Kara McGee | Scholars@Duke

Kara McGee
Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2020
Associate Professor in Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2020

Contact Information

311 Trent Drive, Room 3217, Durham, NC 27710
Ipe Building, Room 3217, Durham, NC 27710
kara.mcgee@duke.edu (919) 660-1607

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- D.Med.Sc., Lincoln Memorial University 2010
Medical Licensure
- 104019. North Carolina. 2020
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Instructor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2020
Research
Selected Grants
- EJAF HIV CME Training Development awarded by Elton John AIDS Foundation 2022 - 2025
- Bringing PrEP to Campus: Examining Strategies for PrEP Delivery to Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2020
- HIV Nurse Practitioner Training Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2013 - 2018
- Ryan White HIV Adult ID Services, Year 9 awarded by Wake County Human Services 2017 - 2018
- Ryan White HIV Adult ID Services, Year 7 awarded by Wake County Human Services 2015 - 2016
- Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 1999 - 2011
- Early Intervention Services with Respect to HIV Disease in the Northern Outreach Clinic awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) 2000 - 2007
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Seed Grant: Duke University School of Nursing Teaching for Equity Fellows Alumni Affinity Group awarded by Duke Office of Faculty Advancement 2023
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Walton, AnnMarie L., Kara McGee, Blanca Iris Padilla, Jordan Wrigley, Devon Noonan, Anne Derouin, Leila Ledbetter, and Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda. “An exploration of language: How nurses describe social factors that contribute to health.” Nursing Outlook 71, no. 2 (March 2023): 101908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2022.101908.
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  - Bergman, Alanna, Kara McGee, Jason Farley, Jeffrey Kwong, Katherine McNabb, and Joachim Voss. “Author Response.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 34, no. 1 (January 2023): 3–4. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000378.
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  - McMillian-Bohler, Jacquelyn M., Lauren Holt, Adaora A. Adimora, Donald Chip E. Bailey, Ragan Johnson, Amie Koch, Kara McGee, et al. “Examining Stigma and Disclosure Among Women With HIV in the Southern United States: Qualitative Study Guided by the Adaptive Leadership Framework for Chronic Illness.” J Assoc Nurses Aids Care 34, no. 1 (January 2023): 113–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000354.
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  - Bergman, Alanna, Kara McGee, Jason Farley, Jeffrey Kwong, Katherine McNabb, and Joachim Voss. “Combating Stigma in the Era of Monkeypox-Is History Repeating Itself?” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 33, no. 6 (November 2022): 668–75. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000367.
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  - Kwong, Jeffrey, Katherine C. McNabb, Joachim G. Voss, Alanna Bergman, Kara McGee, and Jason Farley. “Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 2022: Key Epidemiologic, Clinical, Diagnostic, and Prevention Considerations.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 33, no. 6 (November 2022): 657–67. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000365.
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  - Randolph, Schenita D., Ragan Johnson, Kara McGee, Adaora A Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Donald E. Bailey, Lauren Holt, et al. “Adaptive leadership in clinical encounters with women living with HIV.” Bmc Womens Health 22, no. 1 (June 9, 2022): 217. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01810-1.
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  - Bailey, Donald E., Courtney Caiola, Adaora A. Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Lauren Holt, Ragan Johnson, Amie Koch, et al. “Adaptive Challenges, Adaptive Work, and Adaptive Leadership Among Women Living With HIV in the Southern United States: Findings From a Qualitative Study.” J Assoc Nurses Aids Care 33, no. 3 (May 2022): 259–69. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000288.
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  - Koch, Amie, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, Donald E. Bailey, Courtney Ellis Caiola, Adaora A. Adimora, Catalina Ramirez, Lauren Holt, et al. “Exploring Resilience Among Black Women Living With HIV in the Southern United States: Findings From a Qualitative Study.” J Assoc Nurses Aids Care 33, no. 2 (March 2022): 224–34. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000311.
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  - Kreider, K. E., J. V. Rowell, M. Bowers, K. S. McGee, and B. I. Padilla. “Effective interprofessional precepting in a specialty clinic: Utilizing evidence and lived experiences to optimize the training of diverse learners.” Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice 26 (March 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100490.
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  - McGee, K., L. Bell, V. Guilamo-Ramos, B. A. Knettel, S. D. Randolph, and M. V. Relf. “HIV Clinician Workforce Shortage: Nurse Practitioners Filling the Gap.” Journal for Nurse Practitioners 18, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 58–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.08.013.
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  - Pohlman, F Will, Kara S. McGee, and Mehri S. McKellar. “Case Report: Reversal of Integrase Inhibitor- and Tenofovir Alafenamide-Related Weight Gain After Switching Back to Efavirenz/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir DF.” Open Forum Infect Dis 8, no. 8 (August 2021): ofab403. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab403.
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  - Clement, Meredith Edwards, Mira Nicchitta, Ying Sun, Alicia Ellis, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Kara McGee, Cedar Eagle, et al. “Preexposure Prophylaxis Outcomes in an Urban Community in North Carolina: Discontinuation of Care and Sexually Transmitted Infections.” Sex Transm Dis 48, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 183–88. https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001288.
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  - Gay, Cynthia L., Dayna T. Neo, Aaron S. Devanathan, Joann D. Kuruc, Kara S. McGee, John L. Schmitz, Joe Sebastian, et al. “Efficacy, pharmacokinetics and neurocognitive performance of dual, NRTI-sparing antiretroviral therapy in acute HIV-infection.” Aids 34, no. 13 (November 1, 2020): 1923–31. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002652.
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  - Harris, Orlando O., Natalie Leblanc, Kara McGee, Schenita Randolph, Mitchell J. Wharton, and Michael Relf. “Alarm at the Gate-Health and Social Inequalities are Comorbid Conditions of HIV and COVID-19.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 31, no. 4 (July 2020): 367–75. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000190.
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  - Alexander, Brittany M., Claire E. Farel, Lisa Rahangdale, Kara McGee, Julie Thompson, Katherine Barley, and James L. Harmon. “Video-Based Preconception Counseling for Women Living With HIV.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 31, no. 1 (January 2020): 66–70. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000081.
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  - Harmon, James L., and Kara S. McGee. “Addressing Polypharmacy in Older Adults Living With HIV.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 30, no. 1 (January 2019): 73–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000028.
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  - Davy-Mendez, Thibaut, Sonia Napravnik, Oksana Zakharova, JoAnn Kuruc, Cynthia Gay, Charles B. Hicks, Kara S. Mcgee, and Joseph J. Eron. “Acute HIV Infection and CD4/CD8 Ratio Normalization After Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation.” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 79, no. 4 (December 2018): 510–18. https://doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000001843.
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  - McGee, Kara S., Nwora Lance Okeke, Christopher B. Hurt, and Mehri S. McKellar. “Canary in the Coal Mine? Transmitted Mutations Conferring Resistance to All Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors in a Treatment-Naive Patient.” Open Forum Infect Dis 5, no. 11 (November 2018): ofy294. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy294.
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  - Clement, Meredith E., Jessica Seidelman, Jiewei Wu, Kareem Alexis, Kara McGee, N Lance Okeke, Gregory Samsa, and Mehri McKellar. “An educational initiative in response to identified PrEP prescribing needs among PCPs in the Southern U.S.” Aids Care 30, no. 5 (May 2018): 650–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2017.1384534.
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  - Clement, Meredith E., Nwora L. Okeke, Terry Munn, Miguel Hunter, Kareem Alexis, Amy Corneli, Arlene C. Seña, Kara McGee, and Mehri S. McKellar. “Partnerships Between a University-Affiliated Clinic and Community-Based Organizations to Reach Black Men Who Have Sex With Men for PrEP Care.” J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 77, no. 2 (February 1, 2018): e25–27. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001577.
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  - Gay, Cynthia L., Mark A. DeBenedette, Irina Y. Tcherepanova, Alicia Gamble, Whitney E. Lewis, Anna B. Cope, JoAnn D. Kuruc, et al. “Immunogenicity of AGS-004 Dendritic Cell Therapy in Patients Treated During Acute HIV Infection.” Aids Research and Human Retroviruses 34, no. 1 (January 2018): 111–22. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2017.0071.
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  - Gay, Cynthia L., Sarah J. Willis, Anna B. Cope, JoAnn D. Kuruc, Kara S. McGee, Joe Sebastian, Amanda M. Crooks, et al. “Fixed-dose combination emtricitabine/tenofovir/efavirenz initiated during acute HIV infection; 96-week efficacy and durability.” Aids 30, no. 18 (November 28, 2016): 2815–22. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001255.
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  - McGee, Kara S., Michael Relf, and James L. Harmon. “The Development of an HIV Training Program for Nurse Practitioners.” The Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care : Janac 27, no. 3 (May 2016): 240–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2015.11.008.
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  - Caiola, Courtney, Kara McGee, and James L. Harmon. “Reflections: A Case for Intersectional Approaches in HIV Research.” Aids Research and Human Retroviruses 31, no. 7 (July 2015): 669–70. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2014.0369.
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  - Cope, Anna B., Amanda M. Crooks, Tammy Chin, JoAnn D. Kuruc, Kara S. McGee, Joseph J. Eron, Charles B. Hicks, Lisa B. Hightow-Weidman, and Cynthia L. Gay. “Incident sexually transmitted infection as a biomarker for high-risk sexual behavior after diagnosis of acute HIV.” Sexually Transmitted Diseases 41, no. 7 (July 2014): 447–52. https://doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000000147.
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  - Vinikoor, Michael J., Anna Cope, Cynthia L. Gay, Guido Ferrari, Kara S. McGee, Joann D. Kuruc, Jeffrey L. Lennox, David M. Margolis, Charles B. Hicks, and Joseph J. Eron. “Antiretroviral therapy initiated during acute HIV infection fails to prevent persistent T-cell activation.” J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 62, no. 5 (April 15, 2013): 505–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e318285cd33.
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  - McKellar, Mehri S., Anna B. Cope, Cynthia L. Gay, Kara S. McGee, Joann D. Kuruc, Melissa G. Kerkau, Christopher B. Hurt, et al. “Acute HIV-1 infection in the Southeastern United States: a cohort study.” Aids Res Hum Retroviruses 29, no. 1 (January 2013): 121–28. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2012.0064.
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  - Arnoczy, Gretchen S., Guido Ferrari, Nilu Goonetilleke, Tumena Corrah, Hui Li, Joann Kuruc, John L. Schmitz, et al. “Massive CD8 T cell response to primary HIV infection in the setting of severe clinical presentation.” Aids Res Hum Retroviruses 28, no. 8 (August 2012): 789–92. https://doi.org/10.1089/AID.2011.0145.
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  - Frahm, Marc A., Ralph A. Picking, JoAnn D. Kuruc, Kara S. McGee, Cynthia L. Gay, Joseph J. Eron, Charles B. Hicks, Georgia D. Tomaras, and Guido Ferrari. “CD4+CD8+ T cells represent a significant portion of the anti-HIV T cell response to acute HIV infection.” J Immunol 188, no. 9 (May 1, 2012): 4289–96. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1103701.
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  - Vladutiu, Catherine J., Carri Casteel, Stephen W. Marshall, Kara S. McGee, Carol W. Runyan, and Tamera Coyne-Beasley. “Disability and home hazards and safety practices in US households.” Disability and Health Journal 5, no. 1 (January 2012): 49–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2011.10.003.
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  - Gay, Cynthia L., Ashley J. Mayo, Chelu K. Mfalila, Haitao Chu, Anna C. Barry, JoAnn D. Kuruc, Kara S. McGee, et al. “Efficacy of NNRTI-based antiretroviral therapy initiated during acute HIV infection.” Aids 25, no. 7 (April 24, 2011): 941–49. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283463c07.
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  - Ferrari, Guido, Bette Korber, Nilu Goonetilleke, Michael K. P. Liu, Emma L. Turnbull, Jesus F. Salazar-Gonzalez, Natalie Hawkins, et al. “Relationship between functional profile of HIV-1 specific CD8 T cells and epitope variability with the selection of escape mutants in acute HIV-1 infection.” Plos Pathog 7, no. 2 (February 10, 2011): e1001273. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001273.
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  - Hurt, Christopher B., Sandra I. McCoy, Joann Kuruc, Julie Ae Nelson, Melissa Kerkau, Susan Fiscus, Kara McGee, et al. “Transmitted antiretroviral drug resistance among acute and recent HIV infections in North Carolina from 1998 to 2007.” Antiviral Therapy 14, no. 5 (January 2009): 673–78. https://doi.org/10.1177/135965350901400503.
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  - Runyan, Carol W., Renee M. Johnson, Jingzhen Yang, Anna E. Waller, David Perkis, Stephen W. Marshall, Tamera Coyne-Beasley, and Kara S. McGee. “Risk and protective factors for fires, burns, and carbon monoxide poisoning in U.S. households.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 28, no. 1 (January 2005): 102–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2004.09.014.
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  - Heinen, M., K. S. McGee, and M. Warner. “Injury questions on household surveys from around the world.” Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 10, no. 6 (December 2004): 327–29. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2004.005991.
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  - McGee, K., D. Sethi, M. Peden, and S. Habibula. “Guidelines for conducting community surveys on injuries and violence.” Injury Control and Safety Promotion 11, no. 4 (January 1, 2004): 303–6.
  - Peden, M. M., and K. McGee. “The epidemiology of drowning worldwide.” Injury Control and Safety Promotion 10, no. 4 (December 2003): 195–99. https://doi.org/10.1076/icsp.10.4.195.16772.
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  - McGee, K. S., T. Coyne-Beasley, and R. M. Johnson. “Review of evaluations of educational approaches to promote safe storage of firearms.” Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention 9, no. 2 (June 2003): 108–11. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.9.2.108.
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  - McGee, Kara, Margie Peden, Rick Waxweiler, and David Sleet. “Injury surveillance.” Injury Control and Safety Promotion 10, no. 1–2 (March 2003): 105–8. https://doi.org/10.1076/icsp.10.1.105.14118.
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  - Coyne-Beasley, Tamera, Kara S. McGee, Renee M. Johnson, and W Clayton Bordley. “The association of handgun ownership and storage practices with safety consciousness.” Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156, no. 8 (August 2002): 763–68. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.156.8.763.
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- Conference Papers
  - Clement, Meredith, Mira Nicchitta, Alicia Ellis, Sarah Hale, Hrishikesh Chakraborty, Kara McGee, Cedar Eagle, et al. “Outcomes for PrEP Users in the Southern US: Persistence and STIs.” In Aids Research and Human Retroviruses, 34:258–258. MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, 2018.
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  - Clutton, Genevieve Tyndale, Yinyan Xu, Maria Abad Fernandez, Amanda Crooks, Blair Turner, Nicole Maponga, Anna Cope, et al. “Effects of different treatment regimens on T cell function in acute HIV infection.” In Journal of Immunology, Vol. 196. AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS, 2016.
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  - Hurt, C., S. McCoy, M. Kerkau, J. Nelson, J. Sebastian, J. Kuruc, K. McGee, et al. “Frequency of transmitted drug resistance among acute and recently HIV-infected patients in North Carolina is similar to reports from more urbanized areas.” In Antiviral Therapy, 12:S55–S55. INT MEDICAL PRESS LTD, 2007.
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  - Hurt, C., S. McCoy, M. Kerkau, J. Nelson, J. Sebastian, J. Kuruc, K. McGee, et al. “Frequency of transmitted drug resistance among acute and recently HIV-infected patients in North Carolina is similar to reports from more urbanized areas.” In Antiviral Therapy, 12:S55–S55. INT MEDICAL PRESS LTD, 2007.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Medical Licensure

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers

Recent Courses