The DOPM is home to a robust and innovative program of research across four primary areas: cardiovascular disease, diabetes/obesity, cancer prevention and control, and addiction, pain, vulnerable populations. Within these four areas, our faculty and staff conduct research across the clinical and translational spectrum from genetics and basic sciences to social/behavioral studies to dissemination and implementation projects to large-scale epidemiological studies and public health interventions. Much of this work is united by a focus on health disparities and health equity, with an emphasis on understanding and addressing issues faced by traditionally underserved populations.
Major DOPM Studies
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All of Us Research Program - Southern All of Us Network
National Institutes of Health
Lead Principal Investigator:
Bruce Korf, MD, PhDMultiple Principal Investigators:
Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPH -
Alabama Community Engagement Alliance against COVID-19 (Alabama CEAL)
National Institutes of Health
Principal Investigator:
Lead PI: Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPHMultiple Principal Investigators:
Robert P. Kimberly, MD
Andrea Cherrington, MD
Suzanne Judd, PhD -
Coronary Artery Development in Young Adults (CARDIA)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Principal Investigator:
James M. Shikany, DrPH, PA-C -
Forge Ahead Center
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Lead Principal Investigator:
Andrea L. Cherrington, MD, MPHMultiple Principal Investigators:
Gareth R. Dutton, PhD -
Obesity Health Disparities Research Center (OHDRC)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Lead Principal Investigator:
Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPHMultiple Principal Investigators:
W. Timothy Garvey, MD
Isabel C. Scarinci, PhD, MPH -
Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics – Underserved Populations Community Mobile Testing Study (RADx-UP Community Mobile Testing)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Principal Investigator:
Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPH -
UAB/Tuskegee Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (UAB/TU FIRST)
National Institutes of Health Common Fund
Lead Principal Investigator:
Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACSMultiple Principal Investigators
Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPH
Clayton Yates, PhD
Raegan Durant, MD, MPH