2017 
ADDRESSING NUTRITION LITERACY TO REDUCE OBESITY IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES 
Principal Investigator: Sylvie Akohoue, PhD, CNS 
Co-Investigator: Millard Collins, MD, Meharry Medical College 

ARE ASYMMETRIC PATTERNS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF CHILD CARE CENTERS IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ASSOCIATED WITH ASYMMETRIC CHILD CARE QUALITY OUTCOMES 
Principal Investigator: Vanisha Brown, PhD, Meharry Medical College 

DENTAL QUALITY OF CARE, BARRIER TO ACCESSING CARE AND STATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH POLICY DECISIONS 
Principal Investigator: Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University 
Student Investigator: Brandon Goodloe, RWJF Scholar, Meharry Medical College  

2016 
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SICKLE CELL TRAIT EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT TOOL 
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Brown, Student Doctor RWJF Scholar, Meharry Medical College 
Faculty Advisors: Michael DeBaun, MD, Vanderbilt University; Allison King, MD, PhD Washington University 

OPENING THE DOOR: IMPROVING SCREENING FOR HEREDITARY BREAST CANCER IN LOW-INCOME TENNESSEE WOMEN 
Principal Investigator: Philip Lammers, MD 

ASSESSING DIPARITIES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY USING THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR 
Principal Investigator: Benjamin Lee, Student Doctor, RWJF Scholar, Meharry Medical College 

MAJORITY/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS PARTNERSHIPS: SHARING CAPACITY, BUILDING RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY AND SCHOLARSHIP 
Principal Investigator: Rueben C. Warren, DDS, MPH, DrPH, Tuskegee University 

IDENTIFYING INTERMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) AS A HIGH RISK INDICATOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) IN A COMMUNITY OF HEALTH DISPARITIES 
Principal Investigator: Daphne Ferguson-Young, DDS, MSPH, Meharry Medical College 

2015 
RACE-GENDER DIFFERENCES IN YOUNG ADULT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: THE CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY ALCOHOL-RELATED RISK FACTORS 
Principal Investigator: Andre Christie Mizell, PhD-Vanderbilt University 

BLACK MEN HEALTH PROJECT 
Principal Investigator: Roland Thorpe, PhD-Johns Hopkins University 

STATE POLICY ABND IMMIGRANT HEALTH OUTCOMES 
Principal Investigator: Steven Wallace, PhD-University of California Los Angeles 

LOCAL INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS TO REDUCE PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS TO EXTREME HEAT EVENTS IN LOW-INCOME MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA 
Principal Investigator: David Eisemen, MD, MSHS-University of California Los Angeles  

MECHANISMS UNDERLYING RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN WOMEN’S HEALTH: THE ROLE OF CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY, ADULT SES, STRESS, DISCRIMINATION, AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS 
Principal Investigator: Tyson Brown, PhD-Vanderbilt University 
Co-Principal Investigator:  Taylor Hargrove, MA-Vanderbilt University, RWJF Fellow 
Consultant: Stephanie McClure, MD, FACP-Meharry Medical College 

ONLINE HEALTH POLICY CERTIFICATE COLLABORATION PROPOSAL BETWEEN MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE AND FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 
Principal Investigator: Fatima Barnes, PhD, Meharry Medical College 
Co-Investigator: Mariah Cole, JD, Meharry Medical College 
Co-Investigator: Timothy Page, PhD, Florida International University 

2014 
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NUTRITION LITERACY ON DIETARY BEHAVIORS IN LOW-INCOME MINORITY GROUPS 
Principal Investigator: Sylvie A. Akohoue, PhD, CNS-Meharry Medical College 

AN EXAMINATION OF COPING MECHANISMS FOR BLACK WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER 
Principal Investigator: Laura Carpenter, PhD-Vanderbilt University   
Co-Investigator: Raeshell Sweeting, MD-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 
Co-Investigator: Kanetha Wilson, MA,-Vanderbilt University, RWJF Fellow 

IMMIGRATION AND CHRONIC DISEASE WITHIN THE U.S. BLACK POPULATION: USING AN EQUITABLE LONGEVITY FRAMEWORK TO EXPLORE POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES 
Principal Investigator: Daniel Cornfield, PhD-Vanderbilt University 
Co-Investigator: Helena E. Dagadu, PhD, MA, MPH-Loyola University Chicago 

IDENTIFYING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) TO PREVENT RECURRENCE AND RISK OF ASSOCIATED HEALTH DISPARITIES 
Principal Investigator: Leslie R. Halpern, DDS, MD, PhD, MPH-Meharry Medical College 
Co-Principal Investigator: Pandu Gangula, PhD-Meharry Medical College 
Student Investigator: Ciera Scales, Meharry Medical College, Health Policy Scholar 

IDENTIFYING INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC BARRIERS TO FOLLOW-UP OF ABNORMAL MAMMOGRAMS AND IMPLEMENTING AN INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE FOLLOW-UP OF ABNORMAL MAMMOGRAMS 
Principal Investigator: Philip Lammers, MD, MSCI-Meharry Medical College 
Co-Principal Investigator: Laila Saied Agrawal, MD-Meharry Medical College 
Student Investigator: Sydne Ford-Meharry Medical College, Health Policy Scholar 

2013 
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF OBESOGENIC BEHAVIORS OF MIDDLE-AGED AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN 
Principal Investigator: Derek M. Griffith, PhD- Vanderbilt University 

PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR CHILDREN’S WEIGHT STATUS AMONG LOW-INCOME HISPANIC POPULATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE INTERVENTIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 
Principal Investigator: Robert Levine, MD- Meharry Medical College 
Co-Principal Investigator: Maria C. Mejia de Grubb, MD, MPH-Baylor College of Medicine 

SCHOOL INTERVENTION AND GUN VIOLENCE, PART 2: A PROPOSAL TO TACKLE THE RISE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN NASHVILLE 
Principal Investigator: Manish K. Sethi, MD- Vanderbilt University 

ENHANCEMENT OF PERINATAL ORAL HEALTH CARE THROUGH EDUCATING OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS 
Principal Investigator: Tawana Ware, DDS, MSD-Meharry Medical College 

2012  
RACIAL VARIATION IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH, POVERTY, AND THE FAMILY CONTEXT 
Principal Investigator: C. André Christie-Mizell, PhD- Vanderbilt University 

OBESITY PREVENTION IN LOW-INCOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN: AN EARLY CHILDHOOD NUTRITION EDUCATION INTERVENTION WITH BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION COMPONENT 
Principal Investigator: Flora A. Ukoli, MD, MPH-Meharry Medical College 

ORAL HEALTH EFFECTS ON WOMEN IN RECOVERY AND TRANSITION 
Principal Investigator: Ethel P. Harris, DDS-Meharry Medical College 

MASCULINITY, RACE, AND THE POLITICS OF AMERICAN MEN’S HEALTH POLICY 
Principal Investigator: Jonathan M. Metzl, MD, PhD- Vanderbilt University 

2011  

BRINGING ATTENTION TO MINORITY ORAL HEALTH 
Principal Investigator: Walter Owens, DDS- Meharry Medical College  
Co-Principal Investigator: Keydron K. Guinn, PhD-Meharry Medical College 

PRISONS, HEALTH, AND POPULATION DYNAMICS 
Evelyn Patterson, PhD-Vanderbilt University 

SCHOOL INTERVENTION AND GUN VIOLENCE: A PROPOSAL TO TACKLE THE RISE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 
Principal Investigator: Manish Sethi, MD- Vanderbilt University 
Co-Principal Investigator: Alex Jahangir, MD- Vanderbilt University 

AN INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL APPROACH TO INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN AT RISK FOR PRETERM LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES 
Principal Investigator: Machelle Fleming Thompson, RDH, MSPH- Meharry Medical College 

DIFFICULT PASTS, UNCERTAIN FUTURES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF HIV-POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISON 
Principal Investigator: William L. Turner, PhD- Vanderbilt University  
Co-Principal Investigator: Christine Minja-Trupin, PhD, MPH- Meharry Medical College 

2010 
THE INTERSECTION OF RACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND CLASS ON CHRONIC DISEASE AND DISABILITY TRAJECTORIES 
Principal Investigator: Tyson Brown, PhD- Vanderbilt University 

RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN FOSTER CARE 
Principal Investigator: Andre Christie Mizell, PhD-Vanderbilt University 

THE ROLE OF POLITICS IN THE STIGMATIZATION OF MENTAL ILLNESS:  
INTERACTIONS WITH RACE 
Principal Investigator: Monique Lyle, PhD, MA- Vanderbilt University 

INFANT FEEDING PATTERN AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN LOW-INCOME MINORITY  
Principal Investigator: Flora A. Ukoli, MD. MPH-Meharry Medical College 

ADDRESSING HEALTH COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH LITERACY IN LATINO ADULTS WITH DIABETES 
Principal Investigator: Richard White III, MD- Meharry Medical College