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.

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
