General Internal Medicine

Lesley H. Curtis, PhD

Professor in Population Health Sciences
Chair in the Department of Population Health Sciences
Professor in Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Campus mail 2200 West Main Street, Suite 720-A, Erwin Square Building, Durham, NC 27705
Phone (919) 681-6709
Email address lesley.curtis@duke.edu

Dr. Curtis is a health services researcher who oversees a portfolio of projects that use observational data to address questions related to clinical and comparative effectiveness, pharmacoepidemiology, health care delivery, and epidemiological trends across a broad array of clinical conditions and clinical care settings. An expert in the use of Medicare claims data for health services and clinical outcomes research, she has led the linkage of Medicare claims with several large clinical registries and epidemiological cohort studies including the Framingham Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Health Study. 

Dr Curtis directs the Center for Pragmatic Health Systems Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute and leads the Distributed Research Network Operations Center for PCORI’s National Clinical Research Network (PCORnet), working with health systems and patient networks to develop a harmonized data infrastructure for robust observational and interventional research.

Areas of expertise: Health Services Research and Health Policy

 

Education and Training

  • Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2000

Grants

Publications

Raman, SR, Curtis, LH, Temple, R, Andersson, T, Ezekowitz, J, Ford, I, James, S, Marsolo, K, Mirhaji, P, Rocca, M, Rothman, RL, Sethuraman, B, Stockbridge, N, Terry, S, Wasserman, SM, Peterson, ED, and Hernandez, AF. "Leveraging electronic health records for clinical research." American Heart Journal 202 (August 2018): 13-19.

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29802975
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Kelly, JP, Greiner, M, Soliman, EZ, Randolph, TC, Thomas, KL, Dunlay, SM, Curtis, LH, O'Brien, EC, and Mentz, RJ. "Relation of Early Repolarization (J Point Elevation) to Mortality in Blacks (from the Jackson Heart Study)." The American Journal of Cardiology 122, no. 2 (July 2018): 340-346.

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29866580
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Body, BA, Beard, MA, Slechta, ES, Hanson, KE, Barker, AP, Babady, NE, McMillen, T, Tang, YW, Brown-Elliott, BA, Iakhiaeva, E, Vasireddy, R, Vasireddy, S, Smith, T, Wallace, RJ, Turner, S, Curtis, L, Butler-Wu, S, and Rychert, J. "Evaluation of the vitek MS v3.0 matrix-Assisted laser desorption ionization–Time of flight mass spectrometry system for identification of mycobacterium and nocardia species." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 56, no. 6 (June 1, 2018).

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Mentz, RJ, Greiner, MA, Muntner, P, Shimbo, D, Sims, M, Spruill, TM, Banahan, BF, Wang, W, Mwasongwe, S, Winters, K, Correa, A, Curtis, LH, and O'Brien, EC. "Intentional and unintentional medication non-adherence in African Americans: Insights from the Jackson Heart Study." American Heart Journal 200 (June 2018): 51-59.

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29898849
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Greene, SJ, O'Brien, EC, Mentz, RJ, Luo, N, Hardy, NC, Laskey, WK, Heidenreich, PA, Chang, C-L, Turner, SJ, Yancy, CW, Hernandez, AF, Curtis, LH, Peterson, PN, Fonarow, GC, and Hammill, BG. "Home-Time After Discharge Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 71, no. 23 (June 2018): 2643-2652.

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29880124
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Dinan, MA, Curtis, LH, Setoguchi, S, and Cheung, WY. "Advanced imaging and hospice use in end-of-life cancer care." Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (May 4, 2018).

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29728843
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Van Houtven, CH, Greiner, MA, Heidenfelder, B, Spratt, SE, Granger, BB, Dunham, AA, Qualls, LG, and Curtis, LH. "Medicare utilization, screening, and costs among participants in the Southeastern Diabetes Initiative: A population-based evaluation." Primary care diabetes 12, no. 2 (April 2018): 172-183.

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29102500
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Khazanie, P, Hellkamp, AS, Fonarow, GC, Curtis, LH, Al-Khatib, SM, and Hernandez, AF. "Permanent pacemaker use among patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: Findings from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE) National Registry." American Heart Journal 198 (April 2018): 123-128.

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29653633
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Zullig, LL, and Curtis, LH. "A population health perspective on a claims and electronic health record-based tool to screen for suboptimal medication adherence." American heart journal 197 (March 2018): 150-152.

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29447775
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Stojanović, D, Bůžková, P, Mukamal, KJ, Heckbert, SR, Psaty, BM, Fink, HA, Cauley, JA, Wallace, E, Curtis, LH, Hirsch, C, Budoff, M, Li, D, Young, R, Jalal, D, and Delaney, JA. "Soluble Inflammatory Markers and Risk of Incident Fractures in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study." Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 33, no. 2 (February 2018): 221-228.

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28976598
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