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Claudia M. Hardy, M.P.A.
Program Manager-Alabama
UAB
1530 - 3rd Avenue South, LNB 1001
Birmingham, AL 35294-0001
(205) 975-5454
(205) 975-9666 fax
claudia.hardy@ccc.uab.edu
Edward E. Partridge, M.D.
Principal Investigator
UAB
619 So 19th St, OHB 538
Birmingham, AL 35249-7333
(205) 934-4986
(205) 975-6174 fax
pakers@uabmc.edu
Mona Fouad, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
UAB
1717 11th Avenue South, MT 736
Birmingham, AL 35294-4410
(205) 934-4307
(205) 934-7959 fax
mfouad@uab.edu
Agnes Hinton, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
USM
SS Box 10015
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0015
(601) 266-5859
(601) 266-6262 fax
agnes.hinton@usm.edu
Groesbeck Parham, M.D.
Investigator
UAB
619 So 19th St, OHB 538
Birmingham, AL 35249
(205) 975-5068
(205) 975-6174 fax
doctorparham@hotmail.com
Theresa A. Wynn, Ph.D.
Investigator
UAB
1717 11th Ave. South, MT 516
Birmingham, AL 35294-4410
(205) 934- 6892
(205) 975-7912 fax
twynn@dopm.uab.edu
Isabel Scarinci-Searles, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Investigator
UAB
1717 11th Avenue South, MT 609
Birmingham, AL 35294-4410
(205) 975-7177
scarinci@uab.edu
John Higginbotham, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Investigator
UA
Dept of Community & Rural Medicine
Box 870326
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0326
(205) 348-7259
(205) 348-7685 fax
jhiggin@cchs.ua.edu
Mitch Shelton, Ph.D., R.N.
Investigator
UA
Box 870358
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358
(205) 348-6271
(205) 348-5559 fax
mshelton@bama.ua.edu
Rhoda Johnson, Ph.D.
Investigator
UA
Dept of Women's Studies
Box 870272
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0272
(205) 348-9556
(205) 348-8745 fax
rjohnson@ws.as.ua.edu
John Stone, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator
Tuskegee University
Natl Cntr for Bioethics in Research & Hlth Care
1209 Chambliss Street
Tuskegee, AL 36088
(334) 724-4556
(334) 727-7221 fax
jrstone1@mindspring.com
Nedra Lisovicz, Ph.D., M.P.H., CHES
Investigator
USM
SS Box 10015
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0015
(601) 266-6756
(601) 266-6262 fax
nedra.lisovicz@usm.edu
Jennifer Downey, M.A.
Investigator
USM
SS Box 10015
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0015
(601) 266-6247
(601) 266-6262
jennifer.downey@usm.edu
Joanice Thompson, B.S.M.
Liaison
UAB
1717 11th Avenue South, MT 516
Birmingham, AL 35294-4410
(205) 934-6889
(205) 975-7912 fax
jthompson@dopm.uab.edu
Lydia Cheney, M.Ed., CHES
Liaison
UAB
1530 - 3rd Avenue South, LNB 1001
Birmingham, AL 35294-0001
(205) 934-5772
(205) 975-9666 fax
lydia.cheney@ccc.uab.edu
Earl Sanders, M.P.H., CHES
Liaison
UAB
1530 - 3rd Avenue South, LNB 1001
Birmingham, AL 35294-0001
(205) 934-5291
(205) 975-9666 fax
earl.sanders@ccc.uab.edu
Freddie White-Johnson, M.P.P.A.
Program Manager-Mississippi
2600 Browning Road
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-3688
(662) 453- 7129 fax
fJohnson@msdelta.com
Arthur Wynn, M.Ed.
Program Coordinator-CHA-RPs
UAB
1530 - 3rd Avenue South, LNB 1001
Birmingham, AL 35294-0001
(205) 975-0904
(205) 975-9666 fax
arthur.wynn@ccc.uab.edu
Mildred Jackson, M.Ed.
Regional Coordinator
Alabama Black Belt-West
3764 County Road 43
Butler, AL 36904
(205) 459-3696
(205) 459-7666 fax
mini@tds.net
Patricia Bailey
Regional Coordinator
Alabama Black Belt-East
P.O. Box 463
Fort Deposit, AL 36032
(334) 227-4706
(334) 227-1233 fax
Joe Ann Askew
Regional Coordinator
Alabama - Jefferson County
1547 West Smithfield Road
Dolomite, AL 35061
(205) 744-5000
(205) 975-9666 fax
joeaskew@bellsouth.net
Pearlean Day, M.Ed.
Program Coordinator
Mississippi Delta
2600 Browning Road
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-3688
(662) 453-7129 fax
Pearlean.Day@usm.edu
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Deep South Network for Cancer Control
The purpose of the Deep South Network for Cancer control is to eliminate the disparity in cancer death rates between blacks and whites in the Deep South. The program targets two poor rural areas - the Black Belt of Alabama and the Delta of Mississippi; and two urban areas - Jefferson County, AL and Hattiesburg/Laurel Metro, MS. The University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Southern Mississippi will work together on this program.
The Deep South Network will build upon community infrastructures, state partnerships and coalitions to: (1) provide cancer awareness activities; (2) support minority enrollment in clinical trials; and (3) promote the development of minority junior biomedical researchers.
The Community Health Advisor (CHA) model will be utilized to train women who are natural helpers to provide cancer awareness messages and resources to their communities. The CHAs will be further trained as research partners (CHA-RPs) to enhance African-American participation in clinical trials.
Direct link to Deep South Network for Cancer Control
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