Design and Evaluation for Equity
Translation research and data, especially in the areas of health services research, design, and evaluation can help close the gaps of identifying people at risk and with diabetes, and uptaking of prevention programs to reduce morbidity, especially among the vulnerable and minorities by tailoring diabetes prevention and control efforts to better suit target populations, and by generating policy- and practice-oriented data to inform investments in diabetes interventions.
Co Directors: Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MSc, MBA and Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH
Core Experts:
Name | Institution | Title | Primary Research Interest(s) | Contact |
Turgay Ayer, PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering | George Family Foundation Early Career Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering | Healthcare analytics and socially responsible business analytics | gcdtr@emory.edu |
Michael Goodman, MD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Professor of Epidemiology | Health disparities in chronic diseases | gcdtr@emory.edu |
Jess Harding, PhD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Surgery | Diabetes and kidney disease complications | gcdtr@emory.edu |
Francisco J. Pasquel, MD, MPH | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Endocrinology | Diabetes in older adults and ethnic minorities | gcdtr@emory.edu |
Nicoleta Serban, PhD, MS | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering | Virginia C. and Joseph C. Mello Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering | Healthcare access and analytics | gcdtr@emory.edu |
Core Members:
Name | Institution | Title | Primary Research Interest(s) | Contact |
Liliana Aguayo, PhD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Research Assistant Professor of Global Health | Obesity and insulin resistance among Mexican families | |
Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH | Morehouse School of Medicine | Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Community and family health | |
Yara Beyh, MS, LD | Emory University | Doctoral Student, Nutrition and Health Sciences | Epigenetics of diabetes and pregnancy outcomes | yara.beyh@emory.edu |
Manoj Bhasin, PhD, MS | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics | Immune landscape mapping of chronic diseases |
manoj.bhasin@emory.edu |
Doug Bodner, PhD, PE | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering | Lecturer and Tennenbaum Institute Principal Research Engineer, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering | Networked healthcare systems design |
doug.bodner@gatech.edu |
Saumeth Cardona, MD, MPH | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Director of Research Projects, Division of Endocrinology | Inpatient diabetes management | scardon@emory.edu |
Suchi Chandrasekaran, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine |
Gestational diabetes management |
schan51@emory.edu |
Puneet Chehal, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management |
Access to public health insurance |
puneet.chehal@emory.edu |
Daesung Choi, PhD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Postdoctoral Fellow, Hubert Department of Global Health | Diabetes and mortality using demographic methods | daesung.choi@emory.edu |
Jonathan Colasanti, MD, MSPH | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases | Health disparities in HIV | jcolasa@emory.edu |
Steven Culler, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management | Health services and cost of care | sculler@emory.edu |
Georgia Davis, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Endocrinology | Continuous glucose monitoring | gmdavis@emory.edu |
Teaniese Davis, PhD | Kaiser Permanente | Investigator, Center for Research and Evaluation | Behavioral theory-based prevention interventions | Teaniese.L.Davis@kp.org |
Carlos del Rio, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Infectious Diseases | HIV / AIDS prevention | cdelrio@emory.edu |
Neal Dickert, MD PhD | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Cardiology | Ethical issues relevant to cardiology practice and clinical research | njr@emory.edu |
Sandra Dunbar, RN, PhD | Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing | Associate Dean of Academic Advancement | Diabetes self-management and cardiovascular comorbidities | sbdunba@emory.edu |
Maya Fayfman, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Endocrinology | HIV / AIDS prevention | maya.fayfman@emory.edu |
Erin Ferranti, PhD, MPH, RN | Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing | Assistant Professor | Mitigating cardiometabolic risk burden in women | epoe@emory.edu |
Jennifer Frediani, PhD, RD | Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing | Assistant Professor | Interaction between lifestyle factors and disease | jfredia@emory.edu |
Karla Galaviz, PhD, MSc | Indiana University School of Public Health | Assistant Professor | Integrating proven health interventions and practices in real-world settings | kgalaviz@iu.edu |
Amy Webb Girard, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Associate Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology | Maternal/child health and nutrition | awebb3@emory.edu |
Holly Gooding, MD, MSc | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Preservation of cardiovascular health | hgoodin@emory.edu |
Unjali Gujral, PhD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Assistant Professor of Global Health | Type 2 diabetes in South Asian populations | ugujral@emory.edu |
Saria Hassan, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Primary Care | Precision medicine to address diabetes | saria.hassan@emory.edu |
J. Sonya Haw, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Endocrinology | Health disparities in diabetes | jhaw@emory.edu |
Monique Hennink, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Associate Professor of Global Health | Qualitative behavioral research | mhennin@emory.edu |
Joyce Ho, PhD | Emory University College of Arts and Sciences | Assistant Professor of Computer Science | Machine learning to predict disease risk | joyce.c.ho@emory.edu |
Julien Hogan, MD, PhD, MPH | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Surgery | Increasing access to kidney transplantation | julien.hogan@emory.edu |
Noreen Islam, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow | Pediatric comorbidities | noreen.islam@emory.edu |
Ram Jagannathan, PhD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine | Mobile applications to prevent diabetes | rjagann@emory.edu |
Dayna Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology | Effect of sleep on diabetes control | dayna.johnson@emory.edu |
Ted Johnson, MD, MPH | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of General Medicine; Paul W. Seavey Chair and Chief of General Medicine and Geriatrics | Improving quality of life in elderly patients | tmjohns@emory.edu |
Dean Jones, PhD | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine | Oxidative stress biomarkers | dpjones@emory.edu |
Rebecca Jones, PhD, MSPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Postdoctoral Fellow, Hubert Department of Global Health | Nutritional health in migrant populations | rejone4@emory.edu |
Pinar Keskinocak, PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering | William W. George Chair and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering | Infectious disease modeling | pinar@isye.gatech.edu |
Ambar Kulshreshtha, MD, PhD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine | Preventive cardiovascular and geriatric medicine | akulshr@emory.edu |
Salimah LaForce, MS | Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Communications Policy | Senior Policy Analyst | American Sign Language-accessible diabetes education | salimah@cacp.gatech.edu |
Tené Lewis, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Associate Professor of Epidemiology | Psychosocial epidemiology | tene.t.lewis@emory.edu |
Chaoran Li, PhD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology | Insulin resistance in obesity-associated metabolic diseases | chaoran.li@emory.edu |
Dong Li, MD, PhD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine | Management of cardiac complications in diabetes | dong.li2@emory.edu |
Felipe Lobelo, MD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Associate Professor of Global Health | Exercise for prevention of diabetes | felipelobelo@emory.edu |
Matthew Magee, PhD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Associate Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology | Intersection of non communicable diseases and infectious diseases | mjmagee@emory.edu |
Vincent Marconi, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Infectious Diseases | HIV/AIDS prevention | vcmarco@emory.edu |
Carmen Marsit, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Professor of Environmental Health | Childhood obesity and diabetes risk | carmen.j.marsit@emory.edu |
Alexandra Migdal, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Endocrinology | Insulin therapy in diabetes patients | amigdal@emory.edu |
Scott Moffat, PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences | Associate Professor of Psychology | Behavioral endocrinology | scott.moffat@psych.gatech.edu |
Andrew Muir, MD | Emory University School of Medicine / Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Bernard Marcus Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology | Health disparities | abmuir@emory.edu |
Elizabeth Mynatt, PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing | Distinguished Professor, School of Interactive Computing | Interactive computing and health informatics | mynatt@gatech.edu |
Igho Ofotokun, MD, MSc | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Infectious Diseases | Clinical / translational research on HIV in women | iofotok@emory.edu |
Andrea Grimes Parker, PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing | Associate Professor of Interactive Computing | Human-computer interaction and health informatics | andrea@cc.gatech.edu |
Ruth Parker, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of General Medicine | Health disparities / equity and health literacy | rpark01@emory.edu |
Shivani A. Patel, PhD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Assistant Professor of Global Health | Modifiable risk factors for chronic disease | s.a.patel@emory.edu |
Limin Peng, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics | Survival and longitudinal data analysis | lpeng@emory.edu |
Lawrence S. Phillips, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Endocrinology; Medical Director, Clinical Studies Center, Atlanta VA Medical Center | Diabetes screening, diagnosis and treatment delivery | medlsp@emory.edu |
Victoria Phillips, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management | Healthcare economics | vphil01@emory.edu |
Laura Plantinga, PhD, ScM | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Geriatrics | Patient-centered approaches to improving quality of care in patients with chronic diseases | laura.plantinga@emory.edu |
Rakale C. Quarells, PhD | Morehouse School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Community Health & Preventive Medicine | Chronic disease risk factor reduction | rquarells@msm.edu |
Arshed A. Quyyumi, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Cardiology | Cardiovascular disease risk reduction | aquyyum@emory.edu |
Mary Rhee, MD, MS | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Endocrinology | Diabetes epidemiology | mrhee@emory.edu |
Jennifer Rooke, MD, MPH | Morehouse School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Community Health & Preventive Medicine | Lifestyle behavior changes for chronic diseases | jrooke@msm.edu |
Marcos C. Schechter, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases | Diabetic foot disease | mcoutin@emory.edu |
Stacie Schmidt, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of General Medicine and Geriatrics | Improving patient self-efficacy and self-management skills | srschmi@emory.edu |
Amit Shah, MD, MSCR | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology | Bioinformatics in cardiovascular health | ajshah3@emory.edu |
Megha Shah, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Assistant Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine | Community-partnered approaches to chronic disease management | megha.shah@emory.edu |
Sarita Shah, MD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology; Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases | Drug-resistant tuberculosis and TB/HIV co-infection | sarita.shah@emory.edu |
Mi-Kyung Song, PhD, RN | Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing | Professor | Gerontology / palliative care | mi-kyung.song@emory.edu |
Laurence Sperling, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Katz Professor of Preventive Cardiology; Director of Preventive Cardiology at the Emory Clinic | Cardiometabolic disease prevention | lsperli@emory.edu |
Lisa Staimez, PhD, MPH | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Assistant Professor of Global Health | Diabetes pathophysiology | lrlevy@emory.edu |
Arlene Stecenko, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Cystic fibrosis in children | astecen@emory.edu |
Claire Sterk, PhD | Emory University | Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences / University President Emeritus | Health disparities in addiction and HIV / AIDS | ces@emory.edu |
Herman A. Taylor, MD | Morehouse School of Medicine | Professor of Medicine | Cardiovascular disease prevention | htaylor@msm.edu |
Sara Turbow, MD, MPH | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of General Medicine and Geriatrics; Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine | Diabetes health disparities | sara.turbow@emory.edu |
Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology | Cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention | lvaccar@emory.edu |
E. Camille Vaughan, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Geriatrics | Management of lower urinary tract symptoms in older adults, especially those with Parkinson's disease | epedigo@emory.edu |
Priyathama Vellanki, MD, MS | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Endocrinology; Medical Director, Grady Endocrinology Clinic | Genotype-phenotype correlations in insulin sensitivity | pvellan@emory.edu |
Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition | Nonalcoholic fatty livery disease | mvos@emory.edu |
Lance Waller, PhD | Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics | Statistical methods for disease surveillance | lwaller@emory.edu |
Jean Welsh, PhD, MPH, RN | Emory University School of Medicine | Associate Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology | Childhood dietary patterns and risk of obesity and chronic disease | jwelsh1@emory.edu |
Lauren Wilcox, PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing | Assistant Professor of Interactive Computing | Human-centered technology in health | wilcox@gatech.edu |
Peter W. F. Wilson, MD | Emory University School of Medicine | Professor of Cardiology | Cardiovascular disease prevention | pwwilso@emory.edu |
Henry Young, PhD | University of Georgia College of Pharmacy | Associate Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy | Medication use/adherence and health outcomes | hnyoung@uga.edu |