Robert M. Mayberry, MS, MPH, PhD. BERD Co-Director and Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine. In addition to his key BERD role, Dr. Mayberry is Director of the Study Design, Biostatistics, and Data Management Core (SDBDMC), the NCRR Research Centers and Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (R-CENTER). He also serves as Associate Director of the Clinical Research and Community Engagement at MSM. Dr. Mayberry is a nationally noted scientist, scholar, and opinion leader in minority health and health disparities research. Dr. Mayberry’s interests include application of epidemiologic principles and methods in health services research, program planning and evaluation, community-based intervention design and implementation, and the translation of research discoveries into community practice. Dr. Mayberry leads a team of experienced individuals with expertise in biostatistics, epidemiology and data management, all of whom are affiliated with BERD and located on site to respond to the needs of ACTSI researchers at MSM.

Pamela Daniels, MPH, MBA, PhD. Dr. Daniels is an epidemiologist/sociologist with expertise in study design and methodology, statistical analysis (both qualitative and quantitative), survey development, focus group facilitation, GIS, community engagement, program evaluation, and community intervention planning and implementation. Her primary research interests are in how preexisting social vectors (i.e., race, class, and gender) intersect to increase health disparities in minority populations and the effectiveness of motivational interviewing to reduce the incidence and prevalence of chronic disease; improve health outcomes; promote health behavioral change, and increase health literacy.

Fengxia Yan, MD, MS. Dr. Yan is an assistant professor in Biostatistics with strong knowledge of medical science and excellent statistical analysis skill. I am expertise in statistical analysis for both survey data and clinical laboratory-based data. My areas of interest include experimental study design, the application of multivariate and hierarchical statistical modeling and database management.

Robina Josiah Willock, MPH, PhD. Dr. Josiah Willock is a faculty member in the Dept. of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Dr Josiah Willock’s primary research interests are health communication, health education and health promotion in chronic disease prevention and management in high risk populations. She is also Research Associate and Project Director with the MSM, Clinical Research Center (CRC) and currently manages one of nine National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Community Health Worker Health Disparities Initiatives funded across the United States. As a team member of the Study Design Biostatistics and Data Management Core (SDBDMC) Core at MSM, Dr Josiah Willock is an experienced focus group facilitator and primarily supports the core’s research methodology and study design services.