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Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Methodology

The faculty affiliated with the DOPM’s Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Methodology are focused on clinical and behavioral health services research with the goal of translating research into practice. Areas of research interest and expertise are:

•    quality measurement and improvement;
•    clinical guidelines implementation and evaluation;
•    economic evaluation and modeling;
•    use of patient reported outcomes measures;
•    research on disparities in health and quality of care;
•    retrospective claims data analysis;
•    research design and methodology.

Leader

   Norman Weissman, PhD
       Professor, Health Administration
       weissman@uab.edu

Faculty

Catarina Kiefe, PhD MD
       Professor and Director
      ckiefe@mail.dopm.uab.edu 

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

Raegan Durant, MD, MPH 
      Assistant Professor
      rdurant@dopm.uab.edu   

Mona Fouad, MD MPH 
      Professor
      mfouad@mail.dopm.uab.edu   

Ellen Funkhouser, DrPH 
      Associate Professor
      emfunk@uab.edu   

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

Stefan Kertesz, MD MSc 
      Assistant Professor
      skertesz@uab.edu   

Sharina Person, PhD 
      Associate Professor
      sperson@mail.dopm.uab.edu   

Maria Pisu, PhD 
      Assistant Professor
      mpisu@uab.edu   

Maribel Salas, MD MSc DSc FACP 
      Assistant Professor
      msalas@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   

  Mohamad Eloubeidi, MD 
      Associate Professor, Gastroenterology
      eloubeidi@uab.edu   

  Thomas Houston, MD MPH 
      Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
      thouston@uab.edu   

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

  John Kennedy, MD 
      Professor, Pulmonary/Allergy/Critical Care
      jkennedy@uab.edu   

  Harold Kincaid, PhD 
      Professor and Chair, Philosophy
      kincaid@uab.edu   

  Joshua Klapow, PhD 
      Associate Professor, Social and Behavioral Science
      jklapow@uab.edu   

  Deborah Levine, MD 
      Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
      dlevine@uab.edu   

  Michael Morrisey, PhD 
      Professor, Public Health
      morrisey@uab.edu   

  David Redden, PhD 
      Associate Professor, Public Health
      dredden@uab.edu   

  Kenneth Saag, MD MSc 
      Associate Professor, Immunology/Rheumatology
      ksaag@uab.edu   

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

  Norman Weissman, PhD 
      Professor, Health Administration
      weissman@uab.edu