Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
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2023 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Professor of Medicine
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2019 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Associate Dean for Translational Research
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2024 - Present
School of Medicine
Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
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2022 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2010 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
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2013 - Present
Duke Molecular Physiology Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Serial assessment of NT-proBNP and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy in type 2 diabetes: Insights from EXSCEL.
Journal article Am Heart J · September 2026 BACKGROUND: In the EXSCEL trial, exenatide did not reduce major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), but heterogeneity of benefit and the role of cardiac biomarkers remain uncertain. We evaluated the prognostic value of baseline and 1-year changes in N-te ... Full text Link to item CiteA validated, modifiable proteomic score from the EXSCEL trial predicts cardiovascular events in diabetes.
Journal article JCI Insight · August 24, 2026 BACKGROUNDAdults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are at increased risk for stroke, myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular death, yet individual risk is heterogeneous and incompletely captured by clinical models.METHODSIn the Exenatide Study of Card ... Full text Link to item CiteHFpEF and MASLD: converging mechanisms and clinical implications.
Journal article Nat Rev Cardiol · August 2026 Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are increasingly prevalent, interrelated conditions driven by the global rise in obesity and metabolic syndrome. Once viewed in isol ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
1/3 CTSA UM1 at Duke University
ResearchCore Co-Lead · Awarded by National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences · 2025 - 2032Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2031Integrated Training in Anesthesiology Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 1996 - 2031View All Grants
Education
University of Washington ·
1998
M.D.
Johns Hopkins University ·
1994
M.H.S.