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Audrey L Blewer

Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health
Box 104006 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
2200 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Audrey L. Blewer, PhD, MPH is an epidemiologist and resuscitation scientist in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Department of Population Health Sciences within Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Blewer completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics and her Master of Public Health in Social in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Florida.

Dr. Blewer has published in several noteworthy journals such as Circulation, Lancet Public Health, Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, and Critical Care Medicine. She is recognized in the field of resuscitation science nationally and internationally. Dr. Blewer is contributing to the upcoming American Heart Association Guidelines writing group for Resuscitation Education and serves on the Editorial Board for the journal Resuscitation Plus. Dr. Blewer works on interdisciplinary research projects at both Duke and Duke-NUS Medical Center

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health · 2021 - Present Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences · 2020 - Present Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments
Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing · 2022 - Present School of Nursing

In the News


Published November 12, 2024
Bystanders More Likely to Perform CPR with Instructions from 911 Operators
Published June 5, 2024
Helping Women Receive A Lifesaving Intervention
Published March 29, 2024
Dean Klotman's Friday Message

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Recent Publications


International Consensus on Evidence Gaps and Research Opportunities in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Report From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop.

Journal Article J Am Heart Assoc · March 5, 2025 The increased accessibility of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation following the COVID-19 pandemic and the publication of the first randomized trial of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) prompted the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institu ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Developing and Testing Drone-Delivered AEDs for Cardiac Arrests In Rural America

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2023 - 2027

CCC: The Regional Approaches to Cardiovascular Emergencies- Cardiac ARreSt (RACE-CARS) Cluster-Randomized Trial 1/2

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2027

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - BIRCWH

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEScholar · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2027

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine · 2018 Ph.D.
University of Florida · 2008 M.P.H.