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Christoph Paul Vincent Hornik

Samuel L. Katz Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
DCRI PO Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715
Dept of Pediatrics, Durham, NC 27710

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Samuel L. Katz Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics · 2024 - Present Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics · 2023 - Present Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Quantitative Sciences · 2018 - Present Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments
Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Pediatrics · 2022 - Present Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments
Membership in the Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2013 - Present Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent News Items


Published July 3, 2025
Better Health for Teens Starts with Going Places in the Neighborhood
Published March 19, 2024
Duke Awards 32 New Distinguished Professorships for 2024
Published October 7, 2022
New DCRI Center Targets Ending Opioid Addiction

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Recent Scholarly Works


Rewiring the Research Enterprise: Why Primary Care Is the Next Frontier.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · September 10, 2026 Primary care research remains underused for generating pragmatic, generalizable evidence to enhance patient care. Despite the prominent national focus on addressing chronic disease and the high volume of patients seen in primary care, primary care research ... Full text Link to item Cite

The roadmap for community engagement: co-design and evaluation of a toolkit to strengthen community-academic research partnerships.

Journal article J Public Health (Oxf) · September 1, 2026 BACKGROUND: The Roadmap for Community Engagement (Roadmap) is a publicly online available resource co-designed with community partners that aims to support effective research engagement. The Roadmap is designed to be accessible and useful to a wide range o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Safety of Sildenafil in Premature Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (SILDI-SAFE): A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal article J Pediatr · August 2026 OBJECTIVE: To describe the safety of sildenafil based on hypotension in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalating trial of sildenafil. In ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Machine learning-enhanced cardiomyopathy prediction in childhood cancer survivors

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031

INNOVATE (Integrated National Network for Obstetric and Pediatric AdVAncement in Therapeutic Education)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031

PTN 3.0 Task Order #4 BESPOKE GENE THERAPY CONSORTIUM (BGTC) - SUPPORT FOR NIH-SPONSORED CLINICAL TRIALS

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2026 - 2030

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Education


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2019 Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2012 M.P.H.
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg (Germany) · 2005 M.D.