Eric Perakslis | Scholars@Duke

Eric Perakslis
Professor in Population Health Sciences

Areas of Expertise: Epidemiology, Health Measurement, Health Services Research, Implementation Science, Informatics, Cybersecurity, Medical Privacy, Digital Health, Digital Therapeutics

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2021
Chief Research Technology Strategist, School of Medicine, Duke University 2021
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2021

Contact Information

1 Oakcrest Road, Durham, MA 02043
eric.perakslis@duke.edu (984) 209-0441

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Drexel University 2006
- M.S., Mississippi State University 1996
- B.S., University of South Alabama 1994
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2021
- Visiting Scholar in the Rubenstein Fellows Academy, Institutes and Provost's Academic Units, Duke University 2019 - 2021
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Computer Security
Research
Selected Grants
- RADx-UP CDCC awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2024
- Limbix Spark: a CBT-based mobile intervention for adolescent depression (NIH FUNDING) awarded by Limbix 2021 - 2023
- TEMPUS TUMOR ORIGIN TEST awarded by Tempus Labs Inc. 2022
External Relationships
- Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Harvard Medical School
- HumanFirst Inc
- Imidomics
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kidney Cancer Association Board of Directors
- Vivli Board of Directors
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Mandl, Kenneth D., and Eric D. Perakslis. “HIPAA and the Leak of "Deidentified" EHR Data. Reply.” N Engl J Med 385, no. 12 (September 16, 2021): e38. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2111490.
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  - Mandl, Kenneth D., and Eric D. Perakslis. “HIPAA and the Leak of "Deidentified" EHR Data.” N Engl J Med 384, no. 23 (June 10, 2021): 2171–73. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2102616.
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  - Perakslis, Eric, and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg. “Digital Health-The Need to Assess Benefits, Risks, and Value.” Jama 325, no. 2 (January 12, 2021): 127–28. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.22919.
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  - Perakslis, Eric. “A Primer on Biodefense Data Science for Pandemic Preparedness.” Patterns (N Y) 1, no. 1 (April 10, 2020): 100018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100018.
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  - Sim, Ida, Michael Stebbins, Barbara E. Bierer, Atul J. Butte, Jeffrey Drazen, Victor Dzau, Adrian F. Hernandez, et al. “Time for NIH to lead on data sharing.” Science 367, no. 6484 (March 20, 2020): 1308–9. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba4456.
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  - Izmailova, Elena S., Ian L. McLean, Greg Hather, David Merberg, Jason Homsy, Matthew Cantor, Dmitri Volfson, et al. “Continuous Monitoring Using a Wearable Device Detects Activity-Induced Heart Rate Changes After Administration of Amphetamine.” Clin Transl Sci 12, no. 6 (November 2019): 677–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.12673.
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  - Perakslis, Eric, and Robert M. Califf. “Employ Cybersecurity Techniques Against the Threat of Medical Misinformation.” Jama 322, no. 3 (July 16, 2019): 207–8. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.6857.
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  - Perakslis, E., and A. Coravos. “Is health-care data the new blood? (vol 1, pg e8, 2019).” Lancet Digital Health 1, no. 3 (July 2019): E113–E113.
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  - Coravos, Andrea, Jennifer C. Goldsack, Daniel R. Karlin, Camille Nebeker, Eric Perakslis, Noah Zimmerman, and M Kelley Erb. “Digital Medicine: A Primer on Measurement.” Digit Biomark 3, no. 2 (May 2019): 31–71. https://doi.org/10.1159/000500413.
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  - Izmailova, Elena S., Ian L. McLean, Gaurav Bhatia, Greg Hather, Matthew Cantor, David Merberg, Eric D. Perakslis, Christopher Benko, and John A. Wagner. “Evaluation of Wearable Digital Devices in a Phase I Clinical Trial.” Clin Transl Sci 12, no. 3 (May 2019): 247–56. https://doi.org/10.1111/cts.12602.
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  - Perakslis, Eric, Henry Riordan, Lawrence Friedhoff, Azmi Nabulsi, and Emilio Merlo Pich. “A call for a global 'bigger' data approach to Alzheimer disease.” Nat Rev Drug Discov 18, no. 5 (May 2019): 319–20. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd.2018.86.
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  - Perakslis, Eric, and Andrea Coravos. “Is health-care data the new blood?” Lancet Digit Health 1, no. 1 (May 2019): e8–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(19)30001-9.
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  - Jalali, Mohammad S., Sabina Razak, William Gordon, Eric Perakslis, and Stuart Madnick. “Health Care and Cybersecurity: Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature.” J Med Internet Res 21, no. 2 (February 15, 2019): e12644. https://doi.org/10.2196/12644.
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  - Izmailova, Elena S., John A. Wagner, and Eric D. Perakslis. “Wearable Devices in Clinical Trials: Hype and Hypothesis.” Clin Pharmacol Ther 104, no. 1 (July 2018): 42–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.966.
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  - Perakslis, Eric D. “Using digital health to enable ethical health research in conflict and other humanitarian settings.” Confl Health 12 (2018): 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-018-0163-z.
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  - Perakslis, Eric D. “Strategies for delivering value from digital technology transformation.” Nat Rev Drug Discov 16, no. 2 (February 2017): 71–72. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd.2016.265.
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  - Perakslis, Eric D., and Isaac S. Kohane. “Treating the enigmatic "exceptional responders" as patients with undiagnosed diseases.” Sci Transl Med 8, no. 340 (May 25, 2016): 340ed8. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6146.
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  - Perakslis, Eric D., and Martin Stanley. “A cybersecurity primer for translational research.” Sci Transl Med 8, no. 322 (January 20, 2016): 322ps2. https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa4493.
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  - Jobanputra, K., J. Greig, G. Shankar, E. Perakslis, R. Kremer, J. Achar, and I. Gayton. “Electronic medical records in humanitarian emergencies - the development of an Ebola clinical information and patient management system [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations].” F1000research 5 (January 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.12688/F1000RESEARCH.8287.1.
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  - Jobanputra, Kiran, Jane Greig, Ganesh Shankar, Eric Perakslis, Ronald Kremer, Jay Achar, and Ivan Gayton. “Electronic medical records in humanitarian emergencies - the development of an Ebola clinical information and patient management system.” F1000res 5 (2016): 1477. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8287.3.
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  - Perakslis, Eric D. “Cybersecurity in health care.” N Engl J Med 371, no. 5 (July 31, 2014): 395–97. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1404358.
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  - Perakslis, Eric D., and John Shon. “Translational informatics in personalized medicine: an update for 2014.” Per Med 11, no. 3 (May 2014): 339–49. https://doi.org/10.2217/pme.14.8.
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  - Szalma, Sándor, Venkata Koka, Tatiana Khasanova, and Eric D. Perakslis. “Effective knowledge management in translational medicine.” J Transl Med 8 (July 19, 2010): 68. https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-8-68.
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  - Perakslis, E. D., J. Van Dam, and S. Szalma. “How informatics can potentiate precompetitive open-source collaboration to jump-start drug discovery and development.” Clin Pharmacol Ther 87, no. 5 (May 2010): 614–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/clpt.2010.21.
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  - Perakslis, Eric, Anthony Tuesca, and Anthony Lowman. “Complexation hydrogels for oral protein delivery: an in vitro assessment of the insulin transport-enhancing effects following dissolution in simulated digestive fluids.” J Biomater Sci Polym Ed 18, no. 12 (2007): 1475–90.
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  - Perakslis, E. D., S. D. Gardner, and C. U. Pittman. “Surface composition of carbon fibers subjected to oxidation in nitric acid followed by oxygen plasma.” Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 11, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 531–51. https://doi.org/10.1163/156856197X00075.
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- Conference Papers
  - Teich, Jonathan M., Hamish S. F. Fraser, Eric Perakslis, Shefali Oza, and Darius Jazayeri. “Rapid Development and Implementation of Critical Information Systems for Ebola Treatment Centres in West Africa: Lessons for Future Events.” In Amia. AMIA, 2015.
  - Perakslis, Eric D., and Yuri Quintana. “The global need for education on cancer health.” In Stud Health Technol Inform, 172:3–8, 2012.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers