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Health Equity Research Education Program

Grant Writing Retreat

Wednesday to Friday,
February 26-28, 2025

Birmingham, Alabama


 

Annual Presidents’ Video Conference

March 18, 2025




Program Steering Committee Meeting

April 23, 2025

Hosted Virtually by University of Alabama at Birmingham




Internal Advisory Committee Meeting

February 17, 2025


Cancer Research Symposium

July 22-23, 2025

Hosted by Morehouse School of Medicine at Crowne Plaza Peachtree City, GA



Training Opportunities



2025-PRSTP - Flyer with QR Code

2025-PRSTP – Program Flyer

Latest in news


 
2025 MSM-TU-UAB Full-Pilot Application RFA-Final 

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: Dennis Otali

 

Upcoming Events


Health Equity Research Education Program

Grant Writing Retreat

Wednesday to Friday,
February 26-28, 2025

Birmingham, Alabama


 

Annual Presidents’ Video Conference

March 18, 2025




Program Steering Committee Meeting

April 23, 2025

Hosted Virtually by University of Alabama at Birmingham




Internal Advisory Committee Meeting

February 17, 2025


Cancer Research Symposium

July 22-23, 2025

Hosted by Morehouse School of Medicine at Crowne Plaza Peachtree City, GA



Training Opportunities



2025-PRSTP - Flyer with QR Code

2025-PRSTP – Program Flyer

Latest in news


 
2025 MSM-TU-UAB Full-Pilot Application RFA-Final 

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: Dennis Otali

 

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: Cancer Biomarker Development

Jorge A. Marrero, MD, MS
EXPERTISE: 
Advanced Liver Disease and Transplant Hepatology

Sandra L. San Miguel-MajorsDrPH, MS
Health Science Administrator, Innovative Programs Branch
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
  
H. Nelson Aguila
D.V.M.
National Cancer Institute

EXPERTISE: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities
 



Advisory Committee

Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. John H. Stewart, IV, MD, MBA, FACS
Sheila McClure, PhD


Tuskegee University

Vijaya K. Rangari, PhD
Chastity Bradford, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, PhD
Erica Stringer-Reasor, MD

 

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: Cancer Biomarker Development

Jorge A. Marrero, MD, MS
EXPERTISE: 
Advanced Liver Disease and Transplant Hepatology

Sandra L. San Miguel-MajorsDrPH, MS
Health Science Administrator, Innovative Programs Branch
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities
  
H. Nelson Aguila
D.V.M.
National Cancer Institute

EXPERTISE: Reducing Cancer Health Disparities
 



Advisory Committee

Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. John H. Stewart, IV, MD, MBA, FACS
Sheila McClure, PhD


Tuskegee University

Vijaya K. Rangari, PhD
Chastity Bradford, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, PhD
Erica Stringer-Reasor, MD