
Dr. Boulware directs the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute as Vice Dean for Translational Science and Associate Vice Chancellor for Translational Research, and she is Chief of the Duke Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine. She is a general internist, physician-scientist and clinical epidemiologist focused on improving health and health equity for individuals and communities affected by chronic health conditions such as kidney disease. A national thought leader in health equity, she has identified patient, clinician, system, and community-level barriers that result in disparate outcomes for Black and other marginalized individuals. Using pragmatic trials, she has developed successful interventions, shaped guidelines, raised physician awareness and changed clinical practice. Throughout her work, Dr. Boulware has sought to improve transparency and trustworthiness in science and medicine.
Her research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes for Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and other organizations throughout her career. She has published over 200 manuscripts, book chapters, and editorials, and she mentors numerous students, residents, fellows, and faculty members. Dr. Boulware is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Education
- A.B. Vassar College, 1991
- M.D. Duke University, 1995
- M.P.H. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 1999
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Education and Training
- Research Fellow, General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1999 - 2002
- Chief Resident, General Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1998 - 1999
- Residency, General Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1996 - 1998
- Internship, General Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1995 - 1996
- M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University, 1999
- M.D., Duke University School of Medicine, 1995
Grants
- Duke Program of Training in Pulmonary ReSearch to Promote, Engage and Retain Academic Researchers (PROSPER)
- Helping Patients Achieve Kidney Transplants through Health System Change
- K01 - Coping with Asthma through Life Management (CALM)
- Duke Center for Advancement of Child Health (CAtCH).
- Supporting Patients and Family Care Partners to Manage Chronic Kidney Disease Together
- Diet and Hypertension Management in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Predictive Analytics in Hemodialysis: Enabling Precision Care for Patient with ESKD
- Unified Program for Therapeutics in Children
- Addressing Bias from Missing Data in EHR Based Studies of CVD
- Deprescribing for Older Dialysis Patients
- Religion, Spirituality and CVD Risks: A Focus on African Americans
- Duke CTSA (UL1)
- Putting Patients at the Center of Kidney Care Transitions
- Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health
- Bruce Burnett IPA