Scholars@Duke
Tyler Cope

Tyler Cope

Clinical Research Associate II
Population Health Sciences
tyler.cope@duke.edu
P.O. Box 17969, Durham, NC 27715

Selected Publications

Abstract Sun1301: Workplace-Driven CPR Training at Scale: Implementation of the HeartSafe Workplace Initiative in the RACE-CARS Trial

Conference Circulation · November 4, 2025 Background: Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the U.S., yet bystander CPR rates remain low. Strategies are needed to expand CPR training to reach millions, par ... Full text Cite

Embedding Implementation Science in Clinical Trials: A Framework for Academic-Life Science Partnerships.

Journal Article Pharmaceut Med · November 2025 Implementation science offers a systematic approach to bridging the gap between research and clinical practice by promoting the adoption, scale-up, and sustainment of evidence-based therapies. Historically, academic implementation science efforts in the US ... Full text Link to item Cite

Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion

Journal Article Physics of Plasmas · September 1, 2025 High-yield inertial fusion offers a transformative path to affordable, clean, firm power and advanced defense capabilities. Recent milestones at large facilities, particularly the National Ignition Facility (NIF), have demonstrated the feasibility ... Full text Cite

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

Abstract Su1106: Evaluating Culturally Competent Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Training in Urban Minority Communities

Conference Circulation · November 12, 2024 Introduction: Timely resuscitation can triple the chance of survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. Differences in bystander CPR rates between white and minority communities lead ... Full text Cite

If You Build It, Will They Come? Patient and Provider Use of a Novel Hybrid Telehealth Care Pathway for Low Back Pain.

Journal Article Phys Ther · February 1, 2024 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the referrals and use of a hybrid care model for low back pain that includes on-site care by physical therapists, physical activity training, and psychologically informed practice (PiP) delivered by tele ... Full text Link to item Cite

Telehealth delivery of physical therapist-led interventions for persons with chronic low back pain in underserved communities: lessons from pragmatic clinical trials.

Journal Article Front Pain Res (Lausanne) · 2024 In this perspective, we present our experience developing and conducting two pragmatic clinical trials investigating physical therapist-led telehealth strategies for persons with chronic low back pain. Both trials, the BeatPain Utah and AIM-Back trials, ar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neurorehabilitation in paraplegic patients with an active powered exoskeleton (Ekso)

Journal Article Digital Medicine · October 2016 ABSTRACTBackground and Objectives:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a s ... Full text Cite