Dr. Darden most recently served as Section Chief of General and Community Pediatrics at Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, where he was also the Director of the Academic Generalist Training Program and the CMRI James Paul Linn Endowed Chair. An accomplished researcher in primary care, Dr. Darden founded the Oklahoma Child Health Research Network and served as the Director of the Oklahoma Pediatric Clinical Trials Network. He has worked extensively for much of his career with the American Academy of Pediatrics practice-based research network and the Pediatric Research in Office Settings, where he has conducted many studies regarding vaccines in practice settings, continuity of care, and screenings for development and obesity issues in primary care.
Dr. Darden earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He completed his internship and residency at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. He continued his training with fellowships in pediatric epidemiology at Montreal Children’s Hospital and in faculty development in general internal medicine and general pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.