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Laura Qualls

Clinical Trials Project Leader III
Duke Clinical Research Institute
PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Clinical Trials Project Leader III Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Scholarly Works


Evaluating fitness-for-use of electronic health records in ascertaining baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes in clinical trials: insights from the VESALIUS EHR demonstration project.

Journal article Trials · April 25, 2026 INTRODUCTION: A tremendous amount of clinical data is collected and stored in electronic health records (EHRs). Whether this data can be harnessed at scale to facilitate clinical trial conduct remains to be seen. METHODS: The Effect of Evolocumab in Patien ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessing the harmonization of structured electronic health record data to reference terminologies and data completeness through data provenance.

Journal article Learn Health Syst · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: (1) Assess the harmonization of structured electronic health record data (laboratory results and medications) to reference terminologies and characterize the severity of issues. (2) Identify issues of data completeness by comparing complement ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessing and improving research readiness in PCORnet®.

Journal article J Clin Transl Sci · 2025 PURPOSE: We describe the steps taken to assess and improve the research readiness of data within PCORnet®, specifically focusing on the results of the PCORnet data curation process between Cycle 7 (October 2019) and Cycle 16 (October 2024). MATERIAL AND ME ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Data Services for the Coordinating Center for PCORnet®"

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2025 - 2028

Enhancing Capacity of the PCORnet® Common Data Model to Support PCORI Priorities in Patient-Centered CER

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2024 - 2026

PCORnet CC - SCOPE 2: Common Data Model Maintenance, Expansion and Linkage

ResearchProject Leader · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2022 - 2025

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