RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
AND OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

1. Co-Principal Investigator. A Needs Assessment of the Birmingham Area’s Homeless Population.
Research Contracts funded by the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County, 2005. Co-Principal Investigators: Mark E. LaGory and Kevin M. Fitzpatrick.

2. Co-Principal Investigator. "A Needs Assessment of Homeless in Birmingham and Jefferson County." Research Contract funded by the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County, 1995. Co-Principal Investigator: Mark LaGory.

3. Data Analyst. "Bridging the Gap Between Public Health Science and Practice in Risk Reduction Across the Lifespan Among African Americans." Research grant of the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, UAB; funded by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other agencies. Principal Investigator: James Raczynski, Ph.D.

4. Co-Principal Investigator. "Census of the Homeless Children of Alabama." Research Contract funded by the Alabama Department of Education, 1993. Co-Principal Investigator: Mark LaGory.

5. Data Analyst. "Discourse Analysis of Patient-Physician Clinical Encounters." Continuous Innovative in Patient Care grant, University of Alabama Hospitals, 1990-91. Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Clair.

6. Data Analyst. "Satisfaction with Clinical Encounters Among Geriatric Patients and Caregivers." Faculty Research Seed Grant, UAB Center for Aging, 1990-91. Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Clair.

7. Data Analyst. "Old Age and Communication Problems in Medical Encounters". Andrus Foundation, 1991. Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Clair.

8. Co-Principal Investigator. "Birmingham Homeless Enumeration and Survey Project." Research Contract, Birmingham Health Care for the Homeless Program, Robert Wood Johnson-Pew Memorial Trust, 1986-87.

9.. Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Malpractice Crisis: A Catalyst in the Rationalization of Medical Practice.” Supervising Professor: Daniel O. Price, University of Texas at Austin, 1977.

10. M.A. Thesis: “The Relationships of Households to Family Physicians in Health-Care Delivery Systems of Two Rural Counties.” Supervising Professor: Irving L. Webber, University of Alabama, 1974.