Chi Hornik

Chi Hornik is the Director of Heart Center Research and the Director of Critical Care Medicine Research in the Department of Pediatrics.  She is an Associate Professor in the Duke School of Medicine and a member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).  She serves as Principal Investigator (PI) of Duke as a site for numerous studies and as clinical coordinating center PI of multi-center trials through the DCRI.  As a clinical specialist in neonatal and pediatric critical care, she is dedicated to advancing drug and device development.  She ensures that the research encompasses patients who are representative of the disease or condition being studied. Her commitment is to advance health outcomes for all children, striving for equity in clinical research.