April P. Carson
Director
Department:
SOM-Medicine-JHS
Email:
apcarson@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 815-5775
Education
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, PhD, Epidemiology | 2006 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MS, Epidemiology | 2001 |
| University of Georgia, BS, Microbiology | 1999 |
Current Positions
| Director, Jackson Heart Study, School of Medicine | 09/2021 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Associate Dean, University of Alabama at Birmingham | 12/2015 - 09/2021 |
| Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham | 12/2014 - 09/2021 |
| Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham | 12/2009 - 12/2014 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center (Task Areas B), NHLBI | 03/2020 - 02/2023 |
| Extramural, Return of Genomic Results and Aggregate Penetrance in Population-Based Cohorts, NHLBI | 09/2019 - 06/2023 |
| Extramural, Diabetes Research Center Interventions and Translational Core, NIDDK | 08/2018 - 09/2021 |
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Community Engagement Center (Mississippi State Department of Health), NHLBI | 08/2018 - 08/2023 |
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Undergraduate Training and Education Center (Tougaloo College), NHLBI | 08/2018 - 08/2023 |
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center (Jackson State University), NHLBI | 08/2018 - 08/2023 |
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Graduate Training and Education Center (UMMC), NHLBI | 08/2018 - 08/2023 |
| Extramural, Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center and Field Center (Task Areas A), NHLBI | 08/2018 - 08/2024 |
| Extramural, Trace Mineral Levels, Metabolomics, and Diabetes Risk, NIDDK | 07/2018 - 06/2020 |
| Extramural, Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study – Birmingham Field Center, NHLBI | 07/2018 - 09/2021 |
| Extramural, VCID and Stroke in a Bi-Racial National Cohort, NINDS | 12/2017 - 09/2021 |
| Extramural, Prioritizing County-Level Social Determinants that Contribute to the Greater Burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in the US, CDC | 09/2017 - 09/2022 |
| Extramural, Long Term Low Levels of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Cognitive Dysfunction, Amgen, Inc. | 10/2016 - 06/2018 |
| Extramural, Epigenetic Determinants of Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Hypertensive African Americans, American Heart Association | 07/2016 - 01/2017 |
| Extramural, The Role of Nontraditional Glycemic Markers in Diabetes and Albuminuria, NIDDK | 09/2013 - 09/2016 |
Presentations
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Advancing Health Equity in Diabetes Prevention, Wake Forest University Center for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Seminar Series | 04/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, The Trailblazing Legacy of the Jackson Heart Study, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute | 03/2022 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, What’s going on? Advancing health equity in diabetes prevention and management, Framingham Heart Study Research Seminar Series | 12/2020 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Social Determinants of Cardiometabolic Health: Moving from Person, Place, and Time to Impact, 46th Argentine Congress of Cardiology | 11/2020 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Social Determinants of Health: COVID-19 and Rural Communities, Center for Population Health Sciences and Center for the Asian Health Research and Education. Stanford University School of Medicine | 05/2020 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Improving diabetes classification and risk prediction—Moving beyond glucose, University of Florida Department of Epidemiology | 06/2019 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Gender and ethnic disparities in diabetes complications, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions | 11/2017 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship, University of Alabama at Birmingham | 2020 |
| Fellow, American Heart Association | 2012 |
| Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center Charles Barkley Health Disparities Research Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham | 2012 |
| Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension Epidemiology, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention | 2012 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American Heart Association, Member | |
| Society for Epidemiologic Research, Member | |
| American Diabetes Association, Member |
Committee Service
| Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases Research, Internal Advisory Board | 2022 - Present |
| Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Steering Comittee Member | 2021 - Present |
| Diabetes Subcommittee, Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health, American Heart Association, Member | |
| Research Committee, American Heart Association, Member |
Other Service
| Diabetes Care | 07/2022 - Present |
Directed Student Learning
| Dissertation Committee Member, Causal inference methods in nutritional epidemiology with application to incident diabetes Advised: Stephanie Tison | 2019 - 2021 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Cardiovascular abnormalities among children and adolescents with sickle cell disease Advised: Najibah Galadanci | 2018 - 2021 |
| Dissertation Committee Chair, Race, sex and geographic differences in diabetes and cardiovascular outcomes Advised: Gargya Malla | 2016 - 2020 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Reducing acute cardiovascular hospitalizations with a weight management program (REACH) Advised: Laura Graham | 2014 - 2017 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Exploring the relationship between social support, pharmacy access and medication adherence Advised: Favel Mondesir | 2013 - 2018 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Racial disparities in the maintenance of healthy lifestyles and their effect on cumulative blood pressure burden and left ventricular mass in African Americans and Whites: Data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study Advised: John Booth III | 2012 - 2017 |
| Dissertation Committee Member, Cardiovascular risk factors in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring phenotypes Advised: Samantha Bromfield | 2009 - 2016 |
Fellows supervised
| Post-Doc Advisor, 0 fellows supervised | 12/2019 - 12/2021 |