Connor David Drake | Scholars@Duke

Connor David Drake
Medical Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences

Connor Drake is a health services researcher and implementation scientist. His research interests are at the intersection of primary care, population health management, social determinants of health, chronic illness care redesign, and health equity. He has experience with policy analysis, electronic health record data, mixed and multi methods, community engaged research, and implementation and dissemination methods.

Dr. Drake's current research projects include leveraging telemedicine and other clinical informatics to improve chronic illness care and population health management; developing and implementing behavioral interventions and 'whole-person' care models for patients with cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders; and studying social care interventions to respond to social risk factors including food insecurity, housing instability, and social isolation to improve health outcomes and equity.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Medical Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2020

Contact Information

215 Morris St, Suite 210, Durham, NC 27701
connor.drake@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2020
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Improving Quality of Life in SLE by Stratified Personalized Health Planning awarded by Department of Defense 2022 - 2026
- Drake-Atlanta IPA awarded by Atlanta VA Medical Center 2018 - 2019
- IPA--Katie Clikscales awarded by Atlanta VA Medical Center 2018
- IPA-Connor Drake awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2018
- IPA-Connor Drake awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2017
- Personalized Health Planning in Shared Medical Appointments for Individuals with Type II Diabetes awarded by Association of American Medical Colleges 2016 - 2017
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- K12 Dissemination and Implementation Science in Cardiovascular Outcomes (DISCO) awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 2020 - 2023
External Relationships
- ZealCare, LLC
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Zullig, Leah L., Connor Drake, Mohammad Shahsahebi, Renee A. V. Avecilla, Colette Whitney, Coleman Mills, and Kevin C. Oeffinger. “Adherence to cardiovascular disease risk factor medications among patients with cancer: a systematic review.” J Cancer Surviv 17, no. 3 (June 2023): 595–618. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-022-01212-0.
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  - Sandhu, Sahil, Tyler Lian, Connor Drake, Suzanne Moffatt, John Wildman, and Josephine Wildman. “Intervention components of link worker social prescribing programmes: A scoping review.” Health Soc Care Community 30, no. 6 (November 2022): e3761–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14056.
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  - Lian, Tyler, Hadley Reid, Abigail Rader, Sarah Dewitt-Feldman, Elmira Hezarkhani, Elizabeth Gu, Malik Scott, et al. “A Tailored SMS Text Message-Based Intervention to Facilitate Patient Access to Referred Community-Based Social Needs Resources: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study.” Jmir Res Protoc 11, no. 10 (October 11, 2022): e37316. https://doi.org/10.2196/37316.
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  - Drake, Connor, Allison A. Lewinski, Abigail Rader, Julie Schexnayder, Hayden B. Bosworth, Karen M. Goldstein, Jennifer Gierisch, Courtney White-Clark, Felicia McCant, and Leah L. Zullig. “Addressing Hypertension Outcomes Using Telehealth and Population Health Managers: Adaptations and Implementation Considerations.” Curr Hypertens Rep 24, no. 8 (August 2022): 267–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-022-01193-6.
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  - Drake, Connor, Melissa H. Abadi, Heather R. Batchelder, Bonnie O. Richard, Laura E. Balis, and David Rychener. “National Implementation of a Group-Based Program Promoting Patient Engagement and Peer Support in the Veterans Health Administration: A Multi-Methods Evaluation.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 19, no. 14 (July 7, 2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148333.
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  - Shepherd-Banigan, Megan, Connor Drake, Jessica R. Dietch, Abigail Shapiro, Amir Alishahi Tabriz, Elizabeth E. Van Voorhees, Diya M. Uthappa, et al. “Primary Care Engagement Among Individuals with Experiences of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness: an Evidence Map.” J Gen Intern Med 37, no. 6 (May 2022): 1513–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07244-z.
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  - Xu, Hanzhang, Bradi B. Granger, Connor D. Drake, Eric D. Peterson, and Matthew E. Dupre. “Effectiveness of Telemedicine Visits in Reducing 30-Day Readmissions Among Patients With Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” J Am Heart Assoc 11, no. 7 (April 5, 2022): e023935. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.023935.
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  - Abadi, Melissa, Bonnie Richard, Steve Shamblen, Connor Drake, April Schweinhart, Barbara Bokhour, Rachel Bauer, and David Rychener. “Achieving Whole Health: A Preliminary Study of TCMLH, a Group-Based Program Promoting Self-Care and Empowerment Among Veterans.” Health Educ Behav 49, no. 2 (April 2022): 347–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981211011043.
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  - Drake, Connor, Ralph Snyderman, Meagan Cannady, Heather Batchelder, Tyler Lian, Beverly Wedda, Christie Clipper, and David Edelman. “Personalized Medical Group Visits: A Novel Approach for the Care of Prediabetes.” Diabetes Spectr 35, no. 4 (2022): 504–11. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds21-0077.
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  - Drake, Connor, Tyler Lian, Blake Cameron, Kate Medynskaya, Hayden B. Bosworth, and Kevin Shah. “Understanding Telemedicine's "New Normal": Variations in Telemedicine Use by Specialty Line and Patient Demographics.” Telemed J E Health 28, no. 1 (January 2022): 51–59. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2021.0041.
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  - Gautam, Diwas, Sahil Sandhu, Kate Kutzer, Lillian Blanchard, Jacqueline Xu, Veronica Sotelo Munoz, Erika Dennis, et al. “Training student volunteers as community resource navigators to address patients' social needs: A curriculum toolkit.” Front Public Health 10 (2022): 966872. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.966872.
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  - Richard, Bonnie O., Melissa H. Abadi, Connor D. Drake, David Rychener, and Rachel Bauer. “"A reinstilled hope that they can change": Facilitator perspectives on a self-care and health promotion peer group program for veterans.” Front Public Health 10 (2022): 968281. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.968281.
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  - Sandhu, Sahil, Tyler Lian, Lydia Smeltz, Connor Drake, Howard Eisenson, and Janet Prvu Bettger. “Patient Barriers to Accessing Referred Resources for Unmet Social Needs.” J Am Board Fam Med 35, no. 4 (2022): 793–802. https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.04.210462.
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  - Drake, C., K. Reiter, M. Weinberger, H. Eisenson, D. Edelman, J. G. Trogdon, and C. M. Shea. “The direct clinic-level cost of the implementation and use of a protocol to assess and address social needs in diverse community health center primary care clinical settings.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 32, no. 4 (November 1, 2021): 1872–88. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2021.0171.
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  - Drake, Connor, Heather Batchelder, Tyler Lian, Meagan Cannady, Morris Weinberger, Howard Eisenson, Emily Esmaili, et al. “Implementation of social needs screening in primary care: a qualitative study using the health equity implementation framework.” Bmc Health Serv Res 21, no. 1 (September 17, 2021): 975. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06991-3.
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  - Drake, Connor, Tyler Lian, Justin G. Trogdon, David Edelman, Howard Eisenson, Morris Weinberger, Kristin Reiter, and Christopher M. Shea. “Evaluating the association of social needs assessment data with cardiometabolic health status in a federally qualified community health center patient population.” Bmc Cardiovasc Disord 21, no. 1 (July 14, 2021): 342. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-02149-5.
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  - Sandhu, Sahil, Jacqueline Xu, Lillian Blanchard, Howard Eisenson, Carolyn Crowder, Veronica Sotelo Munoz, Connor Drake, and Janet Prvu Bettger. “A Community Resource Navigator Model: Utilizing Student Volunteers to Integrate Health and Social Care in a Community Health Center Setting.” Int J Integr Care 21, no. 1 (February 5, 2021): 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5501.
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  - Drake, Connor, Kristin Reiter, Morris Weinberger, Howard Eisenson, David Edelman, Justin G. Trogdon, and Christopher M. Shea. “The Direct Clinic-Level Cost of the Implementation and Use of a Protocol to Assess and Address Social Needs in Diverse Community Health Center Primary Care Clinical Settings.” J Health Care Poor Underserved 32, no. 4 (2021): 1872–88. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2021.0171.
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  - Lian, Tyler, Kate Kutzer, Diwas Gautam, Howard Eisenson, Jane C. Crowder, Emily Esmaili, Sahil Sandhu, Lawrence Trachtman, Janet Prvu Bettger, and Connor Drake. “Factors Associated with Patients' Connection to Referred Social Needs Resources at a Federally Qualified Health Center.” J Prim Care Community Health 12 (2021): 21501327211024390. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501327211024390.
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  - Abadi, Melissa H., Connor Drake, Bonnie O. Richard, April Schweinhart, David Rychener, Stephen R. Shamblen, and Sara N. Grimsgaard. “An evaluation of the facilitator training to implement 'Taking charge of my life and health', a peer-led group program to promote self-care and patient empowerment in Veteran participants.” Patient Educ Couns, June 21, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.06.014.
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  - Lewinski, Allison A., Abigail Shapiro, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Karen M. Goldstein, Dan V. Blalock, Matthew W. Luedke, Adelaide M. Gordon, et al. “Barriers and facilitators to implementation of epilepsy self-management programs: a systematic review using qualitative evidence synthesis methods.” Syst Rev 9, no. 1 (April 25, 2020): 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01322-9.
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  - Drake, Connor, and Howard Eisenson. “Assessing and Addressing Social Needs in Primary Care.” New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst 5, no. 6 (November 6, 2019).
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  - Luedke, Matthew W., Dan V. Blalock, Karen M. Goldstein, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Saurabh R. Sinha, Connor Drake, Jeffrey D. Lewis, et al. “Self-management of Epilepsy: A Systematic Review.” Ann Intern Med 171, no. 2 (July 16, 2019): 117–26. https://doi.org/10.7326/M19-0458.
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  - Lewinski, Allison A., Connor Drake, Ryan J. Shaw, George L. Jackson, Hayden B. Bosworth, Megan Oakes, Sarah Gonzales, Nicole E. Jelesoff, and Matthew J. Crowley. “Bridging the integration gap between patient-generated blood glucose data and electronic health records.” J Am Med Inform Assoc 26, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 667–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocz039.
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  - Anderson, Ruth A., Jing Wang, Brenda L. Plassman, Kathleen Nye, Melanie Bunn, Patricia A. Poole, Connor Drake, Hanzhang Xu, Zhao Ni, and Bei Wu. “Working together to learn new oral hygiene techniques: Pilot of a carepartner-assisted intervention for persons with cognitive impairment.” Geriatr Nurs 40, no. 3 (2019): 269–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2018.11.002.
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  - Drake, Connor, Julienne K. Kirk, John B. Buse, David Edelman, Christopher M. Shea, Susan Spratt, Laura A. Young, and Anna R. Kahkoska. “Characteristics and Delivery of Diabetes Shared Medical Appointments in North Carolina.” N C Med J 80, no. 5 (2019): 261–68. https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.80.5.261.
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  - Drake, Connor, Meagan Cannady, Kathryn Howley, Christopher Shea, and Ralph Snyderman. “An evaluation of mHealth adoption and health self-management in emerging adulthood.” Amia Annu Symp Proc 2019 (2019): 1021–30.
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  - Drake, Connor, Caroline Meade, Sharon K. Hull, Ashley Price, and Ralph Snyderman. “Integration of Personalized Health Planning and Shared Medical Appointments for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.” South Med J 111, no. 11 (November 2018): 674–82. https://doi.org/10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000892.
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  - Meade, Caroline, Connor Drake, and Ralph Snyderman. “Health Care Reform in the United States.” Jama 316, no. 18 (November 8, 2016): 1923–24. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2016.15237.
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  - Snyderman, Ralph, Caroline Meade, and Connor Drake. “Value of Personalized Medicine.” Jama 315, no. 6 (February 9, 2016): 613. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.17136.
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  - Simmons, Leigh Ann, Connor D. Drake, Tracy W. Gaudet, and Ralph Snyderman. “Personalized Health Planning in Primary Care Settings.” Fed Pract 33, no. 1 (January 2016): 27–34.
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  - Drake, R., C. Drake, and R. Snyderman. “Unlocking the Potential of Genomic and Precision Medicine. Journal of Precision Medicine.” Journal of Precision Medicine, n.d.
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- Conference Papers
  - Gautam, Diwas, Kate Kutzer, Sahil Sandhu, Erika Dennis, Jacqueline Xu, Lilian Blanchard, Veronica Munoz, et al. “Training Student Volunteers as “Community Resource Navigators” to Integrate Health and Social Care in Primary Care.” In International Journal of Integrated Care, 22:105–105. Ubiquity Press, Ltd., 2022. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.icic21135.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- POPHS 905: Pop. Health Research Design and Systematic Literature Reviews 2023
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Help Desk: Scaling Volunteer Models that Address Patients' Social Needs. 2020 - 2021 2020 - 2021
- Bass Connections Team Leader. Help Desk: A Student Initiative to Help Address the Social Determinants of Health. 2019 - 2020 2019 - 2020

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship