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Coming Soon – NRMN Health Research Talks

By June 14, 2016July 2nd, 2021No Comments

Starting in July 2016, the National Research Mentoring Network will be releasing a series of videos on health disparities research entitled NRMN Health Research Talks. The 8-video series will provide professional development information for junior faculty planning research careers as independent investigators in fields related to community-based health and health disparities.

A partnership of the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC), the NRMN Professional Development Core (PDC) and the NRMN Research Resources and Outreach Core (RROC), this is a collaborative effort serving as a follow-up to the Southeast/ Deep South Grant Writing Coaching Group kick-off event at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta that took place in May 2016.

The series of professional development videos targets junior faculty and post-doctoral fellow participants in the NRMN Grant Writing Coaching Groups from the national training efforts. The videos will be made available to watch on the NRMN website.

Mona FouadFaculty from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Tuskegee University will discuss various health and health disparities research topics in a lively interview format. The series will begin with “What are Social Determinants of Health and How Do They Relate to Health Disparities Research? An Overview,” led by Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPH, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Director and Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, Director, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center, UAB School of Medicine.

Fouad leads the NRMN effort at UAB, in collaboration with the Research Resources and Outreach Core (RROC) at Morehouse School of Medicine, and the Professional Development Core (PDC).

NRMN Health Research Talks
Video Series

  1. What are Social Determinants of Health and How Do They Relate to Health Disparities Research?   An Overview
    Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPH
    Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Director and Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine Director, UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center UAB School of Medicine


  2. What are Tips for Researchers Developing Health Disparities Research Design and Methods?
    Raegan W. Durant, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Preventive Medicine


  3. How Can We Reduce Obesity through Behavioral Interventions?
    Gareth Dutton, PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Preventive Medicine


  4. What is Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and Why Do It?  
    Monica L. Baskin, PhD
    Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Preventive Medicine


  5. What are Psychometrics and Survey Research?
    Sara J. Knight, PhD
    Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Preventive Medicine


  6. Why Do Researchers Need Biostatistics? Analytical Plan, Power and Sample Size
    Sejong Bae, PhD
    Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Preventive Medicine Co-Director, Biostatistics Shared Facility UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center


  7. What are Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER), Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR), and Pragmatic Trials?
    Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc
    Lowe Professor of Medicine UAB Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology Director, UAB Center of Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) and Center of Outcomes Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE)


  8. Why is Informed Consent Important? A Bioethics Discussion
    Stephen O. Sodeke, PhD, MA
    Bioethicist and Professor of Allied Health Sciences Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Healthcare

 

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