Addressing Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health (ASBDH) Core
Transforming Diabetes Through Social Insight
The Addressing Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health Core seeks to catalyze state-of-the-art approaches to address socioecological, economic, and behavioral determinants of health in order to improve diabetes prevention, treatment, and outcomes.
The Core will support Center investigators and trainees with measuring and intervening on social and behavioral determinants of health among various patient populations in a range of community and health care settings. This Core will have a particular focus on developing novel interventions that screen for and modify SDOHs, leverage insights from behavioral economics and other behavioral science frameworks, and support behavior change among various patient populations.
The Core has four Specific Aims:
Aim 1. Support state-of-the-art translational research to address socio-ecological, economic, and behavioral determinants of health in order to improve diabetes prevention, treatment, and outcomes.
Aim 2. Integrate rigorous measurement of socio-ecological, economic, and behavioral determinants of health into translational diabetes research.
Aim 3. Catalyze new collaborations to address socio-ecological, economic, and behavioral determinants of health in translational diabetes research.
Aim 4. Develop early career investigators who will measure and target socio-ecological, economic, and behavioral determinants of health in translational diabetes research.
Our multidisciplinary focus, breadth, and depth of expertise in the social and behavioral determinants of health in this Core position us well to catalyze a pipeline of innovative and effective interventions to improve health outcomes.
Key Personnel
Core Co-Directors
Jeffrey Todd Kullgren, MD, MS, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Vice Chief for Research and Innovation
Internal Medicine
Director, National Poll on Healthy Aging and Michigan Poll on Healthy Aging
Medical School and Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy
School of Public Health
Minal Patel, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan
Co-Investigators
Jaclynn M Hawkins
Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Roshanak Mehdipanah, PhD
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Michigan
Gretchen A Piatt, PhD, MPH
Chair, Department of Learning Health Sciences
Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health
Amy Schulz, PhD, MPH, MSW
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Core Staff
Kate Brantley, MSW
University of Michigan
