The National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) aims to offer unparalleled training for clinicians as change agents driving policy-relevant research and partnerships to improve health and health care. Duke General Internal Medicine was thrilled to have two fellows in our division this year.
Ceshae Harding, MD, is a current NCSP scholar and medical instructor in the Division of General Internal Medicine who focuses on maternal health. She grew up in South Florida and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Miami. She then attended the University of Virginia School of Medicine before moving to Durham, NC to complete internal medicine residency training at Duke University.
Now a first year NCSP scholar, her mission is to establish the healthcare infrastructure needed to provide comprehensive care for women of childbearing age. During fellowship, she started the Women’s Primary Care (WPC) Clinic at the Duke Outpatient Clinic to care for women of childbearing age who either have chronic medical conditions or had conditions during pregnancy that place them at increased cardiovascular risk. Her areas of research interest include maternal chronic disease management and cardiovascular risk factor modification. She is pursuing an academic general internal medicine career that combines clinical care, health services research, and advocacy. In her free time, she enjoys exploring local trails with her husband, Nelson, and discovering new brunch spots.
Judith Vick, MD, MPH, is an internal medicine physician, a health services researcher, and a NCSP fellow at Duke. She is a graduate of Barnard College and received her MD and MPH at Johns Hopkins, after which she completed residency in the Johns Hopkins Osler Medical Residency. Clinically, she has been working this year as a hospitalist at the Durham VA.
In her research, Dr. Vick focuses on healthcare processes and outcomes for older adults and their families in the acute care setting. She is working on projects related to the use of critical care services for older adults with dementia, the roles of family members in the delivery of hospital care, and shared decision-making in the ICU.