Monika Safford, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine

Contact Information:

Medical Towers 643
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: 205-934-6883
Fax: 205-934-7595
msafford@uab.edu

Research Interests

Diabetes Health Services
Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention
Health Disparities

Educational Background

Dartmouth College - B.A.
Cornell Univesty Medial College - M.D.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Internal Medicine

Professional Activities

American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, member, National Meeting Abstract Reviewer
Society of General Internal Medicine
American Stroke Association
American Diabetes Association

Selected Recent Publications

Halanych JH, Safford MM, Keys WC, Person SD, Shikany JM, Kim YI, Centor RM, Allison JJ. The burden of comorbid medical conditions and quality of diabetes care. Diabetes Care 2007; Dec; 30(12):2999-3004.

Safford MM, Halanych JH, Lewis CL, Levine D, Houser S, Howard G. Understanding racial disparities in hypertension control: Intensity of hypertension medication treatment in the REGARDS study. Ethn Dis 2007; Summer; 17(3):421-6.

Pullicino P, Wadley VG, McClure LA, Safford MM, Lazar RM, Klapholz M, Ahmed A, Howard V, Howard G. Factors contributing to global cognitive impairment in heart failure: results from a population based cohort. J Cardiac Failure 2008 May;14(4):290-5.

Safford MM, Allison JA, Kiefe CI. Patient complexity: More than co-morbidity; the Vector Model of Complexity. J Gen Intern Med 2007 Dec; 22(Suppl 3):382-90.

Russell LR, Safford MM. The importance of recognizing patients’ time as a cost of self-management. BMJ 2008 June 7;336(7656):1263 (letter).

Safford MM, Russell LB, Suh DC, Roman S, Pogach L. How much time do patients with diabetes spend on self-care? J Am Board of Fam Prac 2005;18:262-70.

Gorin AA, Wing RR, Fava JL, Jakicic JM, Jeffery R, West DS, Brelje K, Dilillo VG; Look AHEAD Home Environment Research Group (Safford M). Weight loss treatment influences untreated spouses and the home environment: evidence of a ripple effect. Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Nov;32(11):1678-84. Epub 2008 Sep 2.

Russell LB, Safford MM. Patients’ time: the forgotten cost. MD Advisor 2008 Fall;1(4):18-23.

Safford MM, Brimacomb M, Zhang Q, Rajan M, Xie M, Thompson W, Kolossa J, Maney M, Pogach L. Patient complexity in quality comparisons for glycemic control: an observational study. Implementation Science 2009, 4:2.

Margolis K, Qi L, Brzyski R, Bonds DE, Howard BV, Kempainen S, Liu S, Phillips LS, Robinson JG, Safford MM, Tinker LT, Phillips LS. Validity of diabetes self-reports in the WHI: Comparison with medication inventories and fasting glucose values. Clin Trials 2008;5(3):240-7.

Awards

Valedictorian, Monroe-Woodbury Senior High School, 1978
Magna cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1982
Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College, 1982
Honors in Pathophysiology, Cornell Univ. Medical College, 1984
Honors in Psychiatry Clerkship, Cornell Univ. Med. College, 1985
Honors in Medicine clerkship, Cornell Univ. Medical College, 1985
Honors in Med. sub-internship, Cornell Univ. Med. College, 1986