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Connor David Drake

Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences

Overview


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


Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences · 2023 - Present Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments

Recent Publications


Risk factors of food insecurity among students at diverse post-secondary education institutions: a cross-sectional examination.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health · March 2025 OBJECTIVE: Identify the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) and compare sociodemographic, mental, physical, behavioral, and environmental risk factors for FI among students at a private university, community college, and historically black college or univer ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adaptations and early adoption of a family caregiver intervention in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A multimethod pragmatic approach for national scaling.

Journal Article Health Serv Res · December 2024 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between site-level adaptation and early adoption of Caregivers Finding Important Resources, Support, and Training (FIRST) training during national implementation across diverse Veteran Health Administration (VA) medic ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Patient-Reported Social Needs with Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Federally Qualified Health Center Patients.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · August 2024 BACKGROUND: Health care systems are increasingly screening for unmet social needs. The association between patient-reported social needs and health care utilization is not well understood. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between patient-reported ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Improving Quality of Life in SLE by Stratified Personalized Health Planning

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2026

Drake-Atlanta IPA

ResearchProgram Leader · Awarded by Atlanta VA Medical Center · 2018 - 2019

IPA--Katie Clikscales

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Atlanta VA Medical Center · 2018 - 2018

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2020 Ph.D.