Cobb Institute provides access to publications that are relevant to the elimination of health disparities ranging from newsletters, editorials, manuscripts, special reports.  Cobb Institute aims to function as a national resource on health disparities research. We are collecting current information and identifying available resources in accordance with our programmatic goals.

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RESOURCES ON HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS and the African-American Community: A State of Emergency
Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD; Donna M. Christensen, MD; and Erica D. Taylor, MD

African-American Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: Recommendations for Future Research
Gail E. Wyatt, PhD; John K. Williams, MD; and Hector F. Myers, PhD

Research Needed to More Effectively Combat HIV among African-American Men Who Have Sex with Men
Eric G. Bing, MD, PhD; Trista Bingham, MPH, MS; and Gregorio A. Millett, MPH

Incarceration, African Americans and HIV: Advancing a Research Agenda
Nina Harawa, MPH, PhD and Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH

RESOURCES ON HEALTH DISPARITIES

Pay-for-Performance-Financial Health Disparities and the Impact on Healthcare Disparities
Rodney G. Hood, MD

COBB INSTITUTE STRATEGIES FOR THE ELIMINATION OF HEALTH DISPARITIES
Randall C. Morgan, Jr, MD, MBA, Sheila J. Davis, MD, MS was presented in Lausanne, Switzerland—2006.  Published in the fall 2007 Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO MEDICINES: TOWARDS INDIVIDUALIZED PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT
Valentine J. Burroughs, MD, Randall W. Maxey, MD, PhD, and Richard A. Levy, PhD Washington, DC and Reston, Virginia.

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