Design and Evaluation for Equity Core

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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.

The Core has three primary aims:

Offer accessible, cohesive, and multi-disciplinary methodological, analytical, and strategic expertise in diabetes translation research.

Help link research with opportunities for translation and implementation.

Stimulate high-quality diabetes translation research and uptake among a wide array of stakeholders including: academics, health care, non- and for-profit organizations, and local and federal government.

Core Leaders

Mohammed Ali, MD, MBA, MSc

Co-Leader, Design and Evaluation for Equity Core Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research

Professor, Department of Global Health,
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Professor, Department of Epidemiology,
Emory University School of Medicine

Rachel E. Patzer, PhD, MPH

Co-Leader, Design and Evaluation for Equity Core Georgia Center for Diabetes Translation Research

Professor, Department of Global Health,
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Professor, Department of Surgery,
Emory University School of Medicine

Core Experts

Turgay Ayer, PhD

George Family Foundation Early Career Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Primary Research Interest:
Healthcare analytics and socially responsible business analytics

Michael Goodman, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health

Primary Research Interest:
Health disparities in chronic diseases

Jess Harding, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Primary Research Interest:
Diabetes and kidney disease complications

Francisco Pasquel, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine

Primary Research Interest:
Diabetes in older adults and ethnic minorities

Nicoleta Serban, PhD, MS

Peterson Professor of Pediatric Research,
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Primary Research Interest:
Healthcare access and analytics