David Grandison, M.D., Ph.D, associate director of health disparities, research education and diversity, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Name: David Grandison, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Associate Director, Health Disparities, Research Education and Diversity, Office of Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies
Duties: Dr. Grandison will provide leadership to advance the university’s plans for health disparities research and diversity, directed towards preventing, reducing or eliminating health disparities. He will facilitate interactions with affected minority communities to increase their awareness of health problem areas and the opportunities for them to participate in clinical research. He will collaborate with faculty researchers to explore and develop extramural funding for research programs to prevent, reduce or eliminate health disparities. He will work closely with senior university leaders to address existing and emerging health disparities-related research and diversity-related issues.
Specialty Interests: Health disparities and cardiovascular disease.
Degree: Ph.D., Wayne State University School of Medicine (Cardiovascular Physiology); M.D., Michigan State University School of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Mich.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.
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Previous position: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., director of Clinical Research Center, Asthma Disparities Center and Comprehensive Center for Health Disparities Research in HIV; associate professor, department of Internal Medicine.
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