| Mentor | Areas of Research |
|---|---|
| Brittney Anderson, MD | Rural Medicine/Rural Populations, Health Equity and Health Disparities, Minority Medical Education |
| Gregg Bell, PhD | Electronic Health Records, Statistics, Probabilistically Sampled Distributions |
| Maryam Jafari Bidgoli, PhD | Health Economics, Health Outcomes, Health Insurance, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Mental Health and Chronic Disease |
| Alan Blum, MD | The arts in Medicine (painting, sculpture, drawing, film, novels and stories, poetry, plays), Tobacco Problems, Vaping, Digital Media Addiction, Marijuana, Disability, Dermatology, Patient-Physician Communication. |
| Lilanta Bradley, PhD | Sexual and Reproductive Health, adolescent health, HPV, HIV and Black women, health education pedagogy, Maternal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity |
| John Burkhardt, PsyD | Medical edu, Well-being, Mood Disorders, Psychological First Aid, Bereavement, Communication Styles, Psychotherapy in Rural Areas, Integrated bx Medicine, Integrative BH, ADHD |
| Cecily Collins, MD | Anything Ob or Gyn related (especially on a community level), Healthcare Disparities and Reaching Minority Patients (both traditional and non-traditional interventions we can pursue) |
| Nathan Culmer, PhD | Medical Technology, Professional Development, Rural Care, Well-being, Mental Health, Technology in Medicine, Technology in Medical Education, Telemedicine, Professional Development, Simulation, Rural Health |
| Pamela Payne-Foster, MD, MPH | HIV Related Stigma in Rural Alabama Faith Based Settings, Bioethics, Diabetes Prevention, Lupus Prevention, and Health Disparities and Cultural Competency |
| Louanne Friend, PhD | Hypertension, Hepatitis C |
| Marisa Giggie, MD, MPAff | Addiction, Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care, Correctional and Justice Psychiatry |
| Randi Henderson-Mitchell, PhD | Health Disparities, Health Care Quality, Disparities in and Outcomes of Childhood Vaccination, Access to Preventive Care in Early Childhood |
| Lisle Hites, PhD | Chronic Disease Management / Treatment Compliance, Program Evaluation, COVID-19 Related Trust in Medical Providers and Other Information Sources, COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy and Clinical Trial Participation |
| Connie Leeper, MD | Maternity Care, Culture and Medicine, Residency Education |
| John McDonald, MD | Breastfeeding, prenatal care to underserved populations, contraception access in rural areas |
| Cheree Melton, MD | Women’s health, Maternity Care, Contraception |
| Mercedes Morales-Aleman, PhD | Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion among Ethnic Minority Women and Adolescents |
| Raheem Paxton, PhD | Aging, Cognition, Physical Activity, Diet, Cancer Prevention and Control |
| Cecil Robinson, PhD | Medical Education (Feedback, learning, Teaching, Pedagogy, Assessment, Research methodology) |
| Grier Stewart, MD | Undergraduate Medical Education, Nursing Home |
| Thomas Weida, MD | Practice Management, Care Coordination |
| Lea Yerby, PhD | Medicaid, Health Policy, Early Childhood, Autism Services for Rural Families, Rural and Underserved Health Disparities |
