Training Core
The EQUATE Training Core offers support and learning opportunities to trainees through facilitated meetings and professional development opportunities.

Ann Scheck McAlearney, ScD, MS
Associate Dean, Health Sciences Research
Executive Director, CATALYST
Professor, Health Services Management and Policy
Professor, College of Public Health
Professor, Pediatrics
The Ohio State College of Medicine

Core Members

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine – Center for Health Equity Transformation
George H. Gardner, MD, Professor of Clinical Gynecology
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology /Preventative Medicine
Professor, Medical Social Sciences
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations – Obstetrics and Gynecology
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State College of Medicine

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program
Section Chief, Vascular Biology and Hypertension
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Director, Institute for Human Rights
Director, Social Science and Justice Research
Professor, Political Science and Public Administration
Professor, Anthropology and Social Work
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Professor, College of Nursing
Interim Director of Research Mentoring & Development
Florida State University

Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Assistant Director of OB Research, CWRH
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Vice Chair, Education
Associate Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham