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Jessica Sperling Smokoski

Assistant Professor in Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
2024 West Main Street, Box 104117, Durham, NC 27705
2024 West Main Street, Box 104117, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University

ResearchFaculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2032

Teams Engaged in Accessible Mental Health Interventions for Lupus Erythematosus and Dermatomyositis Stress

ResearchQualitative Researcher · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Quantitative Team Science (QuanTS) Program

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Kentucky · 2024 - 2029

Developing a Pathway for Preparing Underrepresented Minority Students for a Career in Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEEvaluator · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2024 - 2029

Improving Quality in Cardiac Arrest through Resuscitation Academy Training - The IQ-CART Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Saint Luke's Hospital (Kansas City) · 2025 - 2029

Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEEvaluator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2028

CAREER: Multi-aperture 3D microscopy for cellular-scale measurement over macroscopic volumes

ResearchEducation Coordinator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2028

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health - BIRCWH

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEProject Lead · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2002 - 2027

The Impact of Experiential History: Pilot Study of the Tenement Museum Experience

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tenement Museum · 2023 - 2026

Evaluating environmental literacy training with faith communities to build climate change resilience

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Creation Justice Ministries · 2023 - 2026

Reducing Ethnic-racial Disparities in Cardiac Arrest Survival Outcomes (RED-CASO)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Saint Luke's Hospital (Kansas City) · 2022 - 2026

Patient-Centered Stress Reduction & Cardiovascular Health Promotion Intervention: Engaging Patients with Lupus & Dermatomyositis

ResearchQualitative Researcher · Awarded by Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance, Inc. · 2025 - 2025

MDC Partnership: Equity and Advancement In the American South

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by MDC, Inc. · 2022 - 2025

Evaluating Active Learning Simulation Experiences for Security Workforce Preparation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Nebraska - Omaha · 2023 - 2025

NC Education Corps Evaluation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2022 - 2025

Advancing Partnership for Appalachian Girls' Education

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Partnership for Appalachian Girls' Education · 2021 - 2025

Building equitable inclusion and industry excellence: Advancing the next generation of women engineers and tech leaders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rewriting The Code · 2023 - 2024

CAREER: Resolving action potentials and high-density neural signals from the surface of the brain

ResearchEducation Coordinator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2024

Understanding the outcomes of out-of-school orchestral music programming for low-income youth

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brady Education Foundation · 2017 - 2023

Qualitative study of Covid-prompted North Carolina learning recovery programs

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2022 - 2023

Partnership Between Made in Durham and the Durham Children's Data Center

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by MDC, Inc. · 2017 - 2022

Duke Teach House

Public ServiceData Analyst · Awarded by William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust · 2016 - 2022

A National Collaborative Evaluation of El Sistema-Inspired Music Education

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Bard College · 2019 - 2022

Exploring the Effects of Literacy Training for Beginning Teachers in Challenged Districts

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2019 - 2021

Effects of Beginning Teacher Literacy Intervention in Low-Performing Districts, Student Data Focus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina State University · 2018 - 2020

Understanding Student Gains from Out-of-School Music Programming

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kidznotes · 2016 - 2017

External Relationships


  • Global Leaders Institute
  • Kidznotes
  • North Carolina State University

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