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Nwora Lance Okeke

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Dept of Medicine, BOX_31255, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Medicine · 2023 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences · 2023 - Present Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments

In the News


Published June 18, 2024
How Soccer Helps Duke Researcher Build Bridges in Global Health
Published October 30, 2020
Clinical Researchers Seek Ways to Lessen the Severity of COVID-19
Published April 25, 2016
Tracking the Spread of HIV's Resistance in NC

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Recent Publications


Virtual adaptation of a nurse-driven strategy to improve blood pressure control among people with HIV.

Journal Article HIV Res Clin Pract · December 2025 People with HIV are at increased risk of cardiovascular events; thus, care delivery strategies that increase access to comprehensive cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management are a priority. We report the results of a multi-component telemedicine-based ... Full text Link to item Cite

HEalth Record Optimization for Identifying Candidates for HIV PRe-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Community-Informed Approach to Model Development.

Journal Article AIDS Patient Care STDS · July 2025 Electronic health record (EHR)-based models to identify individuals who may benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) outperform traditional risk scores and may alleviate challenges associated with PrEP initiation. Pre-implementation work is critical to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Cardiologist Clinic Visits With Cardiovascular Primary Prevention Outcomes Among People With HIV From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Southern United States.

Journal Article J Am Heart Assoc · March 18, 2025 BACKGROUND: People with HIV (PWH) have elevated cardiovascular risk. Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the southern United States are disproportionately affected, yet whether cardiology care for this at-risk group improves blood pressure and lip ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Regional AIDS Education and Training Centers

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEProgram Director · Awarded by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · 2015 - 2029

Quantitative Methods for HIV/AIDS Research

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

Mechanisms of HIV persistence in the kidney (R01)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2022 - 2027

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2015 M.P.H.
Stanford University, School of Medicine · 2007 M.D.