2023 T32 with their Leaders
L to R: Mike Mugavero, Noon Eltoum, Joanna Hobson, Joshua C.J. Lewis, Geri Davis, Bayley Jones,
Kelsey Montgomery, Elliott Botelho, Kayleigh "Elizabeth" Keith, and Emily Levitan.
Not pictured: William Bradford, Reed Bratches and Andrea Davis
The COERE education and training programs are anchored by an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Research Training Award (T32), continuously funded since 2002. This full-time multidisciplinary mentored research training program supports postdoctoral fellows and predoctoral trainees in health services research and is led by Program Directors Mike Mugavero, MD, MHSc, and Emily Levitan, ScD. Our research and training base includes mentors and trainees across UAB Schools including Business, Dentistry, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, and the College of Arts and Science.
Program Alignment: We seek candidates interested in conducting AHRQ-mission aligned research with AHRQ priority populations who aspire to become change agents who advance healthcare outcomes and equity.
The AHRQ mission is to make health care:
- Safer
- Higher quality
- More accessible
- More equitable
- More affordable
AHRQ priority populations include:
- Racial and ethnic minority groups
- Low-income groups
- Women
- Children
- Individuals with special needs
- Rural areas, including frontier areas
- Inner-city areas
The training program prepares interdisciplinary investigators to pursue careers in health services and outcomes research. Skills development will include exposure to relevant epidemiological, statistical, experimental, mixed methods, and quasi-experimental methodologies, health equity research methods, and academic survivor skills such as developing an NIH-style Biosketch and elevator pitch, all with an emphasis on the practical application of health services research methodology.
Benefits of the Program
An annual NRSA stipend for full-time multidisciplinary mentored research training is provided to all trainees. NRSA stipend levels are updated each year. In addition to the stipend, the program provides health insurance, travel assistance, and support for tuition and other training-related expenses.
Contact
For questions regarding eligibility, program requirements, the application process, and the application packet please contact Geri Davis.
Annual Application
View the program flyer here. View the application guidelines here.
To preview the application survey before completing it online, click here.
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List of Potential Mentors
- Marie Bakitas, DNSc - Professor, Nursing - Acute, Chronic, and Continuing Care
- Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH- Professor, Pediatric Oncology and Director for the Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship
- Kristy Broman, MD - Assistant Professor, Surgery
- Herb Chen, MD- Professor, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
- Andrea Cherrington, MD, MPH- Professor, Preventive Medicine
- Daniel Chu, MD- Associate Professor, Surgery
- Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD- Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
- Kaylee Crockett, PhD, Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
- Karen Cropsey, PsyD.- Professor, Psychology
- Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD, RD- Professor, Nutrition Sciences
- J. Nicholas Odom, PhD- Associate Professor, Nursing - Acute, Chronic, and Continuing Care
- Mark Dransfield, MD- Professor, and Division Director of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
- Patricia Drentea, PhD- Professor, Sociology
- Gareth Dutton, PhD, MA- Endowed Professor of Diabetes Prevention and Control
- Ellen Eaton, MD- Associate Professor, Medicine-Infectious Diseases
- Latesha Elopre, MD- Associate Professor, Medicine-Infectious Diseases
- Mona Fouad, MD, MPH – Professor and Division Director of Preventive Medicine
- Kelley Gabriel, PhD, MS- Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Epidemiology
- Burel Goodin, PhD- Associate Professor, Psychology
- Allyson Hall, PhD- Professor, Health Services Administration
- Larry Hearld, PhD- Professor, Health Services Administration
- Renee Heffron, PhD- Professor and Director of the Center for AIDS Research, Medicine-Infectious Diseases
- Bertha Hidalgo, PhD, MPH- Associate Professor, Epidemiology
- Virginia Howard, PhD- Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology
- Suzanne Judd, PhD- Professor, Biostatistics
- Mirjam-Collete Kempf, PhD, MPH- Professor in Nursing, Health Behavior, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology
- Richard Kennedy, PhD- Associate Professor, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
- Nita Limdi, PharmD, PhD, MSPH- Professor, Neurology
- Jayme Locke, MD, MPH- Professor, Surgery, Division of Transplantation
- Lynn Matthews, MD - Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
- Alayne Markland, DO, MSc- Parrish Endowed Professorship, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
- Paul Muntner, PhD- Professor, Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Research
- Christine Muzny, MD- Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Gabriela Oates, PhD- Associate Professor, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
- Patricia Patrician, PhD, RN, FAAN- Rachel Z. Booth Endowed Chair and Professor, Nursing
- Maria Pisu, PhD, MPH- Professor, Preventive Medicine
- James Rimmer, PhD- Professor, Occupational Therapy and Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Gabrielle Rocque, MD- Associate Professor, Medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology; Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, & Palliative Care
- Kenneth Saag, MD, MSc- Anna Lois Waters Endowed Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
- Jasvinder Singh, MD, MPH- Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
- Emily Spangler, MD- Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
- Akila Subramaniam, MD- Associate Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Jeff Szychowski, PhD- Professor and Interim Chair, Biostatistics
- Alan Tita, MD- John C. Hauth MD, Endowed Professor & Senior Vice Chair Research & Innovation; Director, Center for Women’s Reproductive Health; Associate Dean, Global and Women’s Health
- Janet Turan, PhD, MPH- Professor, Health Policy, and Organization
- David Vance, PhD, MGS, MS- Professor, Psychology, and Director of Research and Regulatory Processes, Nursing - Acute, Chronic, and Continuing Care
- Brooks Wingo, PhD- Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
- Nicole Wright, PhD- Associate Professor, Epidemiology