
Obidiugwu Duru
Professor · UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
Credentials: · · · ·
History
Research
JAMA Network Open · 2019 · 215 citations
Allostatic load burden and racial disparities in mortality
Journal of the National Medical Association · 2012 · First of 4 authors · Corresponding · 201 citations
Ethnicity & Disease · 2017 · 116 citations

59 papers

31 papers · 1 as a fellow

25 papers

12 papers · 2 as a resident

11 papers

11 papers

10 papers

8 papers
Grants
- 2026–2031
Southern California Center for Diabetes Translation Research (SoCal CDTR)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · P30
PI · $420.3K · University of California Los Angeles
- 2026–2030
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $751.4K · University of California Los Angeles
- 2002–2028
The Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly
National Institute on Aging · P30
PI · $5.5M · University of California Los Angeles
- 2022–2027
NCCDPHP · U18
PI · $3.1M · University of California Los Angeles
Clinical trials
- 2025
SMART Pilot Trial of Glycemic Screening Outreach
Principal investigator · Completed
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2006–2008
An Intervention to Increase Physical Activity Among African American Women
Principal investigator · Completed
National Institute on Aging (NIA)



