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Susan Nicole Hastings

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Duke Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
MC 152, HSR&D, Durham VAMC, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine
Professor in Population Health Sciences · 2020 - Present Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development · 2006 - Present Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications


Novel approaches to recruiting clinical sites for embedded pragmatic clinical trials: Insights from the AIM-back trial.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials Commun · June 2025 BACKGROUND: Embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) assess interventions in real-world settings. Best practices for recruiting clinical sites for ePCTs are unknown, especially for sites that aren't known to the study team or familiar with clinical resea ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Proposed Universal "Home Time" Quality of Life Measure for Older Adults.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · May 7, 2025 BACKGROUND: Researchers and insurers use "home time," or an individual's time at home compared to time in different health care settings, as a population-level quality of life (QoL) or quality of care measure. With varying definitions, it is unknown which ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Deprescribing Decision-Making using Machine Learning Individualized Treatment Rules to Improve CNS Polypharmacy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 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


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 1998 M.D.