Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2023 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Research Professor of Global Health
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2015 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Effectiveness of an Incentives-Enhanced Stepped Care Intervention Program in Diabetes Prevention in a Multiethnic Asian Prediabetes Cohort: Results From the Pre-DICTED Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal Article Diabetes Care · November 1, 2025 OBJECTIVE: Diabetes prevention in real-world settings is affected by the challenge of intervention adherence and difficulty in sustaining behavior change. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a stepped care prevention program, enhanced with financial ... Full text Link to item CiteCancer patients' awareness of extent of disease: anxiety, depression, quality of life.
Journal Article BMJ Support Palliat Care · October 27, 2025 OBJECTIVE: In Asian cultures, the belief that full disclosure would harm the patient's health would lead to non-disclosure. The study aimed to determine whether making patients aware of the extent of their disease will lead to psychological morbidity and p ... Full text Link to item CitePalliative care experts' relative importance of end-of-life care quality indicators: Findings from a discrete choice experiment.
Journal Article Palliat Med · October 7, 2025 BACKGROUND: End-of-life care delivery is shaped by subject matter experts who influence treatment decisions, policies, and programs and set guidelines that inform end-of-life care practices. However, little is known about what these experts view as most im ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
PT4A (Peers and Technology for Adherence, Access, Accountability, and Analytics)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New York University School of Medicine · 2024 - 2028Partnering with WIC to prevent excessive weight gain in pregnancy
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Temple University · 2018 - 2024A Pragmatic Trial of a Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain in Primary Care
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2023View All Grants
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.