Singh, Jasvinder MD, MPH CURRICULUM VITAE Date: April 30, 2020 PERSONAL INFORMATION: Name: Jasvinder A. Singh, MD, MPH Citizenship: U.S.A. RANK/TITLE: Departments: ! Endowed Professor, Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology with Tenure Staff Physician, Birmingham VA Medical Center Business Address: ! University of Alabama at Birmingham Faculty Office Tower 805B 510 20th Street South Birmingham, AL 35294 HOSPITAL AND OTHER (NON ACADEMIC) APPOINTMENTS: 2009-present ! Staff Physician University of Alabama Hospital and University of Alabama Health Services Foundation 2009-present ! Staff Physician, Medical Service - Rheumatology Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 2009-present ! Staff Physician UAB Highlands Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama 2009-2012 ! Staff Physician Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama 2001- 2009 ! Staff Physician, Medical Service - Rheumatology Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota EDUCATION: 2001-2003 ! Master of Public Health (Epidemiology) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 1988-1993 ! Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING: 1998-2001 ! Rheumatology Fellowship, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology 1 Singh, Jasvinder MD, MPH Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 1995-1998 ! Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine State University of New York (SUNY), Syracuse, New York 1994 Residency, Department of Psychiatry (Drug Dependence Treatment Center) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 2016- Endowed Professor, Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2016- Senior Scientist (C), School of Health Professions Nutrition Obesity Res Center (NORC), University of Alabama at Birmingham 2015- Senior Scientist (C), School of Medicine Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone and Autoimmunity Center (CAMBAC), University of Alabama at Birmingham 2015- Professor, Department of Epidemiology University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2014- Professor with Tenure, Department of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2014- Director, Gout clinic University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF) 2014- Senior Scientist (C), School of Medicine Center for Exercise Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2014- Associate Scientist (C), School of Medicine Minority Health & Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2013 - 2014 ! Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2012- Director, Rheumatology Research Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 2009 - 2015 ! Scientist (C), School of Medicine Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Diseases Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham 2009- Scientist (C), School of Medicine Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE), University of Alabama at Birmingham 2009 - 2013 ! Associate Professor, Department of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2009 - 2013 ! Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology 2 Singh, Jasvinder MD, MPH University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 2009 - 2016 ! Research Collaborator, Department of Orthopedic Surgery Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 2007- 2009 ! Visiting Scientist, Department of Orthopedic Surgery Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 2006 - 2009 ! Visiting Scientist, Department of Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 2008 - 2009 ! Associate Professor, Department of Medicine University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2001 - 2008 ! Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota AWARDS / HONORS: 2018 ! Arthritis Foundation’s Lee C. Howley, Sr. award Arthritis Foundation award recognizing scientists who bridge research accomplishment with volunteer commitment to the Foundation’s patient community 2018 ! Highly cited researchers 2018 Recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science (https://hcr.clarivate.com/#freeText%3Dsingh%20Jasvinder) 2018 ! Visiting Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2017 ! Max Cooper Award for Research Excellence Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) 2016 ! Endowed Professor, Musculoskeletal Outcomes Research UAB Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology 2016 ! Henry Kunkel Young Investigator Award American College of Rheumatology (ACR) (awarded to young physician scientist, age 45 or younger, who has made outstanding and promising independent contributions to basic or clinical research in the field of rheumatology) 2013 ! UAB Research Supplement Award for the 3rd rank at the Associate Professor level 2011-2020 ! Selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America® from 2011 to 2020 2011 ! Travel Bursary from the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) to present abstracts at 2011 meeting, Berlin, Germany 3 Singh, Jasvinder MD, MPH 2009 ! K award grant for the 2009 Combined Annual Meeting of Central Society for Clinical Research (CSCR), April 23-24, 2009, Chicago, IL 2008 ! K award grant for the 2009 Combined Annual Meeting of Central Society for Clinical Research (CSCR), April 23-24, 2009, Chicago, IL 2007 ! Travel Bursary from the Arthritis Foundation to present abstract at the 2007 Biennial Arthritis Research Conference meeting in Stone Mountain, Georgia 2004-2007 ! Selected Clinical Scholar, Minneapolis Center for Epidemiological and Clinical Research (CECR), Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 2006 ! Travel Bursary from the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) to present abstracts at 2006 meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2005 ! Best Paper, Indian Rheumatology Association (IRA) Annual Meeting, Hyderabad, India December 1-4, 2005 2001 ! Travel Bursary from the Arthritis Foundation to present abstract at the 2001 Biennial Arthritis Research Conference meeting in San Diego, California 2001 ! American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Rheumatology fellow award 1991 ! 3rd highest grade in second professional examination, Medical School training 1991 ! Honors in Pharmacology during Medical School training BOARD CERTIFICATION: Board Recertification in Rheumatology 2011 - 2021 Board Certification in Rheumatology 2000 - 2010 Board Certification Internal Medicine 1998 - 2008 GRANT SUPPORT Current ReseArch Support SDM-2017C2-8224 (Singh, PI) 12/15/18 – 12/14/21 4.8 Calendar Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) D&I $2,390,124 Total Costs Implementation of DEcision-Aid for Lupus in Practice Settings for Shared Decision-Making (SDM): IDEAL study This Quality Improvement Implementation study will be a trial of various implementation strategies to deliver a lupus decision-aid for immunosuppressive medication decision-making to lupus patients during regular clinical care visits at 15 centers across the U.S. Role: PI P50 AR060772 (Saag, PD/PI) 09/20/17 – 08/31/22 1.8 Calendar NIH/NIAMS $6,523,567 Total Direct Costs Investigations in Gout, Hyperuricemia, and ComorbidiTies (INSIGHT) Center of Research Translation (CORT) – Project 4: Protecting Renal functiOn with Urate-lowering Drugs (PROUD) (Singh, Project Lead) 4 Singh, Jasvinder MD, MPH Our INSIGHT CORT includes 4 research projects and an Administrative Core focused on the theme, “Gout, ! Hyperuricemia, and Associated Comorbidities”. Project 4 will investigate the mechanism of urate lowering ! therapy on renal function within the soon to begin comparative study of gout therapies (VA STOP-GOUT). ! Role: PI, Project 4 ! P30 AR072582 (Gilkeson, PI) 09/25/2017 – 08/31/2022 1.8 Calendar ! NIH/NIAMS ! CCCR in Improving Minority Health in Rheumatic Diseases: Improving Minority Health in Rheumatic Disease (I ! aM HeaRD) ! This is a Clinical Center of Research grant that funds cores (Human Resource Core, Community Engagement ! Core, and Administrative Core). Administrative Supplement for this parent grant was funded 09/01//2019 – ! 08/31/2021 ! Role: Co-Investigator ! P50 AR060772 (Saag, PD/PI) 09/20/17 – 08/31/22 0.24 Calendar ! NIH/NIAMS $6,523,567 Total Direct Costs ! Investigations in Gout, Hyperuricemia, and ComorbidiTies (INSIGHT) Center of Research Translation (CORT) ! - Administrative Core (Saag, Core Director) ! Our INSIGHT CORT includes 4 research projects and an Administrative Core focused on the theme, “Gout, ! Hyperuricemia, and Associated Comorbidities”. ! Role: Executive Committee Member ! VA Merit Review Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR) 13-314 (Singh) 09/01/16 – 08/31/20 ! VA Health Services Research Development Merit Review Grant $1,100,000 Total Direct Costs ! SToRytelling to Improve DiseasE outcomes in GOut: The STRIDE-GO2 study ! This study will conduct an RCT a narrative communication targeting minorities as an intervention to improve ! adherence to treatment of gout in African-American veterans. ! Role: PI ! 1 I01 RX002745-01 (Bamman) 01/01/2019-12/31/2020 ! Department of Veterans Affairs Million Veterans Program (MVP) $81,750 Annual Direct Costs ! Genetics of OsteoArthritis And Joint ReplAcement Recovery: Key to