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 - 2020
  • Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV- REPRIEVE (A5332) awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital 2015 - 2020
  • 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, Nwora Lance, Fawaz Alenezi, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Allison Dunning, Meredith E. Clement, Svati H. Shah, Susanna Naggie, and Eric J. Velazquez. “Determinants of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction in an HIV Clinical Cohort..” Journal of Cardiac Failure 24, no. 8 (August 2018): 496–503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.06.003.
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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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    • Okeke, Nwora Lance, Damian M. Craig, Michael J. Muehlbauer, Olga Ilkayeva, Meredith E. Clement, Susanna Naggie, and Svati H. Shah. “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). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-018-1318-z.
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    • Clement, Meredith E., Li Lin, Ann Marie Navar, Nwora Lance Okeke, Susanna Naggie, and Pamela S. Douglas. “Lower likelihood of cardiac procedures after acute coronary syndrome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome..” Medicine 97, no. 6 (February 2018). https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009849.
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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..” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 77, no. 2 (February 2018): e25–27. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001577.
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    • Levintow, S. N., N. L. Okeke, S. Hué, L. Mkumba, A. Virkud, S. Napravnik, J. Sebastian, W. C. Miller, J. J. Eron, and A. M. Dennis. “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. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy178.
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    • Clement, Meredith E., Lawrence P. Park, Ann Marie Navar, Nwora Lance Okeke, Michael J. Pencina, Pamela S. Douglas, and Susanna Naggie. “Statin Utilization and Recommendations Among HIV- and HCV-infected Veterans: A Cohort Study..” Clin Infect Dis 63, no. 3 (August 1, 2016): 407–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw289.
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    • Okeke, Nwora Lance, Thibaut Davy, Joseph J. Eron, and Sonia Napravnik. “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): 242–48. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw223.
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    • Okeke, Nwora Lance, Charles B. Hicks, Mehri S. McKellar, Vance G. Fowler, and Jerome J. Federspiel. “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): 1955–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw082.
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    • Okeke, Nwora Lance, Tammy Chin, Meredith Clement, Shein-Chung Chow, and Charles B. Hicks. “Coronary artery disease risk reduction in HIV-infected persons: a comparative analysis..” Aids Care 28, no. 4 (January 2016): 475–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2015.1099602.
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    • Clement, Meredith E., N Lance Okeke, and Charles B. Hicks. “Fever and Rash in a Patient With Hepatitis..” Jama 314, no. 4 (July 2015): 400–401. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.3401.
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    • Clement, Meredith E., N Lance Okeke, and Charles B. Hicks. “Treatment of late-stage syphilis--reply..” Jama 313, no. 9 (March 2015): 969–70. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.0675.
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    • Okeke, N Lance, Jan Ostermann, and Nathan M. Thielman. “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): 376–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-014-0233-9.
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    • Clement, Meredith E., N Lance Okeke, and Charles B. Hicks. “Treatment of syphilis: a systematic review..” Jama 312, no. 18 (November 2014): 1905–17. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.13259.
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    • Okeke, N. L., J. Ostermann, and N. M. Thielman. “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): 376–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-014-0233-9.
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    • Okeke, N. L., and C. Hicks. “Role of raltegravir in the management of HIV-1 infection.” Hiv/Aids  Research and Palliative Care 3 (July 15, 2011): 81–92. https://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S13985.
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    • Zhao, Xiaoyan, Nwora Lance Okeke, Orr Sharpe, Franak M. Batliwalla, Annette T. Lee, Peggy P. Ho, Beren H. Tomooka, Peter K. Gregersen, and William H. Robinson. “Circulating immune complexes contain citrullinated fibrinogen in rheumatoid arthritis..” Arthritis Research & Therapy 10, no. 4 (January 2008). https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2478.
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    • Graham, Kareem L., Donna L. Thibault, Jonathan B. Steinman, Lance Okeke, Peter N. Kao, and Paul J. Utz. “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): 1684–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.21092.
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