| Name/Degree(s) | Rank / Title | Appointment(s) | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, Gary, PhD | Professor | Psychology and Neuroscience; Director Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke | Obesity treatment. Design, test and disseminate digital health interventions. |
| Berchuck, Andrew, MD | Professor & Chief | Obstetrics and Gynecology- Gynecologic Oncology; Duke | Ovarian, endometrial and lower genital tract cancers. |
| Boulware, Ebony, MD, MPH | Dean & Chief | Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Vice Chief Academic Officer and Chief Science Officer at Atrium Health | Clinical Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Comparative Effectiveness |
| Capel, Blanche, PhD | Professor | Cell Biology; Cell and Molecular Biology Program (CMB), Duke | Sex Determination; Testis/Ovary Development/Germ Cell Development |
| Corneli, Amy, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Population Health Sciences | Qualitative methodologist; HIV prevention |
| Diehl, Anna Mae, MD | Professor |
Medicine-Gastroenterology; Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Director of the Duke Liver Center |
Basic Mechanisms of liver injury and regeneration. Genomic and developmental biological approaches |
| Dzirasa, Kafui, MD, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke | Psychiatric neuroengineering; how neuropsychiatric risk genes interact with environmental stress to modify neural circuits that underlie normal emotional and cognitive function |
|
Groh, Jennifer, PhD |
Professor |
Psychology & Neuroscience; Neurobiology; Computer Science; Member of Center for Cognitive Neuroscience |
How sensory and motor systems work together; sensorimotor and cognitive processing |
| Hwang, Shelley, MD, MPH | Professor & Chief | Surgery-Advanced Oncologic and Gastrointestinal Surgery- Breast Surgical Oncology; Radiology; Vice Chair of Research, Dept. of Surgery | Cancer biology, clinical trials, breast cancer prevention, identifying less invasive treatments for early stage breast cancers; genomics of cancer progression |
| Katz, David, PhD | Professor |
Biomedical Engineering; Pratt School of Engineering |
Development of topical microbicide products for prevention of HIV transmission and infection |
| Kuhn, Cynthia, PhD | Professor | Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences; Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy | Biologic factors that increase vulnerability to drug abuse and depression in vulnerable populations; sex/gender differences in health |
| Lefkowitz, Robert, MD | Professor | Medicine-Cardiology; Biochemistry; Chemistry; Pathology; Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke | Hormones, Medical Biology, Membrane Biochemistry, Signal Transduction |
| McDonnell, Donald, PhD | Professor & Chair | Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Medicine, Duke |
Defining the role of estrogen and progesterone in the pathology of hormone dependent breast cancers. Molecular pharmacology of nuclear receptors. |
| Murphy, Susan, PhD | Associate Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology- Gynecologic Oncology; Pathology, Duke | Epigenetics of gynecology, cancers; early origins of disease |
| Myers, Evan, MD, MPH | Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology- Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Duke | Epidemiological methods; mathematical modeling and decision analysis, applied to problems in women’s health |
| Ostbye, Truls, MD, MPH, MBA, PhD, FFPH(UK) | Professor | Community and Family Medicine; Research Professor, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke | Public Health; epidemiology of obesity, aging and health services |
| Prvu-Bettger, Janet, DSc | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and School of Nursing, Duke | Director of Duke Roybal Center for Translational Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences of Aging |
| Ramanujam, Nimmi, PhD | Professor | Biomedical Engineering; Pharmacology & Cancer Biology; Research Professor of Global Health; Director, Global Women’s Health Technologies Center, Duke | Biophotonica, Tissue Optical Spectroscopy; Cancer screening, intra-operative margin assessment, visualizing tumor hypoxia and metabolism in the context of cancer therapy and drug discovery; multi-disciplinary effort to translate these technologies to clinical applications in the breast, and cervix |
| Rockman, Howard, MD | Professor | Medicine-Cardiology; Cell Biology; Molecular Genetics, Duke | Molecular mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure; G protein-coupled receptors |
| Secord, Angeles, MD, MHSc | Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke | Translational focus; angiogenesis, molecular signatures, clinical trial development, and ovarian cancer |
| Svetkey, Laura, MD, MHS | Professor | Medicine-Nephrology; Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Diversity, Dept. of Medicine; Director of Clinical Research, Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke |
Prevention, treatment and control of hypertension, obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors, with attention to non-phramacologic intervention in under-represented groups |
| Taylor, Darlene | Professor | Chemistry and Biochemistry, NCCU | Structure-property relationships in oligomers and polymers |
| Valdivia, Raphael, PhD | Professor | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology; Duke; Vice Dean for Basic Science, Duke | Microbiology and Host Pathogen Interactions, Chlamydia infections |
| Visco, Anthony, MD | Professor & Chief | Obstetrics and Gynecology- Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Duke | Outcomes for surgical and non-surgical treatments of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse |
| Weinhold, Kent J, PhD | Professor & Chief | Surgery-Surgical Sciences; Immunology; Pathology; Director, Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Duke | Predictive Immune Signatures; Host cellular immune responses role in prevention and control of infectious and neoplastic diseases; immunologic biomarkers |
| Williams, Kevin, PhD | Professor | Pharmaceutical Sciences, NCCU | Drug discovery for cancer; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorder |
| Wood, Kris, PhD | Associate Professor | Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke | Pharmacology, genomic, cell signaling to study how oncogenic signals later metabolic states |