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 - 2030Poststroke Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas - Southwestern · 2024 - 2029Duke/UNC ADAR Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029A Life Course Approach to Identify Risks of Hospitalization in Older Adults with Heart Failure
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027Integrating Risk Trajectories and Social Determinants to Enhance Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Older Adults
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2021 - 2026Developing a Mobile App-Based Intervention to Promote Cognitive Health in Older Chinese Americans
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2026An Innovative Approach for Understanding Trajectories of Medication Adherence in Patients with Heart Failure
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2023A Patient-Centered Approach for Addressing Access to Care to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022Fellowships, 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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