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 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Jang SK, Evans L, Fialkowski A, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Becker DM, Bis JC, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Boorgula MP, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Cade BE, Jenkins BWC, Carson AP, Chavan S, Cupples LA, Custer B, Damrauer SM, David SP, de Andrade M, Dinardo CL, Fingerlin TE, Fornage M, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Gharib SA, Glahn DC, Haessler J, Heckbert SR, Hokanson JE, Hou L, Hwang SJ, Hyman MC, Judy R, Justice AE, Kaplan RC, Kardia SLR, Kelly S, Kim W, Kooperberg C, Levy D, Lloyd-Jones DM, Loos RJF, Manichaikul AW, Gladwin MT, Martin LW, Nouraie M, Melander O, Meyers DA, Montgomery CG, North KE, Oelsner EC, Palmer ND, Payton M, Peljto AL, Peyser PA, Preuss M, Psaty BM, Qiao D, Rader DJ, Rafaels N, Redline S, Reed RM, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Schwartz DA, Shadyab AH, Silverman EK, Smith NL, Smith JG, Smith AV, Smith JA, Tang W, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Vasan RS, Gordeuk VR, Wang Z, Wiggins KL, Yanek LR, Yang IV, Young KA, Young KL, Zhang Y, Liu DJ, Keller MC, Vrieze S, Rare genetic variants explain missing heritability in smoking. Nature human behaviour, 2022 Nov;6(11):1577-1586 | 2022 |
| Uddin J, Zhu S, Malla G, Levitan EB, Rolka DB, Long DL, Carson AP, Trends in diagnosed hypertension prevalence by geographic region for older adults with and without diagnosed diabetes, 2005-2017. Journal of diabetes and its complications, 2022 Jul;36(7):108208 | 2022 |
| De Silva SSA, Meeker MA, Ryan V, Algur Y, Long DL, Carson AP, Black N, McClure LA, Comparing Global and Spatial Composite Measures of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Across US Counties. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2022 Jun;99(3):457-468 | 2022 |
| Uddin J, Malla G, Long DL, Zhu S, Black N, Cherrington A, Dutton GR, Safford MM, Cummings DM, Judd SE, Levitan EB, Carson AP, The association between neighborhood social and economic environment and prevalent diabetes in urban and rural communities: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. SSM - population health, 2022 Mar;17:101050 | 2022 |
| Cummings DM, Lutes LD, Wilson JL, Carraway M, Safford MM, Cherrington A, Long DL, Carson AP, Yuan Y, Howard VJ, Howard G, Persistence of Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease With and Without Diabetes: Results from the REGARDS Study. Journal of general internal medicine, 2022 Dec;37(16):4080-4087 | 2022 |
| Peper KM, Guo B, Leann Long D, Howard G, Carson AP, Howard VJ, Judd SE, Zakai NA, Cherrington A, Cushman M, Plante TB, C-reactive Protein and Racial Differences in Type 2 Diabetes Incidence: The REGARDS Study. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2022 May 17;107(6):e2523-e2531 | 2022 |
| Thorpe LE, Adhikari S, Lopez P, Kanchi R, McClure LA, Hirsch AG, Howell CR, Zhu A, Alemi F, Rummo P, Ogburn EL, Algur Y, Nordberg CM, Poulsen MN, Long L, Carson AP, DeSilva SA, Meeker M, Schwartz BS, Lee DC, Siegel KR, Imperatore G, Elbel B, Neighborhood Socioeconomic Environment and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Associations and Mediation Through Food Environment Pathways in Three Independent Study Samples. Diabetes care, 2022 Apr 1;45(4):798-810 | 2022 |
| Tsao CW, Aday AW, Almarzooq ZI, Alonso A, Beaton AZ, Bittencourt MS, Boehme AK, Buxton AE, Carson AP, Commodore-Mensah Y, Elkind MSV, Evenson KR, Eze-Nliam C, Ferguson JF, Generoso G, Ho JE, Kalani R, Khan SS, Kissela BM, Knutson KL, Levine DA, Lewis TT, Liu J, Loop MS, Ma J, Mussolino ME, Navaneethan SD, Perak AM, Poudel R, Rezk-Hanna M, Roth GA, Schroeder EB, Shah SH, Thacker EL, VanWagner LB, Virani SS, Voecks JH, Wang NY, Yaffe K, Martin SS, Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2022 Feb 22;145(8):e153-e639 | 2022 |
| Vargas EA, Chirinos DA, Wong M, Carnethon MR, Carroll AJ, Kiefe CI, Carson AP, Kershaw KN, Psychosocial profiles and longitudinal achievement of optimal cardiovascular risk factor levels: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Journal of behavioral medicine, 2022 Apr;45(2):172-185 | 2022 |
| Vercammen KA, Moran AJ, Carnethon MR, McClain AC, Pool LR, Kiefe CI, Carson AP, Gordon-Larsen P, Steffen LM, Lee MM, Young JG, Rimm EB, Longitudinal Analysis of Food Insufficiency and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in the CARDIA study. American journal of preventive medicine, 2022 Jan;62(1):65-76 | 2022 |
| Cundiff JM, Bennett A, Carson AP, Judd SE, Howard VJ, Socioeconomic status and psychological stress: Examining intersection with race, sex and US geographic region in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study. Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 2022 Apr;38(2):340-349 | 2022 |
| Galadanci NA, Johnson W, Carson A, Hellemann G, Howard V, Kanter J, Factors associated with left ventricular hypertrophy in children with sickle cell disease: results from the DISPLACE study. Haematologica, 2022 Oct 1;107(10):2466-2473 | 2022 |
| McAlexander TP, Malla G, Uddin J, Lee DC, Schwartz BS, Rolka DB, Siegel KR, Kanchi R, Pollak J, Andes L, Carson AP, Thorpe LE, McClure LA, Urban and rural differences in new onset type 2 diabetes: Comparisons across national and regional samples in the diabetes LEAD network. SSM - population health, 2022 Sep;19:101161 | 2022 |
| Martin KD, Beckles GL, Wu C, McClure LA, Carson AP, Bennett A, Bullard KM, Glymour MM, Unverzagt F, Cunningham S, Imperatore G, Howard VJ, Lifecourse socioeconomic position and diabetes incidence in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, 2003 to 2016. Preventive medicine, 2021 Dec;153:106848 | 2021 |
| Vivek S, Carnethon MR, Prizment A, Carson AP, Bancks MP, Jacobs DR Jr, Thyagarajan B, Association of the extent of return to fasting state 2-hours after a glucose challenge with incident prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: The CARDIA study. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2021 Oct;180:109004 | 2021 |
| Madsen TE, Long DL, Carson AP, Howard G, Kleindorfer DO, Furie KL, Manson JE, Liu S, Howard VJ, Sex and Race Differences in the Risk of Ischemic Stroke Associated With Fasting Blood Glucose in REGARDS. Neurology, 2021 Aug 17;97(7):e684-e694 | 2021 |
| Nicoli CD, Carson AP, Plante TB, Leann Long D, McClure LA, Schulte J, Cushman M, Pro-Neurotensin/Neuromedin N and Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus in the REGARDS Cohort. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2021 Aug 18;106(9):e3483-e3494 | 2021 |
| Cummings DM, Patil SP, Long DL, Guo B, Cherrington A, Safford MM, Judd SE, Howard VJ, Howard G, Carson AP, Does the Association Between Hemoglobin A(1c) and Risk of Cardiovascular Events Vary by Residential Segregation? The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Diabetes care, 2021 May;44(5):1151-1158 | 2021 |
| Mefford MT, Chen L, Lewis CE, Muntner P, Sidney S, Launer LJ, Monda KL, Ruzza A, Kassahun H, Rosenson RS, Carson AP, Long-Term Levels of LDL-C and Cognitive Function: The CARDIA Study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2021 Nov;27(10):1048-1057 | 2021 |
| Virani SS, Alonso A, Aparicio HJ, Benjamin EJ, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Cheng S, Delling FN, Elkind MSV, Evenson KR, Ferguson JF, Gupta DK, Khan SS, Kissela BM, Knutson KL, Lee CD, Lewis TT, Liu J, Loop MS, Lutsey PL, Ma J, Mackey J, Martin SS, Matchar DB, Mussolino ME, Navaneethan SD, Perak AM, Roth GA, Samad Z, Satou GM, Schroeder EB, Shah SH, Shay CM, Stokes A, VanWagner LB, Wang NY, Tsao CW, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2021 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2021 Feb 23;143(8):e254-e743 | 2021 |
| Plante TB, Long DL, Guo B, Howard G, Carson AP, Howard VJ, Judd SE, Jenny NS, Zakai NA, Cushman M, C-Reactive Protein and Incident Hypertension in Black and White Americans in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Cohort Study. American journal of hypertension, 2021 Aug 9;34(7):698-706 | 2021 |
| Carson AP, Long DL, Cherrington AL, Dutton GR, Howard VJ, Brown TM, Howard G, Safford MM, Cushman M, Sex Differences in Factors Contributing to the Racial Disparity in Diabetes Risk. American journal of preventive medicine, 2021 Apr;60(4):e169-e177 | 2021 |
| Churchwell K, Elkind MSV, Benjamin RM, Carson AP, Chang EK, Lawrence W, Mills A, Odom TM, Rodriguez CJ, Rodriguez F, Sanchez E, Sharrief AZ, Sims M, Williams O, American Heart Association, Call to Action: Structural Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2020 Dec 15;142(24):e454-e468 | 2020 |
| Hirsch AG, Carson AP, Lee NL, McAlexander T, Mercado C, Siegel K, Black NC, Elbel B, Long DL, Lopez P, McClure LA, Poulsen MN, Schwartz BS, Thorpe LE, The Diabetes Location, Environmental Attributes, and Disparities Network: Protocol for Nested Case Control and Cohort Studies, Rationale, and Baseline Characteristics. JMIR research protocols, 2020 Oct 19;9(10):e21377 | 2020 |
| Uddin J, Malla G, Cherrington AL, Zhu S, Cummings DM, Clay OJ, Brown TM, Lee LT, Kimokoti RW, Cushman M, Safford MM, Carson AP, Risk factor control among Black and White adults with diabetes onset in older adulthood: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Preventive medicine, 2020 Oct;139:106217 | 2020 |
| Liwo ANN, Howard VJ, Zhu S, Martin MY, Safford MM, Richman JS, Cummings DM, Carson AP, Elevated depressive symptoms and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among adults with and without diabetes: The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Journal of diabetes and its complications, 2020 Oct;34(10):107672 | 2020 |
| Reshetnyak E, Ntamatungiro M, Pinheiro LC, Howard VJ, Carson AP, Martin KD, Safford MM, Impact of Multiple Social Determinants of Health on Incident Stroke. Stroke, 2020 Aug;51(8):2445-2453 | 2020 |
| Mayne SL, Loizzo L, Bancks MP, Carnethon MR, Barber S, Gordon-Larsen P, Carson AP, Schreiner PJ, Bantle AE, Whitaker KM, Kershaw KN, Racial residential segregation, racial discrimination, and diabetes: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study. Health & place, 2020 Mar;62:102286 | 2020 |
| Uddin J, Alharbi N, Uddin H, Hossain MB, Hatipoğlu SS, Long DL, Carson AP, Parenting stress and family resilience affect the association of adverse childhood experiences with children's mental health and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of affective disorders, 2020 Jul 1;272:104-109 | 2020 |
| Feldman JM, Lee DC, Lopez P, Rummo PE, Hirsch AG, Carson AP, McClure LA, Elbel B, Thorpe LE, Assessing county-level determinants of diabetes in the United States (2003-2012). Health & place, 2020 May;63:102324 | 2020 |
| Virani SS, Alonso A, Benjamin EJ, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Chang AR, Cheng S, Delling FN, Djousse L, Elkind MSV, Ferguson JF, Fornage M, Khan SS, Kissela BM, Knutson KL, Kwan TW, Lackland DT, Lewis TT, Lichtman JH, Longenecker CT, Loop MS, Lutsey PL, Martin SS, Matsushita K, Moran AE, Mussolino ME, Perak AM, Rosamond WD, Roth GA, Sampson UKA, Satou GM, Schroeder EB, Shah SH, Shay CM, Spartano NL, Stokes A, Tirschwell DL, VanWagner LB, Tsao CW, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2020 Mar 3;141(9):e139-e596 | 2020 |
| Graham LA, Malone EB, Richman JS, Carson AP, Affuso O, Knight SJ, Levitan EB, Association of Food Access, Recreational Opportunities, and Natural Amenities with Engagement in the Veterans MOVE! Weight Management Program. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2020 Jan;28(1):55-64 | 2020 |
| Hubbard D, Colantonio LD, Tanner RM, Carson AP, Sakhuja S, Jaeger BC, Carey RM, Cohen LP, Shimbo D, Butler M, Bertoni AG, Langford AT, Booth JN 3rd, Kalinowski J, Muntner P, Prediabetes and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Hypertension Status in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study. Diabetes care, 2019 Dec;42(12):2322-2329 | 2019 |
| Malla G, Long DL, Judd SE, Irvin MR, Kissela BM, Lackland DT, Safford MM, Levine DA, Howard VJ, Howard G, Rhodes JD, Voeks JH, Kleindorfer DO, Anderson A, Meschia JF, Carson AP, Does the Association of Diabetes With Stroke Risk Differ by Age, Race, and Sex? Results From the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Diabetes care, 2019 Oct;42(10):1966-1972 | 2019 |
| Bancks MP, Carson AP, Lewis CE, Gunderson EP, Reis JP, Schreiner PJ, Yano Y, Carnethon MR, Fasting glucose variability in young adulthood and incident diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Diabetologia, 2019 Aug;62(8):1366-1374 | 2019 |
| Booth JN 3rd, Allen NB, Calhoun D, Carson AP, Deng L, Goff DC Jr, Redden DT, Reis JP, Shimbo D, Shikany JM, Sidney S, Spring B, Lewis CE, Muntner P, Racial Differences in Maintaining Optimal Health Behaviors Into Middle Age. American journal of preventive medicine, 2019 Mar;56(3):368-375 | 2019 |
| Yang K, Xun P, Carnethon M, Carson AP, Lu L, Zhu J, He K, Low to moderate toenail arsenic levels in young adulthood and incidence of diabetes later in life: findings from the CARDIA Trace Element study. Environmental research, 2019 Apr;171:321-327 | 2019 |
| Benjamin EJ, Muntner P, Alonso A, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Chang AR, Cheng S, Das SR, Delling FN, Djousse L, Elkind MSV, Ferguson JF, Fornage M, Jordan LC, Khan SS, Kissela BM, Knutson KL, Kwan TW, Lackland DT, Lewis TT, Lichtman JH, Longenecker CT, Loop MS, Lutsey PL, Martin SS, Matsushita K, Moran AE, Mussolino ME, O'Flaherty M, Pandey A, Perak AM, Rosamond WD, Roth GA, Sampson UKA, Satou GM, Schroeder EB, Shah SH, Spartano NL, Stokes A, Tirschwell DL, Tsao CW, Turakhia MP, VanWagner LB, Wilkins JT, Wong SS, Virani SS, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2019 Mar 5;139(10):e56-e528 | 2019 |
| Joseph JJ, Bennett A, Echouffo Tcheugui JB, Effoe VS, Odei JB, Hidalgo B, Dulin A, Safford MM, Cummings DM, Cushman M, Carson AP, Ideal cardiovascular health, glycaemic status and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Diabetologia, 2019 Mar;62(3):426-437 | 2019 |
| Gowey MA, Khodneva Y, Tison SE, Carson AP, Cherrington AL, Howard VJ, Safford MM, Dutton GR, Depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and metabolic health: The REGARDS study. International journal of obesity (2005), 2019 Mar;43(3):615-632 | 2019 |
| Giustino G, Colantonio LD, Brown TM, Carson AP, Dai Y, Farkouh ME, Monda KL, Muntner P, Rosenson RS, Titration to High-Intensity Statin Therapy Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus. Cardiovascular drugs and therapy, 2018 Oct;32(5):453-461 | 2018 |
| Thomas SJ, Booth JN 3rd, Dai C, Li X, Allen N, Calhoun D, Carson AP, Gidding S, Lewis CE, Shikany JM, Shimbo D, Sidney S, Muntner P, Cumulative Incidence of Hypertension by 55 Years of Age in Blacks and Whites: The CARDIA Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018 Jul 11;7(14) | 2018 |
| Juarez LD, Gonzalez JS, Agne AA, Kulczycki A, Pavela G, Carson AP, Shelley JP, Cherrington AL, Diabetes risk scores for Hispanics living in the United States: A systematic review. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2018 Aug;142:120-129 | 2018 |
| Loomis SJ, Li M, Maruthur NM, Baldridge AS, North KE, Mei H, Morrison A, Carson AP, Pankow JS, Boerwinkle E, Scharpf R, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Coresh J, Duggal P, Köttgen A, Selvin E, Genome-Wide Association Study of Serum Fructosamine and Glycated Albumin in Adults Without Diagnosed Diabetes: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Diabetes, 2018 Aug;67(8):1684-1696 | 2018 |
| Whitaker KM, Jacobs DR Jr, Kershaw KN, Demmer RT, Booth JN 3rd, Carson AP, Lewis CE, Goff DC Jr, Lloyd-Jones DM, Gordon-Larsen P, Kiefe CI, Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Health Behaviors: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. American journal of preventive medicine, 2018 Jul;55(1):63-71 | 2018 |
| VanWagner LB, Ning H, Allen NB, Siddique J, Carson AP, Bancks MP, Lewis CE, Carr JJ, Speliotes E, Terrault NA, Rinella ME, Vos MB, Lloyd-Jones DM, Twenty-five-year trajectories of insulin resistance and pancreatic β-cell response and diabetes risk in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2018 Nov;38(11):2069-2081 | 2018 |
| Sasson C, Eckel R, Alger H, Bozkurt B, Carson A, Daviglus M, Deedwania P, Kirley K, Lamendola C, Nguyen M, Rajgopal Singh R, Wang T, Sanchez E, American Heart Association Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Health Summit: Summary and Recommendations. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018 Aug 7;7(15):e009271 | 2018 |
| Bancks MP, Kershaw K, Carson AP, Gordon-Larsen P, Schreiner PJ, Carnethon MR, Association of Modifiable Risk Factors in Young Adulthood With Racial Disparity in Incident Type 2 Diabetes During Middle Adulthood. JAMA, 2017 Dec 26;318(24):2457-2465 | 2017 |
| Gamboa CM, Colantonio LD, Brown TM, Carson AP, Safford MM, Race-Sex Differences in Statin Use and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Control Among People With Diabetes Mellitus in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017 May 10;6(5) | 2017 |
| Colantonio LD, Richman JS, Carson AP, Lloyd-Jones DM, Howard G, Deng L, Howard VJ, Safford MM, Muntner P, Goff DC Jr, Performance of the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Pooled Cohort Risk Equations by Social Deprivation Status. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017 Mar 17;6(3) | 2017 |
| Lacy ME, Wellenius GA, Sumner AE, Correa A, Carnethon MR, Liem RI, Wilson JG, Sacks DB, Jacobs DR Jr, Carson AP, Luo X, Gjelsvik A, Reiner AP, Naik RP, Liu S, Musani SK, Eaton CB, Wu WC, Association of Sickle Cell Trait With Hemoglobin A1c in African Americans. JAMA, 2017 Feb 7;317(5):507-515 | 2017 |
| Colantonio LD, Anstey DE, Carson AP, Ogedegbe G, Abdalla M, Sims M, Shimbo D, Muntner P, Metabolic syndrome and masked hypertension among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2017 Jun;19(6):592-600 | 2017 |
| Mondesir FL, Brown TM, Muntner P, Durant RW, Carson AP, Safford MM, Levitan EB, Diabetes, diabetes severity, and coronary heart disease risk equivalence: REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS). American heart journal, 2016 Nov;181:43-51 | 2016 |
| Bromfield SG, Shimbo D, Booth JN 3rd, Correa A, Ogedegbe G, Carson AP, Muntner P, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Masked Hypertension: The Jackson Heart Study. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2016 Dec;68(6):1475-1482 | 2016 |
| Colantonio LD, Gamboa CM, Kleindorfer DO, Carson AP, Howard VJ, Muntner P, Cushman M, Howard G, Safford MM, Stroke symptoms and risk for incident coronary heart disease in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. International journal of cardiology, 2016 Oct 1;220:122-8 | 2016 |
| Khodneva Y, Shalev A, Frank SJ, Carson AP, Safford MM, Calcium channel blocker use is associated with lower fasting serum glucose among adults with diabetes from the REGARDS study. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 2016 May;115:115-21 | 2016 |
| Lacy ME, Wellenius GA, Carnethon MR, Loucks EB, Carson AP, Luo X, Kiefe CI, Gjelsvik A, Gunderson EP, Eaton CB, Wu WC, Racial Differences in the Performance of Existing Risk Prediction Models for Incident Type 2 Diabetes: The CARDIA Study. Diabetes care, 2016 Feb;39(2):285-91 | 2016 |
| Bromfield SG, Shimbo D, Bertoni AG, Sims M, Carson AP, Muntner P, Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring phenotypes among individuals with and without diabetes taking antihypertensive medication: the Jackson Heart Study. Journal of human hypertension, 2016 Dec;30(12):731-736 | 2016 |
| Tanner RM, Shimbo D, Dreisbach AW, Carson AP, Fox ER, Muntner P, Association between 24-hour blood pressure variability and chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional analysis of African Americans participating in the Jackson heart study. BMC nephrology, 2015 Jun 18;16:84 | 2015 |
| Gutiérrez OM, Judd SE, Voeks JH, Carson AP, Safford MM, Shikany JM, Wang HE, Diet patterns and risk of sepsis in community-dwelling adults: a cohort study. BMC infectious diseases, 2015 Jun 14;15:231 | 2015 |
| Muntner P, Lewis CE, Diaz KM, Carson AP, Kim Y, Calhoun D, Yano Y, Viera AJ, Shimbo D, Racial differences in abnormal ambulatory blood pressure monitoring measures: Results from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. American journal of hypertension, 2015 May;28(5):640-8 | 2015 |
| Carson AP, Steffes MW, Carr JJ, Kim Y, Gross MD, Carnethon MR, Reis JP, Loria CM, Jacobs DR Jr, Lewis CE, Hemoglobin a1c and the progression of coronary artery calcification among adults without diabetes. Diabetes care, 2015 Jan;38(1):66-71 | 2015 |
| Zyambo CM, Willig JH, Cropsey KL, Carson AP, Wilson C, Tamhane AR, Westfall AO, Burkholder GA, Factors Associated With Smoking Status among HIV-Positive Patients in Routine Clinical Care. Journal of AIDS & clinical research, 2015 Jul;6(7) | 2015 |
| Carson AP, Tanner RM, Yun H, Glasser SP, Woolley JM, Thacker EL, Levitan EB, Farkouh ME, Rosenson RS, Brown TM, Howard G, Safford MM, Muntner P, Declines in coronary heart disease incidence and mortality among middle-aged adults with and without diabetes. Annals of epidemiology, 2014 Aug;24(8):581-7 | 2014 |
| Asundep NN, Jolly PE, Carson A, Turpin CA, Zhang K, Tameru B, Antenatal care attendance, a surrogate for pregnancy outcome? The case of Kumasi, Ghana. Maternal and child health journal, 2014 Jul;18(5):1085-94 | 2014 |
| DuBay DA, Ivankova N, Herby I, Wynn TA, Kohler C, Berry B, Foushee H, Carson AP, Redden DT, Holt C, Siminoff L, Fouad M, Martin MY, African American organ donor registration: a mixed methods design using the theory of planned behavior. Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), 2014 Sep;24(3):273-83 | 2014 |
| Keita AD, Judd SE, Howard VJ, Carson AP, Ard JD, Fernandez JR, Associations of neighborhood area level deprivation with the metabolic syndrome and inflammation among middle- and older- age adults. BMC public health, 2014 Dec 23;14:1319 | 2014 |
| Asundep NN, Carson AP, Turpin CA, Tameru B, Agidi AT, Zhang K, Jolly PE, Determinants of access to antenatal care and birth outcomes in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2013 Dec;3(4):279-88 | 2013 |
| Carson AP, Lewis CE, Jacobs DR Jr, Peralta CA, Steffen LM, Bower JK, Person SD, Muntner P, Evaluating the Framingham hypertension risk prediction model in young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2013 Dec;62(6):1015-20 | 2013 |
| Brown TM, Tanner RM, Carson AP, Yun H, Rosenson RS, Farkouh ME, Woolley JM, Thacker EL, Glasser SP, Safford MM, Muntner P, Awareness, treatment, and control of LDL cholesterol are lower among U.S. adults with undiagnosed diabetes versus diagnosed diabetes. Diabetes care, 2013 Sep;36(9):2734-40 | 2013 |
| Carson AP, Muntner P, Kissela BM, Kleindorfer DO, Howard VJ, Meschia JF, Williams LS, Prineas RJ, Howard G, Safford MM, Association of prediabetes and diabetes with stroke symptoms: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Diabetes care, 2012 Sep;35(9):1845-52 | 2012 |
| Krousel-Wood M, Muntner P, Carson A, Anderson AH, Delaune E, Cushman WC, Cutler JA, Piller LB, Goforth GA, Whelton PK, Hypertension control among newly treated patients before and after publication of the main ALLHAT results and JNC 7 guidelines. Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2012 May;14(5):277-83 | 2012 |
| Muntner P, Woodward M, Carson AP, Judd SE, Levitan EB, Mann DM, McClellan W, Warnock DG, Development and validation of a self-assessment tool for albuminuria: results from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2011 Aug;58(2):196-205 | 2011 |
| Carson AP, Howard G, Burke GL, Shea S, Levitan EB, Muntner P, Ethnic differences in hypertension incidence among middle-aged and older adults: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2011 Jun;57(6):1101-7 | 2011 |
| Tanner RM, Baber U, Carson AP, Voeks J, Brown TM, Soliman EZ, Howard VJ, Muntner P, Association of the metabolic syndrome with atrial fibrillation among United States adults (from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke [REGARDS] Study). The American journal of cardiology, 2011 Jul 15;108(2):227-32 | 2011 |
| Bashey S, Muntner P, Kini AS, Esquitin R, Razzouk L, Mathewkutty S, Wildman RP, Carson AP, Kim MC, Moreno PR, Sharma SK, Farkouh ME, Clustering of metabolic abnormalities among obese patients and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention. The American journal of cardiology, 2011 May 15;107(10):1415-20 | 2011 |
| Carson AP, Fox CS, McGuire DK, Levitan EB, Laclaustra M, Mann DM, Muntner P, Low hemoglobin A1c and risk of all-cause mortality among US adults without diabetes. Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 2010 Nov;3(6):661-7 | 2010 |
| Muntner P, Woodward M, Mann DM, Shimbo D, Michos ED, Blumenthal RS, Carson AP, Chen H, Arnett DK, Comparison of the Framingham Heart Study hypertension model with blood pressure alone in the prediction of risk of hypertension: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2010 Jun;55(6):1339-45 | 2010 |
| Carson AP, Reynolds K, Fonseca VA, Muntner P, Comparison of A1C and fasting glucose criteria to diagnose diabetes among U.S. adults. Diabetes care, 2010 Jan;33(1):95-7 | 2010 |
| Carson AP, Holmes DN, Howard DL, Weight change and functional limitations among older adults in North Carolina. Journal of community health, 2010 Dec;35(6):586-91 | 2010 |
| Carson AP, Rose KM, Catellier DJ, Diez-Roux AV, Muntaner C, Wyatt SB, Employment status, coronary heart disease, and stroke among women. Annals of epidemiology, 2009 Sep;19(9):630-6 | 2009 |
| Gooden KM, Howard DL, Carpenter WR, Carson AP, Taylor YJ, Peacock S, Godley PA, The effect of hospital and surgeon volume on racial differences in recurrence-free survival after radical prostatectomy. Medical care, 2008 Nov;46(11):1170-6 | 2008 |
| Rose KM, Wong TY, Carson AP, Couper DJ, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Migraine and retinal microvascular abnormalities: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology, 2007 May 15;68(20):1694-700 | 2007 |
| Carson AP, Rose KM, Catellier DJ, Kaufman JS, Wyatt SB, Diez-Roux AV, Heiss G, Cumulative socioeconomic status across the life course and subclinical atherosclerosis. Annals of epidemiology, 2007 Apr;17(4):296-303 | 2007 |
| Rose KM, Carson AP, Catellier D, Diez Roux AV, Muntaner C, Tyroler HA, Wyatt SB, Women's employment status and mortality: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Journal of women's health (2002), 2004 Dec;13(10):1108-18 | 2004 |
| Rose KM, Carson AP, Sanford CP, Stang PE, Brown CA, Folsom AR, Szklo M, Migraine and other headaches: associations with Rose angina and coronary heart disease. Neurology, 2004 Dec 28;63(12):2233-9 | 2004 |
| Poudel B, Rosenson RS, Bittner V, Gutiérrez OM, Anderson AH, Woodward M, Deo R, Carson AP, Mues KE, Dluzniewski PJ, Jaar BG, Lora CM, Taliercio J, Muntner P, Colantonio LD, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators, Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Adults With CKD Taking a Moderate- or High-Intensity Statin: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. Kidney medicine, 2021 Sep-Oct;3(5):722-731.e1 | |
| Mondesir FL, Levitan EB, Malla G, Mukerji R, Carson AP, Safford MM, Turan JM, Patient Perspectives on Factors Influencing Medication Adherence Among People with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and CHD Risk Factors. Patient preference and adherence, 2019;13:2017-2027 | |
| Mondesir FL, Carson AP, Durant RW, Lewis MW, Safford MM, Levitan EB, Association of functional and structural social support with medication adherence among individuals treated for coronary heart disease risk factors: Findings from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. PloS one, 2018;13(6):e0198578 | |
| Pham PN, Williams LT, Obot U, Padilla LA, Aung M, Akinyemiju TF, Carson AP, Jolly PE, Epidemiology of Chikungunya fever outbreak in Western Jamaica during July-December 2014. Research and reports in tropical medicine, 2017;8:7-16 | |
| Galadanci NA, Johnson W, Carson A, Hellemann G, Howard V, Kanter J, Association Between Patent Foramen Ovale and Overt Ischemic Stroke in Children With Sickle Cell Disease. Frontiers in neurology, 2021;12:761443 | |
| Respress ET, Jolly PE, Osia C, Williams ND, Sakhuja S, Judd SE, Aung M, Carson AP, A Cross-Sectional Study of Antenatal Care Attendance among Pregnant Women in Western Jamaica. Journal of pregnancy and child health, 2017;4(4) | |
| Howard DL, Carson AP, Holmes DN, Kaufman JS, Consistency of care and blood pressure control among elderly African Americans and whites with hypertension. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM, 2009 May-Jun;22(3):307-15 | |
| Asundep NN, Jolly PE, Carson AP, Turpin CA, Zhang K, Wilson NO, Stiles JK, Tameru B, Effect of Malaria and Geohelminth Infection on Birth Outcomes in Kumasi, Ghana. International journal of tropical disease & health, 2014;4(5):582-594 | |
| Kronish IM, Carson AP, Davidson KW, Muntner P, Safford MM, Depressive symptoms and cardiovascular health by the American Heart Association's definition in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. PloS one, 2012;7(12):e52771 | |
| Evenson KR, Laraia BA, Welch VL, Perry AL, Statewide prevalences of concern about enough food, 1996-1999. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 2002 Jul-Aug;117(4):358-65 | |
| Carson AP, Muntner P, Selvin E, Carnethon MR, Li X, Gross MD, Garvey WT, Lewis CE, Do glycemic marker levels vary by race? Differing results from a cross-sectional analysis of individuals with and without diagnosed diabetes. BMJ open diabetes research & care, 2016;4(1):e000213 | |
Editorial | |
| Carson AP, Williams LB, Hill AN, Physical activity in diabetes: is any better than none? Journal of diabetes and its complications, 2014 May-Jun;28(3):257-8 | |
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 |