Contact Information
Available for logged-in reporters only
Newswise BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The 2014 International Stroke Conference begins Wednesday, Feb. 12. The University of Alabama at Birmingham will contribute newsworthy presentations and moderators, and it has a number of experts available to weigh in on the news coming out of the conference:
Donna Arnett, Ph.D. Arnett is immediate past-president of the American Heart Association. She is professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the UAB School of Public Health.
Gyanendra Kumar, M.D. Kumar is researching the use of high density-diffuse optical tomography neuroimaging technology to study the brains of patients with acute ischemic stroke. He is an assistant professor in the Division of Cerebrovascular Disease in the UAB School of Medicine.
George Howard, Dr.P.H. Howard is the principal investigator of the statistical analysis center for the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) and is PI of the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. He is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the UAB School of Public Health.
Virginia Howard, Ph.D. Howard is a co-PI on the REGARDS study and CREST as well as PI of a grant studying Childhood Socioeconomic Factors and Age-Related Cognitive and Vascular Health. She is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the UAB School of Public Health.
Suzanne Judd, Ph.D. Judd is an expert in the role of vitamin D and blood pressure and dietary assessment. She is a co-investigator in the REGARDS study and an associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics in the UAB School of Public Health.
Leslie McClure, Ph.D. McClure is the PI of the statistical analysis center for the Secondary Prevention of Small Subcortical Strokes (SPS3) and an expert in clinical trials, in addition to also being a co-investigator in REGARDS.
Kara Sands, M.D. Sands will have a moderated poster presentation on basilar occlusions and symptomatic intracranial stenosis. Sands is an assistant professor in the Division of Cerebrovascular Disease in the UAB School of Medicine.
Originally posted here:
UAB Experts Available, Presenting at 2014 International Stroke Conference