
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 at Chapel Hill, 1984 - 1987
- M.D., Albany Medical College, 1984
Grants
- Cancer Treatment Disparities in the HIV Population: Exploring the Impact of HIV on Physician and Patient Decision-Making
- Duke CTSA (KL2)
- Duke CTSA (TL1)
- Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research
- Novel Combinatorial Screening for NTFs, NPCs, MMPs, and CCs in relevance to Autoantibodies in the Serum and CSF of Veterans with GWI
- Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition