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Charles M Burns

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2022 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

Recent Scholarly Works


Early Implementation of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis at an Infectious Diseases Clinic in the Southern United States.

Journal article AIDS Patient Care STDS · June 16, 2026 Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) is an emerging strategy to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW). We evaluated early DoxyPEP implementation in a university- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Medical Unit Program-(IFE4Her) to Enhance PrEP Awareness and Access Among Cis-gender Women in Low-Income Southeastern Communities: A Pilot Study.

Journal article AIDS Behav · June 5, 2026 Black women in the Southeastern United States face disproportionate HIV risk yet have low pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of I'm Fully Empowered (IFE4Her), a community-based interven ... Full text Link to item Cite

Promoting Re-engagement in HIV Care after Emergency Department Visit by Leveraging Clinical Informatics at a Southern Academic Medical Center.

Journal article AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses · December 2025 Retaining persons with HIV (PWH) in HIV care and ensuring access to antiretroviral therapy are crucial for reducing HIV transmission and enhancing health outcomes. HIV care engagement rates in the United States have plateaued over the last decade, indicati ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Increasing the yield of HIV contact tracing for prevention using network models

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2027

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part D Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Women, Infants, Children, and Youth (WICY)

Public ServicePhysician · Awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration · 2010 - 2026

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Education


Rush University, Medical College · 2014 M.D.