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Other Chronic Diseases including Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Obesity

The faculty associated with this program area include physicians in internal medicine, preventive cardiology, and nutrition sciences; behavioral scientists; epidemiologists; and biostatisticians. Current research programs include CVD/risk factor epidemiology and prevention, genetic epidemiology of hypertension and atherosclerosis, osteoporosis epidemiology and treatment, osteoarthritis epidemiology, and diabetes care and weight loss interventions to prevent CVD, among others.

Leader

Cora E. Lewis, MD MSPH FACP FAHA
      Professor
      clewis@dopm.uab.edu

Faculty

O. Dale Williams, PhD
       Professor and Associate Director
      odalew@uab.edu 

Ellen Funkhouser, DrPH
       Associate Professor
      emfunk@uab.edu 

Stephen Glasser, MD
       Professor
      sglasser@uab.edu 

Jewell Halanych, MD, MSc
       Assistant Professor
      jhalanych@uab.edu 

Cora E. Lewis, MD MSPH FACP FAHA
       Professor
      clewis@dopm.uab.edu 

Michelle Martin, PhD
       Assistant Professor
      mymartin@uab.edu 

Albert Oberman, MD MPH
       Professor Emeritus
      aoberman@uab.edu 

Monika Safford, MD
       Assistant Professor
      msafford@uab.edu 

Maribel Salas, MD MSc DSc FACP
       Assistant Professor
      msalas@dopm.uab.edu 

James M. Shikany, DrPH
       Associate Professor
      jshikany@dopm.uab.edu 


Other Key Faculty

Jeroan Allison, MD MS 
      Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
      jallison@uab.edu   

Richard Allman, MD 
      Professor and Director, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
      rallman@uab.edu   

Jamy Ard, MD 
      Assistant Professor, SHRP
      ardj@uab.edu   

Donna Arnett, Ph.D 
      Professor and Chair, Epidemiology
      arnett@uab.edu   

George Howard, DrPH 
      Professor and Chair, Biostatistics
      ghoward@uab.edu   

Jeffrey Roseman, MD 
      Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology
      bush@uab.edu   

Michael Weaver, PhD 
      Professor, Nursing
      weaverm@uab.edu