Recruitment
This Core will coordinate recruiting efforts for all Projects and pilot studies in conjunction with the investigators and will house key staff assigned to the four Projects and pilot studies. Also, this Core will be responsible for making nutritional assessments. Interviewer training for all Projects and pilot studies will be undertaken by this Core. Many study personnel for the Projects have been placed in this Core to facilitate staffing efficiencies, cross-training, and to provide a ready made infrastructure for cost-efficient execution of pilot studies. The location of this Core, its equipment and personnel will be in the Department of Medicine's CRC. The Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Nutrition Core, equipment, and personnel will be integral components of this Core's. Please note that CUAAH is closed to recruitment.
Mark R. Britton, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Mark Britton has been the medical director (since 2005) and clinical core director (since 2006) of the Center of Urban and African-American Health. During that time, he has been a sub-investigator on multiple clinical trials and conducted research in the area of hypertension and kidney failure. Prior to this he has conducted research in the areas of stroke and diabetes. Dr. Britton is a board certified internal medicine physician who received his Ph.D. in endocrine physiology in 2003. His research interests include hypertension, vascular biology and health disparities.
K-L Catherine Jen, Ph.D.