“Our presenters covered a broad spectrum of studies, from basic and clinical science to psychosocial and community-based research. “This year we focused on the convergence of biology, behavior and socioeconomics that produces disparities in health across the life course,” said Mona Fouad, M.D., M.P.H., director of the UAB MHRC and UAB Division of Preventive Medicine. Miriam Van Dyke, student and Bill Gates Millennium scholar, UAB School of Health Professions, for “Rare Histologic Subtypes, Race, and Survival in the UAB Breast Consortium Study”.“Disparities Between Urban and Rural Residence in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Anemia” Courtney Williams, B.S., master of public health student, UAB School of Public Health, for.Molly Bernhard, B.S., master of public health student, UAB School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, for “Identifying Environmental Health Priorities in Underserved Minority Populations: a Study of Rural versus Urban Communities”.Jesus Salazar-Gonzalez, Ph.D., instructor, UAB School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, for “The TP53 Gene Retrotransposon Profiling of African American and Caucasian Colorectal Cancers”.Joshua Richman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, UAB School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, for “Volunteer Peer Support in Rural Alabama”.Magdalena Szaflarski, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor, UAB College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology, for “Using Concept Mapping to Mobilize a Black Faith Community to Address HIV”.
The 2013 Charles Barkley Health Disparities Investigator Award winners are: Winners received cash awards of $200 (1st place), $150 (2nd place) and $100 (3rd place) from an endowment to the UAB MHRC by NBA Hall of Fame basketball player and Leeds, Ala., native Charles Barkley. Sponsored by the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC), the symposium hosted 200 faculty, students and staff, and included a poster competition, plenary sessions, oral breakout sessions and a panel discussion.Ĭharles Barkley Health Disparities Research Investigator Awards went to the three best oral and poster presentations. Six researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) received 2013 Charles Barkley Health Disparities Investigator Awards at the 8th Annual UAB Health Disparities Research Symposium, an event designed to keep scientists at UAB and other institutions across the Southeast at the forefront of health disparities research.
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