ACHIEVE GREATER | Health Equity Action Network

Addressing Cardiometabolic Health Inequities by Early PreVEntion in the Great LakEs Region

The ACHIEVE GREATER (Addressing Cardiometabolic Health Inequities by Early PreVEntion in the GREAT LakEs Region) Center seeks to reduce overwhelming cardiometabolic health disparities and downstream Black-White lifespan inequality in two uniquely comparable cities: Detroit, Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio. Building upon existing collaboration and resources across three major research institutions, two in Detroit (Wayne State University and the Henry Ford Health System) and one in Cleveland (Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals), ACHIEVE GREATER includes four distinct but related projects that all focus on interrupting various stages of pathogenesis by addressing multiple domains of influence.

To learn more, visit the ACHIEVE GREATER website.

Achieve Greater Project Overview — ACHIEVE GREATER projects focus on early to mid-life intervention of cardiometabolic health disparities.

CV: Cardiovascular, QOL: Quality of life HTN: Hypertension, BP: Blood pressure, MHU: Mobile Health Unit, HF: Heart failure, BNP: Brain natriuretic peptide, CHD: Coronary heart disease, CMHA: Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, CAC: Coronary artery calcium, LDL: Low-density lipoprotein, A1c: A hemoglobin A1c test measures the amount of glucose attached to hemoglobin

Partner Institutions

Projects

ACHIEVE Hypertension (HTN)

ACHIEVE GREATER: #1

ACHIEVE Heart Failure (HF)

ACHIEVE GREATER: #2

ACHIEVE Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)

ACHIEVE GREATER: #3

PATHFINDER

ACHIEVE GREATER: #4

Team

Leadership

Phillip Levy, MPH, MD

Principal Investigator

Deborah Ellis, PhD

Leadership Team

Safwan Badr, MBA, MD

Leadership Team

Rhonda Dailey, MD

Leadership Team

Elizabeth Towner, PhD

Leadership Team

Projects

Robert Brook, MD

Project Lead

Ijeoma Opara, MD

Co-Investigator

Katee Dawood, BASc, MBA, MS

Project Coordinator

David Lanfear, MD, MS

Project Lead

Ijeoma Opara, MD

Co-Investigator

Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD

Project Lead

Heather Conger, BSN, CCRP, RN

Project Coordinator

David Lanfear, MD, MS

Principal Investigator

Robert Brook, MD

Co-Investigator

Phillip Levy, MPH, MD

Co-Investigator

Steven Korzeniewski, PhD

Co-Investigator

Mei Lu, PhD

Co-Investigator

Whitney Cabral, MS

Project Manager

Samantha Hochstadt

Grant Manager

Christina Melkonian

Data Manager

Ruicong She, MS

Statistician

Vandana Venkateswaran, PhD

Bioinformatician

Jocelyne Cyrenne

Clinical Study Coordinator

Madeline Mackezyk

Clinical Study Coordinator

Cores

Phillip Levy, MPH, MD

Director

Deborah Ellis, PhD

Director

Rhonda Dailey, MD

Co-Assistant Director

Elizabeth Towner, PhD

Co-Assistant Director

Safwan Badr, MBA, MD

Director

Working Groups

Robert Brook, MD

Member

Brian Reed

Member

Toria Turner

Member

Ijeoma Opara, MD

Member

Rhonda Dailey, MD

Member

Elizabeth Towner, PhD

Member

Safwan Badr, MBA, MD

Member

Delores Gray

Member

Toria Turner

Member

Katee Dawood, BASc, MBA, MS

Member

Heather Conger, BSN, CCRP, RN

Member

Partner Institutions

Phillip Levy, MPH, MD

Deborah Ellis, PhD

Safwan Badr, MBA, MD

Rhonda Dailey, MD

Elizabeth Towner, PhD

Robert Brook, MD

David Lanfear, MD, MS

Ijeoma Opara, MD

Brian Reed

Jackie Parker

LynnMarie Mango, BS, MPH

Katee Dawood, BASc, MBA, MS

Toria Turner

Katherine Knauft, PhD

Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD

Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD

Heather Conger, BSN, CCRP, RN

Katee Dawood, BASc, MBA, MS

Publications

Utilizing Mobile Health Units for Mass Hypertension Screening in Socially Vulnerable Communities Across Detroit

From pandemic response to portable population health: A formative evaluation of the Detroit mobile health unit program

Myosin-Related Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Another Elephant Emerges From Darkness

Neighborhood Walkability and Cardiovascular Risk in the United States

Neighborhood-level Social Vulnerability and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease

Ambient Air Pollution and Pulse Wave Velocity in Patients With Hypertension Treated With Intensive Versus Standard Blood Pressure Control

Association Between Particulate Matter Pollution and CKD Mortality by Social Deprivation

Neighborhood-level Social Vulnerability and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Coronary Heart Disease

Ameliorating Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Impact of low/no-charge coronary artery calcium scoring on statin eligibility and outcomes in women: The CLARIFY study

Articles

ACHIEVE GREATER takes on key roles in Health Equity Action Network

07/17/2024

Wayne Mobile Health Unit transforms bringing health care to people where they live

06/05/2024

Rhonda Dailey Receives 2024 Community Engagement Award From Wayne State University

04/26/2024

PATHFINDER Project Funded

12/01/2023

Wayne State wins $18 million from National Institutes of Health to intercept chronic disease in Black communities

10/06/2021