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Dr.\u00a0Dave\u00a0is\u00a0an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Director of Abacus Evaluation, and the Co-Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Dave trained as an emergency medicine physician in India with a\u00a0master’s\u00a0and a\u00a0doctorate in public health from UNC-Greensboro. He\u00a0has\u00a0over 20 years of experience in clinical, public health, and evaluation research.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Dave is\u00a0an MPI\u00a0for\u00a0the National Institutes of Health’s Rapid\u00a0Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations\u00a0(RADx-UP). The RADx-UP Program provides critical findings to inform ongoing SARS-CoV-2 public health efforts to improve the reach, acceptance, uptake, and sustainability of COVID-19 testing and prevention in marginalized and vulnerable communities across the United\u00a0States.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Dave is a Principal Investigator\u00a0for two NHLBI-funded R01 studies that aim to address adverse social determinants of health associated with chronic disease risk in rural North Carolina. He is also a site Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on\u00a0multiple\u00a0grants funded by the\u00a0National Heart,\u00a0Blood, and\u00a0Lung\u00a0Institute,\u00a0the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Department of Health and Human Services.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Dave’s research focuses\u00a0on\u00a0mitigating adverse social determinants of health and eliminating health inequities associated with chronic conditions in historically marginalized and rural communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"