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I am a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). I have over 20 years of experience in clinical and public health research, chronic disease management, rural healthcare, and program evaluation. Community engagement and implementation science form the foundation of my research approach. My research foci are two-pronged: (1) improving chronic disease prevention and management in rural settings, and (2) evaluating multi-level, multi-component, complex programs. I collaborate with rural healthcare systems and partner with various multi-sectoral organizations (e.g., housing, transportation, safety-net clinics, healthcare) to plan and implement interventions that improve chronic disease outcomes, particularly in rural areas. I am the Co-Director of UNC’s Center for Thriving Communities, which gathers multidisciplinary teams of scholars and community members through a shared commitment to amplifying innovation, fostering community well-being, and improving health for all. I am also the Founder and Director of Abacus Evaluation at UNC, which is a Research Service Center specializing in evaluation, data solutions, and network analytics. Our Centers have a rich history of working with rural communities across North Carolina and beyond to address chronic conditions.
As a researcher and evaluator, I have extensive experience. I am the contact MPI on an NHLBI R01 study that aims to demonstrate the feasibility of referring patients to community health-promoting resources within a rural community health system to mitigate cardiovascular disease risk (MPI: Dave, Lindau). I am also the PI for an NHLBI R01 study that employs a learning collaborative approach to increase the acceptability, adoption, and penetration of cardiovascular disease prevention programs in rural North Carolina. This study comprises nine community-, faith-, and health-service-based organizations collaborating to implement an education program to prevent chronic disease risk (PI: Dave). I also serve as the contact MPI for the NIDDK U01 (MPIs: Dave, Kshirsagar, Lindau), investigating the impact of an integrated care intervention in rural clinics on the needs of patients with chronic kidney disease. Finally, I am an MPI of NIH-funded UNC’s BIRCWH K Training Program (MPI: Dave, Meyer, Rahangdale).
As PI or co-I on several NIH-funded, HRSA-funded, and RWJF-funded grants, I have laid the groundwork for engaging with a transdisciplinary team of collaborators (e.g., community members, faculty, researchers, clinicians) to understand their goals better, use evaluation to develop innovative systems-oriented solutions, and effect changes to dismantle health disparities. I was an MPI for the NIH-funded Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics in Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) Program and the Coordinating and Data Collection Center (PIs: Cohen-Wolkoweiz, Dave, Wruck). In my role, I collaborated with other RADx-UP MPIs and NIMHD leadership at NIH to inform strategic direction and future programmatic efforts that leverage COVID-19 testing strategies in underserved communities. We supported over 130 community-academic projects across the US on community engagement, research methods, and common data elements. I am also a co-investigator and Director of Evaluation for the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) at UNC and Rutgers University.
Across our two Centers, I oversee a portfolio of 25+ projects with a staff of over 40+ employees and students. I have a robust history of mentoring individuals across multiple vertical trajectories, including undergraduate, graduate, medical, doctoral, post-doctoral, K/T traqinees, and junior faculty.