Deputy director for community engagement
Tuskegee University Health Disparities Institute
Dr. Vivian Carter is the deputy director for community engagement for the Tuskegee University Health Disparities Institute, and distinguished endowed chair of the psychology and sociology department.
She has served as the assistant director for community outreach with The Tuskegee National Center for Bioethics and is an accomplished researcher specializing in community-based participatory research.
Carter is the co-author of cancer research publications including:
- Increasing Mammography Screening Rates among African American Women in Rural Black Belt Counties: An Education Intervention
- Increasing Prostate Cancer Screening Among African American Men in Rural Black Belt Counties in Alabama: An Education Intervention
Both articles are published in the "Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved" and "Healthy Lifestyle: A Nutrition and Physical Activity Caner Prevention Program"
Her works have dramatically impacted the health outcomes for women in Macon County by actively fighting to have mammography and support for screening.
Carter’s research has also helped to change law requirements on prostate cancer screening in the state of Alabama. Her research on issues affecting African-American female offenders is published in "Women Prisoners: A Forgotten Population" by Paeger Press.
Carter earned her master's degree in human relations and completed practicum research at University of California-Irvine. She earned a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Oklahoma.