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Health Equity Research Education Program

Grant Writing Retreat

February 21-23, 2024

Birmingham, Alabama


 

Annual Presidents’ Video Conference

March 18, 2024




Program Steering Committee Meeting

March 25-26, 2024

Opelika, Alabama




Internal Advisory Committee Meeting

July 24, 2024


Cancer Research Symposium

July 24-25, 2024

Birmingham, Alabama



Training Opportunities



2024 PRSTP Application

2024 PRSTP Flyer

Latest in news


 
MSM/TU/O'Neal CCC request for Pilot project application - 2024 

UAB, 2 other schools receive coll ective $18 million grant

Cancer doesn’t care about equality, so this program encourages diverse scholars to care more about cancer

Partnering Institutions

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM)
Tuskegee University (TU)
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)


Principal Investigators

MSM: 
Brian Rivers, PhD  -Contact-PI
 
James Lillard, PhD

TU:
Timothy Turner, PhD -Contact-PI
Vivian Carter, PhD
Windy Dean-Colomb, MD

UAB:
Upender Manne, PhD -Contact-PI
Isabel Scarinci, PhD


Program Managers

 MSM: Jennifer Creighton
     TU: Chiquita Lee
  UAB: Suzanne Byan-Parker

 

Upcoming Events


Health Equity Research Education Program

Grant Writing Retreat

February 21-23, 2024

Birmingham, Alabama


 

Annual Presidents’ Video Conference

March 18, 2024




Program Steering Committee Meeting

March 25-26, 2024

Opelika, Alabama




Internal Advisory Committee Meeting

July 24, 2024


Cancer Research Symposium

July 24-25, 2024

Birmingham, Alabama



Training Opportunities



2024 PRSTP Application

2024 PRSTP Flyer

Latest in news


 
MSM/TU/O'Neal CCC request for Pilot project application - 2024 

UAB, 2 other schools receive coll ective $18 million grant

Cancer doesn’t care about equality, so this program encourages diverse scholars to care more about cancer

Partnering Institutions

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM)
Tuskegee University (TU)
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)


Principal Investigators

MSM: 
Brian Rivers, PhD  -Contact-PI
 
James Lillard, PhD

TU:
Timothy Turner, PhD -Contact-PI
Vivian Carter, PhD
Windy Dean-Colomb, MD

UAB:
Upender Manne, PhD -Contact-PI
Isabel Scarinci, PhD


Program Managers

 MSM: Jennifer Creighton
     TU: Chiquita Lee
  UAB: Suzanne Byan-Parker

 

Steering Committee

Jeroan J. Allison
, MD, EPI 
(CHAIR)

EXPERTISE: Disparities in Health care Outcomes 

Sandra Million Underwood, RN, PhD
EXPERTISE: Nursing; Cancer Education & Research

Gerald Sonnenfeld
, PhD

EXPERTISE: Basic Science; Microbiology & Immunology
 
John Stone,
MD, PhD

EXPERTISE: Bioethics

Laritza M. Rodriguez
MD, PhD
National Cancer Institute

EXPERTISE: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities
 
 
H. Nelson Aguila
D.V.M.
National Cancer Institute

EXPERTISE: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities
 

Jorge A. Marrero
M.D, M.S
EXPERTISE: Advanced liver disease and transplant hepatology


Advisory Committee

Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. John H. Stewart, IV, MD, MBA, FACS
EXPERTISE: Surgical oncology  
Sheila McClure, PhD


Tuskegee University

Vijaya K. Rangari, PhD
Chastity Bradford, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, PhD


 

Contact Principal Investigators

MSM: James Lillard, PhD
      TU: Roberta Troy, PhD
           UAB: Upender Manne, MS, PhD

 
CORE NAME AFFILIATION ROLE
Administrative Brian Rivers MSM Contact PI
  James Lillard MSM  PI
  Jennifer Creighton MSM Program Manager
  Timothy Turner TU Contact PI
  Vivian Carter TU PI
  Windy Dean-Colomb TU PI
  Chiquita Lee TU Program Manager
  Upender Manne UAB Contact PI
  Isabel Scarinci UAB PI
  Suzanne Byan-Parker UAB Program Manager
Scientific Research Brian Rivers MSM Co-Leader
  James Lillard MSM Co-Leader
  Vivian Carter TU Co-Leader
  Windy Dean-Colomb TU Co-Leader
  Upender Manne UAB Co-Leader
  Isabel Scarinci UAB Co-Leader
  Don Hill UAB Scientific Editor
Research Education Shailesh Singh MSM Co-Leader
  Beverly Taylor MSM Co-Leader
  Honghe Wang TU Co-Leader
  Isabel Scarinci UAB Co-Leader
  Ann Smith UAB Program Director
Outreach Brian Rivers MSM Co-Leader
  Vivian Carter TU Co-Leader
  Yu-Mei Schoenberger UAB Co-Leader
Evaluation Desiree Rivers MSM Co-Leader
  Lecarde Webb TU Co-Leader
  Isabel Scarinci UAB Co-Leader
Shared Resources: Bioethics Martha Elks MSM Co-Leader
  Stephen Sodeke TU Co-Leader
  William Grizzle UAB Co-Leader
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Mohamed Mubasher MSM Co-Leader
  Alexander Quarshie MSM Co-Leader
  Fan Wu TU Co-Leader
  Sejong Bae UAB Co-Leader
  Sooryanarayana Varambally UAB Co-Leader

 

Steering Committee

Jeroan J. Allison
, MD, EPI 
(CHAIR)

EXPERTISE: Disparities in Health care Outcomes 

Sandra Million Underwood, RN, PhD
EXPERTISE: Nursing; Cancer Education & Research

Gerald Sonnenfeld
, PhD

EXPERTISE: Basic Science; Microbiology & Immunology
 
John Stone,
MD, PhD

EXPERTISE: Bioethics

Laritza M. Rodriguez
MD, PhD
National Cancer Institute

EXPERTISE: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities
 
 
H. Nelson Aguila
D.V.M.
National Cancer Institute

EXPERTISE: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities
 

Jorge A. Marrero
M.D, M.S
EXPERTISE: Advanced liver disease and transplant hepatology


Advisory Committee

Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. John H. Stewart, IV, MD, MBA, FACS
EXPERTISE: Surgical oncology  
Sheila McClure, PhD


Tuskegee University

Vijaya K. Rangari, PhD
Chastity Bradford, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, PhD