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Nwora Lance Okeke

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

Selected 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

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

Evidence2Practice (E2P): A PrEP Capacity Building and HIV Workforce Development Initiative

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by ViiV Healthcare · 2025 - 2027

EJAF HIV CME Training Development

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Elton John AIDS Foundation · 2022 - 2026

Understanding the Intersectional Discrimination Experiences of Young Black Men who Have Sex with Men and their Sexual Health

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2025

REPRIEVE Extension for Trial Completion

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2023 - 2024

Adaptive Platform Treatment Trial for Outpatients with COVID-19 (Adapt Out COVID (ACTIV-2/A5401)) - SAB

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PPD Investigator Services, LLC · 2021 - 2024

Adaptive Platform Treatment Trial for Outpatients with COVID-19 (Adapt Out COVID (ACTIV-2/A5401))

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PPD Investigator Services, LLC · 2020 - 2024

Adaptive Platform Treatment Trial for Outpatients with COVID-19 (Adapt Out COVID (ACTIV-2/A5401)) - Sagent Camostat

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PPD Investigator Services, LLC · 2021 - 2024

Adaptive Platform Treatment Trial for Outpatients with COVID-19 (Adapt Out COVID (ACTIV-2/A5401)) - Astrazeneca

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PPD Investigator Services, LLC · 2021 - 2024

Adaptive Platform Treatment Trial for Outpatients with COVID-19 (Adapt Out COVID (ACTIV-2/A5401)) - Brii

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PPD Investigator Services, LLC · 2021 - 2024

Bridging the Gap to Enhance Clinical Research Program (BIGGER)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2023

The development and validation of a scale to measure Treatment Regimen Fatigue among older adults living with HIV

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

Evidence2Practice: Leveraging implementation science to recruit HBCU/MSI students into careers in HIV research (CFAR CDEIPI Supplement)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The George Washington University · 2021 - 2023

Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV- REPRIEVE (A5332)

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital · 2015 - 2023

Adaptive Platform Treatment Trial for Outpatients with COVID-19 (Adapt Out COVID (ACTIV-2/A5401)) - Synairgen

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PPD Investigator Services, LLC · 2022 - 2023

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Primary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in HIV-infected (K23)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2022

Adapt Out COVID (ACTIV-2/A5401) - BMS

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PPD Investigator Services, LLC · 2021 - 2022

A nurse-led intervention to extend the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention (EXTRA-CVD)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Case Western Reserve University · 2018 - 2021

Bringing PrEP to Campus: Examining Strategies for PrEP Delivery to Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU)

ResearchProject Co-Lead · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2020

6510 HIV-HCV SWITCH - (337-1834)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2016 - 2019

Systems Biology Approaches for Predicting Cardiometabolic Risk in Persons Living with HIV

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2018

External Relationships


  • Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Viiv (GlaxoSmithKline)

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