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Monique Anderson Starks

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
Dept of Medicine, Box 3850, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Medicine · 2022 - Present Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine
Membership in the Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2013 - Present Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published February 6, 2023
A Promising AED Drone Delivery Network
Published August 31, 2017
Cardiac Arrests in Black Neighborhoods Less Likely to get CPR, Defibrillation
Published February 25, 2016
Study: Some hospitals are better at reacting to cardiac arrest than others

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Recent Publications


RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARrest Systems (RACE-CARS) trial: Study rationale and design.

Journal Article Am Heart J · November 2024 Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) occurs in nearly 350,000 people each year in the United States (US). Despite advances in pre and in-hospital care, OHCA survival remains low and is highly variable across systems and regions. The critical barrier to im ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Public access defibrillator locations and details in Forsyth County, North Carolina: Results of a telephone survey canvas of large businesses to facilitate out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treatment.

Journal Article Am J Emerg Med · November 2024 BACKGROUND: Limited data are available on locations of public access defibrillation programs across communities in the United States, despite their widespread presence. Our goal was to determine publicly available AED locations of large businesses in a mix ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Developing and Testing Drone-Delivered AEDs for Cardiac Arrests In Rural America

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2023 - 2027

CCC: The Regional Approaches to Cardiovascular Emergencies- Cardiac ARreSt (RACE-CARS) Cluster-Randomized Trial 1/2

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2027

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Education, Training & Certifications


Harvard Medical School · 2006 M.D.