Overview
Population Health
Community Engagement and Capacity Building
Design and implementation of collaborative disease prevention/health promotion and health care delivery models
Design and implementation of care management models
Design and implementation of educational programs for health care professionals
Community Engagement and Capacity Building
Design and implementation of collaborative disease prevention/health promotion and health care delivery models
Design and implementation of care management models
Design and implementation of educational programs for health care professionals
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
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2026 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Chief, Division of Community and Family Medicine
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2008 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health,
Family Medicine and Community Health
Recent Publications
How Providers, Health System Leaders, and States Can Work Together to Align Disparate Policy Efforts to Address Health-Related Social Needs: Learning from North Carolina
Journal Article North Carolina Medical Journal · May 1, 2025 BACKGROUND Under the Biden Administration, policy authorities and programs working to address health-related social needs (HRSNs) expanded across the United States. Despite major investments and initiatives to address HRSNs, they are still largely disparat ... Full text CiteThe research equity and diversity initiative (READI): Changing the face of clinical research through community outreach and engagement.
Journal Article J Clin Transl Sci · 2025 Current evidence underscores a need to transform how we do clinical research, shifting from academic-driven priorities to co-led community partnership focused programs, accessible and relevant career pathway programs that expand opportunities for career de ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteAddressing Housing-Related Social Needs Through Medicaid: Lessons From North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program.
Journal Article Health Aff (Millwood) · February 2024 North Carolina Medicaid's Healthy Opportunities Pilots program is the country's first comprehensive program to evaluate the impact of paying community-based organizations to provide eligible Medicaid enrollees with an array of evidence-based services to ad ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University
ResearchCo-Core Leader · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2032Helping North Carolina Expand its Health-Related Social Needs Leadership Statewide: Practical and Timely Guidance to Sustain Community Investment and the Healthy Opportunity Pilots
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust · 2024 - 2026Practical, Timely Lessons for Advancing and Aligning North Carolina's Health Care Transformation Leadership to Address Social Needs
ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust · 2022 - 2024View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Pfeiffer University ·
1998
M.B.A.
Duke University ·
1989
B.A.