In 1996, Dr. Ford became the Associate Director of the Center for Minority Health, was appointed Executive Director in 2009, and is the Executive Director of the newly established Center for Health Equity. During her tenure at the CMH, she has provided leadership for CMH health promotion and disease prevention program development, community outreach, community engagement, and information dissemination activities that have relevance to minority health and health disparities.

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SCHOLARS Keon L. Gilbert, Dr.PH, MA, MPA Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science and Health Education Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO Dr. Gilbert's key research interests include social capital, health disparities, African American Men's health, and interventions to prevent chronic diseases by: (1) developing diverse partnerships to build community capacity to sustain health initiatives, (2) understanding the effects of racism at individual-and-community-levels, and the various systems that reinforce racist ideologies, (3) understanding the cultural relevance to health promotion and disease prevention, and (4) promoting the development and enhancement of social networks to improve health behaviors. Dr. Gilbert currently teaches an introduction to Behavioral Science and Eliminating Health Disparities. He is a member of the American Public Health Association and the Society for Public Health Education. Project: My research has evolved to include investigating historic and systemic effects of the social and economic conditions and policies that affect the health of AA-males; identifying sources of individual and organizational social capital that can inhibit or promote health behaviors and health care access to ultimately advance and improve the health and well-being of AA-males; and identifying cultural resources that will allow researchers and practitioners to delineate the mechanisms that place all AAmen, irrespective of socioeconomic status, at high risk for chronic diseases. Community Partner: Green Ekadi, PhD Assistant Professor Master of Science in Public Health Program School of Graduate Studies and Research Director, Meharry Census Information Center Project Meharry Medical College Dr. Ekadi is a former Assistant Minister of Agriculture in the Republic of Liberia, West Africa, responsible for the agricultural planning and all agricultural projects sponsored by the World Bank, the European Economic Community (now The European Union), and the African Development Bank, for the country. His research interests are economic evaluation of projects and small area analysis of health disparities and disaster resilience. He presents on small area analysis and cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses. Mentor: Daniel Howard, PhD Executive Director, Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy Meharry Medical College Dr. Howard has been named as the first Executive Director of the newly established Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College. Dr. Howard joins the Meharry community from Shaw University in Raleigh, N. C. where he was a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and established and directed their Institute for Health, Social and Community Research. Prior to his tenure at Shaw, he also held faculty appointments and taught at North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C. and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. His doctoral dissertation explored the racial dimensions of Medicareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prospective Payment System and he is the author of over forty peer reviewed publications. He has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (NIH) National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

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SCHOLARS Raven Lynn James, PhD, MEd Assistant Professor, Addiction Studies and Behavioral Health Affiliate Faculty, Gender & Sexuality Studies Governors State University University Park, IL Dr. James, is a sexologist, researcher, professor, and author; she has worked professionally in the field of addiction and sexual health since 1994. Dr. James conducts research on sexual self-esteem in the addiction treatment process, behavioral therapies development, sexual abuse, sexual orientation and gender differences. She has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, a book chapter, and a book titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sexuality and Addiction: Making Connections, Enhancing Recovery.â&#x20AC;? Dr. James currently teaches at Governors State University in a Master of Health Science in Addictions Studies Program, actively participates in community-based organizations, and regularly presents her research at statewide and national conferences. Project: Developing/Piloting a Sexual Health Intervention for Women in Substance Abuse Treatment & Manual Development/Pilot for Counselors. Following NIH Stage 1 protocol for Developing Behavioral Interventions, the project intends to systematically address this gap and move toward larger, clinical trials. Community Partner: William Richie, MD Assistant Professor Director of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry Associate Residency Training Director Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Meharry Medical College Dr. Richie is an expert in forensic Psychiatry and substance abuse research. His professional experience includes treating patients who exhibit substance abuse behaviors in a hospital setting. He has served as a general medical officer in the USAF, (1985-1987) and provided treatment for active duty, retirees and dependents of US military personnel. He was the Director of the Mental Health Clinic for Moody AFB in Valdosta, GA, for which he was responsible for detoxification for pre-flight air-evacuation individuals. As a forensic psychiatrist, he has worked with patients suffering from dual diagnosis disorders and provided expert testimony to criminal and superior courts in Louisiana, Georgia, District of Columbia, Florida, and Maryland. Dr. Richie has a BA degree in Biology and MD degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He completed his internship in Surgery at LSU Medical Center/Charity Hospital Division and his residency in Psychiatry at Howard University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry. He completed his Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at LSC Medical Center Division of Law and Psychiatry. Mentor: Lori Simons, PhD Associate Professor, Widner University Chester, PA Dr. Simons is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Coordinator of the Undergraduate Psychology Practicum and Internship Program at Widener University. He research focuses on training graduate and undergraduate students to use evidence-based practices in addition counseling, drinking and gambling behaviors among first-year students, academic- and cultural-based service-learning and student outcomes, racialcultural identity development and student learning, and the benefits of experiential learning methods for community partners. In addition, Dr. Simons is an Executive Board Member of the Pennsylvania Certification Board, a Board Member of Chester Eastide and the Center Foundation. Dr. Simons has published over 25 scholarly articles in addiction education and higher education.

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SCHOLARS Mohamed Kanu, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Health Administration and Health Sciences Tennessee State University Dr. Kanu is currently an Associate Professor and Interim Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program in the Department of Health Administration and Health Sciences at Tennessee State University. Dr. Kanu received his Ph.D. in Public Health and MPH from Saint Louis University in 2004 and 2001, respectively, his M.A. in Anthropology in 1999, and his B.A. in History from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone in 1993. Dr Kanu teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in Public Health, International Health, Environmental Health, Research Methods, Public Health Policy, and many more. He has completed evaluation projects and authored several technical/evaluation reports and delivered numerous national, state and local presentations. He has published in refereed journals and is a reviewer for several national scientific journals. Some of his research interests include, but not limited to immigrant and refugee health issues, faith-based health promotion, and chronic disease prevention. Project: Churches and other faith-based institutions have special appeal that other settings lack â&#x20AC;&#x201C; e.g. readily available core of employed and retired health professionals, compassion for the underserved, and a large captive audience due to weekly and sometimes daily attendance for worship. These attributes, alongside a focus on physical and spiritual health, championed by church leaders, bring attention to many health disparity issues. The intent of this project is to use the West Tennessee Ryan White HIV Needs Assessment as a model for HIV outreach, especially focusing on church involvement. Community Partner: Frieda Hopkins Outlaw, PhD Director, Meharry Adolescent Health and Wellness Center Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Meharry Medical College Dr. Outlaw is a graduate of Berea College, Boston College, and received her PhD from The Catholic University of America. She completed postdoctoral study at the School of Nursing University of Pennsylvania where she examined the meaning of prayer for persons with cancer. She was an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Graduate Nursing Program for twelve years. Mentor: Charles Williams, PhD Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Memphis Memphis, TN Dr. Williams is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Memphis and the former Director of African and African American Studies. Dr. Williams received a baccalaureate degree in Social Science from Rust College in 1969 and a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and doctorate degree in Anthropology from the University of Illinois in 1971 and 1981, respectively. Since his tenure at the University of Memphis, he has either directed or been involved in basic, applied and evaluation research related to community health, alcoholism and drug abuse, mental health, the homeless, religion, mutual aid societies and community development. He is the founder and executive director of the Alcohol and Drug Prevention Research Center (ADPRC) at the University of Memphis, and conducts applied research and evaluation in the prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) and HIV/AIDS.

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SCHOLARS Kenneth Kungu, PhD Assistant Professor, College of Business Tennessee State University Dr. Kungu obtained his MS in 2005 and a PhD in Human Resource Education in 2010 from Louisiana State University. His research interests are self-directed learning, career development, intersections of culture and human resource practices, and employee health and wellness. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Human Resources in the Department of Business Administration at Tennessee State University. Project: Occupational Health Disparities: Are there occupational explanations for health disparities? I plan to investigate whether the differential demographic (over) representation in various occupations/industries conjoined with varying health and wellness risks associated with various occupations/industries could offer possible explanations for health disparities. Community Partner:

Mohammad Z. Al-hamdan, PhD Research Scientist, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), National Space Science and Technology Center Huntsville, AL Dr. Al-hamdan, is a Research Scientist at the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), National Space Science and Technology Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. He received his B.S. in Biosystems Engineering from Jordan University of Science & Technology in 1998, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL and his Ph.D. from University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL in 2004. Dr. Al-hamdan has published numerous articles on environmental public health issues. He currently is working with NIMHD/Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry on Environmental Health and large data sets. Mentor: Darryl B. Hood, PhD Professor Neuroscience and Pharmacology Meharry Medical College Dr. Hood is a nationally recognized expert in the area of Neurotoxicology, with an intense focus on the effects of exposure to environmental pollutants on the developing brain and the resulting consequences on early-life cognitive processes. The specific environmental pollutants of interest in his studies are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. These environmental pollutants are primarily released as emissions from combustion processes and from industrial polluters throughout the United States and disproportionately affect minority populations in urban areas. Dr. Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laboratory has been investigating, characterizing and publishing the health effects resulting from in utero exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for well over a decade.

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SCHOLARS Janella Melius, PhD, LCSW Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Work Winston Salem State University Winston Salem, NC Dr. Melius completed her PhD in social work at Norfolk State University, VA with specialized training in community development. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Work at Winston -Salem State University, NC. Her training and background involves interdisciplinary collaborations between social services, medical, education and legal systems. Dr. Melius has over fifteen years of experience as a clinician, and is an expert in the field of foster care. Her area of research focuses on the ecological risk, and protective processes influencing health related behaviors among minority populations who are exposed to adversities. Project: Determinants of overweight and obesity among immigrant children residing in the United States. The California Health Index Survey (CHIS) will be used to examine the prevalence and socio behavioral correlates of obesity and overweight among immigrant and U.S. born children. Logistic regression will be used to examine the immigrant differentials in the prevalence and odds of overweight among California children adjusting for health behaviors gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), parentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overweight/obesity, education, and acculturation status. Community Partner: Vincent Agboto, PhD, MS Assistant Professor Family and Community Medicine / School of Graduate Studies and Research Director, Biostatistics Meharry Medical College Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Agbotoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current areas of research interests include the development of new Bayesian methodologies to design experiments and novel ways to design health disparity epidemiological studies. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the department of biostatistics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Vincent Agboto is currently involved in many National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Center of Disease Control (CDC) funded collaborative health disparity research in youth violence, injury prevention, health disparities in HIV/AIDS, diabetes and cancer with faculty at Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Mentor: Paul D. Juarez, PhD Principal Investigator and Director NIMHD/Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College Dr. Juarez currently is leading efforts to develop an interactive, public participatory, web portal (www.imnashville.com) to enable academic and community partners to use GIS to jointly plan, conduct, and evaluate interventions that target the reduction of health disparities at a neighborhood level. Dr. Juarez previously served as the Scientific Director for the Meharry-State Farm 2006 National Safety Summit and Nashville Health Disparities Summits in 2005 and 2007. He directs the new Environment Context of Health Disparities/Facility Core in the Center. 38

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SCHOLARS Natalie C. Wimberly, PsyD, STM, MDiv, MEd Executive Director National African American Cancer Coalition Quincy, MA Dr. Wimberly received her M.Ed. from Livingston University, M.Div. and S.T.M. from Boston University, and Psy.D. (Clinical Health Psychology) from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Wimberly has diversified her portfolio in an effort to effectively address the issues that affect the overall health and well-being of individuals, families and communities. Her research interests focus on strategies that create definitive connections between research, policy, community interventions and individual health/lifestyles. Dr. Wimberly is presently the Executive Director of the National African American Cancer Coalition in Quincy, MA and a Visiting Scholar at Brandeis University Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Center. African American Cancer Intervention Project: To develop a patient services program that will support a fluid connection between research, policy, partnerships, community interventions and individual health/behaviors/lifestyles. Focusing on increasing the 5-year survival rate among African American cancer patients and decrease cancer incidence among African Americans. Community Partner: Imani-Sheila Newsome-Camara, MEd, MDiv Director of Outreach The National African-American Cancer Coalition NAACC Quincy, MA Reverend Newsome-Camara served as Dean of Students and Community Life at Boston University School of Theology. She holds a MEd in educational consultation from the University of Vermont and an MDiv from Boston University School of Theology. She is a Merrill Fellow at Harvard University and a fellow of the African Presidential Archives and Research Center at Boston University. Her scholarly explorations include the development of the African American church in the African Diaspora, the history of leadership development in the African American church, and the development of the womanist theological voice in the United States and abroad. She has published sermons and litanies that reflect the integration of womanist theology and communities of faith. Raised in the Church of God in Christ and ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Reverend Newsome-Camara, an elder in the United Methodist Church, has developed church programs and workshops in Christian education, leadership development training, and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ministries in the United States and Africa. Mentor: Frieda Hopkins Outlaw, PhD Director, Meharry Adolescent Health and Wellness Center Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Meharry Medical College Dr. Outlaw is a graduate of Berea College, Boston College, and received her PhD from The Catholic University of America. She completed postdoctoral study at the School of Nursing University of Pennsylvania where she examined the meaning of prayer for persons with cancer. She was an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Graduate Nursing Program for twelve years.

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Selected Publications and Recommended Readings by Institute Faculty Donald J. Alcendor, MS, PhD. Devieux, J. G., mallow, R. M., Rosenberg, R., and et. al. (2005). Cultural Adaptation in Translational Research: Field Experiences. Journal of Urban Health, 82 (2 Suppl 3):iii82-iii91. Wiener, L., Zobel, M., Battles, H., and Ryder, C. (2007). Transition From a Pediatric HIV Intramural Clinical Research Program to Adolescent and Adult Community-Based Care Services: Assessing Transition Readiness, Social Work in Health Care, 46 (1):1-19. Alcendor, D. J., Knobel, S., Desai, P., Zhu, W. Q., and Hayward G. S. (2011). KSHV Regulation of Fibulin-2 in Kaposiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sarcoma: Implications for Tumorigenesis. The American Journal of Pathology, 179 (3):1443-54. Alcendor, D. J., Knobel, S. M., Desai, P., et. al. (2010). KSHV downregulation of Galectin-3 in Kaposiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sarcoma. Glycobiology, 20 (5):521-32. Mohammad Z. Al-hamdan, PhD Estes Jr., M. G., Crosson, W. L., Al-Hamdan, M. Z., Quattrochi, Dale A., and Johnson III, H. (2010). Validation and Demonstration of the Prescott Spatial Growth Model in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 22(1):5-21. Estes Jr., M. G., Crosson, W. L., Al-Hamdan M. Z., and et. al. (2009). Use of Remotely Sensed Data to Evaluate the Relationship Between Living Environment and Blood Pressure. Environ Health Perspect 117 (12):1832-1838. Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Crosson, W. L., Limaye, A. S., and et. al. (2009). Methods for Characterizing Fine Particulate matter Using Ground Observations and Remotely Sensed Data: Potential Use for Environmental Public Health Surveillance. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 59(7):865-881. Donna Antoine-LaVigne, PhD Pradhan, A. D., Manson, J.E., Rossouw, J. E., and et. al. (2002). Inflammatory Biomarkers, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease. Journal of the American Medical Association, 288 (8):980-987. Wyatt, S. B., Akylbekova, E. L., Wofford, M. R., and et. al. (2008). Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 51:650-656. Fuqua, S. R., Wyatt, S. B., Andrew, M.E., and et. al. (2005). Recruiting African-American Research Participation in the Jackson Heart Study: Methods, Response Rates, and Sample Description. Ethnicity & Disease, 15(4 Suppl 6):S6-S18-29. Deo, R. C., Reich, D., Tandon, A., and et. al. (2009). Genetic Differences between the Determinants of Lipid Profile Phenotypes in African and European Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. PLoS Genetics, 5 (1):e1000342. Hickson, D. A., Waller, L. A., Antoine-Lavigne, D., and et. al. (2010). Geographic Representation of the Jackson Heart Study Cohort to the African-American Population in Jackson, Mississippi. American Journal of Epidemiology. doi:10.1093/aje/kwq317. William Blot, PhD Blot, W.J., Cohen, S.S., Aldrich, M., and et.al. (2011). Lung Cancer Risk Among Smokers of Menthol Cigarettes. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 103 (10):1-7. Cohen, S., Sonderman, J., Mumma, M., Signorello, L., and Blot, W. J. (2011). Individual and Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Characteristics in Relation to Smoking Prevalence Among Black and White Adults in the Southeastern United States: A Cross-Sectional Study. BMC Public Health, 11:877.

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Selected Publications and Recommended Readings by Institute Faculty Juvela, S. (2003). Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs as Risk Factors for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of the American Heart Association, 34 (6):e34-36. Devesa, S.S., Blot, W.J., and Fraumeni, J.F. Jr. (1998). Changing Patterns in the Incidence of Esophageal and Gastric Carcinoma in the United States. Cancer, 83 (10):2049-2053. Signorello, L., Hargreaves, M., Blot, W. (2010) The Southern Community Cohort Study: Investigating Health Disparities. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21(1):26-37.

Chau-Kuang Chen, EdD Chen, C. K. (2005). Analyzing Student Learning Outcomes: Usefulness of Logistic and Cox Regression Models. IR Applications, 5. Chen, C. K. (2009). Nationwide Physician Shortages Likely To Occur Beyond 2015 Based on Grey Forecasting Models. Journal on Education, Informatics, and Cybernetics, 1 (2). Chen, C. K. , Matthews-Juarez, P., and Yang, A. (2011). Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Low Birth Weight and Preterm Deliveries in African American Women in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Journal on Education, Informatics, and Cybernetics. Kanbur, R. (2002). Economics, Social Science and Development. World Development, 30 (3):477-486. Kramer, M.S., Demissie, K., Yang, H., and et. al. (2000). The Contribution of Mild and Moderate Preterm Birth to Infant Mortality. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 284 (7):843-849. Wise, P. H. (2003). The Anatomy of A Disparity in Infant Mortality. Annual Reviews, 24: 341-362. PonJola Coney, MD Coney, P., Ladson, G., Sweet, S., Legro, R. S. (2008). Does Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Increase the Disparity in Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular-Related Health for African American Women? Seminars in Repro Med, 26:36-38. Coney, P. J. (2004). Needed: A Catalyst for Change. Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy, 1 (1):110-112. Coney, P., Washenik, K., Langley, R.G. B., DiGiovanna, J. J., Harrison, D. (2001). Weight Change and Adverse Event Incidence With a Low-Dose Oral Contraceptive: Two Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trials. Contraception, 63:297-302. Richard T. D'Aquila, MD Song, C., Sutton, L., Johnson, M. E., D’Aquila, R. T., and Donahue, J. P. (2012). Signals in APOBEC3F Nterminal and C-terminal Deaminase Domains Each Contribute to Encapsidation in HIV-1 Virions and Are Both Required for HIV-1 Restriction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. In Press. Martin, K. L., Johnson, M., and D’Aquila, R. T. (2011). APOBEC3G Complexes Decrease Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Production. Journal of Virology, 85 (18):9314–9326. doi:10.1128/JVI.00273-11 Paredes, R., Lalama, C. M., Ribaudo, H. J., D’Aquila, R. T., and et. al., for the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5095 Study Team. (2010). Pre-existing Minority Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Variants, Adherence, and Risk of Antiretroviral Treatment Failure. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 201 (5):662-671.

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Selected Publications and Recommended Readings by Institute Faculty Vetter, M. L. and D’Aquila, R. T. (2009). Cytoplasmic APOBEC3G Restricts Incoming Vif-Positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Increases Two-Long Terminal Repeat Circle Formation in Activated T-HelperSubtype Cells. Journal of Virology, 83 (17):8646-8654. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00020-09 Vetter, M. L, Johnson, M., and D’Aquila, R. T., and et. al. (2009). Differences in APOBEC3G Expression in CD4+ T Helper Lymphocyte Subtypes Modulate HIV-1 Infectivity. PloS Pathogens, 5(2):e1000292. Darryl B. Hood, PhD Sheng, L., Ding, X., Ferguson, M., Hood, D.B., and et. al. (2010). Prenatal Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure Leads to Behavioral Deficits and Downregulation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase, MET. Toxicological Sciences. doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfq304 McCallister, M. M., Maguire, M., Ramesh, A., Hood, D.B., and et. al. (2008). Prenatal Exposure to Benzo(a) pyrene Impairs Later-Life Cortical Neuronal Function. Neurotoxicology, 29(5): 846-854. Stokes IV, S.C., Hood, D. B., Zokovitch, J., and Close, F. T. (2010). Blueprint for Communicating Risk and Preventing Environmental Injustice. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21:35-52. Paul D. Juarez, PhD Hull, P. C., Canedo, J., Reece, M.C., Juarez, P., and et. al.. (2011). Using a Participatory Research Process to Address Disproportionate Hispanic Cancer Burden. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21 (1):95-113. Levine, R. S., Agboto, V. K., Juarez, P., and et. al. (2010). Increased Black-White Disparities in Mortality Following Life-Saving Innovations: A Possible Consequence of United States Federal Laws. American Journal of Public Health, 100:11, 2176-2184. Eyler J, Bradley LR, Goldzweig I, Schlundt D, and Juarez, PD. The Relationship Between Service-Learning Interventions and Teen Seatbelt Use In Quality of Service Learning Interventions In Research for What? Making Engaged Scholarship Matter (Ed, Kashen, et. Al.) (2010) Information Age Publishing. Rick Kittles, PhD Bock, C. H., Powell, I., Kittles, R. A., Hsing, A. W., and Carpten, J. (2011). Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer Incidence, Biochemical Recurrence, and Mortality. Hindawi Publishing Company Haiman, C. A., Chen, G. K., Blot, W. J., Kittles, R. A. and et. al. (2011). Characterizing Genetic Risk at Known Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Loci in African Americans. PloS Genetics, 7(5):e1001387. Robbins, C. M., Hooker, S., Kittles, R. A., and Carpten, J. D. (2011). EphB2 SNPs and Sporadic Prostate Cancer Risk in African American Men. PloS One, 6(5):e19494. Haiman, C. A., Chen, G. K., Blot, W. J., Kittles, R. A., Murphy, A. and et. al. (2011). Genome-wide association study of prostate cancer in men of African ancestry identifies a susceptibility locus at 17q21. Nat Genet.,43(6): 570 –573. doi:10.1038/ng.839 Catalona, W. J., Bailey-Wilson, J. E., Camp, N. J., Kittles, R. A., and et. al. (2011). National Cancer Institute Prostate Cancer Genetics Workshop. Cancer Res., 71(10): 3442–3446. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-11-0314 Bonilla, C., Hooker, S., Mason, T., Bock, C. H., and Kittles, R. A. (2011). Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Loci Identified on Chromosome 12 in African Americans. PloS One, 6(2):e16044.

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Selected Publications and Recommended Readings by Institute Faculty Benford, M. L., VanCleave1, T. T., Lavender, N. A., Kittles, R. A., and Kidd, L. (2010). 8q24 sequence variants in relation to prostate cancer risk among men of African descent: A case-control study. BMC Cancer, 10:334. Flores, C., Pino-Yanes, M., Kittles, R. A., and et. al. (2012). African Ancestry Is Associated with Asthma Risk in African Americans. PloS One, Vol. 7, Issue 1, e26807 Murphy, A.B., Ukoli, F., Freeman, V., Kittles, R. A., and et. al.. (2012). 8q24 risk alleles in West African and Caribbean men. Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Michael A. Langston, PhD Benson, M., Langston, M. A., Adner, M., and et. al. (2006). A Network-Based Analysis of the Late-Phase Reaction of the Skin. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 118(1):220-225. Debroni, J., Eblen, J. D., Langston, M. A., and et. al. (2010). A Complete Resolution of the Keller Maximum Clique Problem. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA 11), 129-135. Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD Bleich, S. N., Jarlenski, M. P., Bell, C. N., and LaVeist, T. A. (2012). Health Inequalities: Trends, Progress, and Policy. Annual Rev. Public Health, 33:7–4, doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124658. Reese, A. M., Thorpe, R. J., Bell, C. N., Bowie, J. V., and LaVeist, T. A. (2012). The Effect of Religious Service Attendance on Race Differences in Depression: Findings from the EHDIC-SWB Study. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. doi:10.1007/s11524-011-9659-1. Nuru-Jeter, A. M. and LaVeist, T. A. (2011). Racial Segregation, Income Inequality,and Mortality in US Metropolitan Areas. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 88 (2). doi:10.1007/ s11524-010-9524-7. Nguyen, G. C., LaVeist, T. A., Harris, M. L., and et. al. (2010). Racial disparities in utilization of specialist care and medications in inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol, 105(10): 2202–2208. doi:10.1038/ ajg.2010.202. Bell, C. N., Thorpe Jr., R. J., and LaVeist, T. A. (2010). Race/Ethnicity and Hypertension: The Role of Social Support. Am J Hypertens., 23(5): 534–540. doi:10.1038/ajh.2010.28. LaVeist, T. A. (2005). Minority Populations and Health. Sanfransico, CA: Jossey-Bass. Maureen Y. Lichtveld, MD, MPH Goldstein, B. D., Osofsky, H. J., and Lichtveld, M. Y. (2011). The Gulf Oil Spill. The New England Journal of Medicine, 364:1334-1348. Smilth, A. P., Lichtveld, M. Y., Miner, K.R., Tyus, S. L., and Gase, L. N. (2009). A Competency-Based Approach To Expanding the Cancer Care Workforce: Proof of Concept. MEDSURG Nursing, 18 (1):39-50. Barbeau, D. N., Grimsley, L. F., Lichtveld, M., and et. al. (2010). Mold Exposure and Health Effects Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Annual Review of Public Health, 31:165-178.

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Selected Publications and Recommended Readings by Institute Faculty Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD Matthews-Juarez P. and Juarez P. D. (2011). Cultural competency, human genomics, and the elimination of health disparities. Soc Work Public Health. Social Work in Public Health, 26(4):349-65. Juarez P. D. , Robinson, P. L., and Matthews-Juarez, P. (2002). 100% access, zero health disparities, and GIS: an improved methodology for designating health professions shortage areas. J Health Soc Policy, 16(1-2):155-67. Guidry, J. J, Matthews-Juarez, P., and Copeland, V. A. (2003). Barriers to breast cancer control for AfricanAmerican women: the interdependence of culture and psychosocial issues. Cancer, 97(1 Suppl):318-23. Chen, C. K. , Matthews-Juarez, P., and Yang, A. (2011). Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Low Birth Weight and Preterm Deliveries in African American Women in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Journal on Education, Informatics, and Cybernetics. Matthews-Juarez, P. and Weinberg, Armin D. (2006). Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Care Professional's Passport. Houston, TX: Baylor College of Medicine. Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH Newman, L.A. (2005). Breast Cancer in African-American Women. The Oncologist, 10 (1):1-14. Bevers, T. B., Newman, L., and et. al. (2010). Breast Cancer Risk Reduction. Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 8:1112-1146. Easton, J. (2005). Study Shows Women of African Ancestry Diagnosed With More Virulent Form of Breast Cancer. The University of Chicago Chronicle, 24 (15). Retrieved from http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050428/ africanbc.shtml. Newman, L.A. (2008). Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcomes. Medscape Hematology-Oncology. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/579464. Pal, T., Vadaparampil, S., Betts, J., and et. al. (2008). BRCA ½ in High-Risk African American Women in Breast Cancer: Providing Genetic Testing Through Various Recruitment Strategies. Genetic Testing, 12 (3):401-408. Stark, A., Kleer, C., Martin, I., Newman, L. and et. al. (2010). African Ancestry and Higher Prevalence of TripleNegative Breast Cancer. Cancer, 116 (21):4926-4932. Freida H. Outlaw, PhD, RN, FAAN Stiffman, A. R., Stelk, W., Horwitz, S., Outlaw, F. H., et. al. (2010). A Public Health Approach to Children’s Mental health Services: Possible Solutions to Current Service Inadequacies. Adm Policy Ment Health, 37 (1-2):120124. Kurlowicz, L. H., Outlaw, F. H., Ratcliffe, S. J., and Evans, L. K. (2005). An Exploratory Study of Depression Among Older African American Users of an Academic Outpatient Rehabilitation Program. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 19 (1):3-9. William D. Richie, M.D., F.A.P.A. Merrick, E. L., Reif, S., Hiatt, D., and et. al. (2012). Substance abuse treatment client experience in an employed population: results of a client survey. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2012 7:4. Community-Based Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs Providing Naloxone — United States, 2010 Weekly, February 17, 2012 / 61(06);101-105. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6106a1.htm Lee, T. Y. (2011). Construction of an Integrated Positive Youth Development Conceptual Framework for the Prevention of the Use of Psychotropic Drugs among Adolescents. The Scientific World Journal, 11, 2403–2417. 44

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Selected Publications and Recommended Readings by Institute Faculty Green, T. C., Black, R., Grimes Serrano, J. M., and et. al. (2011). Typologies of Prescription Opioid Use in a Large Sample of Adults Assessed for Substance Abuse Treatment. PloS One, 6 (11):e27244. Lalive, A. L., Rudolph, U., L端scher, C., and Tan, K. R. (2011). Is there a way to curb benzodiazepine addiction? Swiss Med Wkly. 2011;141:w13277. doi:10.4414/smw.2011.13277 Jack, S. M., Dobbins, M., Sword, W., and et. al. (2011). Evidence-informed decision-making by professionals working in addiction agencies serving women: a descriptive qualitative study. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 6:29. George, Rust, MD, MPH Heisler, M.B., Rust, G., Pattillo, R., and Dubois, A.M. (2005). Improving Health, Eliminating Disparities: Finding Solutions For Better Health Care For All Populations. Ethnicity and Disease, 15 (2 Suppl 2):S1-4. Rust, G., Baltrus, P., Ye, J., and et. al. (2009). Presence of a Community Health Center and Uninsured Emergency Department Visit Rates in Rural Counties. Journal of Rural Health, 25 (1):8-16. Rust, G., Satcher, D., Fryer, G.E., Levine R.S., Blumenthal, D.S. (2010). Triangulating on Success: Innovation, Public Health, Medical Care, and Cause-Specific US Mortality Rates Over a Half Century (1950-2000). American Journal of Public Health, 100 (Suppl 1):S95-104. Wallerstein, N., and Duran, B. (2010). Community-Based Participatory Research Contributions to Intervention Research: The Intersection of Science and Practice to Improve Health Equity. American Journal of Public Health, 100 (Suppl 1):S40-S46. Pang, T., Sadana, R., Hanney, S., and et. al. (2003). Knowledge for better health- a conceptual framework and foundation for health research systems. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 81 (11):815-820. Braveman, P. and Gruskin, S. (2003). Defining equity in health. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57 (4):254-258. Beach, M.C., Gary, T.L., Price, E.G., and et. al. (2006). Improving health care quality for racial/ethnic minorities: a systematic review of the best evidence regarding provider and organization interventions. BMC Public Health, 6:104. Thomas C. Tucker, PhD, MPH Lengerich, E. J., Tucker, T. C. , Powell, R. K., and et. al. (2005). Cancer Incidence in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia: Disparities in Appalachia. The Journal of Rural Health, 21 (1):39-47. Dragun, A. E., Huang, B., Tucker, T. C., and Spanos, W. J. (2011). Disparities in the Application of Adjuvant Radiotherapy After Breast-Conserving Surgery for Early Stage Breast Cancer. Cancer, 117 (12):2590-2598. McDavid, K., Tucker, T.C., Sloggett, A., and Coleman, M. P. (2003). Cancer Survival in Kentucky and Health Insurance Coverage. Archives of Internal Medicine, 163 (18):2135-2144. Nelson, A. (2002). Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Journal of the National Medical Association, 94 (8): 666-668. Kilbourne, A. M., Switzer, G., Hyman, K., and et. al. (2006). Advancing Health Disparities Research Within the Health Care System: A Conceptual Framework. American Journal of Public Health, 96 (12):2113-2121.

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Selected Publications and Recommended Readings by Institute Faculty Kennedy, Edward M. (2005). The Role of the Federal Government In Eliminating Health Disparities. Health Affairs, 24 (2):452-458. Krieger, N., Waterman, P., Chen, J. T., and et. al. (2002). Zip Code Caveat: Bias Due to Spatiotemporal Mismatches Between Zip Codes and US Census â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Defined Geographic Areas-The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project. American Journal of Public Health, 92 (7):1100-2. Krieger, N., Chen, J. T., Waterman, P.D., and et. al. (2003). Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Monitoring Socioeconomic Gradients in Health: A Comparison of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures-The Public Health Disparities GeoCoding Project. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (10):1655-71. Robert Otto Valdez, PhD Morales, L. S., Valdez, RO, Lara, M, and et. al. (2002). Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Hispanic Health Outcomes. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 13 (4):477-503. Halfon, N. and Hochstein, M. (2002). Life Course Health Development: An Integrated Framework for Developing Health, Policy, and Research. The Milbank Quarterly, 80 (3):433-477. Hartley, D. (2004). Rural Health Disparities, Population Health, and Rural Culture. American Journal of Public Health, 94 (10):1675-1678. Braveman, P. (2006). Health Disparities and Health Equity: Concepts and Measurement, Annual Review of Public Health, 27:167-194. Braveman, P. A., Cubbin, C., Egerter, S., and et. al. (2005). Socioeconomic Status in Health Research. Journal of the American Medical Association, 294 (22):2879-2888.

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FACULTY Vincent Agboto, PhD, MS Assistant Professor Family and Community Medicine / School of Graduate Studies and Research Director, Biostatistics Meharry Medical College Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Agboto current areas of research interests include the development of new Bayesian methodologies to design experiments and novel ways to design health disparity epidemiological studies. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the department of biostatistics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Vincent Agboto is currently involved in many National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Center of Disease Control (CDC) funded collaborative health disparity research in youth violence, injury prevention, health disparities in HIV/AIDS, diabetes and cancer with faculty at Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Agboto is involved in development and community health projects in the United States and Togo (West Africa). He has published peer reviewed articles in Bayesian experimental designs and health disparities and has coauthored technical reports in statistics. He has made research presentations in statistics and public health during professional meetings or seminars at John Hopkins University (MD), Washington University (MO), Cambridge University (UK), Durban (South Africa), Gaborone (Botswana) and Lome (Togo) among others. He has programming skills in SAS, SPSS, Stata, Splus and R, Matlab and Mathematica. He also has extensive experience on Linux workstations as well as in the Windows 95/98/2000/XP/7 and Mac environments. Donald J. Alcendor, MS, PhD. Assistant Professor, Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research Division of Microbial & Immunology and Obstetrics & Gynecology Meharry Medical College Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Department of Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Alcendor completed his post-graduate studies at the NIH and Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore Maryland in departments of Molecular Virology and Viral Oncology respectively. As a graduate student at the University of California at Davis, he received the Patricia Roberts Harris Graduate Fellowship, was a University of California Davis Mentorship Fellow, a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Pre-doctoral Fellow, a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Post-doctoral Fellow, a Floyd and Mary Schwall, Dissertation Fellow, a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Spring Fellow, and a recipient of the Merck Special Service Award. Dr. Alcendor was also a research consultant to the Viral Vector Core Laboratory in Viral Oncology, was and currently remains a Simian Cytomegalovirus Expert for the FDA, Division of Vaccine Injury and Compensation Program for the Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Maryland. He has also served as a summer mentor for the Leadership Alliance for the American Society of Microbiology. He has also selected as a Minority Scholar in Cancer Research by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). He is also a committee member on the independent Research Evaluation and Decision Panel (REDP) for the AIDS Cancer and Specimen Resource of the NCI-AIDS Malignancy Program. Finally, he organized the 1st and now annual HIV/AIDS awareness Summit for Teens sponsored by the HIV Center at Meharry Medical College. Dr. Alcendorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research interest involves Bacterial Vaginosis and Increase Risk for HIV-1 Acquisition; KSHV Regulation of Fibulins in Kaposiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sarcoma: Implications for the Role of Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Tumorigenesis (AIDS related malignancy); Identification of Dysregulated Genes in the Brain after HIV Infection: Implications for HIV-associated Dementia; and Models for Cytomegalovirus Induced Congenital Disease. Dr. Alcendor received his B.S., in Microbiology from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; M.S. in Bacteriology from Louisiana, State University in Baton, Rouge and completed his doctoral studies in Molecular Virology at the University of California at Davis.

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FACULTY Mohammad Z. Al-hamdan, PhD Research Scientist, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), National Space Science and Technology Center Huntsville, AL Dr. Al-hamdan is a Research Scientist at the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), National Space Science and Technology Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. He received his B.S. in Biosystems Engineering from Jordan University of Science & Technology in 1998, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL and his Ph.D. from University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL in 2004. Dr. Al-hamdan has published numerous articles on environmental public health issues. He currently is working with NIMHD/Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry on Environmental Health and large data sets.

Donna Antoine-LaVigne, PhD Associate Director, Community Partnership/Outreach Office Jackson Heart Study Jackson, MS Dr. Antoine-LaVigne received her BA and MSEd from Jackson State University, Jackson, MS and her PhD from Kennedy-Western University, Thousands Oaks CA. She currently serves as the Associate Director, Community Outreach and Partnership Office for the Jackson Heart Study. Dr. Antoine-LaVigne was instrumental in laying the foundation for the Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach. Strategically targeted outreach and community engagement activities lead to the successful recruitment of 5301participants and retention of 80% of the cohort. Additionally, she has consulted with the Mississippi Health Department, taught in the Jackson State University School of Health Sciences, and created community partnerships and coalitions to address health disparities in the African American community.

Bruce Behringer, MPH Deputy Commissioner Continuous Improvement and Training Tennessee Department of Health Mr. Behringer is currently the Deputy Commissioner of Continuous Improvement and Training at the Tennessee Department of Health in Nashville TN. Mr. Behringer received his BS from the Pennsylvania State University and his MPH from the University of North Carolina. He has worked in various organizations such as the Office of Rural and Community Health and Community Partnership at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN and the Virginia Primary Care Association Inc. Richmond, VA. Mr. Behringer serves on the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee and has served as Vice-Chair (2008-9) and Co-Chair (2009-10) on the Tennessee State Comprehensive Cancer Care Coalition.

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FACULTY William Blot, PhD Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN CEO, International Epidemiology Institute Rockville, MD Dr. Blot is professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and chief executive officer of the International Epidemiology Institute, a biomedical research firm with offices in Rockville, Md., and Jacksonville, Fla., involved in the design, conduct and analysis of epidemiologic studies into the causes of cancer and other diseases. Prior to co-founding IEI in 1994, he directed research into the causes of cancer for 20 years at the National Cancer Institute, where he was chief of the Analytic Studies Section of the Environmental Epidemiology Branch and then chief of the Biostatistics Branch. Dr. Blot has conducted research toward identification and quantification of environmental causes of many cancers. He has mapped the distribution of mortality from cancer across the United States, assessed changing trends over time, and described the magnitude of cancer in the American population. His analytical research in the United States and abroad has helped clarify the contributions of demographic, occupational, dietary, lifestyle (including tobacco and alcohol consumption) medical and other factors as causes of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, stomach, lung, kidney and other organs. He has led various multi-center, case-control and cohort epidemiologic studies and directed large-scale clinical trials on the effects of dietary supplements on disease prevention. Dr. Blot currently directs the Southern Community Cohort Study, supported by the NCI, the Martell Foundation and others, the largest epidemiologic study yet undertaken to assess reasons for racial disparities in cancer incidence and mortality.

Otis W. Brawley, MD, FACP Chief Medical & Scientific Officer American Cancer Society Professor of Hematology, Oncology, Medicine and Epidemiology Emory University Atlanta, GA As the chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Brawley is responsible for promoting the goals of cancer prevention, early detection, and quality treatment through cancer research and education. He champions efforts to decrease smoking, improve diet, detect cancer at the earliest stage, and provide the critical support cancer patients need. He also guides efforts to enhance and focus the research program, upgrade the Society’s advocacy capacity, and concentrate community cancer control efforts in areas where they will be most effective. As an acknowledged global leader in the field of health disparities research, He is a key leader in the Society’s work to eliminate disparities in access to quality cancer care. Dr. Brawley serves as professor of hematology, oncology, medicine and epidemiology at Emory University. From April of 2001 to November of 2007, he was medical director of the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, and deputy director for cancer control at Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University. He served as a member of the Society’s Prostate Cancer Committee, co-chaired the U.S. Surgeon General’s Task Force on Cancer Health Disparities, and a variety of capacities at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He serves as a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection and Control Advisory Committee. He served as a member of the Food and Drug Administration Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee and chaired the National Institute of Health Consensus Panel on the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease. Castle Connelly lists him as one of America’s top doctors for cancer. He was a Georgia Cancer Coalition Scholar and received the Key to St. Bernard Parish for his work in the U.S. Public Health Service in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Brawley is a graduate of University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his internship at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case-Western Reserve University, his residency at University Hospital of Cleveland, and his fellowship at the National Cancer Institute.

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FACULTY Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MS Public Health Expert/Medical Director, Stratasan Independent Business Owner and LifeCoach, COMPASS Dr. Bailey recently served for four years as the Chief for Public Health Practice of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She oversaw programs and offices focused on public health law, public health system standards, agency accreditation, surveillance for emerging issues in public health practice and CDC's portfolio management to the states. Dr. Bailey has been honored with many awards including the "Excellence in Public Health Award" for local Leadership by The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the Citizenship Award from Northwest Civitan, an inductee into the Academy for Women of Achievement (YWCA), Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Public Health Work (APHA), the Jim Parker Award (APHA), the Dr. Nathan B. Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service in the category, Career Public Servant at the Local levels (AMA), the Balderson Lifetime Public Health Leadership Award, the Howell Special Meritorious Service to Public Health Award (SHA), the Contemporary Black History Maker's Award and the ESRI Public Health Leadership Award. She was featured in a book authored by Carole Woltring and Carole Barlas entitled, Journey to Leadership: Profile of Women Leaders in Public Health. Dr. Coursey Bailey remains active in her public health and medical associations. Dr. Bailey received her B.A. in Psychology from Clark University in 1972 and her M.D. from Meharry Medical College in 1976. She performed her residency in Internal Medicine at Grady Memorial/Emory University and then went on to obtain her M.S.H.S.A. from the College of St. Francis in 1993.

Chau-Kuang Chen, EdD Associate Professor, School of Graduate Studies and Research Director, Institutional Research Meharry Medical College Dr. Chen is an expert in generalized linear models, survival analyses, multivariate time series analyses, and artificial intelligence modeling approaches. He was one of the first statisticians to incorporate a variety of sophisticated techniques--ordered logit/clog log, proportional hazard, transfer function of autoregressive integrated moving average, grey forecasting model, artificial neural network, support vector machine, and gene expression programming--into higher education processes and outcomes. He has conducted numerous statistical workshops at annual conferences of the Association for Institutional Research, presented a statistical seminar at the University of Oxford in the UK, and recently published several articles in the IR Applications, International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, and Journal of Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. Dr. Chen earned his MS degree in Counseling and Guidance at the University of Kansas, a Certificate in Data Processing at the Electronic Computer Programming Institute in Kansas City, and both MS degree in Statistics and EdD degree in Higher Education from Oklahoma State University.

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FACULTY Phillip Clay, PhD Professor, City Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA Dr. Clay is widely known for his work in U.S. housing policy and community-based development, Dr. Clay has been involved in several studies that earned national attention. Dr. Clay is a founding member of the National Housing Trust, which focuses on housing preservation. He is also president of the Board of The Community Builders, Inc. the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest nonprofit affordable housing developer. In addition, Dr. Clay has served on the policy advisory council of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). He served as Chairman of the Board of a local community college from 2002 to 2006. He serves as a member and Vice Chair of the MasterCard Foundation board, serves on the Kresge Foundation Board, and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Board of Directors. In addition, he serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Clay received his bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his doctorate in city planning from MIT. A member of the MIT faculty since 1975, he served as associate head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning from 1990 to 1992 and as department head from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 2001, Professor Clay served the Institute as associate provost. His publications include two books: Neighborhood Renewal: Middle-Class Resettlement and Incumbent Upgrading in American Neighborhoods, and Neighborhood Politics and Planning (with Rob Hollister). Dr. Clay is the former MIT Chancellor.

PonJola Coney, MD Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Virginia Commonwealth University-MCV Campus Richmond, VA Dr. Coney has taken a keen interest in increasing the presence of women and minorities in positions of senior faculty rank and leadership. She was a founder of the unique professional organization, Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine. She mentors numerous residents, fellows, and junior faculty who continue to seek her counsel. She has created and implemented a core curriculum for disadvantaged students seeking admission to professional schools. She has trained numerous undergraduate students and residents. Her students, during her tenure as dean, most from historically underrepresented groups, have gone on to successful careers at leading universities around the country. Dr. Coney is a faculty member, scholar, teacher, mentor, and administrator whose exemplary career spans nearly three decades. Since receiving her doctorate from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1978, she established herself as a deeply respected academician in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Coney completed her internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Pennsylvania Hospital (University of Pennsylvania) in Philadelphia, PA

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FACULTY Bill Crosson, PhD Research Fellow Universities Space Research Association National Space Science and Technology Center Huntsville, AL Dr. Crosson is a Research Fellow at the Universities Space Research Association National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, AL. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of George, Athens, GA, an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from Clemson University, Clemson, SC , an M.S. in Meteorology from Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL and his Ph.D. in Meteorology from Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Richard T. D'Aquila, MD The Addison B. Scoville Jr. Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Director, Vanderbilt AIDS Center Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Dr. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aquila received his B.A. in Biology from Yale College, New Haven, CT, his M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY and completed his Residency in Medicine at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. His research interest are HIV pathogenesis and development of a functional cure. Antiretroviral therapy, including resistance to antiretroviral drugs, is also an interest.

Green Ekadi, PhD Assistant Professor Master of Science in Public Health Program School of Graduate Studies and Research Director, Meharry Census Information Center Project Meharry Medical College Dr. Ekadi is a former Assistant Minister of Agriculture in the Republic of Liberia, West Africa, responsible for the agricultural planning and all agricultural projects sponsored by the World Bank, the European Economic Community (now The European Union), and the African Development Bank, for the country. His research interests are economic evaluation of projects and small area analysis of health disparities and disaster resilience. He presents on small area analysis and cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses. Dr. Ekadi holds a doctorate degree in Economics and teaches Health Economics and Health Finance, among other subjects. He is a Fellow of the World Bank Economic Development Institute and studied at Vanderbilt University under a Fulbright Scholarship. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, a Certificate in Regional Planning from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, and a Certificate in Agricultural Credit Planning from FinAfrica, Milan, Italy.

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FACULTY George C. Hill, Ph.D. Levi Watkins, Jr. Professor in Medical Education Distinguished Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and Medical Education and Administration Assistant Vice Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Dr. Hill is currently the Levi Watkins Jr. Professor and a Tenured Professor in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and Medical Education and Administration at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He also serves as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs and Special Assistant to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs. From 2002-2011, he served as Associate Dean for Diversity in Medical Education. He is also the immediate past President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Dr. Hill was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1998 and a Fellow of the Academy of Microbiology in 2002. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement for Science (AAAS) in 2011 for distinguished contributions to tropical diseases research, leadership as President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and for fostering a diverse research and healthcare workforce. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Nairobi, in Nairobi, Kenya and a NIH Special Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge in Great Britain. Before joining Vanderbilt, Dr. Hill held a Professorship in Microbiology and served as Vice President for Sponsored Research at Meharry Medical College, where he also served as Dean of the Graduate School, Director of the Division of Biomedical Sciences, and Associate Vice President for International Programs. Dr. Hill obtained his B.S. from Rutgers University, M.S. from Howard University, and Ph.D. from NYU. Additionally, Dr. Hill served at Colorado State University teaching and conducting research and established a mentoring program for minority students in 1974, the CSU Science Motivation Program, bringing minority high school students to the campus for the summer.

Darryl B. Hood, PhD Professor Neuroscience and Pharmacology Meharry Medical College Dr. Hood is a nationally recognized expert in the area of Neurotoxicology, particularly with respect to the effects of negative environmental exposures on the developing fetus and subsequent effects on learning, memory and behavior. The impact of ongoing research conducted in Dr. Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laboratory at Meharry Medical College utilizing innovative experimental models has contributed to an understanding of the etiology of a number of exposure-influenced cognitive disorders such as autism spectrum disorder in children who live and play in communities that are adversely impacted by pollution. Currently, Dr. Hood is the Principal Investigator of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funded Meharry Medical College-Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Consortium. The research conducted in Dr. Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laboratory and under this consortium continues to contribute to the scientific database that the US EPA is using to reassess the maximum allowable ambient levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from industrial smokestacks. Such reassessments form the basis of prevention and intervention strategies that lead to public policy changes which serve to decrease the negative cognitive health effects associated with exposure to environmental pollutants in susceptible and vulnerable populations. Dr. Hood is the Co-Director of the Environmental Context of Health Disparities/Facility Core of the NIMHD/ Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry.

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FACULTY Daniel Howard, PhD Executive Director, Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy Meharry Medical College Dr. Howard has been named as the first Executive Director of the newly established Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College. Dr. Howard joins the Meharry community from Shaw University in Raleigh, N. C. where he was a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and established and directed their Institute for Health, Social and Community Research. Prior to his tenure at Shaw, he also held faculty appointments and taught at North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C. and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in Policy Development and Program Evaluation, with an emphasis on Health Policy, at Vanderbilt University Peabody College of Education and Human Development. Howard completed post graduate work in Public Health and Social Work at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and School of Social Work as a Paul Cornerly/ Ford Foundation Scholar. He also served as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Services Research at renowned Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill where he also holds an appointment as a Senior Research Fellow. In addition to his leadership of the Center for Health Policy, he will have academic appointments at both Meharry and the Vanderbilt University School of Arts and Science. Dr. Howard’s research and teaching interests include the examination of epidemiologic patterns of health outcomes that disproportionately affect African Americans, racial health disparities, minority health, health services research and health policy, policy analysis and implementation, program development and implementation, health economics and medical sociology. His doctoral dissertation explored the racial dimensions of Medicare’s Prospective Payment System and he is the author of over forty peer reviewed publications. He has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Wansoo Im, PhD Associate Professor Meharry Medical College Dr. Im is the founder of VERTICES, LLC, a geospatial information services company that provides innovative and interactive map-based solutions. Dr. Im is also the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Community Mapping (CCM). He specializes in unique decision support systems that utilize spatial data visualization and modeling techniques. He is an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University and at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Dr. Im received his Ph.D. from the School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and his Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His work was featured in The New Yorker magazine for his community participatory internet mapping project in 2006 as well as in the New York Times in 2008. His recent projects utilize community participatory geographic mapping systems in government applications, statewide environmental organizations, education, and non-profit organizations.

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FACULTY Aranthan Jones II ("AJ"), MPH Podesta Group Washington, DC Mr. Jones joined the Podesta Group after serving as the Policy Director for the Office of Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC). Mr. Jones was the first African American policy director in the leadership of the US House of Representatives and was the highest ranking African American health care advisor. He works closely with the Podesta Group’s health care, financial services and transportation clients, employing his extensive experience in health care policy, international finance and monetary, economic development policy, disaster preparedness policy and international relations. Mr. Jones has served as a Chief of Staff for members on the Ways and Means committee and Financial Service committee. He began his career on Capitol Hill as the Health Policy Director for the Congressional Black Caucus in the office of Rep. Donna M. Christian-Christensen (D-VI). Mr. Jones was cited by the Politico newspaper as one of the top 10 Democratic staffers in the 110th Congress and The Hill newspaper as one of the “Top 35 staffers under 35.” In addition, he was recognized by Ebony Magazine in 2005 as one of its top “30 Future Leaders Under 30” and was profiled by CNN Headline News as one of the top four congressional staffers to be future national policy leaders.

Paul D. Juarez, PhD Principal Investigator and Director NIMHD/Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College Dr. Juarez is the former Principal Investigator of the Nashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of Excellence to prevent youth violence (NUPACE/CDC), the Jackson Teen Seat Belt Study (CDC), and Program Director of the TN State Model Area Health Education Center (HRSA). He currently is leading efforts to develop an interactive, public participatory, web portal (www.imnashville.com) to enable academic and community partners to use GIS to jointly plan, conduct, and evaluate interventions that target the reduction of health disparities at a neighborhood level. Dr. Juarez previously served as the Scientific Director for the Meharry-State Farm 2006 National Safety Summit and Nashville Health Disparities Summits in 2005 and 2007. He directs the new Environment Context of Health Disparities/Facility Core in the Center. He was recognized for his contributions to the field of public health through his work in youth violence prevention in south central Los Angeles with a chapter in the 2005 book: “Faces of Public Health.” Dr. Juarez has served on over 30 grant review panels for the Centers for Disease Control, HRSA, MCHB, National Institutes of Health, and the Office of Minority Health, US DHHS. Dr. Juarez received his doctorate in Social Policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University. Dr. Juarez previously held academic appointments at Charles R. Drew University, UCLA School of Medicine, USC School of Medicine, and California University, Long Beach, Department of Social Work.

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FACULTY Rick Kittles, PhD Associate Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Associate Director , Cancer Center Director, Institute of Human Genetics University of Illinois Chicago, IL Dr. Kittles received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from George Washington University in 1998. His first faculty appointment was at Howard University where he helped establish the National Human Genome Center at Howard University. From 1997 to 2004, Dr. Kittles helped establish and coordinate a national cooperative network to study the genetics of hereditary prostate cancer in the African American community. This project, called the AAHPC study network, successfully recruited over 100 African American hereditary prostate cancer families and serves as a model for recruitment of African Americans in genetic studies of complex diseases. Dr. Kittles is well known for his research of prostate cancer and health disparities among African Americans. He has also been at the forefront of the development of ancestry-informative genetic markers, and how genetic ancestry can be used to map genes for common traits and disease. Dr. Kittles co-founded African Ancestry, Inc., a private company that provides DNA testing services for tracing African genetic lineages to genealogists and the general public around the world. Kittles was recently named in Ebony magazine’s “The Ebony Power 100.” Ebony selected the nation's top 100 African -American "power players" in sports, academia, religion, business, environment, science & tech, entertainment, arts and letters, fashion, politics, media, activism and health.

Gwinnett Ladson, MD Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology Meharry Medical College Dr. Ladson has been a co-investigator on a number of research studies and has coauthored articles for medical journals focused on reproductive health issues. Dr. Ladson has a particular interest in Female Circumcision Procedures, Preterm Labor, HIV and Pregnancy and Polycystic Ovarian Symposium. Her true love and passion has always been obstetrics and teaching, taking wonderful care of all of the patients in her charge. It is why the Centering Pregnancy Program was a no brainer for her. In 2004, Meharry's OB-GYN residency program was re-established. Dr. Ladson serves as the Program Director for this program. In 2006, Dr. Ladson was named an APGO-SOLVAY Educational Scholar, a 15 month program sponsored by the Association of Professors of Obstetricians and Gynecologist to promote excellence in teaching in OB-GYN. Dr. Ladson's published research project from that program " An assessment of cultural competency of first and second year medical students at an historically diverse medical school", was accepted for publication in the November 2006 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Ladson currently serves as Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Meharry Medical College.

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FACULTY Michael A. Langston, PhD Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee Knoxville TN Dr. Langston is a member of the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Genome Science and Technology Program faculty. He is best known for his long-standing work on combinatorial algorithms, complexity theory, and design paradigms for sequential and parallel computation. His present research efforts are primarily focused on the development, synthesis, analysis and high performance implementation of graph algorithms for the analysis of high throughput biological data. For nearly three decades, Dr. Langston has studied the theme that mathematical structure begets algorithms, beginning with well-quasi order theory, moving on to fixed-parameter tractability, and now concentrated on practical application in computational biology. Additionally, he serves as a Collaborating Scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There he consults and collaborates with colleagues in the Life Sciences Division, the Chemical Sciences Division, and the Computer Science and Mathematics Division. To complement his basic research program in the foundations of algorithmic analysis, he leads a team of students and associates in the development of portals through which the community at large may access the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s computational tools, and in the development of mapping, scheduling and load-balancing mechanisms with which their algorithms can be realized on Altix, Cray, IBM and other supercomputer platforms. In addition to maintaining a research laboratory, he regularly teaches courses on computational biology, discrete optimization, graph theory, parallel computing, theoretical computer science and related subjects.

Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy, Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD Dr. LaVeist is a medical sociologist and health services researcher who specializes in health and healthcare disparities. He has developed several widely used measures including measures of patient attitudes which predispose their use of healthcare services, and most recently a measure of cultural competency of healthcare organizations. Dr. LaVeist's research and writing has focused on three broad thematic research questions: 1) What are the social and behavioral factors that predict the timing of various related health outcomes (e.g. access and utilization of health services, mortality, entrance into nursing home? 2) What are the social and behavioral factors that explain race differences in health outcomes?; and 3) What has been the impact of social policy on the health and quality of life of African Americans? His work has included both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Dr. LaVeist seeks to develop an orienting framework in the development of policy and interventions to address race disparities in health-related outcomes. Specific areas of expertise include: U.S. health and social policy, the role of race in health research, social factors contributing to mortality, longevity and life expectancy, quantitative and demographic analysis and access, and utilization of health services.

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FACULTY Robert S. Levine, MD, MPH Director, Research Core Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College Dr. Levine has longstanding research and clinical interests in public health and racial and ethnic health disparities. His clinical practice includes general prevention, smoking cessation and weight management. His writings include more than 250 scientific works, and he has directed and collaborated on numerous peer-reviewed scientific projects. Presently, he is focusing on geographic variations in racial disparities, searching in particular for communities that have successfully overcome the barriers of poverty. Dr. Levineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s academic experiences include collaboration with county and state health departments, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, and the United States Agency for International Development. For eleven years, he was on the faculty of the University of Miami School of Medicine where he was Associate Director of its World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Pesticide Epidemiology. A member of the Meharry faculty, he has assisted with the development of training programs in farm worker safety, and has collaborated on scientific papers showing elevated risks of illness among racial and ethnic workers in high risk occupations. His affiliation with the MMC-VU ARCH consortium program allows him to work collaboratively with colleagues in the Basic Sciences in translational research investigating the role of environmental contaminant exposure on geographic variations health outcomes among minority populations. Dr. Levine earned his M.D. from Bowman Gray (now Wake Forest) University in 1968. He completed residency training in General Preventive Medicine at the University of Kentucky in 1972, and in 1974, he became the 343rd person certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Maureen Y. Lichtveld, MD, MPH Professor and Chair Freeport McMoRan Chair of Environmental Policy Associate Director Population Sciences, Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences New Orleans, LA Dr. Lichtveld, has a 29 year career in public health and currently is professor and chair, of the department of environmental health sciences, Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her research interests are environmentally-induced disease, including asthma and cancer; health disparities, environmental health policy; community-based participatory research; and disaster preparedness. She holds an endowed chair in environmental policy and is associate director population sciences, Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium. In 2008, Dr. Lichtveld received the Herbert Nickens Award from the Intercultural Cancer Council for leadership in cancer health disparities and educating minority health professionals in cancer care. In 2007, she was awarded Woman of the Year by the City of New Orleans for her contributions to science and well being. Dr. Lichtveld is the principal investigator (PI) for Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana, an NIHfunded novel pediatric asthma intervention examining the relationship between exposure to Post-Katrina mold and exacerbation of childhood asthma. She is the co-PI of the NIH Gulf Coast Transdisciplinary Research Center for Community Health, a multi-institutional collaborative center engaged in disaster preparedness and community-based participatory research, emphasizing vulnerable populations.

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FACULTY Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD Director, Research Training Core Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry Site Principal Investigator for the S.E.C.U.R.E. Gulf Coast Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Development Professor, Department of Pediatrics Meharry Medical College Dr. Matthews-Juarez is an established medical administrator and educator with specific work experience in primary care education, cultural competency, cancer control, and prevention. She publishes and presents in the areas of cultural competency and health disparities. She is the primary author of Cultural Competence in Cancer Care: A Health Professional’s Passport. She is a national fellow of the National Conference on Primary Care Access, a senior fellow on Community Based Medical Education, Chair of the Publication and Communication Committee of Coastal Research Group, Board member of the Intercultural Cancer Council, Chair of the Community Advisory Board for the Meharry Wellness Center. She serves as chair of national grant review panels since 1985 and has received numerous honors. She is a past Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and a past Administrator for the Drew Meharry Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center and its National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

Charles Mouton, MD, MS Dean, School of Medicine Senior Vice President for Health Affairs Meharry Medical College Dr. Mouton is board certified in Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in geriatrics. He is also a Certified Medical Director. Dr. Mouton holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the Harvard University School of Public Health. He received his medical degree from the Howard University College of Medicine and earned the bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Howard University. Dr. Mouton completed a family practice residency at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, MD, and completed a geriatrics fellowship at The George Washington Medical Center. His major areas of research interest are violence and elder mistreatment in older women, elder mistreatment, health promotion and disease prevention in minority elders (especially exercise in the elder), ethnicity and aging, and quality health care for minorities. Dr. Mouton has spent his career contributing to the improvement of the health care system. Washingtonian magazine listed Dr. Mouton on its list of Best Doctors. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a fellow of the American Geriatrics Society. He is past president of the DC Academy of Family Physicians and previously served as Section Chair of the Family Medicine Section of the National Medical Association.

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FACULTY Adam Murphy, MD, MBA Clinical Instructor, Department of Urology, Northwestern University Attending Physician, Division of Urology Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Chicago, IL Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity Scholar 2011/Inaugural Class Dr. Murphy obtained his MBA in 2004 from the University of Chicago and his MD in 2004 from the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Urology from Northwestern University. His research interests are health disparities, prostate cancer, genetic ancestry and admixture, chromosome 8q24, and vitamin D deficiency. Dr. Murphy is currently a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH Professor of Surgery and Director University of Michigan Breast Care Center University of Michigan Health Systems Ann Arbor, MI Dr. Newman obtained her undergraduate education and Masters Degree in Public Health from Harvard University. She attended medical school and completed her general surgery residency training at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. She completed her fellowship in surgical oncology at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Newman’s extensive research related to disparities in breast cancer risk and outcome has been published in numerous peer-reviewed medical journals and was recently featured on CNN’s documentary “Black in America 2”. She holds leadership positions with the Society of Surgical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and serves as editorial section editor for the journals Cancer (Disparities Section Editor) and Annals of Surgical Oncology (Breast Section Editor). She also serves on the editorial boards for CA- A Cancer Journal for Clinicians; Journal of Clinical Oncology; and Breast Cancer Research and Treatment She also serves on the Breast Prevention Section of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. She maintains a very active community service record, and currently serves as Chief National Medical Advisor for the Sisters Network. Her current disparitiesrelated research program involves a partnership between the University of Michigan and the Komfo Anoyke Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana.

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FACULTY Frieda Hopkins Outlaw, PhD Director, Meharry Adolescent Health and Wellness Center Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Meharry Medical College Dr. Outlaw is a graduate of Berea College, Boston College, and received her PhD from The Catholic University of America. She completed postdoctoral study at the School of Nursing University of Pennsylvania where she examined the meaning of prayer for persons with cancer. She was an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Graduate Nursing Program for twelve years. From 2003-2011 she served as the Assistant Commissioner, Mental Health for Children for the state of Tennessee. In her newest role she is developing an Adolescent Health and Wellness Center for Meharry Medical College. While working as the Commissioner of Mental Health she was awarded over 32 million dollars in federally competitive grants. Dr. Outlaw has published over twenty-five manuscripts and book chapters, and has given many presentations on various aspects of health and mental health, with a focus on children, youth and their families. She recently was appointed to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Advisory Committee on Nursing and Health Policy. In 2007 she was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing, which is nursing’s organization for the most accomplished leaders in education, management, clinical practice and research.

Aramandla Ramesh, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology Meharry Medical College Dr. Ramesh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry & Cancer Biology at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. Dr. Ramesh earned his first Ph.D. in Marine Microbiology from Annamalai University, India in 1986. He earned his second Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology from Ehime University, Japan in 1992. His areas of expertise are bioavailability, toxicokinetics, and biotransformation, acute and subchronic toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Current research in Dr. Ramesh’s laboratory focuses on colon cancer caused by benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), a fat-soluble, widely distributed environmental chemical that belongs to the PAH family of compounds. Studies in his laboratory have shown that exposure of rats and mice to BaP and other PAHs through saturated fat cause induction of cytochrome P450 (CYP) family of enzymes resulting in the formation and distribution of reactive metabolites which stay in target tissues for a longer time and cause enhanced DNA damage. Ongoing research in his laboratory will eventually address the issue of how environmental factors (exposure to toxicants) and dietary practices (excessive intake of animal meat and fat products tainted with BaP) contribute to colorectal cancer in African Americans (third leading cause of cancer related mortalities) relative to other racial/ethnic groups. Before joining the faculty at Meharry in 2001, Dr. Ramesh was a research specialist in the Departments of Family & Preventive Medicine, and Pharmacology at Meharry. His earlier research focused on acute and subchronic toxicity of PAHs found in hazardous waste sites that were in close proximity to minority communities. Dr. Ramesh’s association with the Meharry Medical College-Vanderbilt University Environmental Health consortium allows him to combine his long standing research experience in classical PAH toxicology and work collaboratively with Vanderbilt colleagues from the Basic Sciences and Community Medicine departments to investigate the interplay between diet and environmental contaminant exposure using state-of-the-art analytical and molecular approaches. As a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Associate, his current research is focused on exposure of minority communities to environmental chemicals and health disparities.

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FACULTY William D. Richie, M.D., F.A.P.A. Director, Division of Forensic Psychiatry Director, Psychiatry Externship Program Associate Residency Training Director Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Meharry Medical College Dr. Richie is the Director of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Director of the Psychiatry Externship Program, and Associate Residency Training Director for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Meharry Medical College. He is an expert in forensic Psychiatry and substance abuse research. His professional experience includes treating patients who exhibit substance abuse behaviors in a hospital setting. He has served as a general medical officer in the USAF, (1985-1987) and provided treatment for active duty, retirees and dependents of US military personnel. He was the Director of the Mental Health Clinic for Moody AFB in Valdosta, GA, for which he was responsible for detoxification for pre-flight air-evacuation individuals. Additionally, Dr. Richie served as the Director of the in-patient psychiatry service at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. As a forensic psychiatrist, he has worked with patients suffering from dual diagnosis disorders and provided expert testimony to criminal and superior courts in Louisiana, Georgia, District of Columbia, Florida, and Maryland. Dr. Richie has a BA degree in Biology and a MD degree from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He completed his internship in Surgery at LSU Medical Center/Charity Hospital Division and his residency in Psychiatry at Howard University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry. He completed his Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at LSC Medical Center Division of Law and Psychiatry.

George Rust, MD, MPH, Professor of Family Medicine Director, National Center for Primary Care Founding Director, Faculty Development Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA Dr. Rust dedicates his career as a family practice physician to improving healthcare access, quality, and outcomes for low-income and uninsured segments of the population. He is a graduate of Loyola University School of Medicine, and completed family medicine residency training at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Public Health degree from University of Illinois - Chicago. Since 1991, Dr. Rust has been a physician, teacher, researcher, and leader at the Morehouse School of Medicine. He is board-certified in both Family Practice and Preventive Medicine, and is a Professor of Family Medicine with a joint faculty appointment in the Dept. of Community Health and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Rust led the development of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine. He is also the founding director of the Morehouse Faculty Development program. Dr. Rust is board chair of the Atlanta Community Access Coalition and co-chair of Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minority Health Advisory Council, where he played a key role in development of the Georgia Health Disparities Report in 2008. He also received the 2007 national leadership award from the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA), and the 2009 ACT award from the Georgia Asian Pacific Islander Community Coalition (GAAPICC).

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FACULTY Sunit Sebastian, MD Director, Body Imaging Division, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology University Of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity Scholar 2011/Inaugural Class Dr. Sebastian obtained his MD in Radiology in 2000 from Pune University, India. Subsequently, he has successfully completed Research and Clinical Fellowships in Abdominal Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. His research interests are health disparities and cancer, especially in African Americans. His research efforts particularly focus on increasing the uptake of colorectal cancer screening in African Americans using CT Colonography. He is currently an Assistant Professor and the Director of Body Imaging in the Department of Radiology, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Thomas C. Tucker, PhD, MPH Associate Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Markey Cancer Center Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology College of Public Health University of Kentucky Lexington, KY Dr. Tucker has been on the faculty at the University of Kentucky for 27 years. He is the Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control at the UK Markey Cancer Center and the Director for the Kentucky Cancer Registry. He is also the PI for the NCI/SEER program in Kentucky, and the PI for the CDC/NPCR program in Kentucky. He is the founding Chair of the Epidemiology Department in the College of Public Health and continues to serve as a member of the faculty in Epidemiology. He is a past President of the North American Association of cancer Registries (NAACCR). In 2002 he received NAACCRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest honor, the Calum S, Muir Award for lifetime contribution to the science of cancer surveillance. In addition, he is one of two people from North America elected to serve on the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) Board of Directors. His research is focused on the determining the factors that contribute to the unusually high burden of cancer in Appalachian Kentucky and exploring intervention strategies to reduce the cancer disparities in this geographic area.

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FACULTY Robert Otto Valdez, PhD Executive Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy Professor, Family & Community Medicine and Economics Associate Director, Office of Community Health University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM Dr. Valdez is the RWJF Professor Family & Community Medicine and Economics serves as the Executive Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico, a national program office for increasing diversity in health and health care leadership. He was the founding Dean of the Drexel School of Public Health in Philadelphia and previously Professor of Health Services at the UCLA School of Public Health. Dr. Valdez served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (PHS) and Director of Interagency Health Policy (HCFA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1993-1997. He has also served our nation on several occasions as a White House Senior Advisor. Dr. Valdez served for many years on the Board and as the Chairman of the Public Health Institute, one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest non-profit public health research and programming organizations in the country.

Rueben C. Warren, DDS, DrPH, MPH, MDiv Professor, Bioethics Director, National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL Dr. Warren serves as the Director of the National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care and as Professor of Bioethics at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. He also serves as the Director of the Institute for FaithHealth Leadership and Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Medicine and Ethics at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Warren was the Director of Infrastructure Development for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities within the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD during Fiscal years 2005 through 2007. During his appointment he was on leave from the National Center for Environmental Health-CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta where, he served as Associate Director for Environmental Justice. As Associate Director at CDC/ATSDR, he had the opportunity to lead the agency that held the responsibility for Environmental Justice and Minority Health. From 1988 to 1997, Dr. Warren served as Associate Director for Minority Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to joining CDC, he served as Dean and Associate Professor of the School of Dentistry, Department of Preventive Dentistry and Community Health, at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Currently, He a Clinical Professor, Department of Community Health/Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, both in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Warren is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dentistry and Adjunct Professor in the School of Graduate Studies and Research at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN.

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2012 Planning Committee Members MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD Director, Research Training Core Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry NIMHD Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College 1005 D.B. Todd Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-6718 pmatthews-juarez@mmc.edu Fatima Mncube-Barnes, EdD, MPH-PHI Library Director S. S. Kresge Learning Resource Center Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-5770 fbarnes@mmc.edu Chau-Kuang Chen, EdD/Statistician Associate Professor School of Graduate Studies and Research Director/Institutional Research Meharry Medical College 1005 D.B. Todd Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-6848 ckchen@mmc.edu Paula L. Hill Program Coordinator Graduate Medical Education Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-5973 phill@mmc.edu Catalina Goss, MA Scientific Writer/Coordinator Faculty Affairs and Development Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-6789 cgoss@mmc.edu

Paul D. Juarez, PhD Principal Investigator Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry NIMHD Professor and Vice Chair Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College 1005 D.B. Todd Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-5506 pjuarez@mmc.edu Robert S. Levine, MD Director /Research Core Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry NIMHD Professor Department of Family and Community Medicine Meharry Medical College 1005 D.B. Todd Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-5507 rlevine@mmc.edu Frieda H. Outlaw, PhD, RN, FAAN Director Meharry Youth Health Center 1704 Charlotte Avenue Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 891foutlaw@mmc.edu Linda Redd, MSHSA, MBA Program Manager NIMHD Meharry Center of Excellence Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-6862 lredd@mmc.edu Green Ekadi, PhD Economist/Health Disparities Researcher Assistant Professor School of Graduate Studies and Research Meharry Medical College 1005 D.B. Todd Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-5516 gekadi@mmc.edu

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Tanya A. Wright, DDS Assistant Professor Dental, Oral Diagnostic Sciences School of Dentistry Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 327-6548 twright@mmc.edu

FISK UNIVERSITY Adrienne Latham Director Alumni Affairs Fisk University 1000 17th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37208 (615) 329-8632 alatham@fisk.edu

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY George C. Hill, PhD Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology Levi Watkins, Jr. Professor in Diversity in Medical Education Assistant Vice Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs Special Assistant to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Vanderbilt University School of Medicine D- 3228 Medical Center North 615 322-0976 - office

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TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Dorothy Lockridge, MS Associate Vice President Student Affairs Tennessee State University 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd. Nashville, TN 37209 (615) 963-5621 dlockridge@tnstate.edu Kathleen McEnerney, DA Interim Vice President Academic Affairs Tennessee State University 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd. Nashville, TN 37209 (615) 963-4927 kmcenerney@tnstate.edu

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Disclaimer: Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity is supported in part by Award Number 5P20MD000516 Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence at Meharry/NIH-National Institute On Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). General faculty participation is supported by Award Number 5RC2MD004783-NIMHD/ARRA Gulf Coast Transdisciplinary Research Recovery Center for Community Health; and 6D34HP16299 Health Resources and Services Administration/Centers of Excellence The content of the Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity is solely the responsibility of the directors and does not necessarily represent the official views or opinions of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institutes of Health, or the Health Resources and Services Administration. Acknowledgements: The 2012 Dr. M. Alfred Haynes Research Training Institute for Social Equity is supported in part by a generous gift from Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program. Special thanks to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Connections, OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee State University and Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee and the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Center at Meharry. The Image of “Le Sucrier et les Bougies” by Diego Rivera made possible by the Carl Van Vechten Galley, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. Thanks to Dr. Victor Simmons, Curator and Director for his steadfast support. 68

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