
Dr. Provenzale is Director of GI Outcomes Research at Duke University and the Director of the Durham Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC). She directs a research program that integrates observational research, measurement of patient-centered outcomes and decision making to investigate patient-oriented research questions in gastrointestinal cancer screening, surveillance and quality of care. Dr. Provenzale also directs the training program for GI fellows committed to careers in health services research.
Research:
Ongoing projects include CanCORS, an NCI/VA funded consortium to measure quality of lung and colorectal cancer care in VA and non-VA settings, and the development and dissemination of CCQMS, a cancer care quality measurement system. Additional studies are developing a cancer tissue repository for microarray studies.
Education and Training
- Fellow in Clinical Decision Making, Medicine, Tufts University, 1989 - 1991
- Fellow in Gastroenterology, Medicine, Tufts University, 1987 - 1990
- Medical Resident, Medicine, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1984 - 1987
- M.D., Albany Medical College, 1984