Daniel L. Howard, Ph.D. is a Professor of
Health Policy and Founding Director of the Institute for Health,
Social, and Community Research at Shaw University
www.ihscr.org. Dr. Howard received his Bachelor’s Degree in
Economics from the University of Michigan College of Literature,
Sciences, and Arts in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Education and Human
Development specializing in Policy Development and Program
Evaluation at Vanderbilt University Peabody College of Education and
Human Development in 1992. His graduate work was funded by the
Dorothy Danforth Compton Fellowship Award, 1987-1991. He also
received a Dissertation Fellowship Award from the Social Science
Research Council Program on the Urban Underclass in
1991-1992.
Dr. Howard completed two-year postdoctoral
training at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and
School of Social Work as a Paul Cornely and Ford Foundation
Postdoctoral Scholar in 1994. He also completed two-year
postdoctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill (UNC-CH) Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research (Sheps
Center) as a Health Services Research Postdoctoral Fellow funded by
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National
Research Service Award in 1998. He has been appointed (2002-2007)
and re-appointed (2007-2012) as a Research Fellow at the UNC-CH
Sheps Center.
Dr. Howard’s research interests include the
examination of epidemiologic patterns of health outcomes that
disproportionately affect African Americans; minority health and
health disparities; health services; and, health policy. He has
numerous scientific, peer-reviewed manuscripts in prominent journals
such as Academic Medicine, African American Research
Perspectives, American Journal of Men’s Health, American Journal of
Obstetrics/Gynecology, American Journal of Public Health,
Family Medicine, Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Services
Research, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Humbolt Journal
of Social Relations, Journal of Aging and Health, Journal of
Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Journal of the
American Board of Family Medicine, Journal of Health Disparities
Research and Practice, Journal of the Medical Library Association,
Journal of the National Medical Association, Journal of Substance
Abuse, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Journal of Women and
Aging, Medical Care, Nursing Research, Progress in Community Health
Partnerships: Research Education and Action, Public Health Reports,
Research on Aging, and Substance Use and Misuse.
Dr. Howard has actively participated as a
Principal Investigator, Co-Principal Investigator, and
Co-Investigator on grant research funded by the National Institutes
of Health (NIH): National Center on Minority Health and Health
Disparities (NCMHD), National Center for Research Resources (NCRR),
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and, National Institute on
Aging (NIA); the United States Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS): Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),
and, AHRQ; and, the United States Department of Defense (DoD), which
pertain to health services, minority health, and racial health
disparities research. He has received grant awards that have
totaled over $20 million dollars.
Dr. Howard is a founding member of the
executive committee for the Academy for Health Equity
www.academyforhealthequity.org, a non-profit multidisciplinary
organization dedicated to the elimination of health disparities by
bringing together varied and diverse stakeholders to facilitate
trans-disciplinary translation exchanges of the latest research and
practical applications in this field. In 2008, he was invited to
serve on the editorial boards of the journals, Healthy Aging and
Clinical Care in the Elderly as well as Risk Management and
Healthcare Policy. In 2007, he was invited to serve on and
elected chairman of the external advisory board of the Winston-Salem
State University Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health
Disparities, funded by the NIH NCMHD P20 Project EXPORT, 2007- 2012.
He was also invited in 2007 to serve on the editorial board of the
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. In 2006, he
received the National Role Model Researcher Award from
Minority Access, Inc., a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization with a
cooperative agreement with the U.S. DHHS to increase the pool of
minority biomedical researchers by identifying individual and
institutional role models. In 2001, he received the Historically
Black College and University Spotlight on Excellence
Administrator/Faculty Award from Black Voices Quarterly Magazine
www.blackvoices.com and General Motors Corporation.
In 2002, Shaw University, with Dr. Howard as
Principal Investigator, was the only university in the nation to
hold two NIH NCMHD Project EXPORT grants (P60 and R24). It was
noted by the 2004 P60 external scientific program advisory committee
of national experts that the “UNC-CH-Shaw Partnership should be
viewed as the “showcase” model for addressing health disparities.”
In 2007, Shaw University, with Dr. Howard as Principal
Investigator, was the only university in the nation to partner with
two NIH NCMHD Project EXPORT P60 Centers of Excellence (UNC-CH and
Johns Hopkins University). On December 5, 2008, the Institute for
Health, Social, and Community Research faculty and staff moved into
its new $5.4 million, 37,500 square foot research facility on Shaw
University’s campus which was initiated and facilitated by Dr.
Howard’s research infrastructure improvement grant.
Contact Information:
Daniel L. Howard, Ph.D.
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Office Phone: (919) 546-8256
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Fax: (919) 836-9433
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E-mail:
howardd@shawu.edu
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Mailing Address: 125 E. South Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
