Our faculty members study the mechanisms and practices that influence human health. This research includes everything from prevention and management of chronic diseases that cause most of the death and injury in the United States to the way that health care is delivered, from the individual to the societal level.
Further training is possible:
- in the curriculum we lead, the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) in collaboration with the Training Program in Clinical Research at the National Institutes of Health. This program offers a Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Research given by Duke University School of Medicine.
- and the Post-Doctoral Fellowship in collaboration with the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care in the Durham VA Medical Center for both MD and PhD scholars with an interest in training in health services research. Training grants are funded by the VA Office of Academic Affairs (OAA).
Areas of Research
Division faculty are international leaders in many subject areas
Methodologies in Research
A wide range of methods are utilized by our general internal medicine researchers
Partnering with other programs and schools
Scholarship occurs primarily within the Duke University School of Medicine, but also partnering with other programs and schools, including:
Areas of Research
Studies about data science involve:
- Clinical informatics
- Clinical decision support
- Learning health systems
- Genomics and precision medicine
Faculty Experts: Susanne Haga, Lori Orlando, Eric Poon, Ryanne Wu, MD
Studies about disparities involve:
- Population-based studies
- Social Determinants of Health
- Individual, Family and Community Intervention Studies
Faculty Experts: Kelli Allen, MD, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, Nrupen Bhavsar, PhD, Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, Karen Goldstein, MD, Nia Mitchell, MD
Studies about education involve:
- Undergraduate medical education
- Graduate education
- Teaching the teachers
- Clinician educator career path
Faculty Experts: Saumil Chudgar, MD, Nilesh Patel, MD, Jenny Van Kirk, MD, Daniella Zipkin, MD
Health services research relates to:
- Treatment and intervention outcomes
- Evidence synthesis
- Care delivery models
Faculty experts: Kelli Allen, MD, Joel Boggan, MD, Fuad Bohsali, MD, Ebony Boulware, MD, David Casarett, MD, James Davis, MD, Santanu Datta, PhD, Rowena Dolor, MD, David Edelman, MD, Karen Goldstein, MD, David Matchar, MD, Eric Poon, MD, Robert Renjel, MD, Caroline Sloan, MD, David Simel, MD, John Whited, MD, John Williams, MD, Rebekah Wu, MD, William Yancy, MD
Our researchers are studying:
- Behavioral and mental health
- Complex care models
- Opioid use and addiction
- Palliative care
- Religion and medicine
- Weight management
- Women’s health
Faculty experts: David Casarett, MD, Farr Curlin, MD, Karen Goldstein, MD, Lawrence Greenblatt, MD, Nia Mitchell, MD, John Williams, MD, William Yancy, MD
Our researchers are studying:
- Physician-patient communication
- Clinical decision-making
- Medicine and religion
Faculty experts: Farr Curlin, MD, Patrick Hemming, MD, Peter Ubel, MD, Frank Wharam, MBBCh
This research covers fields related to:
- Health behavior
- Health communication
- Shared and informed decision making
- Complementary and alternative medicine
Faculty experts: Sutoidem Akpanudio, MD, Kelli Allen, MD, L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, Lynn Bowlby, MD, David Casarett, MD, James Davis, MD, Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, Rowena Dolor, MD, David Edelman, MD, MPH, Karen Goldstein, MD, MSPH, David Ming, MD, Eugene Oddone, MD, Eric Poon, MD, Karen Steinhauser, PhD, John W. Williams, Jr., MD, MHS, Rebekah Wu, MD
This is the field of research about:
- Health policy
- Economic analysis
Faculty experts: Kelli Allen, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Nrupen Bhavsar, Jeff Clough, James Davis, David Halpern, Paul Lantos, David Matchar, David Ming, Eric Poon, Kevin Shah, Caroline Sloan, Frank Wharam
Studies about primary care involve:
- Translating science into the practice of medicine and caring for patients
- Understanding how to better organize health care to meet patient and population needs
- Evaluating innovations to provide the best health care to patients
- Engaging patients, communities, and practices to improve health
Many of our faculty members involved in primary care research are part of the Duke Primary Care Research Consortium.
Faculty Experts:
Alex Cho, MD, Rowena Dolor, MD, Lawrence Greenblatt, MD, Robert Renjel, MD, Kevin Shah, MD, William Yancy, MD
Research in this field covers:
- Care delivery models
- Quality improvement and safety
- Learning health systems
Faculty experts: Kelli Allen, MD, Jonathan Bae, MD, Joel Boggan, MD, Fuad Bohsali, MD, L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, Anisha Chandiramani, MD, Dana Clifton, MD, Rowena Dolor, MD, David Gallagher, MD, Jonathan Lovins, MD, David Matchar, MD, David Ming, MD, Katherine Neal, MD, Cara O'Brien, MD, Nilesh Patel, MD, Eric Poon, MD, Noppon Setji, MD, Kevin Shah, MD, Suchita Shah Sata, MD, David Simel, MD
Mission: Through the conduct of high-quality research, we will contribute to improved health outcomes for all hospitalized patients
- To create a robust infrastructure to facilitate hospital-based clinical trials and research activities across the Duke health system hospitals
- To encourage and support collaborations between bedside clinicians and investigators for the successful conduct of clinical research
- To collaborate with the health system to synergize research and clinical efforts to improve health system’s care delivery and outcomes
Faculty Experts:
Lana Wahid, MD; David Ming, MD; Emily Ko, MD, PhD; Tatyana Der, MD