As a resident in Internal Medicine at Emory University, Dr. Redmond cared for an inmate of the local jail in her continuity clinic based at Grady Memorial Hospital, the large county hospital in Atlanta GA. Through that experience, she became interest in how the racial and socioeconomic disparities within the criminal justice system may contribute to disparities in health and health care.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Gareth Dutton on his appointment as Chair of the Obesity Theme for the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention. The convention will be held in Orlando, Florida August 2 – 5, 2012, and sessions in the obesity track include, “Contributors to Obesity: Exploring the Roads Less Traveled,” by Dr. David Allison, “Transforming Systems to Reduce Childhood Obesity,” and several others.
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The goals of our activities in this research pillar are to discover new ways of controlling and preventing the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to determine what factors may contribute to and prevent disparities in the development, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of patients with CVD. Current research programs include CVD/risk factor epidemiology and prevention, genetic epidemiology of hypertension and atherosclerosis, and weight loss interventions to prevent CVD, among others. Current ProjectsCurrent research projects include cardiovascular disease observational studies, including the Coronary Artery Risk Development In young Adults (CARDIA) study, and several REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) ancillary studies. DOPM investigators also have a strong program of interventional research in cardiometabolic disease, serving as a site in several large multi-center cardiovascular disease intervention studies including the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study, Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), and others. Faculty Faculty associated with this program area include physician scientists in internal medicine, preventive cardiology, and nutrition sciences; behavioral scientists; epidemiologists; economists; and many studies focus on the elimination of disparities in healthcare and health outcomes, especially for African Americans and Hispanics. Faculty with primary research focus in this area are:
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