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Donald H. Taylor Jr.

Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
110 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708-0312
110 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Inflammatory and Metabolic Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Complications with SARS-CoV-2

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Informing Policy Options to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible North Carolinians

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Arnold Ventures · 2021 - 2022

Assessing Value-based Payment in Insurance

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2017 - 2022

Which palliative care quality measures improve patient-centered outcomes?

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2015 - 2020

Opioid Utilization and Treatment in North Carolina

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Laura and John Arnold Foundation · 2018 - 2019

The North Carolina Leadership Forum, John William Pope Foundation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by John William Pope Foundation · 2015 - 2019

Implementing Best Practice in Palliative Care

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2013 - 2018

Supporting Medicaid Reform in North Carolina

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by A. J. Fletcher Foundation · 2017 - 2018

Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Four Seasons · 2014 - 2017

Caregivers' Reactions and Experience: Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning - CARE IDEAS

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Brown University · 2016 - 2017

Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF)

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2016

Increasing Patient and System Value with Community Based Palliative Care

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Four Seasons · 2014 - 2015

Hospice to Palliative Care: Maximizing Patient Preference and Cost Savings

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2009 - 2014

Creation and demonstration of a palliative care research cooperative group

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2013

Organizational Variability and Racial Disparities in Hospice Use

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2013

Until Death Do Us Part: Careers of Caregiving Wives

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2008

APOE, Quality of Life and Medical Costs in Late Life

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2000 - 2004

Perception of Risk and Behavior in the Elderly

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2003

Determinants and Cost of Alcohol Abuse Among Elderly

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2002

Linking Probate Data to an Elderly Cohort

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1998 - 2000

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Seed Grant: Confronting Racism and Bias: Turning the Lens Inward · 2021 PI · Awarded by: Duke Office for Faculty Advancement
Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Race, Social Movements and Political Participation in the New South · 2021 Co-Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles
Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Assessing the Unintended Consequences of the PDC at Duke University (1930-70) · 2021 Lead · Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles

External Relationships


  • Coordinated Care LLC of Macon, Ga
  • David Casarett, MD in conjunction with a for profit Medical Marijuana entity.
  • Vigilant Medical Inc

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