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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


Reciprocal innovation in implementation science and global health: reflections from the EXTRA-CVD (extending the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention) study.

Journal Article BMC Glob Public Health · March 18, 2026 Reciprocal innovation, a model of sustained, multidirectional exchange in which health strategies are adapted, revisited, and refined across contexts, offers a compelling framework to rethink how implementation science can support global health equity by e ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lessons Learned From Using PCORnet® to Support the Pathways to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Impact of Specialty Referral Among People With HIV From Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Southern United States (PATHWAYS Study).

Journal Article Med Care · February 1, 2026 OBJECTIVE: The PATHWAYS Study utilized data from the PCORnet® Common Data Model (CDM) at 4 sites participating in the STAR Clinical Research Network to assess the frequency of cardiology encounters for under-represented racial and ethnic minority group peo ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Gender Differences in Statin Discontinuation and Adherence Among Privately Insured People with HIV in the USA.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · January 23, 2026 BACKGROUND: People with HIV (PWH), particularly women, have a high cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden compared to the general population. There is little evidence describing statin adherence among PWH, which could inform interventions to reduce CVD dispar ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University

ResearchCo-Core Leader · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2032

Transdisciplinary Research in Infectious Diseases to Engage Third-year medical students (TRIDENT) R25

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030

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Education


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