Overview
Brad Hammill, DrPH, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences within the School of Medicine and a member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Dr. Hammill received his DrPH in Biostatistics from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research is focused on leveraging real-world data—including electronic health record data, health insurance claims data, and registry data—for clinical research.
Areas of expertise: Biostatistics, Real-World Data, Health Services Research, Health Policy, and Epidemiology
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2021 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Associate Professor in Medicine
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2020 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2016 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Coordinated Care for Children in Foster Care: A Case Study From the Duke Foster Care Clinic.
Journal article Clin Pediatr (Phila) · July 2026 Foster children's unmet health needs have consequences that often lead to poor outcomes for children who age out of foster care. Information silos disrupt continuity of care resulting in inconsistent management of chronic conditions, medication lapses and ... Full text Link to item CiteEvaluating 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 CiteCLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, TREATMENT PATTERNS, AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH WORSENING HEART FAILURE MANAGED WITH OUTPATIENT INTRAVENOUS DIURETICS
Conference JACC-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY · April 7, 2026 Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Duke Ophthalmology Mentored Physician Scientist Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031UrogynCREST Program
ResearchCourse Faculty · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2019 - 2029PDUFA VII: Task 1, Project 1, Signal Detection - Pregnancy registries versus electronic healthcare database studies (MAX Data Incorporation)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. · 2024 - 2027View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2015
DrPH
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1998
M.A.