About the Authors

Cheryl R. Clark

crclark@partners.org

Affiliations Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s-Faulkner Hospitalist Program, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Community Health and Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mark J. Ommerborn

Affiliation Center for Community Health and Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

DeMarc A. Hickson

Affiliation Jackson Heart Study, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Kya N. Grooms

Affiliation Center for Community Health and Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mario Sims

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Herman A. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Michelle A. Albert

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRC MJO DAH MS HAT MAA. Analyzed the data: CRC MJO KNG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAT. Wrote the paper: CRC MJO DAH KNG MS MAA. Analysis or interpretation of data: CRC MJO DAH MAA. Critical review and editing of manuscript: CRC MJO DAH KNG MS HAT MAA.