L. Ebony Boulware | Scholars@Duke

L. Ebony Boulware
Professor of Medicine

Ebony Boulware, MD MPH is a Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Vice Dean for Translational Science and Associate Vice Chancellor for Translational Research in the School of Medicine at Duke University. She received an A.B. from Vassar College, an M.D. from Duke University, and a M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Boulware attended medical school at Duke University, followed by residency and a year as chief resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland. She then completed a Research Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins, where she remained on faculty for over 10 years. In 2013, she moved to Duke University as the Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine in the Duke Department of Medicine. In 2015, she became the Director of Duke’s Clinical and Translational Science Award and subsequently the Director of the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

Dr. Boulware has spent the majority of her scholarly career investigating mechanisms to improve the quality and equity of care and health outcomes of patients and populations with chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Dr. Boulware’s research has been funded by numerous organizations, including the National Institutes for Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, and foundations. She has published over 100 manuscripts and she has mentored numerous students, fellows, and faculty members in clinical research. Dr. Boulware frequently engages community members, patients, their family members, and other stakeholders to develop and implement relevant and sustainable interventions to improve health.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2013
Director, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Award, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015
Vice Dean for Translational Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2016
Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 2015
Affiliate of the Center for Biobehavioral Health Disparities Research, Center on Biobehaviorial Health Disparities Research, Social Science Research Institute 2014

Contact Information

411 West Chapel Hill St, Box 104427, Durham, NC 27710
ebony.boulware@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Research Fellow, General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1999 - 2002
- Chief Resident, General Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine 1998 - 1999
- M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University 1999
- Residency, General Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine 1996 - 1998
- Internship, General Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine 1995 - 1996
- M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 1995
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Science, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2015 - 2016
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2013 - 2015
Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke
- Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
  Department of Medicine
  
  Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  
  Vice Dean for Translational Science
  
  Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Science
Recognition
In the News
- APR 22, 2015 WRAL
  
  Duke symposium looks at ways to reduce health disparities
- MAR 27, 2015 Duke Translational Medicine Institute
  
  DCRI Launches New Center to Study and Improve Community Health
- JUL 8, 2014
  
  From Bench to Bedside and Beyond
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Addressing Bias from Missing Data in EHR Based Studies of CVD awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Deprescribing for Older Dialysis Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2022
- Duke Resident Physician-Scientist Program- NHLBI awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2022
- Dissemination and Implementation Science in Cardiovascular Outcomes (DISCO) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Duke Training Grant in Nephrology awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 2022
- Religion, Spirituality and CVD Risks: A Focus on African Americans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2022
- Putting Patients at the Center of Kidney Care Transitions awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2016 - 2022
- Bridging the Gap to Enhance Clinical Research Program (BIGGER) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Preventing Cardiovascular Disease through Improved Risk Prediction and Communication awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Integrated Mineral Metabolism Treatment Strategies in Patients on Dialysis awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
- Educational Videos to Reduce Racial Disparities in ICD therapy Via Innovative Designs (VIVID) awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2016 - 2019
- University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) ACT Administrative Supplement awarded by University of Pittsburgh 2016 - 2019
- Duke CTSA (KL2) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Duke CTSA (TL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Jackson Heart Study Kidney Disease Working Group awarded by University of Mississippi Medical Center 2013 - 2018
- Increasing Equity in Transplant Evaluation and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation awarded by University of Pittsburgh 2014 - 2018
- Duke CTSA (UL1) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- Bruce Burnett IPA awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2018
- Transplant Social Worker Support for Live Kidney Donation in African Americans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
- Regulatory Guidance for Academic Research of Drugs and Devices awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2017 - 2018
- Duke CTSA (UL1): Statistical methods for complex data in CV disease research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2018
- PCORI Conference Grant awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute 2015 - 2017
- CKD-Targeted Analyses of the Jackson Heart Study awarded by University of Washington 2015 - 2017
- Decision support interventions to improve renal replacement therapy preparation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2017
- Tailored Decision Aids for Elderly Patients and Families Approaching End-Stage Renal Disease awarded by University of California - San Francisco 2016 - 2017
- Dietary Acid Load, Subclinical Acidosis and Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2017
- Regulatory Guidance for Academic Research of Drugs and Devices awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2017
- SRC Pilot Study awarded by Tufts University 2016 - 2017
- CKD-Targeted Analyses of the Jackson Heart Study awarded by University of Washington 2013 - 2015
- Patient and Family Community Intervention awarded by Johns Hopkins University 2013 - 2015
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Purnell, TS, and Boulware, LE. "Racial disparities in kidney transplant and living donation." In Living Donor Advocacy: An Evolving Role Within Transplantation, 327-345. January 1, 2014. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Zimmermann, CF, Ephraim, PL, Grover, RL, and Boulware, LE. "PATIENT ACTIVATION, PERCEIVED STRESS, AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE IN PATIENTS WITH UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION: THE ACT STUDY." : OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, April 1, 2018. Link to Item
  - Bornemann, K, Croswell, E, Abaye, M, Bryce, C, Chang, J, Good, D, Heiles, CF, Dew, M, Boulware, L, Tevar, A, and Myaskovsky, L. "Protocol of the KTFT-TALK Study to Reduce Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation." April 2017. Link to Item
  - Purnell, T, Luo, X, Kucirka, L, Henderson, M, Gordon, E, Boulware, L, and Segev, D. "Just Keeps Getting Worse: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US Over the Last Twenty Years." April 2017. Link to Item
  - Bhavsar, NA, Goldstein, BA, Phelan, M, and Boulware, LE. "E-Epidemiology to study the Associations of Socioeconomic Status with Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Hospitalization Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease." Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association on Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health. Portland, OR. March 7, 2017 - March 10, 2017.: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, March 7, 2017. Link to Item
  - Purnell, T, Luo, X, Henderson, M, Gordon, E, Boulware, LE, and Segev, D. "Just Keeps Getting Worse: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US Over the Last Twenty Years." January 2017. Link to Item
  - Riley, IL, Murphy, B, Razouki, Z, Krishnan, JA, Apter, AJ, Okelo, SO, Kraft, M, Feltner, C, Que, LG, and Boulware, LE. "A Systematic Review Of Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence Interventions In Adult African-Americans." 2017. Link to Item
  - Kraemer, SA, Ephraim, P, Pendergast, J, Lee, HJ, Ameling, J, Lewis-Boyer, L, Gayles, DJ, Lee, V, Ramamurthi, H, Monroe, DY, Valderrama, J, Muktar, N, Carson, KA, Bone, LR, Levine, DM, Cooper, LA, and Boulware, LE. "COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER SUPPORT FOR SELF-MEASURED BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING AMONG URBAN AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Olivo, RE, Davenport, CA, Diamantidis, C, Bhaysar, N, Tyson, C, Hall, R, Bidulescu, A, Young, B, Fox, ER, Pendergast, J, Boulware, LE, and Scialla, JJ. "VISCERAL ADIPOSITY, NUTRITION, AND THE RISK OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN AFRICAN AMERICANS: THE JACKSON HEART STUDY." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Sendak, M, Cameron, B, Komives, E, Futoma, J, Huang, E, Heller, K, Sangvai, D, Boulware, LE, and Patel, UD. "DEVELOPING A DATA-DRIVEN WORKFLOW FOR POPULATION HEALTH ROUNDING." May 2016. Link to Item
  - Bhaysar, NA, Davenport, TA, Scialla, JJ, Hall, RK, Tyson, CC, Strigo, TS, Young, B, Sims, M, Pendergast, JF, Boulware, LE, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Events Among Individuals with or at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease: The Jackson Heart Study." March 1, 2016. Link to Item
  - Riley, I, Boulware, LE, Sun, J-L, Chiswell, K, Que, L, Califf, R, Kraft, M, and Anderson, M. "Race/Ethnicity Reporting for Pulmonary Clinical Trials in ClinicalTrials.gov." October 2015. Full Text
  - Kovesdy, CP, Molnar, MZ, Davis, RL, Skorecki, K, Templeton, AR, Lu, JL, Boulware, LE, Norris, K, and Kalantar-Zadeh, K. "INFLUENZA VACCINATION AND INCIDENCE OF CKD: EFFECT MODIFICATION BY GEOGRAPHICAL ANCESTRY." May 2015. Full Text Link to Item
  - Purnell, T, Luo, X, Kucirka, L, Cooper, L, Massie, A, Crews, D, Boulware, L, and Segev, D. "Dramatic Improvements in Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the US." May 2015. Link to Item
  - Greer, R, Ephraim, P, Powe, NR, Jaar, BG, Choi, MJ, Hill-Briggs, F, Kraus, E, Cook, C, Lewis-Boyer, L, Gimenez, L, Melancon, JK, and Boulware, LE. "SHOULD PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS REMAIN MORE INVOLVED IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE?." April 2015. Link to Item
  - Abdel-Kader, K, Greer, R, Boulware, LE, and Unruh, M. "PCP'S FAMILIARITY, BELIEFS, AND PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO CKD GUIDELINES." May 2014. Link to Item
  - Greer, R, Cooper, LA, Hsu, Y-J, Carson, KA, Jaart, BG, Marsteller, JA, Appel, LJ, and Boulware, LE. "RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE PRIMARY CARE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD)." April 2014. Link to Item
  - Mobula, M, Okoye, MT, Boulware, LE, Carson, KA, Marsteller, JA, and Cooper, LA. "CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS' EFFECTIVENESS FOR IMPROVING HYPERTENSION OUTCOMES AND REDUCING HEALTH DISPARITIES." April 2014. Link to Item
  - Purnell, TS, Powe, NR, Troll, MU, Wang, N-Y, Lee, MR, Dy, SM, Cooper, LA, and Boulware, LE. "THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S COMFORT WITH DECEASED ORGAN DONATION DISCUSSION IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERVENTION." June 2013. Link to Item
  - Harvey, VM, Paul, J, Beresovsky, V, and Boulware, L. "Ethnic and racial disparities in the use of office-based dermatology visits among the insured, 2005-2010." May 2013. Link to Item
  - Jonassaint, NL, Yenokyan, G, and Boulware, LE. "Has the Model of End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Improved Racial Disparities in Graft Survival for Liver Transplant Recipients?." May 2013. Link to Item
  - Lauder, N, and Boulware, LE. "What Factors Explain Excess Risk of Death among Black Liver Transplant Recipients?." October 2012. Link to Item
  - Jonassaint, N, and Boulware, LE. "What Factors Explain Excess Risk of Death among Black Liver Transplant Recipients?." May 2012. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Ephraim, P, Hill-Briggs, F, Kraus, E, Melancon, J, Kolotos, M, Jaar, B, McGuire, R, Falcone, B, Boyer, L, and Powe, N. "Effectiveness of Educational and Behavioral Interventions To Improve Pursuit of Pre-Emptive Living-Related Kidney Transplantation: The Talking about Live Kidney Donation (TALK) Study." April 2011. Link to Item
  - Charles, R, Cooper, LA, Powe, NR, and Boulware, L. "DETERMINANTS AND BREADTH OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE EDUCATION DELIVERED BY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TO HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS." April 2009. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Taylor, L, Melancon, JK, Rose, L, Belcher, A, Dane, K, Klunk, S, Hoffman, M, and Nolan, M. "Race differences in potential living donors' perceived risks with donation and trust of transplant health care providers." May 2008. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Troll, MU, and Powe, NR. "The effect of state and national legislation on living kidney donation rates in the United States: A national study." May 2008. Link to Item
  - Nolan, MT, Boulware, LE, Taylor, L, Melancon, JK, Belcher, A, Rose, L, Dane, K, Klunk, S, Hoffman, M, Thompson, RE, and Edwin, D. "Involvement of family in living donor decision making." May 2008. Link to Item
  - Charles, RF, Powe, NR, Troll, MU, and Boulware, LE. "Primary care providers desired role and comfort level in managing patients with chronic kidney disease." March 2008. Link to Item
  - Charles, RF, Powe, NR, Troll, MU, and Boulware, LE. "Differences in GFR and creatinine-based referral patterns by US primary care physicians." March 2008. Link to Item
  - Mizelle, KV, Johnson, RL, Beach, MC, Boulware, L, and Cooper, LA. "Race concordance and trust in the patient-physician relationship." April 2005. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Troll, MU, Ratner, LE, Klein, AS, and Powe, NR. "Attitudinal and psychological differences between altruistic strangers and the general public." 2004. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Jaar, BG, Tarver-Carr, ME, Brancati, FL, and Powe, NR. "Screening for proteinuria in US adults: A cost-effectiveness analysis." November 2003. Link to Item
  - Beach, MC, Boulware, LE, Roter, DL, and Cooper, LA. "Physician perspectives on trust, partnership, and communication with patients: Does ethnicity matter?." April 2003. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Boulware, LE, Ephraim, PL, Ameling, J, Lewis-Boyer, L, Rabb, H, Greer, RC, Crews, DC, Jaar, BG, Auguste, P, Purnell, TS, Lamprea-Monteleagre, JA, Olufade, T, Gimenez, L, Cook, C, Campbell, T, Woodall, A, Ramamurthi, H, Davenport, CA, Choudhury, KR, Weir, MR, Hanes, DS, Wang, N-Y, Vilme, H, and Powe, NR. "Effectiveness of informational decision aids and a live donor financial assistance program on pursuit of live kidney transplants in African American hemodialysis patients (Published online)." BMC Nephrology 19, no. 1 (December 2018). Full Text
  - Olivo, RE, Davenport, CA, Diamantidis, CJ, Bhavsar, NA, Tyson, CC, Hall, R, Bidulescu, A, Young, B, Mwasongwe, SE, Pendergast, J, Boulware, LE, and Scialla, JJ. "Obesity and synergistic risk factors for chronic kidney disease in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study." Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association European Renal Association 33, no. 6 (June 2018): 992-1001. Full Text
  - St. Clair Russell, J, and Boulware, LE. "End-stage renal disease treatment options education: What matters most to patients and families." Edited by Jaar, BG and Choi, MJ. Seminars in Dialysis 31, no. 2 (March 2018): 122-128. Full Text
  - Lunyera, J, Davenport, CA, Bhavsar, NA, Sims, M, Scialla, J, Pendergast, J, Hall, R, Tyson, CC, Russell, JSC, Wang, W, Correa, A, Boulware, LE, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Nondepressive Psychosocial Factors and CKD Outcomes in Black Americans." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 13, no. 2 (February 2018): 213-222. Full Text
  - Riley, IL, Boulware, LE, Sun, J-L, Chiswell, K, Que, LG, Kraft, M, Todd, JL, Palmer, SM, and Anderson, ML. "Factors associated with reporting results for pulmonary clinical trials in ClinicalTrials.gov." Clinical trials (London, England) 15, no. 1 (February 2018): 87-94. Full Text
  - Purnell, TS, Luo, X, Cooper, LA, Massie, AB, Kucirka, LM, Henderson, ML, Gordon, EJ, Crews, DC, Boulware, LE, and Segev, DL. "Association of Race and Ethnicity With Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the United States From 1995 to 2014." Jama 319, no. 1 (January 2018): 49-61. Full Text
  - Norris, KC, Williams, SF, Rhee, CM, Nicholas, SB, Kovesdy, CP, Kalantar-Zadeh, K, and Ebony Boulware, L. "Hemodialysis Disparities in African Americans: The Deeply Integrated Concept of Race in the Social Fabric of Our Society." Seminars in dialysis 30, no. 3 (May 2017): 213-223. (Review) Full Text
  - Spratt, SE, Pereira, K, Granger, BB, Batch, BC, Phelan, M, Pencina, M, Miranda, ML, Boulware, E, Lucas, JE, Nelson, CL, Neely, B, Goldstein, BA, Barth, P, Richesson, RL, Riley, IL, Corsino, L, McPeek Hinz, ER, Rusincovitch, S, Green, J, Barton, AB, DDC Phenotype Group, , Kelley, C, Hyland, K, Tang, M, Elliott, A, Ruel, E, Clark, A, Mabrey, M, Morrissey, KL, Rao, J, Hong, B, Pierre-Louis, M, Kelly, K, and Jelesoff, N. "Assessing electronic health record phenotypes against gold-standard diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : Jamia 24, no. e1 (April 2017): e121-e128. Full Text
  - Bornemann, K, Croswell, E, Abaye, M, Bryce, CL, Chang, C-CH, Good, DS, Freehling Heiles, CA, Dew, MA, Boulware, LE, Tevar, AD, and Myaskovsky, L. "Protocol of the KTFT-TALK study to reduce racial disparities in kidney transplant evaluation and living donor kidney transplantation." Contemporary clinical trials 53 (February 2017): 52-59. Full Text
  - Shafi, T, Sozio, SM, Luly, J, Bandeen-Roche, KJ, St Peter, WL, Ephraim, PL, McDermott, A, Herzog, CA, Crews, DC, Scialla, JJ, Tangri, N, Miskulin, DC, Michels, WM, Jaar, BG, Zager, PG, Meyer, KB, Wu, AW, Boulware, LE, and DEcIDE Network Patient Outcomes in End Stage Renal Disease Study Investigators, . "Antihypertensive medications and risk of death and hospitalizations in US hemodialysis patients: Evidence from a cohort study to inform hypertension treatment practices." Medicine 96, no. 5 (February 2017): e5924-null. Full Text
  - Michels, WM, Jaar, BG, Ephraim, PL, Liu, Y, Miskulin, DC, Tangri, N, Crews, DC, Scialla, JJ, Shafi, T, Sozio, SM, Bandeen-Roche, K, Cook, CJ, Meyer, KB, Boulware, LE, and DEcIDE Network Patient Outcomes in End Stage Renal Disease Study Investigators, . "Intravenous iron administration strategies and anemia management in hemodialysis patients." Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 32, no. 1 (January 2017): 173-181. Full Text
  - Spratt, SE, Pereira, K, Granger, BB, Batch, BC, Phelan, M, Pencina, MJ, Miranda, ML, Boulware, LE, Lucas, JE, Nelson, CL, Neely, B, Goldstein, BA, Barth, P, Richesson, RL, Riley, IL, Corsino, L, Hinz, ERM, Rusincovitch, SA, Green, J, Barton, AB, Kelley, C, Hyland, K, Tang, M, Elliott, A, Ruel, E, Clark, A, Mabrey, M, Morrissey, KL, Rao, J, Hong, B, Pierre-Louis, M, Kelly, K, and Jelesoff, N. "Assessing electronic health record phenotypes against gold-standard diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus." JAMIA 24 (2017): e121-e128.
  - Tuot, DS, and Boulware, LE. "Telehealth Applications to Enhance CKD Knowledge and Awareness Among Patients and Providers." Advances in chronic kidney disease 24, no. 1 (January 2017): 39-45. (Review) Full Text
  - Greer, RC, Liu, Y, Crews, DC, Jaar, BG, Rabb, H, and Boulware, LE. "Hospital discharge communications during care transitions for patients with acute kidney injury: a cross-sectional study." BMC health services research 16 (August 30, 2016): 449-. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Purnell, TS, Luo, X, Kucirka, LM, Cooper, LA, Crews, DC, Massie, AB, Boulware, LE, and Segev, DL. "Reduced Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the United States from 1990 to 2012." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn 27, no. 8 (August 2016): 2511-2518. Full Text
  - Sampson, UKA, Kaplan, RM, Cooper, RS, Diez Roux, AV, Marks, JS, Engelgau, MM, Peprah, E, Mishoe, H, Boulware, LE, Felix, KL, Califf, RM, Flack, JM, Cooper, LA, Gracia, JN, Henderson, JA, Davidson, KW, Krishnan, JA, Lewis, TT, Sanchez, E, Luban, NL, Vaccarino, V, Wong, WF, Wright, JT, Meyers, D, Ogedegbe, OG, Presley-Cantrell, L, Chambers, DA, Belis, D, Bennett, GC, Boyington, JE, Creazzo, TL, de Jesus, JM, Krishnamurti, C, Lowden, MR, Punturieri, A, Shero, ST, Young, NS, Zou, S, and Mensah, GA. "Reducing Health Inequities in the U.S.: Recommendations From the NHLBI's Health Inequities Think Tank Meeting." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 5 (August 2016): 517-524. (Review) Full Text
  - Young, BA, Katz, R, Boulware, LE, Kestenbaum, B, de Boer, IH, Wang, W, Fülöp, T, Bansal, N, Robinson-Cohen, C, Griswold, M, Powe, NR, Himmelfarb, J, and Correa, A. "Risk Factors for Rapid Kidney Function Decline Among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study (JHS)." American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 68, no. 2 (August 2016): 229-239. Full Text
  - Cooper, LA, Purnell, TS, Ibe, CA, Halbert, JP, Bone, LR, Carson, KA, Hickman, D, Simmons, M, Vachon, A, Robb, I, Martin-Daniels, M, Dietz, KB, Golden, SH, Crews, DC, Hill-Briggs, F, Marsteller, JA, Boulware, LE, Miller, ERI, and Levine, DM. "Reaching for Health Equity and Social Justice in Baltimore: The Evolution of an Academic-Community Partnership and Conceptual Framework to Address Hypertension Disparities." Ethnicity & disease 26, no. 3 (July 21, 2016): 369-378. Full Text
  - Norris, KC, Mensah, GA, Boulware, LE, Lu, JL, Ma, JZ, Streja, E, Molnar, MZ, Kalantar-Zadeh, K, and Kovesdy, CP. "Age, Race and Cardiovascular Outcomes in African American Veterans." Ethnicity & disease 26, no. 3 (July 21, 2016): 305-314. Full Text
  - Green, JA, and Boulware, LE. "Patient Education and Support During CKD Transitions: When the Possible Becomes Probable." Advances in chronic kidney disease 23, no. 4 (July 2016): 231-239. (Review) Full Text
  - Wang, V, Vilme, H, Maciejewski, ML, and Boulware, LE. "The Economic Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease." Seminars in Nephrology 36, no. 4 (July 2016): 319-330. (Review) Full Text
  - Boulware, LE, Coye, MJ, and Washington, AE. "Roles of Academic and Public Health Systems in Advancing Population Health--Reply." JAMA 315, no. 23 (June 2016): 2623-2624. (Letter) Full Text
  - Klassen, DK, Edwards, LB, Stewart, DE, Glazier, AK, Orlowski, JP, and Berg, CL. "The OPTN Deceased Donor Potential Study: Implications for Policy and Practice." American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 16, no. 6 (June 2016): 1707-1714. Full Text
  - Narva, AS, Norton, JM, and Boulware, LE. "Educating Patients about CKD: The Path to Self-Management and Patient-Centered Care." Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 11, no. 4 (April 2016): 694-703. Full Text
  - Kovesdy, CP, Norris, KC, Boulware, LE, Lu, JL, Ma, JZ, Streja, E, Molnar, MZ, and Kalantar-Zadeh, K. "Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Association of Race With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in a Large Cohort of US Veterans"." Circulation 133, no. 12 (March 2016): e453-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Washington, AE, Coye, MJ, and Boulware, LE. "Academic Health Systems' Third Curve: Population Health Improvement." Jama 315, no. 5 (February 2016): 459-460. Full Text
  - Oddone, EZ, and Boulware, LE. "Primary Care: Medicine's Gordian Knot." The American journal of the medical sciences 351, no. 1 (January 2016): 20-25. Full Text
  - Purnell, T, Luo, X, Kucirka, L, Cooper, L, Crews, D, Boulware, LE, and Segev, D. "Dramatic Improvements in Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the US." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION 16 (January 2016): 65-66. Link to Item
  - Suarez, JJ, Isakova, T, Anderson, CAM, Boulware, LE, Wolf, M, and Scialla, JJ. "Food Access, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Hypertension in the U.S." American journal of preventive medicine 49, no. 6 (December 2015): 912-920. Full Text
  - Strigo, TS, Ephraim, PL, Pounds, I, Hill-Briggs, F, Darrell, L, Ellis, M, Sudan, D, Rabb, H, Segev, D, Wang, N-Y, Kaiser, M, Falkovic, M, Lebov, JF, and Boulware, LE. "The TALKS study to improve communication, logistical, and financial barriers to live donor kidney transplantation in African Americans: protocol of a randomized clinical trial." BMC nephrology 16 (October 9, 2015): 160-. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Kovesdy, CP, Norris, KC, Boulware, LE, Lu, JL, Ma, JZ, Streja, E, Molnar, MZ, and Kalantar-Zadeh, K. "Association of Race With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in a Large Cohort of US Veterans." Circulation 132, no. 16 (October 2015): 1538-1548. Full Text
  - Navaneethan, SD, Boulware, LE, and Sedor, JR. "Patients as stakeholders in setting kidney disease research priorities." American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 65, no. 5 (May 2015): 641-643. Full Text
  - Wang, W, Young, BA, Fülöp, T, de Boer, IH, Boulware, LE, Katz, R, Correa, A, and Griswold, ME. "Effects of serum creatinine calibration on estimated renal function in african americans: the Jackson heart study." The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 349, no. 5 (May 2015): 379-384. Full Text
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  - Boulware, LE. "Challenges for public campaigns to improve the health of persons at high risk of developing CKD." Am J Kidney Dis 51, no. 4 (April 2008): 535-538. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Jaar, BG, Khatib, R, Plantinga, L, Boulware, LE, and Powe, NR. "Principles of screening for chronic kidney disease." Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 3, no. 2 (March 2008): 601-609. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Troll, MU, Wang, NY, and Powe, NR. "Perceived transparency and fairness of the organ allocation system and willingness to donate organs: a national study." American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 7, no. 7 (July 2007): 1778-1787. Full Text
  - Plantinga, LC, Fink, NE, Bass, EB, Boulware, LE, Meyer, KB, and Powe, NR. "Preferences for current health and their association with outcomes in patients with kidney disease." Med Care 45, no. 3 (March 2007): 230-237. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Marinopoulos, S, Phillips, KA, Hwang, CW, Maynor, K, Merenstein, D, Wilson, RF, Barnes, GJ, Bass, EB, Powe, NR, and Daumit, GL. "Systematic review: the value of the periodic health evaluation." Ann Intern Med 146, no. 4 (February 20, 2007): 289-300. (Review) Link to Item
  - Walton-Moss, B, Boulware, LE, Cooper, M, Taylor, L, Dane, K, and Nolan, MT. "Prospective pilot study of living kidney donor decision-making and outcomes." Clin Transplant 21, no. 1 (January 2007): 86-93. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Troll, MU, Wang, NY, and Powe, NR. "Public attitudes toward incentives for organ donation: a national study of different racial/ethnic and income groups." Am J Transplant 6, no. 11 (November 2006): 2774-2785. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Troll, MU, Jaar, BG, Myers, DI, and Powe, NR. "Identification and referral of patients with progressive CKD: a national study." American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation 48, no. 2 (August 2006): 192-204. Full Text
  - Boulware, LE, Liu, Y, Fink, NE, Coresh, J, Ford, DE, Klag, MJ, and Powe, NR. "Temporal relation among depression symptoms, cardiovascular disease events, and mortality in end-stage renal disease: contribution of reverse causality." Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 1, no. 3 (May 2006): 496-504. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Barnes, G, Wilson, RF, Marinopoulos, SS, Hwang, C, Maynor, K, Merenstein, D, Phillips, K, Powe, NR, Bass, EB, and Daumit, GL. "Does the periodic health evaluation improve delivery of clinical preventive services and patient outcomes?." JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 21 (April 2006): 42-43. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Barnes, GJ, Wilson, RF, Phillips, K, Maynor, K, Hwang, C, Marinopoulos, S, Merenstein, D, Richardson-McKenzie, P, Bass, EB, Powe, NR, and Daumit, GL. "Value of the periodic health evaluation." Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep) , no. 136 (April 2006): 1-134. (Review) Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Troll, MU, and Powe, NR. "Recognition and referral of chronic kidney disease patients among family physicians, general internists and nephrologists: A national study." JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 21 (April 2006): 121-122. Link to Item
  - Friedman, AL, Peters, TG, Jones, KW, Boulware, LE, and Ratner, LE. "Fatal and nonfatal hemorrhagic complications of living kidney donation." Annals of Surgery 243, no. 1 (January 2006): 126-130. Full Text
  - Jee, SH, Boulware, LE, Guallar, E, Suh, I, Appel, LJ, and Miller, ER. "Direct, progressive association of cardiovascular risk factors with incident proteinuria: results from the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation (KMIC) study." Arch Intern Med 165, no. 19 (October 24, 2005): 2299-2304. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Ratner, LE, Troll, MU, Chaudron, A, Yeung, E, Chen, S, Klein, AS, Hiller, J, and Powe, NR. "Attitudes, psychology, and risk taking of potential live kidney donors: strangers, relatives, and the general public." Am J Transplant 5, no. 7 (July 2005): 1671-1680. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Meoni, LA, Fink, NE, Parekh, RS, Kao, WHL, Klag, MJ, and Powe, NR. "Preferences, knowledge, communication and patient-physician discussion of living kidney transplantation in African American families." American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 5, no. 6 (June 2005): 1503-1512. Full Text
  - Boulware, LE, Ratner, LE, Cooper, LA, LaVeist, TA, and Powe, NR. "Whole body donation for medical science: a population-based study." Clin Anat 17, no. 7 (October 2004): 570-577. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Jaar, BG, and Powe, NR. "Cost-effectiveness of screening for proteinuria - Reply." JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 291, no. 12 (March 24, 2004): 1443-1443. Full Text Link to Item
  - Gansevoort, RT, De Jong, PE, Postma, MJ, Boulware, LE, Jaar, BG, and Powe, NR. "Cost-effectiveness of Screening for Proteinuria [2] (multiple letters)." Journal of the American Medical Association 291, no. 12 (March 24, 2004): 1442-1443. (Letter) Full Text
  - Boulware, LE, Jaar, BG, Tarver-Carr, ME, Brancati, FL, and Powe, NR. "Screening for proteinuria in US adults: a cost-effectiveness analysis." Jama 290, no. 23 (December 2003): 3101-3114. Full Text
  - Boulware, LE, Cooper, LA, Ratner, LE, LaVeist, TA, and Powe, NR. "Race and trust in the health care system." Public Health Reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 118, no. 4 (July 2003): 358-365. Full Text
  - Golden, S, Boulware, LE, Berkenblit, G, Brancati, F, Chander, G, Marinopoulos, S, Paasche-Orlow, M, Powe, N, and Rami, T. "Use of glycated hemoglobin and microalbuminuria in the monitoring of diabetes mellitus." Evid Rep Technol Assess (Summ) , no. 84 (July 2003): 1-6. Link to Item
  - Powe, NR, and Boulware, LE. "The uneven distribution of kidney transplants: getting at the root causes and improving care." Am J Kidney Dis 40, no. 4 (October 2002): 861-863. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Bass, EB, Meyer, K, Wu, A, Fink, N, Coresh, J, and Powe, NR. "Health status and patient preference in end-stage renal disease (ESRD)." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY 13 (September 2002): 696A-696A. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Ratner, LE, Ness, PM, Cooper, LA, Campbell-Lee, S, LaVeist, TA, and Powe, NR. "The contribution of sociodemographic, medical, and attitudinal factors to blood donation among the general public." Transfusion 42, no. 6 (June 2002): 669-678. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Ratner, LE, Sosa, JA, Cooper, LA, LaVeist, TA, and Powe, NR. "Determinants of willingness to donate living related and cadaveric organs: identifying opportunities for intervention." Transplantation 73, no. 10 (May 27, 2002): 1683-1691. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Cooper, LA, Ratner, LE, Laveist, TA, and Powe, NR. "Racial differences in trust in different components of our health care system." JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 17 (April 2002): 152-152. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Daumit, GL, Frick, KD, Minkovitz, CS, Lawrence, RS, and Powe, NR. "Quality of clinical reports on behavioral interventions for hypertension." Prev Med 34, no. 4 (April 2002): 463-475. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Ratner, LE, Cooper, LA, Sosa, JA, LaVeist, TA, and Powe, NR. "Understanding disparities in donor behavior: race and gender differences in willingness to donate blood and cadaveric organs." Med Care 40, no. 2 (February 2002): 85-95. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Ratner, LE, Sosa, JA, Tu, AH, Nagula, S, Simpkins, CE, Durant, RW, and Powe, NR. "The general public's concerns about clinical risk in live kidney donation." Am J Transplant 2, no. 2 (February 2002): 186-193. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Daumit, GL, Frick, KD, Minkovitz, CS, Lawrence, RS, and Powe, NR. "An evidence-based review of patient-centered behavioral interventions for hypertension." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 21, no. 3 (October 2001): 221-232. Full Text
  - Daumit, G, Boulware, LE, Powe, NR, Minkovitz, CS, Frick, KD, Anderson, LA, Janes, GR, and Lawrence, RS. "A computerized tool for evaluating the effectiveness of preventive interventions." Public Health Rep 116 Suppl 1 (2001): 244-253. Full Text Link to Item
  - Boulware, L, Daumit, GL, Frick, KD, Minkovitz, C, Lawrence, RS, and Powe, NR. "An evidence-based review of the independent contribution of behavioral interventions for hypertension: Does adding more interventions improve hypertension control?." JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 15 (April 2000): 159-159. Link to Item
  - Boulware, LE, Mead, LA, Klag, MJ, and Roht, LH. "Can patients with hypertension acurately report the quality of their care?." JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE 15 (April 2000): 103-104. Link to Item
  - Mackowiak, PA, Boulware, LE, Pogue, DH, Rastegar, DA, and Castellani, RJ. "A 78-year-old woman with leg pain and weakness." American Journal of the Medical Sciences 319, no. 6 (January 1, 2000): 404-410.

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