Raegan Durant, MD MPH

Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine

Contact Information:

Medical Towers 625
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: 205-934-7608
Fax: 205-934-7959
rdurant@dopm.uab.edu

Research Interests

Hospital use among minority patients with heart failure; Incorporation of community health works in chronic disease management for heart failure; Developing strategies to increase minority participation in clinical trials.

Educational Background

Harvard School of Public Health, Masters of Public Health, 2003-2005
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, 1996-2000
Howard University, Bachelor of Science in Biology, 1992-1996

Professional Activities

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

2003-2006 Massachusetts Medical Society
2003- Society of General Internal Medicine
2005- Academy Health
2007- American Heart Association
2007- Mineral District Medical Society

COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES:

NATIONAL COMMITTEES

2005 Member, Health Policy Scientific Review Committee, Society of General
Internal Medicine National Meeting, 2005
2006 Member, Health Disparities Scientific Review Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, 2006
2007 Member, Health Policy Scientific Review Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, 2007

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

1999-2000 Admissions Committee, Student Representative, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

2004-2006 General Medicine Fellowship Minority Working Group, Harvard Medical School

University of Alabama School of Medicine

2007- Department of Medicine Junior Faculty and Fellows Advisory Group

EDITORIAL BOARDS:

2007 Ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of the American Medical Association
2007 Ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of General Internal Medicine

Selected Recent Publications

MANUSCRIPTS:

Ard JD, Durant RW, Edwards LC, Svetkey LP. Perceptions of African American culture and implications for clinical trial design. Ethnicity and Disease. 2005;15(2):292-299.

Boulware LE, Ratner LE, Sosa JA, Tu AH, Nagula S, Simpkins CE, Durant RW, Powe NR. The public's concerns about the clinical risks of live kidney donation. American Journal of Transplantation. 2002; 2(2): 186-193.

Corbie-Smith G, Durant RW, Saint George DM. Investigator assessment of NIH mandated inclusion of women and minorities in research. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):571-9.

Durant RW, Davis RB, St. George DMM, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith GM. Participation in research studies: Factors associated with failing to meet minority recruitment goals. Annals of Epidemiology 2007; 17(8): 634-642.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:

Durant RW, Davis RB, Saint-George DM, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith G. Participation in Research Studies: Factors associated with failing to meet minority recruitment goals. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2004;19(S1):186.

Durant RW, Legedza ATR, Marcantonio ER, Freeman MB, Landon BE. Willingness to participate in clinical trials among elderly African Americans and elderly Whites. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005; 20(S1):131.

Awards

1995 Phi Beta Kappa, Howard University
2001 Finalist, National Associates Research Poster Competition, American College of Physicians American Society of Internal Medicine
2007 American Heart Association 33rd Annual Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease