Ameena T. Ahmed, M.D., M.P.H.

Current Positions:

	Staff Scientist, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
	Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
	Director, Human Rights Clinic, Alameda County Medical Center, CA
	Medical Research Consultant, Physicians for Human Rights
	Physician, Permanente Medical Group, Milpitas, CA

Primary Research Interests:

	Migration, acculturation, and health
	Alcohol and substance use among people with diabetes
	Socioeconomic, ethnic, and educational disparities in health
	Effects of violence on physical and psychological health
	Health and human rights

Current Research Projects:

	Alcohol consumption and complications of diabetes. Funding Agency: NIAAA; Role: Principal Investigator
	Alcohol use and glycemic control among people with diabetes. Funding Agency: Kaiser Foundation Research Institute Community Benefits Fund; Role: Co-Principal Investigator
	Ethnicity and diabetic complications among members of Kaiser Permanente Northern California; Funding Agency: NIDDK; Role: Co-investigator

Completed Research Projects:

	Congestive Heart Failure and Pioglitazone Use; Funding Agency: American Diabetes Association; Role: Co-Investigator
	Alcohol use and self-care behaviors in people with diabetes. Funding Agency: Kaiser Foundation Research Institute Community Benefits Fund; Role: Principal Investigator
	Gender asylum and recovery project. Funding Agency: Jacob and Valerie Langeloth Foundation; Role: Principal Investigator

Selected Recent Publications:

	Desmond E, Ahmed AT, Probert WS, Ely J, Jang Y, Sanders CA, Lin S, Flood J. Mycobacterium africanum cases. California. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2004;10:921-3.
	Ahmed AT, Karter AJ. Tuberculosis in California dialysis patients. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004;8:341-5.
	Karter AJ, Parker MM, Moffet HH, Ahmed AT, Ferrara A, Liu JY, Selby JV. Missed appointments and poor glycemic control: An opportunity to identify high risk diabetic patients. Med Care 2004;42:110-5.
	Karter AJ, Ahmed AT, Liu J, Moffet HH, Parker MM, Ferrara A, Selby JV. Use of thiazolidinediones and risk of heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study. Diabetes Care 2004;27:850-1.
	Reis C, Ahmed AT, Amowitz LL, Kushner AL, Elahi M, Iacopino V. Physician participation in human rights abuses in Southern Iraq. JAMA 2004;291:1480-6.
	Karter AJ, Moffet H, Liu JY, Parker MM, Ahmed AT, Ferrara A, Selby JV. Achieving glycemic targets: Type 2 diabetic patients from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry initiating new antihyperglycemic therapies. Am J Managed Care 2005; 11:262-70.
	Karter AJ, Ahmed AT, Liu J, Moffet HH, Parker MM. Pioglitazone initiation and risk of subsequent hospitalization for congestive heart failure. Diabet Med 2005;22:986-93.
	Ahmed AT, Karter AJ, Liu J. Alcohol consumption is inversely association with adherence to diabetes self-care behaviors. Diabet Med 2006;23:795-802.
	Karter AJ, Moffet HH, Liu J, Parker MM, Ahmed AT, Ettner S, Selby JV. Impact of cost-sharing changes on self-monitoring of blood glucose. Am J Managed Care 2007;13:408-16.
	Ahmed AT. Bearing Witness. JAMA 2007;298:494-5.
	Ahmed AT, Mohammed SA, Williams DR. Racial discrimination and health: pathways and evidence. Indian J Med Res 2007, in press.