Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2015
  • M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2015
  • Internal Medicine Resdency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2007 - 2010
  • M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine 2007
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine 2015 - 2017
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2010 - 2011
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • APR 25, 2016

    Tracking the Spread of HIV's Resistance in NC

  • MAR 23, 2016

    Collaborative Grants Encourage UNC and Duke Researchers to Leave Rivalry on the Court
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Pathways to cardiovascular disease prevention and impact of specialty referral in under-represented racial/ethnic minorities with HIV awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
  • A Clinic-Based Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Persons Living with HIV awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2022
  • A nurse-led intervention to extend the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention (EXTRA-CVD) awarded by Case Western Reserve University 2018 - 2022
  • Bringing PrEP to Campus: Examining Strategies for PrEP Delivery to Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2020
  • 6510 HIV-HCV SWITCH - (337-1834) awarded by Duke Clinical Research Institute 2016 - 2019
  • Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV- REPRIEVE (A5332) awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital 2015 - 2019
  • Systems Biology Approaches for Predicting Cardiometabolic Risk in Persons Living with HIV awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Okeke, NL, Alenezi, F, Bloomfield, GS, Dunning, A, Clement, ME, Shah, SH, Naggie, S, and Velazquez, EJ. "Determinants of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction in an HIV Clinical Cohort." Journal of Cardiac Failure 24, no. 8 (August 2018): 496-503.  Full Text
    • Clement, ME, Seidelman, J, Wu, J, Alexis, K, McGee, K, Okeke, NL, Samsa, G, and McKellar, M. "An educational initiative in response to identified PrEP prescribing needs among PCPs in the Southern U.S." Aids Care Psychological and Socio Medical Aspects of Aids/Hiv 30, no. 5 (May 4, 2018): 650-655.  Full Text
    • Okeke, NL, Craig, DM, Muehlbauer, MJ, Ilkayeva, O, Clement, ME, Naggie, S, and Shah, SH. "Metabolites predict cardiovascular disease events in persons living with HIV: a pilot case-control study." Metabolomics : Official Journal of the Metabolomic Society 14, no. 3 (March 2018).  Full Text
    • Clement, ME, Lin, L, Navar, AM, Okeke, NL, Naggie, S, and Douglas, PS. "Lower likelihood of cardiac procedures after acute coronary syndrome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome." Medicine 97, no. 6 (February 2018): e9849-null.  Full Text
    • Clement, ME, Okeke, NL, Munn, T, Hunter, M, Alexis, K, Corneli, A, Seña, AC, McGee, K, and McKellar, MS. "Partnerships Between a University-Affiliated Clinic and Community-Based Organizations to Reach Black Men Who Have Sex With Men for PrEP Care." Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 77, no. 2 (February 2018): e25-e27.  Full Text
    • Levintow, SN, Okeke, NL, Hué, S, Mkumba, L, Virkud, A, Napravnik, S, Sebastian, J, Miller, WC, Eron, JJ, and Dennis, AM. "Prevalence and transmission dynamics of HIV-1 transmitted drug resistance in a southeastern cohort." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5, no. 8 (January 1, 2018): 1-10.  Full Text
    • Clement, ME, Park, LP, Navar, AM, Okeke, NL, Pencina, MJ, Douglas, PS, and Naggie, S. "Statin Utilization and Recommendations Among HIV- and HCV-infected Veterans: A Cohort Study." Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 63, no. 3 (August 2016): 407-413.  Full Text
    • Okeke, NL, Davy, T, Eron, JJ, and Napravnik, S. "Hypertension Among HIV-infected Patients in Clinical Care, 1996-2013." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 63, no. 2 (July 2016): 242-248.  Full Text
    • Okeke, NL, Hicks, CB, McKellar, MS, Fowler, VG, and Federspiel, JJ. "History of AIDS in HIV-Infected Patients Is Associated With Higher In-Hospital Mortality Following Admission for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke." The Journal of infectious diseases 213, no. 12 (June 2016): 1955-1961.  Full Text
    • Okeke, NL, Chin, T, Clement, M, Chow, S-C, and Hicks, CB. "Coronary artery disease risk reduction in HIV-infected persons: a comparative analysis." Aids Care 28, no. 4 (January 2016): 475-482.  Full Text
    • Clement, ME, Okeke, NL, and Hicks, CB. "Fever and Rash in a Patient With Hepatitis." JAMA 314, no. 4 (July 2015): 400-401.  Full Text
    • Clement, ME, Okeke, NL, and Hicks, CB. "Treatment of late-stage syphilis--reply." JAMA 313, no. 9 (March 2015): 969-970. (Letter)  Full Text
    • Okeke, NL, Ostermann, J, and Thielman, NM. "Enhancing linkage and retention in HIV care: a review of interventions for highly resourced and resource-poor settings." Current HIV/AIDS reports 11, no. 4 (December 2014): 376-392. (Review)  Full Text
    • Clement, ME, Okeke, NL, and Hicks, CB. "Treatment of syphilis: a systematic review." Jama 312, no. 18 (November 2014): 1905-1917. (Review)  Full Text
    • Okeke, NL, Ostermann, J, and Thielman, NM. "Enhancing Linkage and Retention in HIV Care: a Review of Interventions for Highly Resourced and Resource-Poor Settings." Current Hiv/Aids Reports 11, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 376-392. (Review)  Full Text
    • Okeke, NL, and Hicks, C. "Role of raltegravir in the management of HIV-1 infection." Hiv/Aids Research and Palliative Care 3 (July 15, 2011): 81-92. (Review)  Full Text
    • Zhao, X, Okeke, NL, Sharpe, O, Batliwalla, FM, Lee, AT, Ho, PP, Tomooka, BH, Gregersen, PK, and Robinson, WH. "Circulating immune complexes contain citrullinated fibrinogen in rheumatoid arthritis." Arthritis Research & Therapy 10, no. 4 (January 2008): R94-null.  Full Text
    • Graham, KL, Thibault, DL, Steinman, JB, Okeke, L, Kao, PN, and Utz, PJ. "Granzyme B is dispensable for immunologic tolerance to self in a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus." Arthritis and rheumatism 52, no. 6 (June 2005): 1684-1693.  Full Text

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