Overview
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke School of Medicine
Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics & Associate Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, Duke Divinity School
I hold a dual appointment in the School of Medicine's Department of Population Health Sciences and Duke Divinity School. My primary areas of scholarship include addiction and community engagement, bioethics, political theology, public health, and theological ethics. My current research projects focus on competing conceptions of agency within the modern hospital, religious responses to the opioid crisis, and developing new interdisciplinary work at the intersection of theology and public health.
Areas of Expertise: Addiction and Community Engagement, Bioethics, Qualitative Research, Political Theology, and Theological Ethics
Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics & Associate Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, Duke Divinity School
I hold a dual appointment in the School of Medicine's Department of Population Health Sciences and Duke Divinity School. My primary areas of scholarship include addiction and community engagement, bioethics, political theology, public health, and theological ethics. My current research projects focus on competing conceptions of agency within the modern hospital, religious responses to the opioid crisis, and developing new interdisciplinary work at the intersection of theology and public health.
Areas of Expertise: Addiction and Community Engagement, Bioethics, Qualitative Research, Political Theology, and Theological Ethics
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2021 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Faculty Associate in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine
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2017 - Present
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Pursuing Excellence in Health Care: Using Fourth-Century Wisdom to Transform Modern Medicine
Journal Article Perspectives in Biology and Medicine · September 2025 abstract: Despite growing interest in addressing health disparities in the US and around the world, excellence in US health care is largely defined by research dollars, innovation, and perceived prestige. This essay reimagines "excell ... Full text Open Access CiteResponding to Substance Use Issues Through Relationships, Vulnerability, and Particularity: Theological Reflections on Empirical Research
Journal Article Anglican Theological Review · August 2025 Over the past 5 years, the Churches Promoting Recovery project has conducted listening sessions and a survey of clergy responding to substance use issues across North Carolina, building off earlier research in southern Appalachia. This article refl ... Full text Open Access CiteOverdose Deaths and Cross-sector Collaboration.
Journal Article Public Health Rep · 2025 Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Hope: Planning a revived scientific inquiry in a topic central to what makes life worth living
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by John Templeton Foundation · 2024 - 2027Theology and Public Health Gathering
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Interfaith America · 2026 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
2018
D.Th.