WOMEN FACULTY

Esa M. Davis , MD, MPH

Esa M. Davis, M.D., M.P.H. is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine Research Division and a former R25 Fellow in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Davis’s current research investigates the role of stress, insulin resistance, and childbearing on the later life development of obesity and diabetes in women. She is particularly interested in understanding mechanisms for the racial and socioeconomic disparity in obesity occurring among women. To support her line of inquiry, she has recently been awarded a Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Davis maintains a clinical practice at the University Hospitals of Cleveland Family Medicine Health Center. Additionally, she is involved in medical student and resident education. Dr. Davis went to UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ, and completed her research training as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. She received her Master’s of Public Health Degree from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is board-certified as a diplomat from the American Board of Family Physicians. Dr. Davis belongs to several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the National Medical Association, the North American Primary Care Research Group and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity.

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