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Susan Elizabeth Spratt

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Duke Box 3311, Duke Univesity Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Hosp South Clinic 1A, 30 Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Medicine · 2023 - Present Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine
Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health · 2023 - Present Family Medicine and Community Health, Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health

Recent News Items


Published December 12, 2024
Food Donation Program Seeks Room to Grow
Published April 8, 2016
Are full-fat dairy foods better for you after all?
Published November 12, 2015
Dr. Susan Spratt: Early symptoms of type 2 diabetes can be easy to miss

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Recent Scholarly Works


Factors Associated with Produce Prescription Program Enrollment and Benefit Use among Patients with Diabetes and at Risk for Food Insecurity.

Journal article J Nutr · June 2026 BACKGROUND: Food insecurity (FI) exacerbates type 2 diabetes (T2D) by limiting access to nutritious foods and worsening glycemic control. Produce prescription (PRx) programs subsidize fruits and vegetables to improve food security and diet quality, yet fac ... Full text Link to item Cite

About the Artist: Susan Spratt, MD.

Journal article Diabetes Care · June 1, 2026 Full text Link to item Cite

Low uptake and disparities in therapeutic inertia of cardiorenal protective diabetes medications for patients with type 2 diabetes and above-target hemoglobin A1c.

Journal article BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care · April 22, 2026 INTRODUCTION: Therapeutic inertia (failure to initiate or intensify therapy when therapeutic goals are unmet) contributes to poor glycemic control and diabetes-related complications. We assessed the extent of therapeutic inertia, defined as a lack of new p ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Preproposal for Pragmatic Study of MicroMass Time2Focus Diabetes Education Mobile App

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Micromass Communications, Inc. · 2016 - 2021

Ethical Approaches to Research Use of Clinical Records and Data

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Janssen TIDM Diabetes Study

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC · 2015 - 2016

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Education


Harvard University · 1995 M.D.