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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


Dr. Blewer is an epidemiologist and resuscitation scientist who has focused her areas of inquiry within the domains of resuscitation science, epidemiology, implementation science, and health disparities. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, and School of Nursing. She also has a joint appointment at Duke-NUS Medical School in the Department of Health Services and Systems Research.  

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 April 28, 2025
What to know to save a life: The key to cardiac arrest survival
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

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Recent Publications


Association Between Institution ZIP Code Characteristics and NIH Funding.

Journal Article Health Promot Pract · July 2025 Introduction. While racial NIH funding disparities have been identified, little is known about the link between community demographics of institutions and NIH funding. We sought to evaluate the association between institution zip code characteristics and N ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cardiac Arrest in Outpatient Hemodialysis Units: A National Cross-Sectional Survey of Dialysis Technicians.

Journal Article Am J Kidney Dis · July 2025 RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE: Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death for hemodialysis patients and often occurs within outpatient dialysis units. Approximately one-fifth of dialysis unit resuscitations are not initiated until emergency medical service perso ... 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.