David Toole
Associate Professor of the Practice of Theology, Ethics, and Global Health
David Toole has a joint appointment in the Global Health Institute, the Divinity School, and the Kenan Institute for Ethics. His recent courses include Global Health Systems, Global Health as a Moral Enterprise, Challenges of Living and Ethical Life, and Life, the Universe, and Everything: How to Ask the Right Questions in a World without Answers. His research centers on questions concerning what it means to be human, and on the role of mission hospitals in African health systems.
Current Research Interests
Hospitals--especially mission hospitals in East Africa
Broad issues in the humanities focusing on questions concerning what it means to be human
Broad issues in the humanities focusing on questions concerning what it means to be human
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Theology, Ethics, and Global Health, Divinity School, Duke University 2014
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2014
- Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2018
Contact Information
- 310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
- Box 90968, Durham, NC 27708-0968
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david.toole@duke.edu
(919) 660-3475
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