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Matthew E. Dupre

Professor in Population Health Sciences
Population Health Sciences
Duke Box 104023, Durham, NC 27708
215 Morris Street, Imperial Bldg., Suite 210, Durham, NC 27701

Overview


Dr. Dupre is a Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and the Department of Sociology. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Aging and Human Development. Dr. Dupre is a medical sociologist who specializes in research on aging and the life course, health disparities, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes in older adults. As an interdisciplinary researcher, he has focused on several lines of work: (i) race and socioeconomic disparities in trajectories of chronic disease and mortality, (ii) the role of social stressors in the onset and progression of CVD, (iii) the development of adaptive risk-assessment models, and (iv) the social determinants of healthy aging in China. A unifying thread in his program of research is the application of life course theory to clinical outcomes research, the integration of population- and patient-level data, and the use of innovative statistical methods to better understand how exposure to social factors shape inequalities in health and aging.Dr. Dupre is the Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging (2021), co-editor of the book Disability Trends at Older Ages (in press), and has published in the leading journals of medicine, epidemiology, sociology, and public health. He has served as an advisor to the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Population Aging and currently serves on the editorial boards for multiple journals.

Areas of Expertise:
Medical Sociology; Population Health; Social Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Disease; Aging; and Quantitative Methods

Office Hours


By appointment.

Contact:  
Naomi Pratt
Administrative Assistant to
Matthew E. Dupre, Ph.D.
(919) 668-8101

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in Population Health Sciences · 2024 - Present Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments
Professor of Sociology · 2024 - Present Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging · 2007 - Present Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Institutes and Centers
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Center for Population Health & Aging · 2011 - Present Center for Population Health & Aging, Duke Population Research Institute

In the News


Published April 30, 2018
Fewer African-Americans admitted to ICU for heart failure receive cardiologist care
Published December 20, 2017
Married heart disease patients may live longer, study finds
Published December 27, 2016
Marriage May Help You Survive a Stroke

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Recent Publications


Racial and ethnic disparities in longitudinal trajectories of hospitalizations in patients diagnosed with heart failure.

Journal Article Am Heart J · September 2025 BACKGROUND: Racial and ethnic disparities in hospitalizations among heart failure (HF) patients have been well documented. However, little is known about racial and ethnic differences in the long-term trajectories of hospital admissions that follow the dia ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial and ethnic disparities in longitudinal trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors in U.S. middle-aged and older adults.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2025 BACKGROUND: Racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are well-documented. However, racial and ethnic differences in the longitudinal changes among multiple CVD risk factors are unknown. METHODS: We used prospective cohort ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Impact of Later-Life Learning on Trajectories of Cognitive Function Among U.S. Older Adults.

Journal Article Innov Aging · 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Low education in early life is a major risk factor for dementia. However, little is known about how education in later life is related to cognitive function in older adults. We assessed whether later-life learning was associated ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Characterizing Family Structure, Care Utilization, and Well-Being among Persons with ADRD in the Asian Region

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Poststroke Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas - Southwestern · 2024 - 2029

Duke/UNC ADAR Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2005 Ph.D.