Core Faculty
Emily O'Brien, PhD
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PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
I am an epidemiologist and health services researcher at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. My research focuses on comparative effectiveness, patient-centered outcomes, and pragmatic health services research in cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.
Areas of expertise: Epidemiology, Health Services Research, and Clinical Decision Sciences
Rosen M, Fontil V, Modrow MF, Smith SM, Carton TW, Chamberlain AM, et al. Correction: Estimating the Hawthorne Effect in Real-World Blood Pressure Control Trials: An Analysis of the BP Home Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Jun 8;
O’Brien EC, Wong C, DeLaRosa JM, Aberle LH, Webb L, Rubino H, et al. Long-term safety of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: Results from the HERO-together study. Respir Med. 2026 Jun;257:108844.
Green MD, O’Brien EC, Navar AM, Brookhart MA, Thorpe RJ, Dupre ME. Association Between Discrimination in Health Care and ASCVD Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States. Circ Popul Health Outcomes. 2026 Jun;19(6):e012661.