The OHDRC Pilot Program facilitates analysis using secondary data sources in any area of research related to obesity and health disparities.
Calls for Research Concepts for Secondary Data Analysis on Social Determinants of Obesity and Related Chronic Diseases are released periodically.
Carrie Howell, PhD, Instructor, UAB
Concept title: Examining associations of social determinant of health (SDOH) clusters and obesity using electronic medical record data from an academic medical center in the Deep South
Elizabeth Baker, PhD, Associate Professor, UAB
Concept Title: Wealth and Obesity from Early to Late Midlife
Second concept title: Social determinants of overweight and obesity in children and adults with cystic fibrosis in the United States: a longitudinal analysis of CF Foundation Patient Registry data (2009-2019)
Yenni Cedillo, PhD, Assistant Professor, UAB
Concept: The effect of food security, psychological well-being, and stress on BMI and diet-related behaviors among college students.
Meagan Gray, MD, Assistant Professor, UAB
Assessing the performance of the Fibrosis-4 Index as a liver severity screening tool against vibration-controlled transient elastography in non-Hispanic Black adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2018 cohort.
Kaylee B. Crockett, PhD
Pankaj Arora, MD
Concept title: Racial Differences in 24-Hour Urinary Sodium Excretion: A surrogate of Poor Cardiovascular Health Among US
Azad Bhuiyan, MD, PhD
Concept title: Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Relation to Breakfast Skipping and Obesity/Overweight Prevalence and Depression Outcome: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2017
Drew Gunnells, MD
Concept title: Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Outcomes in Patients with Obesity