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ArticleJournal of clinical and translational science2026

Development and implementation of the Forge AHEAD Center: A collaborative research center addressing cardiometabolic disease through academic-community partnership in the Deep South.

Gareth R Dutton, Monica L Baskin, Orlando M Gutiérrez, Caroline E Compretta, Michael J Mugavero, April A Agne, Lauren Hebert-Henderson, Trudi V Horton, Rikki M Tanner, April P Carson and 9 more

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Article in Journal of clinical and translational science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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19 authors.

Gareth R DuttonThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Monica L BaskinThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Orlando M GutiérrezThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Caroline E ComprettaUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Michael J MugaveroThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6916-6701
April A AgneThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Lauren Hebert-HendersonIndependent scholar.
Trudi V HortonThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Rikki M TannerThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6409-3611
April P CarsonUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Peter T KatzmarzykPennington Biomedical Research Center, USA.
Timothy TurnerTuskegee University, USA.
Tapan S MehtaThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Kara D DenstelPennington Biomedical Research Center, USA.
Aseel El ZeinThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Michael E HallUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Sharonda HardyThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.
Eboni Price-HaywoodOchsner Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research, USA.
Andrea L CherringtonThe University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Deep South has the highest rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in the nation, with marked disparities by race, socioeconomic status, and rurality. The mission of the Forge AHEAD Center is to improve health outcomes and reduce the burden of cardiometabolic diseases across the Deep South, with a particular focus on the prevention and treatment of these chronic diseases. Forge AHEAD is unified thematically by its application of a precision public health approach across the care continuum, defined as delivering the right intervention to the right population at the right time. This approach acknowledges the importance of context and individual beliefs and preferences, as well as the need for multi-level and multi-domain interventions to achieve health improvements. The Center brings together an interdisciplinary team of investigators from 4 institutions in 3 contiguous states in the region, as well as non-academic partners to extend cardiometabolic research into real-world community and clinical settings. Given the high prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases in the Deep South and the strong research base of the partnering institutions, the Forge AHEAD Center is ideally situated to inform research, clinical care, and policy to improve health outcomes in a region of substantial need.

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Collaborative researchcommunity-engaged researchhealth disparitiesimplementation strategiestranslational research

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PMID42256465
PMCPMC13237192

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