Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2023 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics,
Basic Science Departments
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2020 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Monitoring in pragmatic trials lessons from the NIH pragmatic trials collaboratory.
Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · May 2025 The distinguishing characteristics of pragmatic clinical trials merits special attention when developing a monitoring plan. Pragmatic clinical trials are large in scope; participants are often identified from records or routinely collected data; investigat ... Full text Link to item CiteImplementation of the American- College of Physicians Guideline for Low Back Pain (IMPACt-LBP): protocol for a healthcare systems embedded multisite pragmatic cluster-randomised trial.
Journal Article BMJ Open · March 26, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Low back pain (LBP) is a key source of medical costs and disability, impacting over 31 million Americans at any given time and resulting in US$100-US$200 billion per year in total healthcare costs. LBP is one of the leading causes of ambulato ... Full text Link to item CiteElectronic Clinical Decision Support Tools: Strategies to Improve the Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Low-Resource Settings.
Journal Article Am J Trop Med Hyg · December 4, 2024 Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a common reason for hospitalization and antibacterial use globally. There is considerable overlap in the clinical presentation of bacterial and viral LRTIs. Low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) face the dual c ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Cluster Randomized controlled trial of Using PrEP, Doing it for Ourselves [UPDOs] Protective Styles: A salon-based intervention to improve PrEP uptake among Black cis-gender women."
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 20292/2 Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional Trial in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (SPIRRIT-HFPEF)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2028A randomized controlled trial of a novel, evidence-based algorithm for managing lower respiratory tract infection in a resource-limited setting
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2000
Ph.D.