David Toole | Scholars@Duke

David Toole
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics

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, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2014
Interim Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers 2021
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics, Divinity School, Duke University 2019
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health, Theology and Ethics, Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers 2019
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2015

Contact Information

310 Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710
Box 90968, Durham, NC 27708-0968
david.toole@duke.edu (919) 660-3475

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 1996
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the Practice of Theology, Ethics, and Global Health, Divinity School, Duke University 2014 - 2019
- Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2015 - 2018
Academic Positions Outside Duke
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Montana, Missoula. 1994 - 2000
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Carroll College, Helena, Montana. 1992 - 1994
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 4, 2020 Kenan Institute for Ethics
  
  Essays on Questions Concerning What It Means to Be Human
- SEP 28, 2018 Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
  
  Ethics Students Find Power Plant Proposal Sheds Light on Gray Areas of Decision Making
- NOV 25, 2015 NPR
  
  David Toole: A pope's visit may bring hope, but does it also bring change?
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
Research
Selected Grants
- Virtues and Vocations awarded by University of Notre Dame 2021 - 2023
- Annual Funding awarded by William R. Kenan, Jr. Fund for Ethics 2022 - 2023
- Ethics@Duke awarded by William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust 2021 - 2022
- What Are People For? Questions Concerning What It Means to Be Human awarded by Blankemeyer Foundation 2019
- Stress Inoculation Training awarded by Duke Endowment 2017 - 2018
- Defining & Identifying Rural churches 2016 awarded by Duke Endowment 2015 - 2016
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean, Elizabeth L. Turner, Gary G. Bennett, Jia Yao, Xiang-Fang Li, David E. Eagle, Rachel A. Meyer, et al. “A 2-Year Holistic Health and Stress Intervention: Results of an RCT in Clergy.” Am J Prev Med 53, no. 3 (September 2017): 290–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.04.009.
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  - Proeschold-Bell, R. J., R. Swift, H. E. Moore, G. Bennett, X. F. Li, R. Blouin, V. P. Williams, R. B. Williams, and D. Toole. “Corrigendum to Use of a randomized multiple baseline design: Rationale and design of the Spirited Life holistic health intervention study [Contemp Clin Trials 35 (2013) 138-152].” Contemporary Clinical Trials 37, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2013.09.013.
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  - Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean, Andrew Miles, Matthew Toth, Christopher Adams, Bruce W. Smith, and David Toole. “Using effort-reward imbalance theory to understand high rates of depression and anxiety among clergy.” J Prim Prev 34, no. 6 (December 2013): 439–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-013-0321-4.
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  - Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean, Robin Swift, H Edgar Moore, Gary Bennett, Xiang-Fang Li, Rachel Blouin, Virginia P. Williams, Redford B. Williams, and David Toole. “Use of a randomized multiple baseline design: rationale and design of the spirited life holistic health intervention study.” Contemp Clin Trials 35, no. 2 (July 2013): 138–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2013.05.005.
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  - Wallace, A. C., R. J. Proeschold-Bell, S. LeGrand, J. James, R. Swift, D. Toole, and M. Toth. “Health Programming for Clergy: An Overview of Protestant Programs in the United States.” Pastoral Psychology 61, no. 1 (February 1, 2012): 113–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-011-0382-3.
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  - Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean, Sara LeGrand, Amanda Wallace, John James, H Edgar Moore, Robin Swift, and David Toole. “Tailoring health programming to clergy: findings from a study of United Methodist clergy in North Carolina.” Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community 40, no. 3 (January 2012): 246–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2012.680423.
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  - Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean, Sara Legrand, John James, Amanda Wallace, Christopher Adams, and David Toole. “A theoretical model of the holistic health of United Methodist clergy.” J Relig Health 50, no. 3 (September 2011): 700–720. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-009-9250-1.
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- Conference Papers
  - Drain, Paul K., Charles Mock, David Toole, Anne Rosenwald, Megan Jehn, Thomas Csordas, Laura Ferguson, Caryl Waggett, Chinekwu Obidoa, and Judith N. Wasserheit. “The Emergence of Undergraduate Majors in Global Health: Systematic Review of Programs and Recommendations for Future Directions.” In The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 96:16–23, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0687.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Academic Positions Outside Duke

In the News

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Research

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship