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Dr. Curtis has served as interim chair of the new department since July 2017, when the creation of the department was approved by the Duke University Board of Trustees. From 2016-2017, Dr. Curtis served as director of the Center for Population Health Sciences, which served as a launching pad for the new department.

According to Sudha Raman, PhD, and Charlene Wong, MD, to fight the teen and young adult opioid epidemic, we should tailor OUD treatments.

To fight the teen and young adult opioid epidemic, we should tailor OUD treatments to the younger population and bring services to where they are.

Lesley Curtis, PhD, and Bryce Reeve, PhD, were identified by Web of Science Group as Highly Cited Researchers for 2019.

In her Veteran’s Day op-ed, Nina Sperber, PhD, reflects on how the VA supports veterans' families as caregivers and believes it’s a missed opportunity if all healthcare systems don’t do the same

Duke researchers looked at the costs to the VA 3 years pre- to 10 years post-surgery and found some startling results.

Virginia Wang, PhD, Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, and team will be the first to assess the measurement and burden of community-acquired kidney injury (CA-AKI), with funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. The outcome will support clinical guidelines and identify opportunities for targeted clinical interventions. Read more

Devon Check, PhD, and team examined co-prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepine among older women diagnosed with breast cancer and who received the high-risk combination.

Dr. Coles received a new FDA grant that will evaluate the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ), a patient-reported outcome measure.

Dr. Matt Dupre will study social determinants of health, access to care, and readmission in geriatric patients with heart failure.