Andrea Cherrington

Andrea Cherrington, M.D., MPH, is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She holds the Triton Endowed Professorship in Health Equity Research and serves as Inaugural Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science. Her roles include affiliations across multiple departments and centers within UAB, including the School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), Comprehensive Diabetes Center, and others.

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (1999)
• Master of Public Health (MPH), University of North Carolina

Research Focus: Dr. Cherrington specializes in reducing health disparities through community-based interventions, improving chronic disease management in underserved populations, and examining patient-reported outcomes such as quality of life and depression. Her work bridges clinical practice and population health science, with a focus on diabetes and cardiovascular health equity.

Awards & Grants: She has secured major grants for community health initiatives and received prestigious awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her research emphasizes Alabama’s underserved communities.

Labs & Teams: Affiliated with key centers including the NORC, Comprehensive Diabetes Center, and Minority Health & Research Center, where she leads interdisciplinary collaborations to address public health challenges.