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Devon Noonan

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing

Overview


Dr. Noonan is a nurse scientist, certified addictions nurse and an Associate Professor in the Duke School of Nursing. She received her BSN at Boston College, her MS in Nursing at Georgetown University, her MPH and PhD at the University of Virginia and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Noonan’s research is focused on using community-engaged approaches to develop innovative health behavior change interventions, including digital interventions, with the goal of reducing risk for chronic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Noonan’s work has a strong focus on rural and medically underserved populations. Much of her work also focuses on tobacco cessation. She has been continuously funded by NCI for the past 5 years to examine text-based intervention approaches for tobacco cessation in rural and medically underserved populations. Dr. Noonan teaches and mentors students across all programs at DUSON and is the Co-Director of the Duke National Clinician Scholars Program.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor in the School of Nursing · 2021 - Present School of Nursing
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2013 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published October 16, 2025
Reaching the Rural North Carolinians
Published September 30, 2024
Nursing, Pratt Collaborate to Tackle Health Challenges
Published September 21, 2021
Meet the Newly Tenured Faculty of 2021

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Recent Publications


The interplay of perceived stress, anxiety, and depression in susceptibility to hookah tobacco smoking among young adults.

Journal Article Addictive behaviors · November 2025 IntroductionTobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., with hookah smoking particularly popular among young adults. While stress, anxiety, and depression may influence susceptibility to HTS, their role in predicting th ... Full text Cite

Beliefs regarding nicotine replacement therapy among rural residing people who smoke: a step towards promoting uptake.

Journal Article Prev Med Rep · August 2025 OBJECTIVE: Rural areas in the United States (U.S.) have a higher smoking prevalence than urban areas. This disparity is influenced by lower odds of quitting smoking in rural versus urban areas, and lower use of evidence-based treatments, including nicotine ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2032

Evaluating Population-Based Strategies for Rural Smoking Cessation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Minnesota · 2025 - 2029

Nurse LEADS: Training in Nurse-LEd models of care ADdressing the Social Determinants of Health

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEEvaluator · Awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research · 2024 - 2029

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Virginia · 2010 Ph.D.
University of Virginia · 2008 M.P.H.