Center for Health Promotion

Funding Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Total Amount: $4,357,475/5 years (actual)

Percent Effort on Project: 33% year1; 35% years 2-3; 30% year 4; 40% year 5 (original budget)

Funding Period: 09/30/2004 – 9/30/2009

Role on Project: Co-Investigator/Associate Director of Research and Evaluation (Center) and Co-PI Core Research Project (Max Michael, MD, PI)

Project Description: The UAB Center for Health Promotion (Center) is both a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Prevention Research Center (PRC) and a designated UAB University Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center. The Center’s long-standing mission is “to bridge the gap between public health science and practice in risk reduction across the life span among African Americans and other under-served communities and to determine the benefits of sustained efforts to build community capacity and to reduce risk factors within under-served communities.” This mission guides all of the Center’s activities and has led to the Center’s focus on community-based prevention and research activities, efforts to reduce health disparities in the Black Belt Region of Alabama and a commitment to culturally competence evaluation. Specific tasks in the Center is to oversee all research activities, including the Special Interest Research Projects (SIPs), Other Collaborative projects, serving as Co-PI and Community and qualitative data research specialist on the Center’s Flying Sparks core research project, to serve on the Center’s Executive Committee, Co-Direct the Center’ Evaluation Unit and lead the Center’s Writing and Publications committee.