In addition to her faculty position in the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Durant has a secondary appointment within the UAB Division of Preventive Medicine (DOPM). Dr. Nefertiti Durant is a scientist at the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE) and the UAB Diabetes Research and Training Center (DRTC). She is a member of UAB’s Clinical Nutrition Research Center and the Minority Health Research Center. She is a junior investigator for the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA). Dr. Durant’s clinical practice is located within the UAB Division of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Dr. Durant received her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County where she was a Meyerhoff Scholar. She then graduated from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2000 and completed residency training in Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center in 2003. Dr. Durant completed her M.P.H. degree at the Harvard School of Public Health as a CFHU Fellow in 2004. As part of that fellowship, Dr. Durant conducted research with the Health Resource Services Administration/Bureau of Primary Health Care on Obesity in Federally-Funded Community Health Centers. Dr. Durant has also completed fellowships at Children’s Hospital of Boston in Adolescent Medicine and Pediatric Health Services Research.
Dr. Durant is committed to health promotion in young African American women and other underserved populations. Her research focuses on promotion of physical activity and reduction of health disparities in obesity using innovative internet technology based interventions.
Nefertiti Durant, MD, MPH
2003-2004
Associate Professor, Associate Medical Director, William A Daniel, Jr. Adolescent Health Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine; Medical Staff, UAB Hospital and Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
2011
Affuso O, Cox TL, Durant NH, Allison DB. Attitudes and beliefs associated with leisure-time physical activity among African American adults. Ethn Dis. 2011 Winter;21(1):63-7.
2010
Ramirez ER, Norman GJ, Rosenberg DE, Kerr J, Saelens BE, Durant N, Sallis JF. Adolescent screen time and rules to limit screen time in the home. J Adolesc Health. 2011 Apr;48(4):379-85. Epub 2010 Oct 15.
Rosenberg DE, Sallis JF, Kerr J, Maher J, Norman GJ, Durant N, Harris SK, Saelens BE. Brief scales to assess physical activity and sedentary equipment in the home. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2010 Jan 31;7:10. PubMed PMID: 20181057; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2834609.
Sallis JF, Kerr J, Carlson JA, Norman GJ, Saelens BE, Durant N, Ainsworth BE. Evaluating a brief self-report measure of neighborhood environments for physical activity research and surveillance: Physical Activity Neighborhood Environment Scale (PANES). J Phys Act Health. 2010 Jul;7(4):533-40.
2009
Durant NH, Childhood Obesity: Harnessing Technology for Prevention and Treatment. Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care. September 2009, 4(3): 157-159. doi:10.1089/bar.2009.9971.
Durant N, Kerr J, Harris SK, Saelens BE, Norman GJ, Sallis JF. Environmental and safety barriers to youth physical activity in neighborhood parks and streets: reliability and validity. Pediatr Exerc Sci. 2009 Feb;21(1):86-99. PubMed PMID: 19411714.
Durant N, Kerr J, Harris SK, Saelens BE, Norman G, Sallis J. Environmental and safety barriers to youth physical activity in parks and streets: Reliability and Validity. Pediatric Exercise Science 2009;21:86-99.
Rosenberg D, Ding D, Sallis JF, Kerr J, Norman GJ, Durant N, Harris SK, Saelens BE. Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): reliability and relationship with physical activity. Prev Med. 2009
Aug-Sep;49(2-3):213-8. Epub 2009 Jul 24. PubMed PMID: 19632263.
Durant N, Harris SK, Doyle S, Person S, Saelens BE, Kerr J, Norman GJ, Sallis JF. Relation of school environment and policy to adolescent physical activity. J Sch Health. 2009 Apr;79(4):153-9; quiz 205-6. PubMed PMID: 19292847.
Durant N, Doyle S, Harris SK, Kerr J, Saelens BE, Norman G, Sallis J. School Factors and Physical Activity. J Sch Health. 2009 Apr;79(4):153-9; quiz 205-6
2008
Durant NH, Bartman B, Person SD, Collins F, Austin SB. Patient provider communication about the health effects of obesity. Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Apr;75(1):53-7. Epub 2008 Nov 26.
Durant N, Bartman B, Person S, Collins F, Austin B. Predictors of Perceptions of Effect of Obesity on Health among Federally Funded Overweight/Obese Community Health Center Users. Patient Education and Counseling. Online publication complete: 26-NOV-2008, Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2008.09.021; DOI information: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.09.021; Paper version in press.
Forman H, Kerr J, Norman GJ, Saelens BE, Durant NH, Harris SK, and Sallis JF. Reliability and validity of destination-specific barriers to walking and cycling for youth. Preventive Medicine 2008;46:311-316.
Durant N, Baskin ML, Thomas O, Allison DB. School-based obesity treatment and prevention programs: all in all, just another brick in the wall? Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Dec;32(12):1747-51.
Grow HM, Saelens BE, Kerr J, Durant NH, Norman GJ, Sallis JF. Where are youth active? Roles of proximity, active transport, and built environment. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Dec;40(12):2071-9.
2006
Roundtable Discussion Childhood and Adolescent Obesity, Participants Ayoob K, Durant N, Haynes B, Rowen L, Scmidt C, Tyler R, Zedeck C , Zeller M. Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care. 2006; 1(4): 229-239.
2005
Durant N, Cox J. Current treatment approaches to overweight in adolescents. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 2005; 17:454-459.
