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    The Minority Health and Health Disparities Population Laboratory, led Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable, who is also the director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities focuses on health and health care disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations.
The three main areas of lab research are: (1) Tobacco use behavior and its relation to other substance use, unhealthy behaviors, migration-related social determinants, chronic stress, and mental health among Latinos of different national heritages; (2) Differential risk of lung cancer in racial and ethnic minority populations, as shown by metabolic biomarkers of nicotine and tobacco-specific carcinogens; and (3) Relationships of migration- and environment-related social determinants of health with chronic diseases, such as diabetes.
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  Eliseo J.  Pérez-Stable, M.D.
          Senior Investigator, NIMHD Director
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              Dr. Pérez-Stable's research interests have centered on improving the health of racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations, advancing patient-centered care, improving cross-cultural communication skills among health care professionals, and promoting diversity in the biomedical research workforce.
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                Diversity and inclusion for the All of Us research program: A scoping review.
            Authors:Mapes BM, Foster CS, Kusnoor SV, Epelbaum MI, AuYoung M, Jenkins G, Lopez-Class M, Richardson-Heron D, Elmi A, Surkan K, Cronin RM, Wilkins CH, Pérez-Stable EJ, Dishman E, Denny JC, Rutter JL; All of Us Research Program.
                                                                                                                        
            PLoS One
      
                2020 Jul 01;15(7):e0234962
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                      Hispanic/Latino heritage group disparities in sleep and the sleep-cardiovascular health relationship by housing tenure status in the United States.
            Authors:Gaston SA, Nguyen-Rodriguez S, Aiello AE, McGrath J, Jackson WB 2nd, Nápoles A, Pérez-Stable EJ, Jackson CL.
                                                                                                                        
            Sleep Health
      
                2020 Jul 01;S2352-7218(20):30036-X
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                      COVID-19 and Racial/Ethnic Disparities.
            Authors:Webb Hooper M, Nápoles AM, Pérez-Stable EJ.
                                                                                            
            JAMA
      
                2020 May 01;Online ahead of print:
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                      Adolescent Smoking Susceptibility: Gender-Stratified Racial and Ethnic Differences, 1999-2018
            Authors:Kamke K, Sabado-Liwag M, Rodriquez EJ, Pérez-Stable EJ, El-Toukhy S.
                                                                                                                        
            Am J Prev Med.
      
                2020 May 01;58(8):666-674
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                      NIMHD Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers for Health Disparities Research Focused on Precision Medicine
            Authors:Rajapakse N, Sayre MH, Pérez-Stable EJ.
                                                                                                                        
            Ethn Dis
      
                2020 Apr 02;30(Suppl 1):135-136
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            Eliseo J.  Pérez-Stable, M.D.
                Senior Investigator, NIMHD Director
                Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. is Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) and Principal Investigator in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Pérez-Stable's research interests have centered on improving the health of racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations, advancing patient-centered care, improving cross-cultural communication skills among health care professionals, and promoting diversity in the biomedical research workforce. Recognized as a leader in Latino health care and disparities research, Dr. Pérez-Stable has spent more than 30 years leading research on smoking cessation and tobacco control policy in Latino populations in the United States and Latin America.
    
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