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Faculty Detail    
Name RAEGAN DURANT
 
Campus Address MT 607 Zip 4410
Phone  (205) 934-7608
E-mail  rdurant@uab.edu
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Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Med - Preventive Medicine  Med - Preventive Medicine Professor
Secondary  Med - General Internal Medicine  Med - General Internal Medicine Associate Professor
Center  Center for Outcomes & Effectiveness Res & Educ  Center for Outcomes & Effectiveness Res & Educ Professor
Center  Comprehensive Cardiovascular Ctr  Comprehensive Cardiovascular Ctr Professor
Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center Professor
Center  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Professor
Center  Minority Health & Research Center  Minority Health & Research Center Professor

Biographical Sketch 
EDUCATION: 1992-1996 BS Howard University, Washington, DC, Major in Biology 1996-2000 MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 2003-2005 MPH Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING: 2000-2003 Medicine Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 2003-2006 General Internal Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Society Memberships
Organization Name Position Held Org Link
American Heart Association     
Mineral District Medical Society     
Society of General Internal Medicine     



Selected Publications 
Publication PUBMEDID
Safford MM, Brown TM, Muntner P, Durant RW, Glasser S, Halanych J, Shikany JM, Prineas R, Samdarshi T, Bittner V, Lewis CE, Gamboa C, Cushman M, Howard V, Howard G, for the REGARDS Investigators. Association of Race and Sex with Risk of Incident Acute Coronary Heart Disease Events in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012;308(17):1768-1774.   
Boulware LE, Ratner LE, Sosa JA, Tu AH, Nagula S, Simpkins CE, Durant RW, Powe NR. The public’s concerns about the clinical risks of live kidney donation. American Journal of Transplantation. 2002; 2(2): 186-193. DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.020211.x.   
Ard JD, Durant RW, Edwards LC, Svetkey LP. Perceptions of African American culture and implications for clinical trial design. Ethnicity and Disease. 2005;15(2):292-299   
Corbie-Smith G, Durant RW, Saint George DM. Investigator assessment of NIH mandated inclusion of women and minorities in research. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2006; 27(6):571-9.    
Durant RW, Davis RB, St. George DMM, Williams IC, Blumenthal C, Corbie-Smith GM. Participation in research studies: Factors associated with failing to meet minority recruitment goals. Annals of Epidemiology. 2007;17(8):634-642.    
Durant RW, McClure LA, Halanych JH, Lewis CE, Prineas RJ, Glasser SP, Safford MM. Trust in physicians and blood pressure control in blacks and whites being treated for hypertension in the REGARDS Study. Ethnicity and Disease. 2010 Summer;20(3):282-289   
Durant RW, Legedza AT, Marcantonio ER, Freeman MB, Landon BE. Willingness to participate in clinical trials among African Americans and Whites previously exposed to clinical research. Journal of Cultural Diversity. 2011 Spring;18(1):8-19.    
Durant RW, Legedza AT, Marcantonio ER, Freeman MB, Landon BE. (2010). Different types of distrust in clinical research among Whites and African Americans. Journal of the National Medical Association. 2011;103:123-130   
Muntner P, Halanych JH, Reynolds K, Durant RW, Vupputuri S, Sung V, Meschia JF, Howard VJ, Safford MM, Krousel-Wood M. Low Medication Adherence and the Incidence of Stroke Symptoms Among Individuals With Hypertension: The REGARDS Study. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2011;13(7):479-86.    
Brown TM, Parmar G, Durant RW, Halanych JH, Hovater M, Muntner P, Prineas RJ, Roth DL, Samdarshi TE, Safford MM. Health Professional Shortage Areas, Insurance Status, and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Journal for the Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011;22(4):1179-89.   
Durant RW, Parmar G, Shuaib F, Le A, Brown TM, Roth DL, Hovater M, Halanych JH, Shikany JM, Prineas RJ, Samdarshi T, Safford MM. Awareness and Management of Chronic Disease, Insurance Status, and Health Professional Shortage Areas in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS): A Cross-Sectional Study. BMC Health Services Research. 2012;12(1):208.   
Shuaib FM, Durant RW, Parmar G, Brown TM, Roth DL, Hovater M, Halanych JH, Shikany JM, Prineas RJ, Samdarshi T, Howard G, Safford MM. Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension, Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia and Area-Level Mortality Regions in the Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Journal for the Health Care of the Poor and Underserved. 2012;23(2):903-21.