Dr. Kelly Harris Receives Career Development Award
May 13, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Harris, FTG Cohort 7, on receiving her KL2 Career Development Award with NCATS.
KL2 Career Development Award
KL2TR002346 (Frasier, PI) -- NCATS/NIH
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS)
Role: KL2 Career Development Award Scholar
Project Title: Barriers and Facilitators to School-Based Management of Pediatric Asthma
Dr. Lori Vick Receives Diversity Supplement and Publication
May 13, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Lori Vick, FTG Cohort 6, for receiving a Diversity Supplement from NHLBI.
Dr. Vick has also published her first manuscript with the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
Diversity Supplement:
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute- Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Title: Implementation of Medical Homes for Evidence Based Care of Adolescents and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease/Hydroxyurea Adherence Project (HAP)
Role: Kutlar, Gibson (Co-PIs Parent/Prime Award)
Role: Vick (PI of Subaward) 5/2020 -6/2022
Manuscript:
Vick, L.L. Potts, M., Jaskowiak, M.A., Gibson, R.W. (2020). Hydroxyurea adherence strategies for persons with sickle cell disease: A systematic review. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 31, (3). (In press August date)
Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor Receives R25
May 13, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor, SIPID CGE Cohort 1 as MPI along with Victoria Vaughan Dickson, PhD for receiving an R25, “Research Education in Cardiovascular (CV) Conditions (RECV)” from NHLBI.
Dr. Tilicia Mayo-Gamble receives Diversity Supplement from NHLBI
May 13, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, FTG Cohort 7, on her Diversity Supplement from NHLBI.
Project Title: Integration of Community Health Workers into a Patient-Centered Medical Home
Goal: The goals of this project are to build on our understanding of the role of community health workers in the evidence-based management of sickle cell disease and to identify challenges and facilitators of integrating a community health worker into a clinical care team.
Aims: 1) Assess the feasibility of integrating a community health worker into a patient-centered coordinate care team; 2) Evaluate the efficacy of the integrated model on self-care, patient satisfaction, and clinical outcomes; and 3) Determine the acceptability of the intervention and protocol among patients and care team members.
Dr. Utibe Essien Writes Articles Regarding COVID-19
May 06, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Utibe Essien, RISE Cohort 7, for his publication "Data and Policy Solutions to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the COVID-19 Pandemic". JAMA Network 2020.
Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo Writes Ideas and Opinions Piece Regarding COVID-19
May 06, 2020
Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PI RISE Program, has written an Ideas and Opinions piece, "This Time Must be Different: Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic" for Annals of Internal Medicine 2020.
Dr. Saria Hassan Receives K Award
May 06, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Saria Hassan (RISE Cohort 6)who recently received a K award from NHLBI, Project Title: A Plan to Reduce Non-Communicable Disease-Related Morbidity and Mortality After Natural Disasters. Her project will start on May 1, 2020.
Dr. Elsie Ross Receives Funding From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
May 06, 2020
Congratulations to FOCUS Cohort 7 participant, Dr. Elsie Ross, and two colleagues (Drs. Joseph Wu and Philip Tsao) from Stanford for receiving funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for their project titled “Studying Vascular Disease in Diverse Patients.”
Dr. Shawn Bediako Promoted to Full Professor
May 06, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Shawn Bediako, FTG SIPID, for being promoted to Full Professor in the department of psychology at University of Maryland.
He will be the first African American to achieve that rank in the department’s history. Dr. Bediako completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Central Arkansas and earned a master’s degree in community psychology from Florida A&M University. He earned a second master’s degree and a doctorate in social/health psychology from Stony Brook University in New York. He is a former associate chair of the psychology department.
NYU PRIDE Peer Mentor Program Publication
May 05, 2020
Congratulations to the NYU PRIDE Peer Mentor Program for their publication in the latest issue of Ethnicity and Disease.
PRIDE Peer Mentor Development Program: Lessons Learned in Mentoring Racial/Ethnic Minority Faculty Natasha Williams, Joseph Ravenell, Andrea F. Duncan, Mark Butler, Girardin Jean-Louis, Adina Kalet