Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
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2024 - Present
Medicine, Gastroenterology,
Medicine
Associate Professor of Sociology
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2024 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2016 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Faculty Associate in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine
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2024 - Present
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Sex and racial disparities in clinical outcomes and health resource use among patients with primary biliary cholangitis in the United States.
Journal article Hepatol Commun · October 1, 2026 BACKGROUND: Racial and sex disparities have been described in liver conditions, including primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). This study sought to understand how race/ethnicity and sex-based differences impact access to diagnosis, clinical outcomes, health ... Full text Link to item CiteRace and gender disparities in mental health documentation in primary care: Findings from a video vignette experiment.
Journal article Soc Sci Med · September 2026 Unstructured clinical notes could be a key source for mental health detection and care in primary care settings. A growing use of LLMs to extract mental health indicators from unstructured clinical notes has the potential to aid in this effort. However, th ... Full text Link to item CiteLeveraging an Electronic Consultation Program for a High-Volume Hepatology Clinic.
Journal article Clin Transl Gastroenterol · July 1, 2026 INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of chronic liver disease is increasing in the United States, and a concurrent national shortage of hepatologists has resulted in long wait times for specialty care. Electronic consultations (E-consults) have emerged as a strate ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University
ResearchFaculty Member · Awarded by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · 2025 - 2032Combating Related Epidemics in HCV through Simplified Testing and Treatment (CREST). A cluster randomized trial of point-of-care hepatitis C testing and treatment among key populations
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2025 - 2030A Phase 2/3, Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled Study Of Inebilizumab In Participants With Autoimmune Hepatitis
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Amgen, Inc. · 2026 - 2030View All Grants
Education
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
2008
M.D.
Duke University ·
2007
Ph.D.