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
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 CiteA 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 CiteReverse 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 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.