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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
1604 Harris Ct, Helena, MT 59601

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

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Interim Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics · 2021 - 2023 Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers
Associate Professor of the Practice of Theology, Ethics, and Global Health · 2014 - 2019 Divinity School
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2015 - 2018 Duke Science & Society, Initiatives

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Senior Fellow, Kenan Institute for Ethics, 2014-
Co-director, The PLANET Project, Kenan Institute for Ethics, 2016-
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Global Health 2015-2018
Associate Dean, Duke Divinity School, 2006-2017

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Visiting Assistant Professor · 1994 - 2000 University of Montana, Missoula
Visiting Assistant Professor · 1992 - 1994 Carroll College, Helena, Montana