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Naomi Nichele Duke

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
3116 N. Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704
3116 N. Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Partner, Collaborator ยท 2011 Research The Cultural Wellness Center , Minneapolis, Minnesota flag United States of America My ongoing partnership and research methodology journey with the Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) focuses on understanding how knowledge, specifically cultural ways of knowing inform health behaviors, and individual and community trust of and engagement with Western-based health care delivery systems. Through the CWC, I work with a community research ethics board to document processes necessary for public health and social science researchers to conduct research alongside cultural communities.

Service to the Profession


Co-Director - Research Scholars Program · 2023 - 2025 Professional Development Academic Pediatric Association,
Fellow, American College of Physicians (ACP) · 2023 Professional Development
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) · 2004 Professional Development

Service to Duke


Primary Care Research Consortium, Research Advisory Board (Consortium) · 2023 Committee Service Duke CTSI,

Academic & Administrative Activities


Duke University Health System, Institutional Review Board

Clinical Activities


Dr Duke’s medical specialties/subspecialities include Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Adolescent Medicine, medical specialties spanning the life course.