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Eric Andrew Finkelstein

Professor in Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences
Box 90519, Durham, NC 27708-0097
Trent Hall, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in Population Health Sciences · 2023 - Present Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments
Research Professor of Global Health · 2015 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published January 20, 2022
Where is the Best Country to Die?
Published November 19, 2019
Global List of Highly Cited Puts Duke in Top Ten
Published October 21, 2019
Global Health Discussion on Hearing Loss Coming to Duke and Duke-NUS

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Recent Publications


Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in the Last Year of Life: The COMPASS Cancer Cohort Study.

Journal Article J Pain Symptom Manage · April 2025 CONTEXT: There has been growing interest in the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as part of end-of-life care. OBJECTIVES: This study prospectively examined the prevalence, predictors and outcomes of ingestible CAM use among cancer patie ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Randomized Trial Using an Online Grocery Store to Evaluate a Multicomponent Digital Intervention to Improve Diet Quality.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · March 20, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Poor diet is a key contributor to rising rates of non-communicable diseases. This study tested the ability of an online grocery store that includes a multicomponent digital intervention identified through the Multiphase Optimization Strategy ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reverse Time-to-Death as Time-Scale in Time-to-Event Analysis for Studies of Advanced Illness and Palliative Care.

Journal Article Stat Med · February 10, 2025 Incidence of adverse outcome events rises as patients with advanced illness approach end-of-life. Exposures that tend to occur near end-of-life, for example, use of wheelchair, oxygen therapy and palliative care, may therefore be found associated with the ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


PT4A (Peers and Technology for Adherence, Access, Accountability, and Analytics)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New York University School of Medicine · 2024 - 2028

Partnering with WIC to prevent excessive weight gain in pregnancy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Temple University · 2018 - 2024

A Pragmatic Trial of a Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain in Primary Care

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Washington · 1999 M.H.A.
University of Washington · 1998 Ph.D.
University of Washington · 1996 M.A.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 1991 B.A.