DUKE UNIVERSITY AND DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM - Key Persons


Adam Folta

Job Titles:
  • Director of Space Management

Aditee Narayan

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  • Vice Dean for Medical and Health Professions Education

Adolphus Bryant

Job Titles:
  • Research Resources

Alberto Bartesaghi

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  • Associate Professor of Computer Science

Alejandro Ochoa

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  • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Alexander J. Hartemink

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  • Professor of Computer Science

Alice Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Operations Coordinator

Alison Patricia Toth

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  • Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Alissa Kocer

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  • Communications Strategist, Genomics

Allison Elizabeth Ashley-Koch

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  • Professor in Medicine

Amy Susanne Gladfelter

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  • Professor of Cell Biology

Ana Paula De Oliveira

Job Titles:
  • Sales

Andrea Martin

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  • Assistant Dean for Digital and Brand Communications

Andrew Scott Allen

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  • Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Andrew Spector

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  • Associate Professor of Neurology

Angela J. White

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  • Administrative Assistant

Angela Spivey

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  • Senior Science Writer and Managing Editor

Ann Davis

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  • Manager, Strategic Communications Projects

Anna Brodeur

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  • Senior Director

Anne Eiskowitz

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  • Staff Assistant

Anne Elizabeth West

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  • Professor of Neurobiology

Anthony R. Means Cancer

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  • Biology Distinguished Professor

Atilio Barbeito

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  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Audrey Fenske

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  • Assistant Director of Social Media and Marketing

Beky Branagan


Benjamin Alan Goldstein

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Bernadette Gillis

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  • Communications Strategist

Camille Henry

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  • HR Specialist

Carla Wheaton Brady

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  • Professor of Medicine

Carmel Hannah

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Strategy and Planning

Cary Ward

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  • Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Dr. Ward serves as the faculty lead for current and future School of Medicine faculty development programs including Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER); Academic Leadership, Innovation, and Collaborative Engagement (ALICE); and the Duke Clinical Leadership Program (DCLP). Dr. Ward will partner with leaders in the Offices of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Research Mentoring; APT; Professionalism; and others to maintain and grow a robust portfolio of programs that meet evolving faculty needs. She also oversees the selection process for numerous School of Medicine faculty awards and the annual awards celebration to recognize and highlight the outstanding accomplishments of our faculty. Dr. Ward will report to the Vice Dean for Faculty. Dr. Ward is an adult congenital and structural heart disease specialist, and serves as the Program Director for the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship and the Director of the Cardio-Obstetrics Program. She received her MD from the University of Virginia, completed internal medicine residency at the University of Texas at Southwestern in Dallas, and was a cardiology fellow at Duke before joining the faculty in 2007. For the past 8 years, she has led professional development activities for the Department of Medicine, first as Director of Credentialing and more recently as the Associate Vice Chair for Provider Experience and Development. She is the director of the ALICE leadership development program for mid-career women faculty and has served as the Director of the Duke Clinical Leadership Program since 2018. Dr. Ward is a 2022 recipient of the Leonard Palumbo Jr., MD Faculty Achievement Award, recognizing faculty who display dedication to compassionate patient care and excellence in the teaching and mentoring of young physicians.

Catherine Ann Staton

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Emergency Medicine

Cathy Williams

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  • HR Specialist

Charles Ball

Job Titles:
  • Senior Systems Programmer

Chi Wei Cliburn Chan

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  • Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Christine Elizabeth Marx

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  • Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Christine Erlien

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  • Senior Research Development Associate

Cierra Harris

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  • Staff Specialist

Claire Patterson

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  • Administrative Assistant

Corey Bailey

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  • HR Specialist

Courtney Beardmore

Job Titles:
  • HR Manager, Visas

Craig Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Cymfenee Dean-Phifer


Cynthia Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director

Cynthia Keene Shortell

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  • Professor of Surgery

Dane R. Whicker

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  • Director, Gender and Sexual Diversity Initiative

Daniel Dunston

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  • Senior Multimedia Producer

Daniel Reker

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  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Daniel Todd Laskowitz

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  • Professor of Neurology

Daniela Kroshinsky

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  • Professor of Dermatology

Darren Taylor

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  • Manager, Helpdesk

Dave Hart

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  • Editorial Director

David Carlson

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  • Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Director of Graduate Studies ( DGS )

David M. Goodner

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  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology

David MacAlpine

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  • Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

David Maynard

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  • AV Information Specialist

David Noble Howell

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  • Professor of Pathology

Dennis Onyeka Frank-Ito

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  • Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Diana Bures McNeill

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine

Duke STEM Summer

Job Titles:
  • Research Opportunities

Eamon Queeney

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  • Assistant Director, Multimedia & Creative

Edward Buckley

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  • Vice President for Duke - NUS Affairs

Edwin Severin Iversen

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  • Research Professor of Statistical Science

Elizabeth Jordan

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  • HR Specialist

Elizabeth Rebecca Hauser

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • CBB Program Director
  • Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Emily Bever

Job Titles:
  • Director, SOM HR Operations

Emma Jean Chory

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Erin Bartels

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Editorial and Development

Erin Clark

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator, Office of Duke - NUS Affairs

Erin Mahaffey Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Senior Program Coordinator / Research Mentoring

Eugene Anson Stead

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Evan Corden


Evan Dorner

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, Office of Duke - NUS Affairs

Fred Samuel Dietrich

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

George Barth Geller

Job Titles:
  • George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology

Gerard Conrad

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Medicine

Gregory Allan Wray

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  • Professor of Biology

Gregory E. Crawford

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  • Professor in Pediatrics

Gregory Eshleman Sawin

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  • Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health

Hiroaki Matsunami

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Irina Mokrova

Irina joined the office in August 2019. Previously, she was an Advanced Research Scientist/Statistician in the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina. Irina holds a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies and an M.S. in Human Development from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and a BS in Psychology from Moscow State University in Russia.

Jacquelyn Danner

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist

James B. Duke

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
  • Distinguished Professor of Medicine

James E Tcheng

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Appointments, Promotion & Tenure

Jameson Blount


Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi

Job Titles:
  • Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Jennifer Carpenter

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Marketing

Jennifer Meyer Dare

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  • Manager, Special Projects

Joan Dupont

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • SOM APT Website Maintenance

Joanna Downer

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  • Associate Dean for Research Development

Jodie Jepson


John W. Strohbehn

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

John Wirthlin Hickey

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  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Johnna Frierson

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  • Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for the Basic Sciences Director, IDEALS Office

Jooyoung Chun

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  • Program Coordinator, Office of Duke - NUS Affairs

Joseph Rusnak

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  • Research Resource Manager

Joshua Aaron Granek

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Joshua Socolar

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  • Professor of Physics

Juanita Sharper

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  • Administrative Manager, Office of Duke - NUS Affairs

Julia Conrad Fisher

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  • Coordinator, Education and Training

Karen E. Steinhauser

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  • Professor in Population Health Sciences

Karen Morris

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  • HR Specialist

Karla Pena Guerra


Katherine Dura


Kathleen Wurth Bartlett

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Pediatrics

Kelli Seace

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist

Kelly Trousdale

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist

Kevin Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Vice Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, Professor of Medicine

Khalil Barnett

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  • IT Analyst

Kris Cameron Wood

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  • Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology

L. Ryan Baugh

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biology

Lauren Binanay

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Lawrence Anthony David

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Leonardo Biral


Li Yu

Job Titles:
  • Senior Systems Programmer

Lingchong You


Lisa Henning

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist

Lisa Wioskowski

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Financial Aid

Lori Crooks

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean, Financial Aid and Registrar

Maile Henson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Development Associate
Maile joined the office in January 2016 after working with biotech startups on their NIH funding proposals. She completed postdoctoral training in the molecular mechanisms of synaptic weakening and elimination in the developing brain at the NIH/National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. Maile holds a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BS in Biology from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Manisha Palta

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Mara Becker

Job Titles:
  • Vice Dean for Faculty

Marc Daniel Ryser

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences

Margaret Harris

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor

Mason Essif

Job Titles:
  • Vice Dean for Communications and Advancement and Chief Communications Officer

Matthew Coleman

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  • Senior Systems Programmer

Matthew M. Engelhard

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Matthew Ray

Job Titles:
  • Visual Strategist & Designer

Maureen D. Cullins

Job Titles:
  • Director

Michael "Luke" James

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President for Duke - NUS Affairs, Duke - NUS Clinical Research Liaison

Michelle Mack

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Mitsi Norton

Job Titles:
  • Financial

Monica Agrawal

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Monica Franklin

Job Titles:
  • Director of Graduate Studies Assistant ( DGSA )

Moria Montalbano

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  • Associate Dean, Space Management & Research Resources

Mustafa Khasraw

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Neurosurgery

Nancy Barber

Job Titles:
  • Space Management Coordinator

Nanika Rhodes

Job Titles:
  • Operations Events Coordinator

Neeraj K Surana

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Nhat Duong


Ophelia Shalini Venturelli

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Patrick James Codd

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Paul Mitaari Magwene

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  • Professor of Biology

Philip Handler

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Pranam D. Chatterjee

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  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Rebecca Redmond

Job Titles:
  • Director of Assessment and Research

Rhiannon Giles

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  • Website and E - Newsletter Specialist

Ricardo Henao

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Rick Melges

Job Titles:
  • Video Producer / Director

Rikki Camarillo

Job Titles:
  • Public Relations Specialist, Office of Duke - NUS Affairs

Rob Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Web Developer

Robert J Bastidas

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor in Integrative Immunobiology

Rohit Singh

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Rosa Johnson

Job Titles:
  • HR Manager, Payroll

Roy T. Parker

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in the School of Medicine
Roy T. Parker, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in the School of Medicine

Rusty Linhardt

Job Titles:
  • Asst Director Space Management & Operations

Samira Wellemeyer

Job Titles:
  • Director, Office of Duke - NUS Affairs

Sandeep S. Dave

Job Titles:
  • Wellcome Clinical Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Sarah Muntzing Bean

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Pathology

Sayan Mukherjee

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  • Research Professor of Statistical Science

Scott C. Schmidler

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Statistical Science

Scott Karl

Job Titles:
  • Building Manager RTP Campus

Seneca McLean

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Shantell Kirkendoll

Job Titles:
  • Senior Science Writer and Managing Editor

Sharon Kaiser

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Information Systems

Shelby Boyd

Job Titles:
  • Director, Executive Communications

Sherone King

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist

Sindhuja Venkatasubramanian

Job Titles:
  • Senior Systems Programmer

Star-Shemah Jones

Job Titles:
  • Staff Specialist, Office of Duke - NUS Affairs

Stefano Di Talia

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cell Biology

Stephanie Hoyt


Stephen Lisberger

Job Titles:
  • George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology

Steven B. Haase

Job Titles:
  • Member of the CBB Executive Committee
  • CBB Executive Committee
  • Professor of Biology

Sue Chiappone

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist

Svati Hasmukh Shah

Job Titles:
  • Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases

Tamecia Pollard

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Tara Williams

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator

Tatiana Margitic

Job Titles:
  • HR Specialist

Timothy E Reddy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Tracy Anne Jaffe

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Radiology

Ursula Geller

Job Titles:
  • Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases

Valerie Smith

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Manager

Vanessa Weber

Job Titles:
  • IT Tech Trainer

Victor Moore

Job Titles:
  • Operations Coordinator

Victoria Russell

Job Titles:
  • Director Operations RTP Campus

Walter T Lee

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Wendy Graber

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Development Communications

William James Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

William Majoros

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Xiangyu Guo


Yi Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Zhicheng Ji