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David Toole

Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics
Duke Global Health Institute
Box 90432, Durham, NC 27708
1364 Campus Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


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 Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics · 2014 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics · 2023 - Present Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics · 2019 - Present Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics · 2019 - Present Divinity School
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2015 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives

Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 1996 Ph.D.