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Hanzhang Xu

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
311 Trent Drive, Ipe 4261, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Areas of Expertise:


Global Health; Social Determinants of Health; Cardiovascular Disease; Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias; Health Services Research; and Population Aging

Selected Grants


Characterizing Family Structure, Care Utilization, and Well-Being among Persons with ADRD in the Asian Region

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Poststroke Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas - Southwestern · 2024 - 2029

Duke/UNC ADAR Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

A Life Course Approach to Identify Risks of Hospitalization in Older Adults with Heart Failure

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Integrating Risk Trajectories and Social Determinants to Enhance Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Older Adults

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2021 - 2026

Developing a Mobile App-Based Intervention to Promote Cognitive Health in Older Chinese Americans

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026

An Innovative Approach for Understanding Trajectories of Medication Adherence in Patients with Heart Failure

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023

A Patient-Centered Approach for Addressing Access to Care to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Patient Characteristics, Quality of Care, and In-hospital Outcomes for Acute Ischemic Stroke ─ An International Comparison of China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States Stroke Registries · March 2021 Awarded by: American Heart Association
A patient-centered approach to address racial/ethnic disparities in pathways to dementia diagnosis · 2020 - 2022 Awarded by: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Addressing Racial/Ethnic Differences in Pathways to Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Patient-Centered Approach · 2020 - 2021 PI · Awarded by: School of Medicine (SOM), the Office of the Provost, and Duke Research Computing
Care Pathways to Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias · 2020 - 2021 PI · Awarded by: School of Nursing, Center for Nursing Research
Leveraging patient-reported data to address racial disparities in 30-day readmission in patients with cardiovascular disease patients · 2019 - 2020 Co-investigator · Awarded by: Duke REACH Equity Research Vouchers program
Improving Door-to-needle Times for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration in Acute Ischemic Stroke in Singapore: A Pilot Study · 2017 - 2020 Co-investigator · Awarded by: Duke/Duke-NUS Collaboration Pilot Project

External Relationships


  • Duke Kunshan University, China
  • Duke-NUS in Singapore

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