Abstract

The Research Training/Education Core is led by Dr. Brenda Latham-Sadler, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, and Dr. Kristen Hairston, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology) and Dr. Sonia Crandall, Professor of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Latham-Sadler also serves as Associate Dean in the Office of Students Services, and Dr. Latham-Sadler and Dr. Hairston are actively engaged with students in the WFHS medical school, physician assistant program, and biomedical doctoral research programs.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Type
Comprehensive Center (P60)
Project #
5P60MD006917-03
Application #
8632869
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZMD1-RN)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2014-03-01
Budget End
2015-02-28
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2014
Total Cost
$65,259
Indirect Cost
$21,518

  Institution

Name
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Department
Type
DUNS #
937727907
City
Winston-Salem
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27157

  Publications

Claudel, Sophie E; Bertoni, Alain G (2018) Exploring the Use of Personal Technology in Type 2 Diabetes Management Among Ethnic Minority Patients: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Survey Data from the Lifestyle Intervention for the Treatment of Diabetes Study (LIFT Diabetes). JMIR Diabetes 3:e5
Savoca, Margaret R; Ludwig, David A; Jones, Stedman T et al. (2017) Geographic Information Systems to Assess External Validity in Randomized Trials. Am J Prev Med 53:252-259
Katula, Jeffrey A; Kirk, Julienne K; Pedley, Carolyn F et al. (2017) The Lifestyle Intervention for the Treatment of Diabetes study (LIFT Diabetes): Design and baseline characteristics for a randomized translational trial to improve control of cardiovascular disease risk factors. Contemp Clin Trials 53:89-99
Giannini, Courtney M; Irby, Megan B; Skelton, Joseph A et al. (2017) Feasibility of a Friendship Network-Based Pediatric Obesity Intervention. Child Obes 13:18-24
Effoe, Valery S; Katula, Jeffrey A; Kirk, Julienne K et al. (2016) The use of electronic medical records for recruitment in clinical trials: findings from the Lifestyle Intervention for Treatment of Diabetes trial. Trials 17:496
Lane, Montez; Bell, Ronny; Latham-Sadler, Brenda et al. (2016) Translational Research Training at Various Levels of Professional Experience to Address Health Disparities. J Best Pract Health Prof Divers 9:1178-1187
Beech, Bettina M; Calles-Escandon, Jorge; Hairston, Kristen G et al. (2013) Mentoring programs for underrepresented minority faculty in academic medical centers: a systematic review of the literature. Acad Med 88:541-9