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Marsha S. Sturdevant, MD
Medical Director, William A. Daniel, Jr. Adolescent Health Center
Medical Director, Adolescent Eating Disorders Clinic
Medical Staff, UAB Hospital, The Children's Hospital of Alabama and Cooper Green Mercy Hospital
Director, Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program
Project Director, Alabama Ryan White Part D Program
Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Major research interests: Adolescent HIV and adolescent sexuality. She also would like to engage in collaborative research studying the medical consequences of eating disorders.
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Tina Y. Simpson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Medical Staff, UAB Hospital and The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Major research interests:Determining ways to adequately and cost effectively provide preventive healthcare to adolescents as well as addressing reproductive health disparities among adolescents and young adults.
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Stephenie B. Wallace, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Medical Director, Center for Weight Management at The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Medical Staff, UAB Hospital, The Children's Hospital of Alabama, and Cooper Green Hospital
Major research interests: Adolescent and Pediatric Obesity
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Nefertiti Durant, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Medical Staff, UAB Hospital and The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Major research interests: Environmental correlates of physical activity and overweight in youth, efficacy of exercise in prevention of weight gain and racial/ethnic disparities in overweight and obesity.
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Bonnie S. Spear, Ph.D., RD, LD
Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Registered Dietitian, The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Co-Director, Eating Disorder Clinic - The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Major research interests: Adolescent eating disorders, obesity, and sports nutrition. She is very interested in the application of research to practice with a focus on Childhood Obesity. Her additional research interest is in educational methodology, especially looking at what teaching methodologies are best to allow individuals to incorporate knowledge into clinical practice.
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Heather Austin, PhD
Clinic Coordinator/Pediatric Psychologist, Center for Weight Management, The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Major research interests: Children and youth with chronic illness, family functioning, and assessing and treating overweight children; sites include the Weight Management Center, Intestinal Bowel Disease Clinic, and Pain Medicine Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Alabama
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Anne Turner-Henson, DSN
Professor in the UAB School of Nursing with joint faculty appointments in the Schools of Medicine (Adolescent Medicine) and Public Health (Maternal Child Health)
Major research interests: Children and adolescents, asthma, environmental risks, special health care needs, parental caregiving, community based research and clinical practice
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Kimberly Hoover, MD
Assistant Professor in the Division of Women's Reproductive Health.
Major research interests: General obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric and adolescent gynecology.
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Marshall Crowther, MD
Assistant Professor, Team physician for UAB athletics
Major research interests: Care of the adolescent and collegiate athlete, adolescent back pain, athletic groin injuries, sport concussions, and the non-operative treatment of common orthopaedic conditions in patients of all ages.
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Laura Montgomery-Barfield, MD
Associate Professor & Associate Director of Residency Training
Major research interests: Child / Adolescent Psychiatry, ADHD, mood disorders, psychotic disorders
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Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program 
