Lori Brand Bateman

Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine, Minority Health & Research Center, Heersink School of Medicine
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Dr. Lori Brand Bateman is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Division of Preventive Medicine in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. She holds a doctorate in Medical Sociology from UAB as well as master’s degrees in both Religion (ethics) and Wellness Promotion from Baylor University. She did her undergraduate work in nutrition and her clinical home is as a registered dietitian.

During the first part of her career she gained extensive experience in program development, nutrition education, and individual behavior change in both academic and clinical settings. More recently Bateman’s interests have shifted to examining health and illness in the context of social structure. Her research has explored the ways in which narrative informs the perspectives of both patients and providers and how this influences provider-patient communication. Her most current work examines the impact of the social determinants of health on racial/ethnic health disparities.