Developing Survey Research Infrastructure At An Historically Black College/University To Address Health Disparities

Daniel L Howard1, Carlton L Boyd, Bill Kalsbeek

  • 1Daniel L. Howard, PhD, is affiliated with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, Meharry Medical College. 1005 D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208 Tel: 615-327-6383; dhoward@mmc.edu.Carlton L. Boyd, MPH. is affiliated with the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2. 725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., CB# 7590, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Tel: 919-843-3403; cboyd@schsr.unc.edu . Bill Kalsbeek, PhD. is affiliated with the Department of Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3. 730 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, CB# 2400, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Tel: 919-962-3248; kalsbeek@email.unc.edu . Paul A. Godley, MD, PhD. is affiliated with the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill4. 3009 Old Clinic Building, CB #7305, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Tel: 919-966-4431; paul_godley@ med.unc.edu .

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